Imaginary Stations

  I've always been enamored of trains, even though trains were already scarce in Manchester NH as I was growing up. I lived across the river from the tracks and have zero memories of ever seeing a train travelling on those tracks. Regardless, my encounters with trains over the years (taking the Amtrak to Philadelphia once) have been wonderful. Here's a link to the very first CTRN broadcast on shortwave: music for railroads, hobos, and walking the tracks.  https://www.mixcloud.com/kmtsradio/ctrn-9395-khz-1992021/

Hello folks After celebrating Free Radio Skybird's 10th anniversary, our humble radio project is taking a break --- nothing new for Skybird (sometimes the breaks have lasted years!). But we will be back making great radio on shortwave frequencies either later this year or in 2022. Thanks for listening ... many of the shows are archived at radio4all.net .  Simply search for "Skybird" and our programs will appear - all available for download.   

Studio Recording of the KMTS Winter Test Transmission on December 17, 2020

Hello happy listeners! We appreciate reception reports and look forward to sending you QSLs by postal mail . However, we do have a few important guidelines for reception reports. We work very hard to bring you what we hope is an enjoyable dx program. Please listen to the entire program or as much of it as possible.  Someone from Belarus sent us a wonderful audio clip of Free Radio Skybird - unfortunately they only listened to 11 minutes of the show. We were gracious and sent a verification. However, please listen to more than a few minutes, otherwise you miss important details & fun segments that Free Radio Skybird presenters have created for your radio listening enjoyment. Postal mail reception reports are preferred: 36 West Main Street Warner NH 03278 USA. Please do not include IRCs. Please include a donation of a few American dollars to keep the station going and to help with return postage. We need donations to continue broadcasting because we are self-funded....

In anticipation of the 10th Anniversary of Free Radio Skybird, DJ Frederick has published a zine discussing the history of the program, along with an article by the late Gary Bourgeois, interviews with One Deck Pete, Justin Patrick Moore, and James Salmon (Radio Emma Toc). You can order these for $7 per copy postpaid via PayPal singinggrove@conknet.com or through the wonderful zine distributor Antiquated Future: https://antiquatedfuture.com/zines/skybird-notes-free-radio-skybird-10th-anniversary-zine/

Gary Bourgois was the President and Program Director of SkyBird Radio, and humble host of “Friday Night Live” (FNL), the longest running technical talk show, having its roots in satellite radio since the early days of satellite broadcasting. Many longtime C Band Dish owners may remember Gary's quick wit and extensive knowledge of the satellite industry. Gary's FNL "News and Views" was considered the best satellite news coverage anywhere. Gary hosted FNL since about 1991, starting back with Jim Bass on the old LTR Network, a service devoted to ham radio operators and Shortwave Radio Listeners (SWL's). Before FNL, Gary was: Novell System Administrator at a hospital in Marquette, Michigan; A wild and wooly DJ who scared the pants off the managers of several Marquette radio stations; TV producer at WLUC-TV, Channel 6 in Marquette; Radio and TV broadcaster for many years at Northern Michigan University’s WNMU-FM and WNMU- TV stations where...