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The shortwave oddity UVB‑76 — The Buzzer — has always thrived on mystery, but nothing delights listeners more than its rare bursts of unexpected audio. When the station suddenly drifted from its trademark buzz into Swan Lake, the internet lit up. Radio enthusiasts weren’t the only ones paying attention. Even finance‑sector analysts, always hunting for unusual geopolitical signals, took notice. In a world where markets react to satellite shadows and shipping noise, a Cold War‑era station playing Tchaikovsky becomes another strange data point worth watching.

“Swan Lake” just played on the Doomsday radio station🎶

UVB-76, known as the Buzzer or the Doomsday station, is a mysterious shortwave broadcast that has been on the air since the 1970s.

Its purpose has never been officially explained, and conspiracy theorists spend hours… pic.twitter.com/cCNhXFhhhJ

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 30, 2025

Listening to Encore, a classical radio show broadcast via wrmi on 15770khz.

Signal clear at S7, with the choir singing through the ionosphere.

For anyone interested; the schedule is at https://www.tumbril.co.uk/ — there are rebroadcasts on both wrmi in Florida and channel 292 in Germany.

Listening to Radio Martí on 13820 kHz shortwave and they are playing “Do they know it's Christmas” by Band Aid. The song has been recommended to me countless times on YouTube; and I remember it well when it came out in the 1980s.

Looking at the video; it is interesting to see the choices made — many of the singers were just breaking out in popularity worldwide; George Michael, Boy George, Bono, Sting — and one that didn't has a prime spot. Paul Young.  Wikipedia suggests he has a career in the home country, but not at the level of  many of the others in the video.

Of the time capsule of this era; one that should have gotten more visibility was Bananarama; but they were relegated to the choir. Unfortunately, since I am still a fan of their work to this day.