Category Archives: Nostalgia

BBC Seeks Shortwave Recordings and Listener Stories—Can You Help?

SWLing Post readers,

I’m currently helping a BBC reporter who is producing an upcoming program about shortwave radio—and she’s hoping to tap into the incredible collective knowledge and experience of the SWLing Post community.

There are a few specific things she’s still trying to track down:

Recordings of what was heard when stations like Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, or Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty signed off. In other words, do you have final recordings for any of these broadcasters?
Audio recordings of a coronal mass ejection (CME) as heard on shortwave. I’ve heard this before–those broadband waves of fading–but I have no recordings.
Personal experiences of listening to shortwave while living in a closed or restricted country.

If you have recordings, firsthand experiences, or even strong leads, your contribution could help shape this program.

If you’d like to help, please leave a comment on this post–I’ll share your contact details with the producer.

As always, I’m continually amazed by the depth of knowledge and experience within this community—thank you in advance for any help you can offer!

Haluk Spots this Mystery Radio in a Vintage Turkish Film

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Haluk, who writes:

Hello.
I was skimming through a very old Turkish film.
Lo and behold, a maid turned on some (!) radio to provide music in a party…
The receiver looks serious but doesn’t look familiar, at least to me.

Regards,
Haluk

Thanks for sharing, Haluk. Can anyone ID this radio? Please comment!

Mark spots a Grundig in Persons of Interest

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Mark Hirst, who writes:

I’m re-watching Person of Interest, which reappeared on Netflix recently, and spotted a Grundig radio (logo obscured) in one of the episodes.

Can anyone ID this model? I owned one of these at some point and gave it to a family member who was interested in shortwave. I recall it had great audio.

WRMI’s Radio Mystery Theatre: April – June 2026 Schedule

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jeff White (owner of WRMI), who shares the following announcement:

Here are the listings for WRMI’s Radio Mystery Theatre, produced by Martin Dawson in Prince Edward Island, Canada for April through June 2026. This program is heard each Saturday at 1300 UTC on 15770 kHz, and repeated at 11:00 pm Eastern Time Saturday on 9395 kHz and at

7:00 pm Eastern Time Thursday on 5950 kHz.

- April 4 The Clock, “The Actor” 1946
- April 11 Lights Out, “Special To Hollywood” 1941April 18 The Clock, “Angel With Two Faces” 1947
- April 25 Hermit’s Cave, “Author Of Murder” 1940
- May 2 Mysterious Traveler, “Beware Of Tomorrow” 1944
- May 9 Witch’s Tale, “The Haunted Crossroads” 1937
- May 16 Lights Out, “Murder Castle” 1943
- May 23 Hall Of Fantasy, The Crawling “Thing” 1953
- May 30 Suspense, “The Last Letter of Dr. Bronson” 1946
- June 6 Hall Of Fantasy, “He Who Follows Me” 1950
- June 13 Suspense, “Bells” 1961
- June 20 The Clock , “Bad Dreams” 1948
- June 27 Johnny Dollar, “The Price Of Fame” 1958

Al Spots a Hallicrafters Receiver in a Jeanne Mas Video

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Al, who writes:

Hello Thomas!

I’d like to pass along a radio spotting report; a Hallicrafters S-40B, or is it a S-77, in a Jeanne Mas video of her song “Johnny Johnny.”

It appears several times in the video, this may be the clearest, about :40 in.:

I have a S-40B tucked away in a closet so of course it caught my eye!

I stumbled upon it doing while doing research for this week’s “Birthday Radiogram” segment that airs during The Mighty KBC’s “The Giant Jukebox” music show with host Eric van Willegen. I’ve been producing the segment for a couple of years now. Kim Elliott of “Shortwave Radiogram” invited me to give it a try while he was away on family business.

I’d never heard of Jeanne Mas, a French pop singer from the ‘80s, but her birthday is this weekend. Her videos do have quite a few hits. For the moment, I’m going with Cindy Wilson of the B-52s for the segment this week. But we’ll see how things develop.

I thought your readers might enjoy this sighting…and the video <smile>

73 de WD4AH

-Al

Thank you for sharing this, Al!

The Genesis of Carlos Latuff’s Illustrated Radio Listening Reports

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who writes:

The first time I thought about illustrating news I listened to on the radio, I was a kid, in the kitchen of my aunt’s apartment, I think in the 80s. From her Philco Transglobe receiver, I was informed that a sea lion had appeared on Copacabana beach, or something like that. I imagined what it would be like to draw that unusual event. But it remained just an idea; I never got around to drawing it.

The 20th century passed, and in 2019, I decided to rescue that childhood idea from the past. I made my first illustrated radio logbook:

This minilog would be the embryo of what I now call an “Illustrated Radio Listening Report.” A way to record, in illustration form, historical moments listened on the radio.

I hope to leave to those who come after me, research material, both on History and on radio. With this in mind, I’m making available here on SWLing Post this PDF with some of my illustrated reports of news captured by radio in 2025, related to climate change, a crucial theme of our times. This is my legacy as an artist AND radio enthusiast. Enjoy! ?