{"id":11739,"date":"2014-12-16T15:09:44","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T19:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11739"},"modified":"2014-12-16T16:56:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T20:56:07","slug":"slate-dont-count-amfm-radio-out-just-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/slate-dont-count-amfm-radio-out-just-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Slate: Don\u2019t Count AM\/FM Radio Out Just Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/swdial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-254\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/swdial.jpg\" alt=\"Analog Radio Dial\" width=\"219\" height=\"148\" \/><\/a>Jeff, over at the <a href=\"http:\/\/herculodge.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">excellent Herculodge blog<\/a>, shares <a title=\"Slate\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/arts\/ten_years_in_your_ears\/2014\/12\/the_future_of_terrestrial_radio_in_the_age_of_podcasts.html\" target=\"_blank\">this link to an interesting\u00a0article in Slate<\/a> about the future of AM\/FM radio in the age of podcasts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/arts\/ten_years_in_your_ears\/2014\/12\/the_future_of_terrestrial_radio_in_the_age_of_podcasts.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view the full article<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/herculodge.typepad.com\/herculodge\/2014\/12\/in-the-face-of-podcasts-radio-continues-to-be-a-useful-profitable-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\">check out Jeff&#8217;s excerpts on the Herculodge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff, over at the excellent Herculodge blog, shares this link to an interesting\u00a0article in Slate about the future of AM\/FM radio in the age of podcasts. Click here to view the full article\u00a0and check out Jeff&#8217;s excerpts on the Herculodge. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,8,3],"tags":[625,1384,2940,79,3468],"class_list":["post-11739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-articles","category-news","tag-am-radio","tag-fm-radio","tag-herculodge","tag-podcasts","tag-slate"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-33l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14090,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/the-new-sangean-pr-d19-amfm-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":11739,"position":0},"title":"The new Sangean PR-D19 AM\/FM radio","author":"Thomas","date":"July 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Jeff, over at the Herculodge for sharing information about the new Sangean PR-D19 AM\/FM radio which is now available at Universal Radio and Amazon. 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