{"id":12720,"date":"2015-03-20T15:32:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T19:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12720"},"modified":"2015-03-20T19:25:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T23:25:41","slug":"the-new-sangean-wr-15-amfm-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/the-new-sangean-wr-15-amfm-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Sangean WR-15 AM\/FM radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sangean-AMFM-Radio\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Jeff\u00a0over at the excellent Herculodg blog<\/a>, is about to pull the trigger on this Sangean WR-15<\/a>. I must admit, I’m mighty tempted, too–about as tempted as I get for radios lacking shortwave coverage.<\/p>\n

I love the simple design, the analog dial, and the three choices of finish: walnut, black leatherette, and silver piano finish.<\/p>\n

At $145.95, the WR-15 is no\u00a0bargain basement find<\/a>, but I’m willing to bet it’ll perform quite well. Perhaps as well as my Tivoli Model One? We’ll see.<\/p>\n

I’m sure Jeff will post a review on the Herculodge<\/a>\u00a0after he receives his unit in the coming weeks\/months! \u00a0Thanks for the tip, Jeff!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jeff\u00a0over at the excellent Herculodg blog, is about to pull the trigger on this Sangean WR-15. I must admit, I’m mighty tempted, too–about as tempted as I get for radios lacking shortwave coverage. I love the simple design, the analog dial, and the three choices of finish: walnut, black leatherette, and silver piano finish. At […]<\/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":[373,836,3,26],"tags":[4081,600,3720],"class_list":["post-12720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","tag-radios","tag-sangean","tag-sangean-wr-15"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3ja","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13957,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/chris-reviews-the-sangean-wr-22\/","url_meta":{"origin":12720,"position":0},"title":"Chris reviews the Sangean WR-22","author":"Thomas","date":"July 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Chris Freitas, who has informed me about a review he just published of the\u00a0Sangean WR-22 AM\/FM clock radio. 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