{"id":13047,"date":"2015-04-25T08:05:39","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T12:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13047"},"modified":"2015-04-25T08:05:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T12:05:39","slug":"shipping-forecast-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/shipping-forecast-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Shipping Forecast tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shipping-forecast-locations.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8952\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shipping-forecast-locations.png\" alt=\"shipping-forecast-locations\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shipping-forecast-locations.png 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shipping-forecast-locations-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shipping-forecast-locations-100x56.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realmarkfahey\" target=\"_blank\">@realmarkfahey<\/a> who shares <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcradio4\/status\/591484237200510976\" target=\"_blank\">this tribute to the Shipping Forecast via Twitter<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For anyone who&#39;s ever fallen under the hypnotic spell of The Shipping Forecast, a short tribute to its charm: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/BtGzby8fRE\">http:\/\/t.co\/BtGzby8fRE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/R4in4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#R4in4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BBC Radio 4 (@BBCRadio4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCRadio4\/status\/591484237200510976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If the embedded tweet above does not appear, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p02ptkqb?ns_mchannel=social&amp;ns_campaign=bbc_radio_4&amp;ns_source=twitter&amp;ns_linkname=radio_and_music\" target=\"_blank\">click this link to listen via the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to @realmarkfahey who shares this tribute to the Shipping Forecast via Twitter: For anyone who&#39;s ever fallen under the hypnotic spell of The Shipping Forecast, a short tribute to its charm: http:\/\/t.co\/BtGzby8fRE #R4in4 &mdash; BBC Radio 4 (@BBCRadio4) April 24, 2015 If the embedded tweet above does not appear, click this link to [&hellip;]<\/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":[373,56,3],"tags":[2964,2734],"class_list":["post-13047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-bbc-radio-4-shipping-forecast","tag-shipping-forecast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3or","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61113,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/the-shipping-forecast-a-special-1993-filmed-version\/","url_meta":{"origin":13047,"position":0},"title":"The Shipping Forecast: A Special 1993 Filmed Version","author":"Thomas","date":"November 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and good friend, BJ Leiderman, who shares the following video on YouTube--a special Shipping Forecast tribute: On 18 December 1993, as part of the Arena Radio Night, BBC Radio 4 and BBC 2 collaborated on a simultaneous broadcast so the shipping forecast \u2013 read\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Longwave&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Longwave","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/longwave\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shipping-forecast-locations.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shipping-forecast-locations.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/shipping-forecast-locations.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9808,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/today-choppy-seas-for-the-shipping-forecast\/","url_meta":{"origin":13047,"position":1},"title":"Today: Choppy seas for the Shipping Forecast","author":"Thomas","date":"May 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Since the dawn of time, there is, there was, and there always has been...the Shipping Forecast. 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