{"id":13851,"date":"2015-06-29T08:30:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T12:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13851"},"modified":"2015-06-29T08:33:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T12:33:25","slug":"passport-to-world-band-radio-now-available-for-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/passport-to-world-band-radio-now-available-for-download\/","title":{"rendered":"Passport to World Band Radio now available for download"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PassportToWorldband<\/a>Many thanks to my buddy, Skip Arey (N2EI), who informed me that the\u00a0American Radio History website has added\u00a018\u00a0issues of the late Passport To World Band Radio<\/em>\u00a0to their free downloads archive. These issues span 1986-2009 and are free to download. What a treasure trove!<\/p>\n

Click here to view Passport To World Band Radio on the American Radio History website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to my buddy, Skip Arey (N2EI), who informed me that the\u00a0American Radio History website has added\u00a018\u00a0issues of the late Passport To World Band Radio\u00a0to their free downloads archive. These issues span 1986-2009 and are free to download. What a treasure trove! Click here to view Passport To World Band Radio on the American […]<\/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":[3,305,288],"tags":[124,122,3930],"class_list":["post-13851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-passport","tag-passport-to-world-band-radio","tag-passport-to-world-band-radio-downloads"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3Bp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":847,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/yes-passport-to-world-band-radio-has-closed-their-website\/","url_meta":{"origin":13851,"position":0},"title":"Yes, Passport To World Band Radio Has Closed Their Website","author":"Thomas","date":"August 27, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the past weeks, many of you may have noticed that the website for Passport To World Band Radio, Passband.com (note: no hyperlinking here), has closed shop. 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