{"id":14836,"date":"2015-09-15T07:38:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T11:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14836"},"modified":"2015-09-15T07:38:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T11:38:05","slug":"shortwave-radio-recordings-voa-on-the-10th-anniversary-of-apollo-11-moon-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/shortwave-radio-recordings-voa-on-the-10th-anniversary-of-apollo-11-moon-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: VOA on the 10th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Apollo_11_lunar_module-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> and SRAA contributor<\/a>, Tom\u00a0Laskowski,\u00a0who shares this recording of the Voice of America; recorded on July 20, 1979 at 0500 UTC on the 31 meter band. Tom notes:<\/p>\n

“The first 4:30 is from a VOA newscast that aired before the main part of the program. The main recording was presented on the 10th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. I enjoy listening to this every year on the landing anniversary.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to download the recording as an MP3<\/a>, or simply listen via the embedded player below:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/VOA9MHz20July19790500UTC\/VOA-9MHz-20July1979-0500UTC.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Note that Tom has been sharing a number of shortwave recordings from the late 1970s. All of his recordings are being published on the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive<\/a>. Tom: thanks so much for being a part of the shortwave archive community.<\/p>\n

If you have recordings you would like to share with the world as well, please contact me<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post and SRAA contributor, Tom\u00a0Laskowski,\u00a0who shares this recording of the Voice of America; recorded on July 20, 1979 at 0500 UTC on the 31 meter band. Tom notes: “The first 4:30 is from a VOA newscast that aired before the main part of the program. 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