{"id":15160,"date":"2015-10-14T09:41:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T13:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=15160"},"modified":"2015-10-14T09:41:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T13:41:28","slug":"toms-1981-off-air-recording-of-rcis-shortwave-listeners-digest-hosted-by-ian-mcfarland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/toms-1981-off-air-recording-of-rcis-shortwave-listeners-digest-hosted-by-ian-mcfarland\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom’s 1981 off-air recording of RCI’s Shortwave Listener’s Digest hosted by Ian McFarland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A propagation poster in the foyer of RCI’s Sackville, NB, transmitter site only months before the site was closed. (Photo: Thomas Witherspoon)\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

Tom Laskowski, has been generously contributing\u00a0a number of off-air shortwave radio recordings to the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive (SRAA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Recently, he shared a series I’m sure many of you remember. Tom writes:<\/p>\n

“My first contribution<\/a> of many recordings I have of Radio Canada International’s Shortwave Listener’s Digest<\/strong><\/em> hosted by Ian McFarland.”<\/p>\n

“The first 12 1\/2 minutes is Bonsoir Africa. The recording was made using a cheap GE portable. The audio quality isn’t great but it’s still very nostalgic listening to a program I recorded 34 years ago.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This brings back many<\/em> memories of one of my favorite shortwave programs–thank you, Tom!<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/RCI15.325MHz11October19812100UTC\/RCI-15.325MHz-11October1981-2100UTC.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

The audio quality<\/a> actually reminds me of one of my first analog portables, Tom! Nostalgia at its best.<\/p>\n

Check out all Tom’s SRAA contributions by clicking here<\/a>. While you’re at it, bookmark the SRAA<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tom Laskowski, has been generously contributing\u00a0a number of off-air shortwave radio recordings to the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive (SRAA). Recently, he shared a series I’m sure many of you remember. Tom writes: “My first contribution of many recordings I have of Radio Canada International’s Shortwave Listener’s Digest hosted by Ian McFarland.” “The first 12 1\/2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,305,288,746,43],"tags":[778,631,30,4317,4318,2479,1958,4224],"class_list":["post-15160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ian-mcfarland","tag-radio-canada-international","tag-rci","tag-rci-shortwave-listeners-digest","tag-shortwave-listeners-digest","tag-shortwave-radio-audio-archive","tag-sraa","tag-tom-laskowski"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3Ww","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42359,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/radio-nostalgia-trip-rci-shortwave-listeners-digest-from-july-26-1982\/","url_meta":{"origin":15160,"position":0},"title":"Radio Nostalgia Trip: RCI Shortwave Listener’s Digest from July 26, 1982","author":"Thomas","date":"March 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Over at the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive, we receive some truly amazing recordings from our devoted contributors. 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