{"id":1992,"date":"2011-10-02T22:03:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T02:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2011-10-03T06:47:59","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T10:47:59","slug":"rcis-the-maple-leaf-mailbag-mentions-the-swling-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/rcis-the-maple-leaf-mailbag-mentions-the-swling-post\/","title":{"rendered":"RCI’s “The Maple Leaf Mailbag” mentions the SWLing Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You can’t imagine how honored we are that Ian Jones of Radio Canada International’s “The Maple Leaf Mailbag” (and the Rock’n Roadshow<\/a>) mentioned our site on the MLMB<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Here at the SWLing Post we blog about an innovative technology that serves up a wide and wild varieties of voices, sounds, opinions and music–all streaming wirelessly, all over the world, all of the time, at the speed of light–you only have to listen<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Yes, Ian, you’re right. Shortwave is far from dead.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’ve been a Radio Canada International<\/a> listener since my earliest listening years. Their programming is truly top-notch. The Link<\/a> gives a perspective on life in Canada, typically from the unique perspective of immigrants. The MLMB<\/a> is a quirky, fun, creative, highly interactive, interview-and-music program, that is (to say the least) unpredictable. Ian and his crew put their hearts into the show, and this comes through in every episode.<\/p>\n

Welcome, Maple Leaf Mailbag listeners!\u00a0 And thanks, again, Ian!<\/p>\n

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You can’t imagine how honored we are that Ian Jones of Radio Canada International’s “The Maple Leaf Mailbag” (and the Rock’n Roadshow) mentioned our site on the MLMB! Here at the SWLing Post we blog about an innovative technology that serves up a wide and wild varieties of voices, sounds, opinions and music–all streaming wirelessly, […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[630,628,629,631,30],"class_list":["post-1992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-news","tag-ian-jones","tag-maple-leaf-mailbag","tag-mlmb","tag-radio-canada-international","tag-rci"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-w8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3841,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/final-episode-of-the-final-maple-leaf-mailbag-now-online\/","url_meta":{"origin":1992,"position":0},"title":"Final episode of the final Maple Leaf Mailbag now online","author":"Thomas","date":"June 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On Facebook, Wojtek\u00a0Gwiazda kindly shared the following message from\u00a0Terry Haig (who has been subbing for Ian Jones on the MLMB): Dear Friends, I am distraught that the final edition of the MLMB did not go out properly this past weekend because of technical glitches. 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