{"id":22897,"date":"2016-12-19T19:18:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T23:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22897"},"modified":"2016-12-19T19:19:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T23:19:42","slug":"winners-of-our-holiday-radio-memories-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/winners-of-our-holiday-radio-memories-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of our holiday radio memories contest!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Please join me in congratulating\u00a0Renaud Hardy<\/strong> and\u00a0Bill Murray (AF7WM)<\/strong> who were picked at random out of the 45<\/em>\u00a0entries in our Holiday Radio Memories contest!<\/a><\/p>\n

I have notified both winners by email and Universal Radio will soon dispatch their prize: the Eton Grundig Edition<\/em> Mini portable shortwave radio<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Thank you, Universal Radio<\/a>, for sponsoring our December contest!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I’m going to format a large selection of responses and post them by December 24th here on the SWLing Post<\/em>. And trust me–you’re in for a treat! Many of us can relate to these memories! \u00a0Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please join me in congratulating\u00a0Renaud Hardy and\u00a0Bill Murray (AF7WM) who were picked at random out of the 45\u00a0entries in our Holiday Radio Memories contest! I have notified both winners by email and Universal Radio will soon dispatch their prize: the Eton Grundig Edition Mini portable shortwave radio! Thank you, Universal Radio, for sponsoring our December […]<\/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":true,"_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":[713,3],"tags":[3226,1551,34],"class_list":["post-22897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests","category-news","tag-contest","tag-holiday-shortwave","tag-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5Xj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22532,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/december-contest-your-holiday-radio-memories\/","url_meta":{"origin":22897,"position":0},"title":"December Contest: Your holiday radio memories!","author":"Thomas","date":"December 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"[Update: This contest is over, but you can read all of our radio memories on this Christmas Eve post.] It's the winter holiday season here in North America, typically a great time to slip\u00a0into the shack, sip some warm mulled cider\/eggnog\/coffee, and explore the world via the shortwaves, mediumwaves, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Contests"","block_context":{"text":"Contests","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/contests\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Hallicrafters-SX-24-Christmas-Decorations-1024x940.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Hallicrafters-SX-24-Christmas-Decorations-1024x940.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Hallicrafters-SX-24-Christmas-Decorations-1024x940.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21809,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/ends-today-dream-radio-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":22897,"position":1},"title":"Ends Today: “Dream Radio” Contest","author":"Thomas","date":"October 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Think back to your first days in radio\u2026What was\u00a0your\u00a0\u201cdream\u201d receiver? \u00a0And why? Or--if you're new to shortwave radio--what is your \"dream\" receiver currently, and why? Many of us had\u00a0a radio they dreamed of in their youth, or when they first began to hanker after the radio experience. 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Or--if you're new to shortwave radio--what is your \"dream\" receiver currently, and why? Many of us had\u00a0a radio they dreamed of in their youth, or when they first began to hanker after the radio experience. 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