{"id":2291,"date":"2011-12-02T08:48:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T12:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2011-12-02T08:48:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T12:48:29","slug":"john-allen-keeps-radio-history-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/john-allen-keeps-radio-history-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"John Allen keeps radio history alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(Source: Delmarva Now<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A fat and sassy black cat purrs in John Allen’s lap. Relaxing in his favorite chair, Allen’s fingers vanished into the silky fur as he stroked his cat while listening to the Big Band sounds coming through a 1930s radio.<\/p>\n

With its warm wood finish and the soft yellow glow of light from the dial, the vintage radio is as soothing as the thin shadows in the room.<\/p>\n

[…]Stacked neatly in his living room are a dozen or so radios from the past. The sets are piled several deep. Other are stored in his shop, tucked tightly on shelves.<\/p>\n

[…]”Maybe if you count the regular radios, the military radios, and the spy radios, I might have a little more than 200,” he said.<\/p>\n

That’s right, he said “spy radios.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click hear to read the full story on\u00a0Delmarva Now<\/a>. If you like this sort of article, you have to check out the BBC radio documentary on Gerry Wells<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Delmarva Now) A fat and sassy black cat purrs in John Allen’s lap. Relaxing in his favorite chair, Allen’s fingers vanished into the silky fur as he stroked his cat while listening to the Big Band sounds coming through a 1930s radio. With its warm wood finish and the soft yellow glow of light […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[373,8,305,5],"tags":[697,4091],"class_list":["post-2291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-articles","category-nostalgia","category-swlers","tag-john-allen","tag-radio-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-AX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39835,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/amazon-price-drop-eton-elite-executive-portable-now-129-99\/","url_meta":{"origin":2291,"position":0},"title":"Amazon Price Drop: Eton Elite Executive Portable Now $129.99","author":"Guy Atkins","date":"September 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The relatively new Eton Elite Executive, formerly Eton Executive Satellit, has dropped $50 USD on its Amazon page to $129.99: This rather major price drop lowers the cost to just $20 more than Amazon's price for the older, silver-cased Eton Executive Satellit. 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