{"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":16149,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/ebay-find-the-zenith-trans-oceanic-royal-d7000y-with-comparisons-to-the-sony-crf-320\/","url_meta":{"origin":2291,"position":0},"title":"eBay Find: the Zenith Trans-Oceanic Royal D7000Y, with Comparisons to the Sony CRF-320","author":"Guy Atkins","date":"December 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Sometimes when\u00a0 browsing eBay you'll come across a\u00a0hot item\u00a0that wasn't even on your\u00a0wish list or Followed\u00a0eBay\u00a0Searches. 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