{"id":2361,"date":"2011-12-15T21:54:20","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T01:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2361"},"modified":"2011-12-15T22:36:04","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T02:36:04","slug":"universal-radio-now-offering-tecsun-shortwave-radios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/universal-radio-now-offering-tecsun-shortwave-radios\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Radio now offering Tecsun shortwave radios"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Good news: \u00a0Universal Radio is now offering Tecsun radios for the US market. So far, they have the PL-360<\/a>,\u00a0PL-606<\/a> and PL-660<\/a> listed among their offerings.<\/p>\n

Check out the direct links above or look at their full selection of portable radios by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good news: \u00a0Universal Radio is now offering Tecsun radios for the US market. So far, they have the PL-360,\u00a0PL-606 and PL-660 listed among their offerings. Check out the direct links above or look at their full selection of portable radios by clicking here.<\/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":[26,714],"tags":[716,715,330,58],"class_list":["post-2361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radios","category-retailers","tag-tecsun-pl-360","tag-tecsun-pl-606","tag-tecsun-pl-660","tag-universal-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-C5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8321,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/universal-radio-lowers-price-of-tecsun-pl-660\/","url_meta":{"origin":2361,"position":0},"title":"Universal Radio lowers price of Tecsun PL-660","author":"Thomas","date":"December 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Universal Radio has lowered the price of their Tecsun PL-660 to $109.95. 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I've never heard of that badging\/brand, maybe you have? Kaito (via Amazon) currently prices the PL-606 at $41.80, Amazon's price is $46.50. 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