{"id":24211,"date":"2017-02-16T07:44:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T11:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=24211"},"modified":"2020-07-31T10:38:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T14:38:23","slug":"mark-spots-a-national-ncx-3-in-fargo-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/mark-spots-a-national-ncx-3-in-fargo-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark spots a National NCX-3 in Fargo season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes:<\/p>\n

I’m currently enjoying season 2 of Fargo<\/a> on Netflix. This radio popped up in episode 9, in use by the South Dakota police.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sharp eyes, Mark! I’m impressed with the number of radio sightings you find in present-day\u00a0TV and film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: I’m currently enjoying season 2 of Fargo on Netflix. This radio popped up in episode 9, in use by the South Dakota police. Sharp eyes, Mark! I’m impressed with the number of radio sightings you find in present-day\u00a0TV and film.<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,3,26,43],"tags":[5971,5458,5970,5508,5506],"class_list":["post-24211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-fargo","tag-mark-hirst","tag-national-ncx-3","tag-netflix","tag-radios-in-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6iv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30918,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/mark-spots-a-vintage-radio-in-travelers\/","url_meta":{"origin":24211,"position":0},"title":"Mark spots a vintage radio in “Travelers”","author":"Thomas","date":"February 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Mark Hirst, who adds the following to\u00a0our growing archive of radios in film. 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Can anyone identify the solid-state receiver\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21612,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/heathkit-radio-in-netflixs-stranger-things\/","url_meta":{"origin":24211,"position":2},"title":"Heathkit Radio in Netflix’s “Stranger Things”","author":"Thomas","date":"October 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who has once again spotted a classic radio in film: This shot of some Heathkit radios came up in the first episode of \"Stranger Things\". 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