{"id":26130,"date":"2017-05-30T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=26130"},"modified":"2017-05-30T11:13:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T15:13:27","slug":"book-review-a-history-of-soviet-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/book-review-a-history-of-soviet-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Book review: A History of Soviet Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, William Lee, who forwards this review of book on domestic radio history in Russia:<\/p>\n

Russia in the Microphone Age: A History of Soviet Radio, 1919-1970<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here to download as a PDF.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to view\/purchase this book on Amazon.com<\/a> and Google Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, William Lee, who forwards this review of book on domestic radio history in Russia: Russia in the Microphone Age: A History of Soviet Radio, 1919-1970 Click here to download as a PDF. Click here to view\/purchase this book on Amazon.com and Google Play.<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[251,56,836,3],"tags":[6214,4289],"class_list":["post-26130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-broadcasters","category-new-products","category-news","tag-russia-in-the-microphone-age","tag-soviet-union"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6Ns","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15047,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/anniversary-of-sputnik-i-launch-radio-moscow\/","url_meta":{"origin":26130,"position":0},"title":"Anniversary of Sputnik I Launch & Radio Moscow","author":"Thomas","date":"October 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who writes: Yesterday, 4 October, was the anniversary of the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial Earth satellite. 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