{"id":29509,"date":"2017-12-07T08:52:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T12:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29509"},"modified":"2017-12-07T08:59:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T12:59:30","slug":"from-the-post-archives-radio-free-whatever-a-pearl-harbor-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/from-the-post-archives-radio-free-whatever-a-pearl-harbor-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Post Archives: Radio Free Whatever–A Pearl Harbor Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy”–the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by air.<\/em><\/p>\n

This morning, I was reminded of an off-air recording I made in 2013 of the pirate radio station, Radio Free Whatever. Please enjoy this bit of history from the Post archive:<\/em><\/p>\n

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USS Shaw exploding in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941<\/p><\/div>\n

For your listening pleasure: one hour, seven minutes of the pirate radio station,\u00a0Radio Free Whatever<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I recorded this broadcast on\u00a0December 15 2013, starting around 2:40 UTC, on 6,925 kHz AM. This broadcast was a tribute to WWII and Pearl Harbor and contains news clips and music from the same time period. I believe my recording begins about five or so minutes into their broadcast.<\/p>\n

Simply click here to download an MP3 of the recording<\/a>, or listen via the embedded player below:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/RadioFreeWhateverPearlHarbor6.925MH\/RadioFreeWhateverPearlHarbor-6.925MH.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy”–the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by air. This morning, I was reminded of an off-air recording I made in 2013 of the pirate radio station, Radio Free Whatever. 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