{"id":30566,"date":"2018-01-28T09:16:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T13:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30566"},"modified":"2018-01-28T09:16:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T13:16:34","slug":"ivan-reviews-the-sangean-wrf-28-wifi-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/ivan-reviews-the-sangean-wrf-28-wifi-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivan reviews the Sangean WRF-28 WiFi radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_20423\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Sangean-WFR-28-Front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20423\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20423\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Sangean-WFR-28-Front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Sangean-WFR-28-Front.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Sangean-WFR-28-Front-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Sangean-WFR-28-Front-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Sangean-WFR-28-Front-624x413.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sangean WFR-28 WiFi Radio<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Ivan (NO2CW), who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hello, I posted on YouTube my review of the Sangean WFR-28 FM and Wifi Internet radio receiver.<\/p>\n<p>In particular I was able to sideload my directory of English Language broadcast stations from over 100 countries using their &#8220;Favorites&#8221; menu. It now sounds like the good old days of shortwave &#8230;almost. I can listen to the morning traffic report in Singapore, local news from Guam, afternoon talk show from Gibraltar and a nighttime DJ from Uganda &#8211; all in English.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I5b8YU4fjzQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/I5b8YU4fjzQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for sharing this in-depth review, Ivan!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still very pleased with the WFR-28 which <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/wi-fi-radio-primer-part-2-review-of-the-cc-wifi-and-sangean-wfr-28\/\">I reviewed many months ago<\/a>. For now, I believe the WFR-28 is the best value in WiFi radios (<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2rKIMho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">currently $115 on Amazon&#8211;affiliate link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Of course, a number of personal assistant device like the <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/wi-fi-radio-primer-part-3-review-of-the-grace-digital-mondo-and-amazon-echo\/\">Amazon Echo<\/a> also stream radio via the TuneIn Radio aggregator, but since these devices rely on voice commands, some stations can be difficult to call up. I still prefer a proper WiFi radio\/Internet appliance like the Sangean WFR-28 or <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/a-review-of-the-como-audio-solo\/\">Como Audio Solo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again, Ivan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Ivan (NO2CW), who writes: Hello, I posted on YouTube my review of the Sangean WFR-28 FM and Wifi Internet radio receiver. In particular I was able to sideload my directory of English Language broadcast stations from over 100 countries using their &#8220;Favorites&#8221; menu. It now sounds like the good old [&hellip;]<\/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":[3,26,129,4652],"tags":[999,5391,5330,5334,4093,4724,5297],"class_list":["post-30566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","category-wifi-radio","tag-internet-radio","tag-ivan-cholakov-no2cw","tag-sangean-wfr-28","tag-sangean-wfr-28-review","tag-videos","tag-wifi-radio","tag-wifi-radio-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7X0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55475,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/sangean-wfr-39-review-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":30566,"position":0},"title":"Sangean WFR-39 review update","author":"Thomas","date":"January 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of you know I've been working on a review of the Sangean WFR-39 WiFi\/Internet radio. 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