{"id":30918,"date":"2018-02-27T16:04:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T20:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30918"},"modified":"2018-02-27T16:04:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T20:04:57","slug":"mark-spots-a-vintage-radio-in-travelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/mark-spots-a-vintage-radio-in-travelers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark spots a vintage radio in “Travelers”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Mark Hirst, who adds the following to\u00a0our growing archive of radios in film<\/a>. Mark writes:<\/p>\n

I’d spotted this radio in the Netflix time travelling series Travelers early on, but it was never in focus to nail a decent image.<\/p>\n

In spite of that, it does have a distinctive design that SWLing readers might recognise.<\/p>\n

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Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sitting in the book case next to the stacked books, I’m guessing it’s ornamental rather than functional.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mark, you obviously have a knack for detecting radios in film!\u00a0 Thank you for sharing!<\/p>\n

Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> Can anyone ID this radio?\u00a0 I love the design–guessing it’s a Bakelite chassis?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Mark Hirst, who adds the following to\u00a0our growing archive of radios in film. Mark writes: I’d spotted this radio in the Netflix time travelling series Travelers early on, but it was never in focus to nail a decent image. In spite of that, it does have a distinctive design that SWLing readers […]<\/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":[3,305,4796],"tags":[5458,5508,5506,445,6853,4093,681],"class_list":["post-30918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-vintage-radio","tag-mark-hirst","tag-netflix","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-spy-numbers","tag-travelers","tag-videos","tag-vintage-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-82G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26480,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/the-yaesu-frg-7700-in-tv-series-izombie\/","url_meta":{"origin":30918,"position":0},"title":"The Yaesu FRG-7700 in TV series iZombie","author":"Thomas","date":"June 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Mark Hirst, who adds the following to our growing archive of radios in film. 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These old shows are always an interesting watch, giving insights into fashions, cars, cultural norms and story lines from the time.\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\/2023\/05\/hawaii-03.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/hawaii-03.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/hawaii-03.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/hawaii-03.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24211,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/mark-spots-a-national-ncx-3-in-fargo-season-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":30918,"position":4},"title":"Mark spots a National NCX-3 in Fargo season 2","author":"Thomas","date":"February 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: I'm currently enjoying season 2 of Fargo on Netflix. 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