{"id":33047,"date":"2018-07-02T06:42:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T10:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=33047"},"modified":"2018-07-02T06:42:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T10:42:56","slug":"after-71-years-wlo-operators-go-off-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/after-71-years-wlo-operators-go-off-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"After 71 years, WLO operators go off the air"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Zach<\/a>, who notes that WLO have announced that as of 04:59 UTC on July 1, 2018, “there there will no longer be 24\/7 operators on duty at the Mobile, AL stations.”<\/p>\n

Here’s a screenshot from their announcement on Facebook<\/a>:
\n\"\"<\/a>The end of an era indeed. Thanks for the tip, Zach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Zach, who notes that WLO have announced that as of 04:59 UTC on July 1, 2018, “there there will no longer be 24\/7 operators on duty at the Mobile, AL stations.” Here’s a screenshot from their announcement on Facebook: The end of an era indeed. Thanks for the tip, […]<\/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":[3,43],"tags":[3969,4013,3964,5677],"class_list":["post-33047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-maritime-radio","tag-maritime-shortwave","tag-wlo","tag-zach"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8B1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33166,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/night-of-nights-returns-tonight\/","url_meta":{"origin":33047,"position":0},"title":"“Night of Nights” Returns Tonight!","author":"Thomas","date":"July 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Brian Smith (W9IND), who writes: The cast may be smaller than in previous years, but the \u201cNight of Nights\u201d nostalgia show will go on. 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