{"id":38581,"date":"2019-07-20T08:27:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T12:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=38581"},"modified":"2019-07-20T11:06:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T15:06:59","slug":"from-the-shortwave-radio-audio-archive-voa-on-the-10th-anniversary-of-moon-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/from-the-shortwave-radio-audio-archive-voa-on-the-10th-anniversary-of-moon-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive: VOA and BBC on the anniversary of moon landing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eagle in lunar orbit photographed from Columbia. (Image: NASA)<\/p><\/div>\n

There are a hundreds of fascinating off-air radio recordings in our Shortwave Radio Audio Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of our frequent contributors, Tom Laskowski, has digitally converted numerous magnetic tape recordings from his personal collection to share with the archive. Tom made the following recording of the Voice of America on July 20, 1979 at 0500 UTC on the 31 meter band.<\/p>\n

Tom notes:<\/p>\n

The first 4:30 is from a VOA newscast that aired before the main part of the program. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The main recording was presented on the 10th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. I enjoy listening to this every year on the landing anniversary.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve enjoyed listening to this 10th anniversary presentation as we, today, celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing::<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/VOA9MHz20July19790500UTC\/VOA-9MHz-20July1979-0500UTC.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download this recording.<\/a><\/p>\n

[Update:]\u00a0Tom also shares another recording that marks this anniversary:<\/p>\n

I thought this might be [another] appropriate file to upload considering we are \u00a0marking the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. I recorded this program thirty years ago on July 20, 1989 [5.975 MHz at 0400 UTC] the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Omnibus takes a look back at the historic Apollo mission and how and why it happened:<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/bbc5.97520jul19890400\/BBC-5.975-20Jul1989-0400.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download the recording.<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank you so much for sharing this, Tom!<\/p>\n

Readers: Note that you can subscribe to the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive as a podcast via iTunes<\/a>\u00a0or by using the following RSS feed:\u00a0http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive?format=rss<\/a> You can also listen via TuneIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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