{"id":40186,"date":"2019-10-16T08:05:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T12:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=40186"},"modified":"2019-10-24T06:48:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T10:48:27","slug":"1961-film-tuning-in-radio-sarawak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/1961-film-tuning-in-radio-sarawak\/","title":{"rendered":"1961 Film: “Tuning In Radio Sarawak”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Adid, who writes:<\/p>\n

Hi Thomas, I just watched this very interesting DX film about RADIO SARAWAK.<\/p>\n

It’s a behind the scenes look at radio in the tropics, with great vintage gear.<\/p>\n

I don’t think it was FM as it’s was much expensive and coverage is limited. But on the other hand we don’t see the large MW antennas<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to view the film at the Imperial War Museum website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Good question, Adid. The FM band wasn’t widely included on radios until the late 1950s and early 1960s. Since this film dates from 1961, I imagine some of those new transistor\/valve radios could have included FM, although I imagine mediumwave was the choice band for regional broadcasts.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, an SWLing Post<\/em> reader can shed some more light on Radio Sarawak’s history! Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adid, who writes: Hi Thomas, I just watched this very interesting DX film about RADIO SARAWAK. It’s a behind the scenes look at radio in the tropics, with great vintage gear. I don’t think it was FM as it’s was much expensive and coverage is limited. But on the […]<\/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":[3,305,288,304],"tags":[8071,4094,4091,3958,8070,4093],"class_list":["post-40186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-videos","tag-imerial-war-museum","tag-nostalgia","tag-radio-history","tag-radio-malaysia","tag-radio-sarawak","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-asa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53676,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/video-the-erres-ky-418-radio-set-wwii-era-assembly-line\/","url_meta":{"origin":40186,"position":0},"title":"Video: The Erres KY-418 radio set WWII era assembly line","author":"Thomas","date":"August 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adid, who writes: The Erres KY-418 Radio set assembly line. 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