{"id":42790,"date":"2020-04-11T08:51:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T12:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=42790"},"modified":"2020-04-11T08:51:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T12:51:28","slug":"a-radio-time-machine-in-the-twilight-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/a-radio-time-machine-in-the-twilight-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"A Radio Time Machine in “The Twilight Zone”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo of Dean Jagger from The Twilight Zone episode Static. Jagger plays Ed Lindsay, a man whose old radio is able to receive radio broadcasts from years past. (Source: Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n

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

[While] watching some original episodes of The Twilight Zone on Netflix, I discovered the March 10, 1961 episode entitled “Static”. I think you’d especially appreciate it. If you haven’t seen it, do check it out–it’s about a radio time machine!<\/p>\n

There’re a couple of radios featured in the show (a big console tube radio and a transistor portable) but I couldn’t identify them. Maybe you or readers of the SWLing Post
\ncan?<\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Static_(The_Twilight_Zone)<\/a><\/p>\n

Spoiler Alert<\/strong> — if you haven’t seen this episode yet, you might want to hold off on reading about it on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n

Click here to view on Netflix.<\/a><\/p>\n

If you don’t have Netflix, you can watch this episode on YouTube in “Standard Definition” for $1.99. They also offer it in “High Definition” for $2.99. Apparently YouTube figured out a how to make a TV time machine that converts 1961 B&W TV broadcasts to HDTV!<\/p>\n

Click here to check it out on YouTube.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks so much, Ed!\u00a0 I have not seen this episode yet, but I will soon! I thought I had seen all of The Twilight Zone<\/em> episodes (as a kid and not in any particular order), but I don’t recall this one. I’m looking forward to it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ed, who writes: [While] watching some original episodes of The Twilight Zone on Netflix, I discovered the March 10, 1961 episode entitled “Static”. I think you’d especially appreciate it. If you haven’t seen it, do check it out–it’s about a radio time machine! There’re a couple of radios featured […]<\/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":[3,305,43],"tags":[5506,34,8430],"class_list":["post-42790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-shortwave-radio","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-shortwave","tag-twilight-zone"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-b8a","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13312,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/national-radio-quiet-zone-featured-in-bbc-radio-4-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":42790,"position":0},"title":"National Radio Quiet Zone featured in BBC Radio 4 series","author":"Thomas","date":"May 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader,\u00a0David Freeborough, who shares this brilliant, in-depth radio documentary featured on the BBC News and BBC Radio 4. 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