{"id":46666,"date":"2020-11-26T07:48:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T11:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=46666"},"modified":"2020-11-26T07:48:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T11:48:11","slug":"can-you-id-the-radio-in-this-pharmaceutical-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/can-you-id-the-radio-in-this-pharmaceutical-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you ID the radio in this pharmaceutical ad?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thank to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Paul Evans (W4\/VP9KF), who writes:<\/p>\n

I was watching a TV advert (well, no I wasn’t), but then this one
\ncomes on with a drug for COPD.<\/p>\n

On the kitchen table, along with the inhaler thing there just happens
\nto be a radio \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Let’s see who can find out what it is! Thanksgiving Quiz!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oooh…good challenge. The resolution is pretty poor int he photo, but I’m almost certain I can ID the radio. Can you?\u00a0 Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thank to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Evans (W4\/VP9KF), who writes: I was watching a TV advert (well, no I wasn’t), but then this one comes on with a drug for COPD. On the kitchen table, along with the inhaler thing there just happens to be a radio \ud83d\ude42 Let’s see who can find out […]<\/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],"tags":[2055,7864,5506],"class_list":["post-46666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-mystery-radio","tag-paul-evans-w4-vp9kf","tag-radios-in-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-c8G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46841,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/can-you-id-this-radio-in-death-in-paradise\/","url_meta":{"origin":46666,"position":0},"title":"Can you ID this radio in “Death in Paradise”–?","author":"Thomas","date":"December 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Evans (W4\/VP9KF), who writes: Oh no, I spotted another radio to identify in about a 1 second clip from \"Death In Paradise\", Series 9, Episode 7. 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