{"id":47040,"date":"2020-12-25T21:05:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T01:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47040"},"modified":"2020-12-25T21:05:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T01:05:32","slug":"alfons-and-the-magic-christmas-tree-read-by-clayton-howard-on-hcjb-dx-patry-line-in-december-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/alfons-and-the-magic-christmas-tree-read-by-clayton-howard-on-hcjb-dx-patry-line-in-december-1974\/","title":{"rendered":"“Alfons and the Magic Christmas Tree” read by Clayton Howard on HCJB DX Patry Line in December 1974"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Paul Rawdon, who shares the following:<\/p>\n

[This is] a recording of a story featured on HCJB\u2019s DX Party Line hosted by Clayton Howard. As far as I remember it was recorded in December 1974. It\u2019s a short story from SPEEDX about the reception of Tristan Da Cunha and St Helena.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/alfons-and-the-magic-christmas-tree-dec-1974\/Alfons%20and%20the%20Magic%20Christmas%20Tree%20Dec%201974.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

SPEEDX ran from 1971 until a declining membership forced its closure in 1995 archived copies of its monthly bulletin can be found here: https:\/\/worldradiohistory.com\/Speedx.htm<\/a>
\nHappy Christmas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow! What a timely contribution! Thank you, Paul and Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Rawdon, who shares the following: [This is] a recording of a story featured on HCJB\u2019s DX Party Line hosted by Clayton Howard. As far as I remember it was recorded in December 1974. It\u2019s a short story from SPEEDX about the reception of Tristan Da Cunha and St […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[5935,3,305,43],"tags":[1560,2852,4106,1555,737],"class_list":["post-47040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dx","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-shortwave-radio","tag-christmas","tag-hcjb","tag-recordings","tag-shortwave-christmas-specials","tag-shortwave-radio-recordings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ceI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9512,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/shortwave-radio-recordings-hcjb-45th-anniversary-december-25-1976\/","url_meta":{"origin":47040,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: HCJB 45th Anniversary, December 25, 1976","author":"Thomas","date":"May 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm very grateful to Shortwave Radio Audio Archive contributor, Greg Shoom, who is digitizing shortwave radio recordings he made in the 1970's. 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