{"id":4819,"date":"2012-11-10T11:04:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T15:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=4819"},"modified":"2012-11-10T11:04:46","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T15:04:46","slug":"get-your-radio-nostalgia-fix-from-the-uk-1940s-radio-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/get-your-radio-nostalgia-fix-from-the-uk-1940s-radio-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Get your radio nostalgia fix from The UK 1940s Radio Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Several months ago, I wrote a post confessing that I recently embraced internet radio<\/a>, and since then have been using a very affordable Cricket Android Phone<\/a> as an inexpensive, portable wi-fi radio. You see, though I prefer listening to shortwave radio, and though there are notable exceptions<\/a>,\u00a0it’s not always the best source to pipe music through the hi-fi system in our house.<\/p>\n

At one point, I actually subscribed to XM satellite radio. I eventually dropped it, and found there were only two things I really missed from XM: Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure<\/a>,\u00a0and the 40s on 4<\/a> station, which played music from the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s.<\/p>\n

Introducing The UK 1940s Radio Station<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fortunately, there is an excellent radio station–indeed, better than XM\/Sirius’ 40s on 4<\/em>–that fills my need for nostalgic radio, \u00a0The UK 1940s Radio Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The UK 1940s Radio Station<\/a>\u00a0runs\u00a024 hour a day and plays an amazing mix of 1940s era music. Unlike 40’s on 40<\/em>,\u00a0\u00a0The UK 1940s Radio Station<\/a>\u00a0has authentic recordings of news clips and even original advertisements they play throughout their music mix. \u00a0The\u00a040s on 4<\/em>, at least when I last listened, still had a pseudo-1940s-sounding announcer (Ed Baxter) and often reproduced news broadcasts; I prefer the real period recordings, personally. Also,\u00a0The UK 1940s Radio Station<\/a>\u00a0has interviews and commentary from experts on the era.<\/p>\n

The UK 1940s Radio Station\u00a0are supported by their listeners, so if you like their programming, consider supporting them<\/a> with a donation via PayPal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several months ago, I wrote a post confessing that I recently embraced internet radio, and since then have been using a very affordable Cricket Android Phone as an inexpensive, portable wi-fi radio. You see, though I prefer listening to shortwave radio, and though there are notable exceptions,\u00a0it’s not always the best source to pipe music […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[442,305,554],"tags":[1473,1467,1471,1472,1469,1461,1468,1470],"class_list":["post-4819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-nostalgia","category-slightly-off-topic","tag-1940s-internet-radio-station","tag-40s-on-4","tag-decades","tag-nostalgic-radio","tag-sirius","tag-the-uk-1940s-radio-station","tag-xm","tag-xm-sirius-40s-on-4"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1fJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46929,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/radio-waves-new-siriusxm-satellite-tour-of-chu-icom-id-52-delay-and-grants-prototype-broadcast-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":4819,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: New SiriusXM Satellite, Tour of CHU, Icom ID-52 Delay, and Grant’s Prototype Broadcast Receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"December 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0readers.\u00a0 To that end:\u00a0Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kenwood-R-2000-Dial.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29999,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/the-minerva-tropic-master-a-portable-wwii-era-morale-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":4819,"position":1},"title":"The Minerva Tropic Master: a portable WWII era morale radio","author":"Thomas","date":"January 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're a regular here on the SWLing Post, you've no doubt discovered that I'm a fan of vintage radios. 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