{"id":50670,"date":"2021-10-30T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=50670"},"modified":"2021-10-29T07:38:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T11:38:54","slug":"cn-radio-early-entertainment-for-railroad-travelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/cn-radio-early-entertainment-for-railroad-travelers\/","title":{"rendered":"CN Radio: Early entertainment for railroad travelers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photo<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Edward Kusalik, who shares the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n

An interesting article appeared in the recent publication of the Canora Chronicle (Camrose Railway Museum \/Historic Society)<\/a> dealing with early historic facts\/details\/articles of Rail History in my area.<\/p>\n

It talks about how passengers were able to listen to the radio on a train:<\/p>\n

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

Thank you so much for sharing this, Edward! Fascinating!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Edward Kusalik, who shares the following: An interesting article appeared in the recent publication of the Canora Chronicle (Camrose Railway Museum \/Historic Society) dealing with early historic facts\/details\/articles of Rail History in my area. It talks about how passengers were able to listen to the radio on a train: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,288],"tags":[15,29,9509,9510,4091],"class_list":["post-50670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-history","tag-canada","tag-cbc","tag-cn-radio","tag-edward-kusalik","tag-radio-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dbg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63466,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-cgtn-july-25-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":50670,"position":0},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of CGTN (July 25, 2025)","author":"Thomas","date":"July 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares the following\u00a0illustrated radio listening report of a recent CGTN broadcast. 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