{"id":53237,"date":"2022-07-07T07:57:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T11:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=53237"},"modified":"2022-07-07T07:57:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T11:57:24","slug":"fcc-enforcement-circa-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/fcc-enforcement-circa-1941\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC Enforcement circa 1941"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, David Goren, who shares this clipping from the New York Times archive:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>My how times have changed!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Goren, who shares this clipping from the New York Times archive: My how times have changed!<\/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":[545,3],"tags":[371,4091],"class_list":["post-53237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-ny-times","tag-radio-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dQF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65439,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-vatican-radio-cgtn-radio-radio-nacional-and-radio-mitre-february-23-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":53237,"position":0},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Vatican Radio, CGTN Radio, R\u00e1dio Nacional, and R\u00e1dio Mitre (February 23, 2026)","author":"Thomas","date":"February 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares the following\u00a0illustrated radio listening report from several recent broadcasts. 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PCJ states: Package one includes 35 interval signals from the past and present. In a few months the second package will be released. The price is $1.99 US.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Products"","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Apple-iPhone","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Apple-iPhone-175x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":37078,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/shortwave-service-a19-schedule\/","url_meta":{"origin":53237,"position":3},"title":"Shortwave Service A19 Schedule","author":"Thomas","date":"May 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Hoad, who notes that the German broadcaster, Shortwave Service, has posted their A19 schedule. We've included it below for your convenience: (Source: Shortwave Service) 3985 kHz Montag-Freitag 1500-1530 UTC Radio Tirana Franz\u00f6sisch 1530-1600 UTC Radio Slowakei Franz\u00f6sisch 1600-1700 UTC SRF Echo der Zeit\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-1024x679.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-1024x679.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Dial-1024x679.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10779,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/incredible-band-openings-tonight\/","url_meta":{"origin":53237,"position":4},"title":"Incredible band openings tonight","author":"Thomas","date":"September 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"After an X class solar flare that caused a serious HF radio black-out earlier today, we've been rewarded with superb radio conditions this evening in North America. This is, perhaps, one of the best temporary band openings I've experienced this year. \u00a0Unfortunately, there's a good chance an incoming CME could\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"X1.6 Solar Flare, sunspot 2158 (source: Solar Ham)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SolarFlare.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SolarFlare.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SolarFlare.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8825,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/more-1968-recordings-on-the-shortwave-radio-audio-archive\/","url_meta":{"origin":53237,"position":5},"title":"More 1968 recordings on the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive","author":"Thomas","date":"February 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've now added a total of five recordings by David Firth, circa 1968, to the SW Radio Audio Archive. 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