{"id":53564,"date":"2022-07-30T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=53564"},"modified":"2022-07-29T08:32:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T12:32:18","slug":"mark-spots-an-atlas-in-the-rockford-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/mark-spots-an-atlas-in-the-rockford-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Spots an Atlas in “The Rockford Files”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas,<\/p>\n

I spotted this radio from an episode of the Rockford Files in a story about Russian spies.<\/p>\n

According to IMDB, the episode, “A Material Difference<\/a>” aired in February 1979.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.rigpix.com\/atlas\/210x.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Mark<\/p>\n

Thanks so much for sharing this, Mark. You’ve got sharp eyes!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I remember watching The Rockford Files<\/em> as a kid. I think it’s time to re-watch some of those episodes. Thanks again, Mark!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: Thomas, I spotted this radio from an episode of the Rockford Files in a story about Russian spies. According to IMDB, the episode, “A Material Difference” aired in February 1979. https:\/\/www.rigpix.com\/atlas\/210x.htm Mark Thanks so much for sharing this, Mark. You’ve got sharp eyes! I remember […]<\/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":[3,305],"tags":[5458,5506,9913],"class_list":["post-53564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-mark-hirst","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-the-rockford-files"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dVW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64692,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/mark-spots-a-kenwood-in-plur1bus\/","url_meta":{"origin":53564,"position":0},"title":"Mark Spots a Kenwood in Plur1bus","author":"Thomas","date":"November 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Mark Hirst, who writes: Thomas, Episode 4 of Pluribus dropped today (November 21). 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