{"id":57861,"date":"2023-09-29T18:21:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T22:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=57861"},"modified":"2023-09-29T18:21:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T22:21:19","slug":"can-you-identify-this-hallicrafters-in-sky-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/can-you-identify-this-hallicrafters-in-sky-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you identify this Hallicrafters in “Sky King”–?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who can identify the classic Hallicrafters in the 1960s show Sky King<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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

Thanks, Dan! Readers: if you know the answer, please comment!<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: Who can identify the classic Hallicrafters in the 1960s show Sky King? Thanks, Dan! Readers: if you know the answer, please comment!  <\/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":[3,305,4796],"tags":[2635,5506],"class_list":["post-57861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-vintage-radio","tag-dan-robinson","tag-radios-in-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-f3f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56941,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/a-hallicrafters-sx-28-a-in-battle-of-the-bulge\/","url_meta":{"origin":57861,"position":0},"title":"A Hallicrafters SX-28\/A in “Battle of the Bulge”","author":"Thomas","date":"May 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: Not a false alarm this time -- one of the most striking appearances of a classic shortwave receiver was in Battle of the Bulge, the 1960's movie about the great battle between German and U.S. forces during World War II,\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\/2023\/05\/Battle-of-the-Bulge-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Battle-of-the-Bulge-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Battle-of-the-Bulge-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Battle-of-the-Bulge-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38362,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/can-you-identify-this-hallicrafters-model-onboard-the-columbine-iii\/","url_meta":{"origin":57861,"position":1},"title":"Can you identify this Hallicrafters model onboard the Columbine III?","author":"Thomas","date":"June 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Robert Yowell, who writes: I was visiting the US Air Force Museum [Friday] and walked through \u201cColumbine III\u201d which was the Lockheed Constellation used as Air Force One by President Eisenhower from 1954 until he left office. In the back of the cabin was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Aviation"","block_context":{"text":"Aviation","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/aviation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/160426-F-IO108-013.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/160426-F-IO108-013.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/160426-F-IO108-013.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/160426-F-IO108-013.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16644,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/avengers-age-of-ultron-scene-is-that-a-hallicrafters-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":57861,"position":2},"title":"Avengers ‘Age of Ultron’ scene: is that a Hallicrafters receiver?","author":"Thomas","date":"January 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"With the recent posts about shortwave radio in films (Star Wars and Star Trek),\u00a0I remembered a scene from Avengers: Age of Ultron where I thought I spotted a vintage Hallicrafters receiver. 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