{"id":58012,"date":"2023-10-16T16:44:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58012"},"modified":"2023-10-17T06:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T10:38:38","slug":"rest-in-peace-larry-van-horn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/rest-in-peace-larry-van-horn\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest In Peace, Larry Van Horn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’ve been away for almost a week and a number of readers have written in to express their condolences after only recently learning<\/a> that a legend in our radio world, Larry Van Horn, passed away in August after a short period of illness.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I remember meeting Larry once when I stopped in unannounced at The Monitoring Times<\/em> HQ in Brasstown, North Carolina. He was a true gentleman and shared his enthusiasm for the airwaves with me for a couple of hours. He was a passionate radio man through and through.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, our condolences and hearts go out to his wife Gayle Van Horn and son, Loyd Van Horn, both of whom are also prominent figures in our radio world.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been away for almost a week and a number of readers have written in to express their condolences after only recently learning that a legend in our radio world, Larry Van Horn, passed away in August after a short period of illness.\u00a0 I remember meeting Larry once when I stopped in unannounced at The […]<\/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],"tags":[7756,9673,8507],"class_list":["post-58012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-gayle-van-horn","tag-larry-van-horn","tag-loyd-van-horn"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-f5G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54925,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/19th-edition-of-the-global-radio-guide-winter-2022-23-now-available\/","url_meta":{"origin":58012,"position":0},"title":"19th Edition of the Global Radio Guide (Winter 2022-23) Now Available","author":"Thomas","date":"December 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gayle Van Horn (W4GVH), who shares the following announcement: 19th Edition of the Global Radio Guide (Winter 2022-23) Now Available Small moves and gradual escalation. 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