{"id":63040,"date":"2025-05-31T06:46:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T10:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63040"},"modified":"2025-05-31T06:46:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T10:46:24","slug":"armstrong-broadcast-returns-to-new-jersey-on-june-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/armstrong-broadcast-returns-to-new-jersey-on-june-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Armstrong Broadcast Returns to New Jersey on June 19, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Armstrong Tower in Alpine, NJ (Photo by Ww2censor via Wikimedia Commons<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributors Alan and Conrad for sharing the news that the annual Armstrong Radio Broadcast event will return to Alpine, New Jersey, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, beginning at 12 p.m. ET. The commemorative broadcast will air on 42.8 MHz, the original low-band FM frequency used by Edwin Howard Armstrong. This special transmission, using vintage equipment, will cover much of the New York City Tri-State area. ?<\/p>\n

In addition to the broadcast, there will be a public event on-site at the historic Armstrong Tower in Alpine\u2014an opportunity to gather with fellow radio enthusiasts at a truly iconic location in broadcasting history.<\/p>\n

Check out the full details and history\u00a0 via Radio World.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Alan and Conrad for sharing the news that the annual Armstrong Radio Broadcast event will return to Alpine, New Jersey, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, beginning at 12 p.m. ET. The commemorative broadcast will air on 42.8 MHz, the original low-band FM frequency used by Edwin Howard Armstrong. This […]<\/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":[3781,3],"tags":[10825,634],"class_list":["post-63040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fm","category-news","tag-armstrong-tower","tag-radio-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-goM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63237,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/wa2xmn-revives-armstrongs-legacy-with-90th-anniversary-broadcast-on-42-8-mhz\/","url_meta":{"origin":63040,"position":0},"title":"WA2XMN Revives Armstrong\u2019s Legacy with 90th Anniversary Broadcast on 42.8 MHz","author":"Thomas","date":"June 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Conrad Trautmann, who shares the following guest post: 42.8 MHz WA2XMN FM Goes On The Air! 6\/19\/2025 By Conrad Trautmann, N2YCH Stephen Hemphill, WA3ZAE, the owner of Solid Electronics Laboratories, fired up a vintage FM tube Phasitron transmitter on 42.8 MHz to put WA2XMN\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "FM"","block_context":{"text":"FM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/fm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26582,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/fcc-a-detailed-application-for-a-new-10kw-drm-transmitter\/","url_meta":{"origin":63040,"position":1},"title":"FCC: A detailed application for a new 10KW DRM transmitter","author":"Thomas","date":"June 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ed, who writes: Thomas, did you see this? 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