{"id":63537,"date":"2025-08-03T07:24:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T11:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63537"},"modified":"2025-08-03T07:24:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T11:24:29","slug":"dan-unearths-radio-memories-a-1990s-treasure-trove-of-broadcast-ephemera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/dan-unearths-radio-memories-a-1990s-treasure-trove-of-broadcast-ephemera\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Unearths Radio Memories: A 1990s Treasure Trove of Broadcast Ephemera"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Hi Thomas<\/p>\n

Before the days of the internet and e-mail, handwritten or typed reception reports mailed out to broadcast stations would often net the lucky DXer other goodies, including station brochures, program schedules, frequency guides, station stickers, blank reception report forms, pennants, booklets, and other items in addition to that coveted QSL verification.<\/p>\n

The QSLs were stored carefully away in albums or shoe boxes, while much of the other paper ephemera eventually (over the years) made its way into a recycle bin. Recently, while cleaning out some storage boxes in the basement, I came across a number of envelopes containing some of the aforementioned items from the early to mid-1990s. To preserve these newly discovered pieces of radio history, I have scanned much of the material and included it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s a sampling:<\/p>\n

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There are 39 JPEG and 7 PDF files to view:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/radio-finland-program-guide-1992-3-page-2<\/a><\/p>\n

73<\/p>\n

Dan Greenall VE3HLC, Ontario, Canada<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for archiving and sharing these, Dan! Pure radio nostalgia.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dan Greenall, who writes: Hi Thomas Before the days of the internet and e-mail, handwritten or typed reception reports mailed out to broadcast stations would often net the lucky DXer other goodies, including station brochures, program schedules, frequency guides, station stickers, blank reception report forms, pennants, booklets, and other […]<\/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":[373,433,3,305,288,43],"tags":[10271,10865,1302,4082],"class_list":["post-63537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dan-greenall","tag-ephemera","tag-radio-nostalgia","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gwN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59454,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/radio-moscow-ephemera-circa-1972\/","url_meta":{"origin":63537,"position":0},"title":"Radio Moscow Ephemera Circa 1972","author":"Thomas","date":"April 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post and SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following Radio Moscow ephemera from 1972. This media is also posted on Archive.org: I first began listening to shortwave radio in December 1969 at the age of 15. 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