{"id":65767,"date":"2026-04-08T15:28:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65767"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:28:56","slug":"a-source-for-old-time-radio-rokit-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/a-source-for-old-time-radio-rokit-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"A Source for Old Time Radio: ROKiT Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Hi Thomas – For fans of Old Time Radio this is an excellent source of a variety of programs. I came across these channels on Radio Garden. Here is a link to their website:
\nhttps:\/\/rokitradio.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Thanks for the tip, Bruce!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Bruce, who writes: Hi Thomas – For fans of Old Time Radio this is an excellent source of a variety of programs. I came across these channels on Radio Garden. Here is a link to their website: https:\/\/rokitradio.com Enjoy! Thanks for the tip, Bruce!<\/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":[7479,7478],"class_list":["post-65767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-old-time-radio","tag-otr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-h6L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32678,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/bruce-discovers-a-bit-of-morse-code-in-picnic-at-hanging-rock\/","url_meta":{"origin":65767,"position":0},"title":"Bruce discovers a bit of Morse Code in “Picnic At Hanging Rock”","author":"Thomas","date":"June 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce Fisher, who writes: I recorded this short piece of the soundtrack from the 3rd episode of the Picnic at Hanging Rock mini series- it's being used as a part of the music to an eerie scene, and there is no telegraph or radio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ham Radio"","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Picnic-at-Hanging-Rock.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":44058,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/can-you-help-bruce-identify-this-buzzing-noise-from-the-31-meter-band\/","url_meta":{"origin":65767,"position":1},"title":"Can you help Bruce identify this buzzing noise from the 31 meter band?","author":"Thomas","date":"June 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce Atchison, who writes: I'm hearing an intermittent buzzing noise on 9820kHz each evening at around 4:00 UTC. 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