{"id":65784,"date":"2026-04-13T18:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65784"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:44:39","slug":"a-transoceanic-on-the-beach-help-ed-id-this-mystery-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/a-transoceanic-on-the-beach-help-ed-id-this-mystery-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"A Transoceanic on the Beach? Help Ed ID This Mystery Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Here in Philly, while perusing a vintage artifacts store here in Philadelphia, I found a 1958 magazine with a photograph of an attractive shortwave receiver model.<\/p>\n

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Maybe readers of the SWLing Post<\/em> can identify this radio? Is it the successor to the Zenith Transoceanic series?<\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/p>\n

-Ed<\/p>\n

Please comment if you can shed some light on this particular radio.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Ed, who writes: Here in Philly, while perusing a vintage artifacts store here in Philadelphia, I found a 1958 magazine with a photograph of an attractive shortwave receiver model. Maybe readers of the SWLing Post can identify this radio? Is it the successor to the Zenith Transoceanic series? Cheers, […]<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-65784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-h72","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25048,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/mark-spots-a-transoceanic-in-kiss-me-deadly\/","url_meta":{"origin":65784,"position":0},"title":"Mark spots a Transoceanic in “Kiss Me Deadly”","author":"Thomas","date":"April 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: Following your recent post about Hemingway, I spotted what looks like a Zenith Transoceanic in the the classic film noir, \"Kiss Me Deadly\" - a favourite of mine with such memorable moments such as the \"What's in the box\" scene.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/kiss-me-deadly.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":58104,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/a-transoceanic-saves-the-day-in-the-earth-dies-screaming\/","url_meta":{"origin":65784,"position":1},"title":"A Transoceanic Saves the Day in “The Earth Dies Screaming”","author":"Thomas","date":"October 26, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares a link to the movie \"The Earth Dies Screaming\"--a sci-fi\/horror film from 1964. 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