{"id":66276,"date":"2026-06-03T06:58:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=66276"},"modified":"2026-06-03T06:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:58:50","slug":"radio-bulgaria-qsl-card-features-radio-sofias-1939-broadcast-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/radio-bulgaria-qsl-card-features-radio-sofias-1939-broadcast-van\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Bulgaria: QSL Card Features Radio Sofia\u2019s 1939 Broadcast Van"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo Source: Radio Bulgaria<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following news:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2026, Radio Bulgaria is issuing a new series of 12 QSL cards to confirm listeners\u2019 reception reports. Each card highlights a key historical moment from the history of Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) and the Radio Bulgaria programme. At the beginning of each month, a special publication shares interesting facts related to the images featured on the cards.<\/p>\n

The sixth QSL card for 2026 is dedicated to Radio Sofia\u2019s outside broadcast van.<\/p>\n

Click here to view more images and read the article at BNR.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following news:\u00a0 In 2026, Radio Bulgaria is issuing a new series of 12 QSL cards to confirm listeners\u2019 reception reports. Each card highlights a key historical moment from the history of Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) and the Radio Bulgaria programme. At the beginning of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[960,3],"tags":[4895,792],"class_list":["post-66276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-david-iurescia-lw4daf","tag-radio-bulgaria"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-heY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47887,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/radio-bulgaria-celebrates-85th-anniversary\/","url_meta":{"origin":66276,"position":0},"title":"Radio Bulgaria celebrates 85th anniversary","author":"Thomas","date":"February 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who shares the following feature from Radio Bulgaria who celebrates their 85th anniversary: Speaking your language for 85 years 2021 marks the 85th anniversary of the Bulgarian National Radio\u2019s foreign language service to the world. 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