[Amps] Foster Transformer Company

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

On 11/10/2023 3:18 PM, Jim Brown wrote:

> In addition to WLW on 700 kHz, WLWT on channel 5, and the massive
> Voice Of America station mid-way between Cincy and Dayton,
As well as WLWD - channel 2 in Dayton, WLWC - channel 4 in Columbus,
WLWI - channel 13 in Indianapolis and WLWA - channel 8 (now WXIA -
channel 11) in Atlanta.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV

On 11/10/2023 3:18 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 11/10/2023 6:16 AM, Randall, Randy wrote:
>> Crosley was vertically integrated
> 
> In addition to WLW on 700 kHz, WLWT on channel 5, and the massive Voice 
> Of America station mid-way between Cincy and Dayton, they also sold 
> consumer products under that brand name. Growing up in the '40s and 
> '50s, I remember my grandmother having a Crosley table radio.
> 
> And we drove 4 hours from  WV to watch the Cincinnati Reds played at 
> Crosley Field. From a history of the ballpark on the internet, I learned 
> that Powel Crosley, "who earned his wealth in the radio and automobile 
> industries, bought the Reds in 1934."
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
>