[BC] The reason for WLW's Power

[Barry Mishkind]

At 07:05 AM 12/20/05, Fred Gleason wrote
>I can't imagine any commercial broadcaster investing the kind of money that
>that 500 kW plant cost just for the sake of 'quietly' submitting data to the
>FCC.  It required a new transmitter design, new approaches to RF system
>engineering -- all sorts of 'cutting edge' tech.

         Indeed so.  To oversimplify (since apparently no one
         saw the previous comment), the Crosley quest for
         constant power increases was to sell more radios,
         including the "cheap" Harko.  Just think, a radio
         for only a week's wage.  (Oh oh, someone is going
         to mention IBOC.)




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