[BC] The reason for WLW's Power

[Fred Gleason]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:27, Barry Mishkind wrote:
> 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.  

That's always been my understanding too -- in the final analysis, it was all 
about the receivers.  Most Crosley radios were not particularly sensitive, so 
the 'solution' was to make the signal stronger.

Cheers!


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