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Detrola Model 579 (1946) radio, made of plywood In 1941, Detrola became a supplier of war supplies, most notably land mine detectors , aircraft radios , and electrical panels for ships. Ross sold out his interests in the company to the International Machine Tool Company , which was a conglomerate led by C. Russell Feldmann.
Crosley Radio is an audio electronic manufacturing company headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a modern incarnation of the original Crosley Corporation which existed from 1921 to 1956. Modern Marketing Concepts resurrected the Crosley name after the original brand was discontinued by parent company Avco in 1956, due to declining sales.
The radio and appliance manufacturing arm changed its name to Avco, but the broadcast operations continued to operate under the Crosley name until they adopted the Avco name in 1968. Crosley (Avco) also owned WLWF, an FM broadcasting station it operated along with its Columbus, Ohio TV outlet WLWC (now WCMH-TV ).
The first experimental prototype of the Crosley car was the 1937 CRAD (for Crosley Radio Auto Division) that had an 18 inches (46 cm) rear track. With the assistance of his brother, Lewis, a graduate engineer, Crosley also designed assembly plants for his manufacturing operations at Richmond and Marion, Indiana .
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Hallicrafters published that 50,000 SX-28 and SX-28As had been built by the end of its production run in 1946, however the serial numbers appear to indicate a production figure of half, approximately 27,500 receivers. [7] Many of the SX-28/28As that exist today are in the hands of vintage amateur radio collectors and amateur radio operators.
The Crosley Building was built in 1929 by Samuel Hannaford & Sons for the Crosley Radio Corporation. The building was designed to portray a Crosley radio set, and included 330,000 square feet. Crosley used the building to broadcast from his radio tower on the roof. Transmissions from the WLW-AM radio station could be heard from Florida to New York.
The small, one-tube, regenerative radio was called the "Crosley Pup" and sold for $9.75. [citation needed] While Victor had the rights to "His Master's Voice", its famous trademark showing Nipper listening to a phonograph, Crosley adopted a mascot in the form of a dog with headphones listening to a Crosley Pup radio [16] The Crosley Building ...