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Crosley was a small, independent American manufacturer of economy cars or subcompact cars, bordering on microcars. At first called the Crosley Corporation and later Crosley Motors Incorporated, the Cincinnati, Ohio, firm was active from 1939 to 1952, interrupted by World War II production. Their station wagons were the most popular model, but ...
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.
Crosley Broadcasting was a subsidiary of the Crosley Corporation, which became a subsidiary of the Aviation Corporation (later known as Avco) in 1945. After starting experimental broadcasts in 1946 as W8XCT on channel 1 , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the station began commercial broadcasts on February 9, 1948, [ 4 ] on VHF channel 4, making it Cincinnati's ...
Crosley operated the facilities for the government until 1963. In 1945, the Crosley interests were purchased by Aviation Corporation. 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.
Powel Crosley Jr. (September 18, 1886 – March 28, 1961) was an American inventor, industrialist, and entrepreneur.He was also a pioneer in radio broadcasting, and owner of the Cincinnati Reds major league baseball team.
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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.
Five major newsreel companies were hired to provide newsreel coverage, [121] and the Crosley Corporation and WNYC both had radio broadcasting studios there. [122] The WFC hired Exposition Publications to print a guidebook, souvenir book, and daily programs, [123] and it promoted 17 other books and news stories about the fair. [124]