<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp1021bed6yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div></div>
<div>All,</div><div>For me it was a little 9 volt transistor ( seems I remember 9) radio sitting in my Mom's VW bug (it had no radio) at night while she was selling books to people that had sent in interest cards.</div><div><div>About 1961, usually Saturday nights and my favorite station was WWVA Wheeling West Virginia. I thought the country music was kool. <br></div><div>All from just over in eastern CT.<br></div><span></span><br></div><div>Ernie<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
</div><div id="ydpf5fecca2yahoo_quoted_9109179833" class="ydpf5fecca2yahoo_quoted">
<div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">
<div>
On Thursday, January 31, 2019, 1:37:54 PM EST, Randall Snow via Thursday <thursday@newsm.org> wrote:
</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><div id="ydpf5fecca2yiv2623001615"><div dir="ltr">Guys,<div><br></div><div>As discussed in our small group today, there was a fascinating excerpt from a magazine that had been sitting on a table in the Mayes building for a while that I had read. It was about the growth of the radio station WLW from a home hobby-type endeavor to the most powerful transmitter in the country. We have one of the tubes from this transmitter in the wireless building, sitting there with very little mention of its history. Here is a quick <a href="https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2015/mayjune/feature/in-the-1930s-radio-station-wlw-in-ohio-was-americas-one-and-only-sup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">link</a> to an article I found, although it's not the one I had read before, nor have I had the time to go through this one. There are also YouTube video tours of the facility that still contains a great deal of the equipment built for this 500kW station. This is just one example of the great deal of history we have artifacts of, but no good presentation or explanation for visitors to learn from or appreciate. This story also ties into all of our Crosley radios as well. <br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="ydpf5fecca2yiv2623001615gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Randy Snow</font><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.snowfindings.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snow Findings Company</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.lovements.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lovements.com</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New England Wireless and Steam Museum</a><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Thursday mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Thursday@host194.hostmonster.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thursday@host194.hostmonster.com</a><br><a href="http://host194.hostmonster.com/mailman/listinfo/thursday_newsm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://host194.hostmonster.com/mailman/listinfo/thursday_newsm.org</a><br></div>
</div>
</div></body></html>