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Title
Federal
Radio
work
shop
Subject
Cincinnati (Ohio). Radio Station WLW
Cincinnati. Radio Station WLW
WLW (Radio Station : Cincinnati, Ohio)
Time Period
1930s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
In
July
1921
,
radio
manufacturer
Powel
Crosley
Jr
.
began
20-watt
tests
from his
College
Hill
home
,
broadcasting
"
Song
of
India
"
continuously
under
the
call
sign
8CR
.
Powell
already
owned
a
number
of
enterprises
,
including
the
Crosmobile
and a
refrigerator-freezer
company
, and for
many
years
, he
held
ownership
of the
Cincinnati
Reds
baseball
club
.
Powell
was
innovative
,
personally
inventing
or
funding
the
development
of
many
then–cutting-edge
technological
advances
in
all
his
ventures
. On
March
22
,
1922
,
Crosley
and his
Crosley
Broadcasting
Corporation
began
broadcasting
with the
new
call
sign
WLW
and
50
watts
of
power
.
Crosley
was a
fanatic
about
the
new
broadcasting
technology
, and
continually
increased
his
station's
capability
. The
power
went
up
to
500
watts
in
September
1922
,
1000
watts
in
May
1924
, and in
January
1925
WLW
was the
first
broadcasting
station
at the
5000
watt
level
. On
October
4
,
1928
, the
station
increased
its
power
to
50
kilowatts
.
Again
it
was the
first
station
at this
power
level
, and
50
kilowatts
is
the
maximum
power
allowed
for any
station
at
present
. At
50
kilowatts
,
WLW
was
heard
easily
over
a
wide
area
, from
New
York
to
Florida
. But
Crosley
still
wasn't
satisfied
. In
1933
he
obtained
a
construction
permit
from the
Federal
Radio
Commission
for a
500
kilowatt
superstation
, and he
spent
some
$500,000
building
the
transmitter
and
antenna
. In
January
1934
WLW
began
broadcasting
at the
500
kilowatt
level
late
at
night
under
the
experimental
call
sign
W8XO
. In
April
1934
the
station
was
authorized
to
operate
at
500
kilowatts
during
regular
hours
under
the
WLW
call
letters
. On
May
2
,
1934
,
President
Franklin
D
.
Roosevelt
pressed
a
ceremonial
button
that
officially
launched
WLW's
500-kilowatt
signal.[8]
As the
first
station
in the
world
to
broadcast
at this
strength
,
WLW
received
repeated
complaints
from
around
the
United
States
and
Canada
that
it
was
overpowering
other
stations
as
far
away
as
Toronto
. In
December
1934
WLW
cut
back
to
50
kilowatts
at
night
to
mitigate
the
interference
, and
began
construction
of
three
50ft
.
tower
antennas
to be
used
to
reduce
signal
strength
towards
Canada
. With these
three
antennas
in
place
,
full-time
broadcasting
at
500
kilowatts
resumed
in
early
1935
.
However
,
WLW
was
continuing
to
operate
under
special
temporary
authority
that had to be
renewed
every
six
months
, and
each
renewal
brought
complaints
about
interference
and
undue
domination
of the
market
by
such
a
high-power
station
. The
FCC
was
having
second
thoughts
about
permitting
extremely
wide-area
broadcasting
versus
more
locally
oriented
stations
, and in
1938
, the US
Senate
adopted
the "
Wheeler
"
resolution
,
expressing
it
to be the
sense
of that
body
that
more
stations
with
power
in
excess
of
50
kilowatts
are
against
the
public
interest
. As a
result
, in
1939
the
500-kilowatt
broadcast
authorization
was not
renewed
,
bringing
an
end
to the
era
of the
AM
radio
superstation
.
Because
of the
impending
war
and the
possible
need
for
national
broadcasting
in an
emergency
, the
W8XO
experimental
license
for
500
kilowatts
remained
in
effect
until
December
29
,
1942
.
WLW
is
known
by
its’
historical
tagline
“The
Nation’s
Station”
Currently
,
WLW
is
a
clear
channel
talk
radio
station
located
in
Cincinnati
,
Ohio
,
run
by
Clear
Channel
Communications
. The
station
broadcasts
locally
on
700
kHz
AM
.
WLW's
studios
are in the
Towers
of
Kenwood
building
next
to
Interstate
71
in the
Kenwood
neighborhood
of
Sycamore
Township
,
while
its
transmitter
is
located
in
Mason
,
adjacent
to the
former
Voice
of
America
Bethany
Relay
Station
.
WLW
airs
a
nearly
entirely
locally-produced
talk
format
, and
is
the
flagship
station
for
many
nationally
syndicated
shows
.
It
is
also the
flagship
radio
station
for the
Cincinnati
Reds
Radio
Network
and a
co-flagship
station
for the
Cincinnati
Bengals
football
team
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
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Archives
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