I am fascinated by the various subjects that are discussed and explored in this list and thank everyone involved for widening our shared horizons; it's quite an enriching trip. On the subject (which I changed to fit the current discussions) I found some interesting sites which I include in this response. This was a very informative site in that it includes the Canadian clear channels, too: http://www.oldradio.com/archives/stations/ccs.htm And, from this web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFI_(AM)
Today, KFI broadcasts from its Burbank <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbank%2C_California>, California <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California> studios on 640 kHz on a 50,000-watt <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt> non-directional AM <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplitude_modulation> transmitter which is located in nearby La Mirada <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mirada%2C_California> at 33° 52' 47" N, 118° 00' 47" W. As a class A signal, KFI can be heard throughout Southern California <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California> and some distance into Nevada <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada>, Arizona <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona>, northwestern Mexico <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico>, and, at night, in some parts of Hawaii <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii> and most of the western United States <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States>. According to a May 1 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1>, 2004 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004> broadcast by Art Bell <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Bell>, this station can even be heard by sensitive receivers in parts of the Eastern United States. In Summer 2004, KFI became the most listened to talk radio station in the United States, beating New York City's <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%2C_New_York> WABC <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WABC_%28AM%29> in cumulative audience during the rating period.
Rod Stephens Family Theater Productions
They did indeed. Power WAS controlled by the FCC back then, however. Indeed,
Crosley only ever had experimental authorization to run at 500kW and had to
renew this every six months. In 1938 the Senate passed the Wheeler
Resolution which "requested" the FCC set an absolute limit of 50kW and WLW
had to go back to 50kW. The 500kW broadcasts were carried out under the
experimental callsign of W8XO and could be heard in London!
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Clear channel ... old-time radio ... Crosley. Crosley sold radios without tuners; they were fixed to 770 AM (IIRC), WLW from Cincinnati.
The radios were sold nationwide (probably Canada as well) since power was then uncontrolled and WLW could be heard from coast to coast at night given favorable conditions.
I have seen contemporary reports that credit WLW with having 500,000 watts of power at that time!
Steven C. Barr