{"id":52069,"date":"2022-03-04T07:40:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T11:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52069"},"modified":"2022-03-04T07:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T11:40:44","slug":"video-presentation-wlw-radio-100-years-behind-the-scenes-by-dave-snyder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/video-presentation-wlw-radio-100-years-behind-the-scenes-by-dave-snyder\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Presentation: WLW Radio -100 Years &#8211; Behind The Scenes by Dave Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13286\" style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/VOA-Bethany-1-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13286\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13286\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/VOA-Bethany-1-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/VOA-Bethany-1-11.jpg 848w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/VOA-Bethany-1-11-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/VOA-Bethany-1-11-678x1024.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the iconic WLW tower taken from the neighboring VOA Bethany site and museum.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, David Snyder, who shares this presentation outlining the history of WLW for the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/V6T1bmk_f8M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National VOA Museum of Broadcasting YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V6T1bmk_f8M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Video description:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Behind the scenes pictures from the efforts of Powel Crosley, Jr. creating the famous WLW Radio Station, including the largest USA AM broadcast transmitter at 500,000 watts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/V6T1bmk_f8M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most excellent! Thank you for sharing this, David.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Snyder, who shares this presentation outlining the history of WLW for the National VOA Museum of Broadcasting YouTube channel. Video description: Behind the scenes pictures from the efforts of Powel Crosley, Jr. creating the famous WLW Radio Station, including the largest USA AM broadcast transmitter at 500,000 watts. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[373,56,433,3,288,304],"tags":[7675,4091,127,3824],"class_list":["post-52069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-broadcasters","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-radio-history","category-videos","tag-dave-snyder","tag-radio-history","tag-wlw","tag-wlw-700-am"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dxP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18111,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/video-1936-crosley-wlw-model-super-power-radio-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":52069,"position":0},"title":"Video: 1936 Crosley WLW Model Super-Power Radio Receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"April 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to our recent thread of posts about the Crosley WLW Model Super-Power Radio Receiver, I'd like to thank both Jonathan Marks and Mike Barraclough for sharing the following video by TNT Amusements on YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3DueG7yzfn4&feature=youtu.be Click here to view on YouTube.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"WLW Model  Super-Power Radio Receiver-2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WLW-Model-Super-Power-Radio-Receiver-2-1024x403.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WLW-Model-Super-Power-Radio-Receiver-2-1024x403.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WLW-Model-Super-Power-Radio-Receiver-2-1024x403.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52097,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/52097\/","url_meta":{"origin":52069,"position":1},"title":"&#8220;Lies, Spies and Secrets &#8211; Hidden History of Cincinnati Radio&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"March 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Lee Hite, who writes: Following up on Dave Snyder\u2019s WLW post, here is the rest of the story about WLWO. Click to download: Lies, Spies and Secrets - Hidden History of Cincinnati Radio (PDF in Google Drive) Thanks Lee Hite What a fascinating read!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Crosley-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Crosley-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Crosley-Dial.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Crosley-Dial.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Crosley-Dial.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31569,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/clyde-haehnle-loss-of-a-broadcasting-icon\/","url_meta":{"origin":52069,"position":2},"title":"Clyde Haehnle: Loss of a broadcasting icon","author":"Thomas","date":"April 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: The VOA Museum via David Snyde) Museum Icon Passes Away The National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting mourns the loss of one of its major leaders and benefactors. Clyde Haehnle passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 8th.\u00a0 \u00a0Over the years, this icon in the development of broadcasting technology,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/VOA-Bethany-1-1-1024x678.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/VOA-Bethany-1-1-1024x678.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/VOA-Bethany-1-1-1024x678.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18029,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/the-crosley-radio-corporations-1936-wlw-model-super-power-radio-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":52069,"position":3},"title":"The Crosley Radio Corporation\u2019s 1936 \u201cWLW Model  Super-Power Radio Receiver\u201d","author":"Thomas","date":"April 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Nuts and Volts) In 1935, the Zenith Radio Corporation produced a stunning radio receiver called the Stratosphere model 1000Z. The set used 25 tubes and three loudspeakers \u2014 more than any other radio to date. An amazing (for the time) 50 watts drove its three speakers \u2014 one 6\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Manufacturers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Manufacturers","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/manufacturers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Crosley","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Crosley.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Crosley.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Crosley.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18106,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/a-p-richards-1939-thesis-on-the-crosley-wlw-model-super-power-radio-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":52069,"position":4},"title":"A.P. Richards&#8217; 1939 thesis on the Crosley WLW Model Super-Power Radio Receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"April 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to our recent post about the Crosley WLW Super-Power receiver, SWLing Post contributor, Larry\u00a0Hagood, writes: I am an EE student at Oklahoma State (Formerly Oklahoma A&M)--the school where the designer of the WLW [Super Power receiver], Amyle Richards, got his BSEE in 1927. [Richards]\u00a0wrote and submitted a masters\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Crosley","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Crosley.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Crosley.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Crosley.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13154,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/when-wlw-was-the-one-and-only-super-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":52069,"position":5},"title":"When WLW was the one and only &#8220;Super Station&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"May 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: National Endowment for the Humanities) For a Brief Time in the 1930s, Radio Station WLW in Ohio Became America\u2019s One and Only \u201cSuper Station\u201d by\u00a0Katy June-Friesen When President Franklin Roosevelt, sitting in the White House, pushed a ceremonial button on his desk in May 1934, a five hundred thousand-watt\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"WLW's diamond-shaped Blaw-Knox radio tower at night (Original photo by RP Piper via Creative Commons)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/800px-WLW_mast.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/800px-WLW_mast.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/800px-WLW_mast.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}