{"id":52097,"date":"2022-03-08T05:36:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T09:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52097"},"modified":"2022-03-06T17:46:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T21:46:11","slug":"52097","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/52097\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Lies, Spies and Secrets &#8211; Hidden History of Cincinnati Radio&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Crosley-Dial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12451\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Crosley-Dial.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Crosley-Dial.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Crosley-Dial-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Crosley-Dial-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Lee Hite, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Following up on Dave Snyder\u2019s WLW post, here is the rest of the story about WLWO.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Click to download: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1nrWO3kt5kOYjoIiVev1-IxHpusdeKgVu\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lies, Spies and Secrets &#8211; Hidden History of Cincinnati Radio<\/strong> (PDF in Google Drive)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Lee Hite<\/p>\n<p><strong>What a <em>fascinating<\/em> read! Thank you for sharing, Lee.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8211; Hidden History of Cincinnati Radio (PDF in Google Drive) Thanks Lee Hite What a fascinating read! Thank you for sharing, Lee.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[373,8,3,305,288],"tags":[3662,9699,6639,127,3824],"class_list":["post-52097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-articles","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-crosley","tag-lee-hite","tag-voice-of-america-museum","tag-wlw","tag-wlw-700-am"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sn3uc-52097","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52069,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/video-presentation-wlw-radio-100-years-behind-the-scenes-by-dave-snyder\/","url_meta":{"origin":52097,"position":0},"title":"Video Presentation: WLW Radio -100 Years &#8211; 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[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":18111,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/video-1936-crosley-wlw-model-super-power-radio-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":52097,"position":4},"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":31569,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/clyde-haehnle-loss-of-a-broadcasting-icon\/","url_meta":{"origin":52097,"position":5},"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. 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