Through much of KQV's top
It was Pittsburgh's DJ fast-track. Elliot’s orchestra performed a live half hour show five nights a week on WCAE until 1951. radio Vice President of Engineering and now an ABC executive was brought
A frequency change happened in 1941, and KDKA’s clear channel assignment became 1020 kHz. Early
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Or was it intended to be used by instructors at specific schools to teach many operators how to use the set? Luckily for you, the chapter you want as your road map to military radio collecting, is most probably chapter 14 of 11-487 and copies of that Chapter are floating around at reasonable prices. Several of us (including me) have items awaiting repair at Don’s shop. Pirates games by Rosie Rosewell. DID KQV COME INTO BEING? THEPORCH still exists and still has the archives of the BOATANCHORS site that it once hosted. In 1969, the union merged with the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Switchmen’s Union of North America to form the United Transportation Union. the KQV signal in late 1918. It carries nomenclature ID MIL-HBK-161A, I think the original version of this document was released and is dated March, 1964. By 1922 Pittsburgh had four radio stations: KDKA, WCAE, WJAS, and KQV. Bored by the chatter, Dr. Conrad chose to introduce
The History Of Radio in Pittsburgh 1919- 2000 has 699 members. Boosting its power to 500 watts KDKA became internationally known as its broadcasts reached Britain and parts of Europe. (The Federal
In the 1970s, KDKA morphed into a more adult contemporary style, playing Paul Simon, Neil Diamond and the Carpenters. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000675974, https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1453.htm, https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05141.html. Most unfortunately, by that date, all or most of the great WWII collector sets had been replaced by more modern radios. Fanning previewed KQV's format switch in the October 10, 1958 edition
Most definitely, beyond a doubt, radio during the 1920’s through the WW2 era was experiencing its “Golden Era!” Everybody wanted in, except for my maternal grandmother’s commandment of “no radio on Sundays! The Baron Elliot Orchestra was signed as the staff orchestra for radio station WJAS in 1935 and moved station WCAE in 1940. Among other things, he did significant work on the radio section of the Enola Gay. An orthogonal coordinate system was developed for precisely selecting crystals for broad frequency ranges and sopecific frequencies within those ranges. Pittsburgh was the driving. from Wikipedia: The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (B of LF&E) was a North American railroad fraternal benefit society and trade union in the 19th and 20th centuries. This twice-a-week program schedule was continued with live vocal and instrumental talent provided from time to time by Dr. Conrad's two young sons, Crawford and Francis, who acted as announcers and played the piano. on, in the 30's and 40's, KQV had live musical shows and was a full-time
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Original copies of any one section of 11-487 sell for hundreds of dollars JUST FOR ONE SECTION! This group was created by Myself in order to attract residents of the Pittsburgh area to share their favorite memories and historical anecdotes. KQV signed on as 8ZAE on November 19, 1919
Most of Ray’s stuff could be found on THEPORCH.COM. The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. And you say that you’ve never seen an AN/GRR-3 radio? February 10, 2004, ©
The most imortant skill you need to collect military radios is the ability to speak the lingo. and WCAE Shift Networks. HOW
Davis). Another guy, whose contribution was more subtle but no less important was Ray Mote, W6RIC (now SK). google_ad_width=120; Gradually taking on the functions of a trade union over time, in 1969 the B of LF&E merged with three other railway labor organizations to form the United Transportation Union. At 6 p.m. on Nov. 2, 1920, 8KX became KDKA Radio and began broadcasting at
Chamber of Commerce Building at the corner of "Walk" and "Don't Walk". google_ad_type="text_image"; the years since then, KQV has been many things to many Pittsburghers. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By the time the 1960s rolled around, KDKA added more rock n’ roll. In January, 1921
KDKA from its inception in 1920 into the 1960s strongly supported Pittsburgh musicians employing them as staff musicians for live broadcasts and by playing their recordings. KDKA’s former studios at Pittsburgh’s Gateway Center. Who knows for sure? If you want the files that Ray created, go to THEPORCH.COM, become a member of BOATANCHORS and get access to the archives. news affiliate of ABC and later the American Contemporary Radio Network. T It was Pittsburgh's second radio station after KDKA which launched in November of 1920. Truthfully,
ownership and format, a change
launched the top 40 format. As the second world war loomed, it was clear to many that science and technology would play key roles. In April 1968, Jack Bogut moved across the country to become the KDKA morning host. East Pittsburgh. favorite disc jockeys rocking and rolling in the KQV window studios. The anniversary was sponsored by Westinghouse Electric Company. In a huge labor of LOVE, he compiled the rosetta stone of WWII-era military radio manuals and terminology. It was thought it would avoid phone and telegraph costs. Pays $700,00 For KQV. Excerpt from "Broadcasting's Oldest Stations: An Examination of Four Claimants"by Joseph E. Baudino and John M. Kittross Journal Of Broadcasting, Winter, 1977, pp. Win
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The station was still considered conservative though. Transmitting with a power of 100 watts on a wavelength of 360 meters, KDKA began scheduled programming with the Harding-Cox Presidential election returns on November 2, 1920. Presumably, to conduct
So all those war movies where you see the guy on the handi-talkie talking to the guy on the SCR-300 backpack set are total BS. //-->. On 17 October 1919, Conrad delighted "hams" all over the country by substituting a phonograph record for their usual conversation about wireless equipment.
The undisputed Rosetta Stone for WWII radio collectors is TM 11-487 “Directory Of U. S. Army Signal Equipments”. In 1979, Fred Honsberger started at KDKA and went on to have a well-received afternoon commute program. Surround the cats whisker with the right coils, capactors and resistors, with a crystal headphone opposite he antenna connection and you had a crystal radio that could detect signals and separate them from others (in a pretty limited way). When amateur radio operation resumed after the war, most radio messages consisted of
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Jim DeCesare. A frequency change happened in 1941, and KDKA’s clear channel assignment became 1020 kHz. The military had a huge nomenclature system that need not be mastered. Storz Broadcasting in Omaha
live studio orchestras in their programming. were proceeded by a "W". With grief deep in our hearts, we are sorry to tell you that Don Polito passed away yesterday evening at Forbes Regional Hospital after a tough- fought battle with leukemia.