Crosley Broadcasting Corporation, founded by radio manufacturing pioneer Powel Crosley Jr., was an early operator of radio stations in the United States. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Crosley's flagship station was WLW (AM). Most of its broadcast properties adopted call signs in which the first three letters were WLW. Powel Crosley, Jr. ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1819 Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City 206. ... WLW is a radio station located in Cincinnati, Ohio, run by Clear Channel Communications and is located at 700 AM. The station runs under the talk format and is the flagship station for Americas Trucking Network (formerly The Truckin Bozo), a popular nationwide, overnight program especially for truckers. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational...

During World War II, the company built the Bethany Relay Station in Butler County, Ohio's Union Township, one mile west of its transmitter for WLW, for the Office of War Information. It operated as many as five shortwave stations, using the callsigns WLWK, WLWL, WLWO, WLWR and WLWS. It operated the facility for the government until 1963. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The Voice of Americas Bethany Relay Station was located in Butler County, Ohios Union Township about 25 miles (40 km) north of Cincinnati. ... Butler County is a county located in the state of Ohio. ... West Chester Township, formerly known as Union Township, is a township located in the southeast corner of Butler County in southwest Ohio, one of thirteen townships in the county. ... WLW is a radio station located in Cincinnati, Ohio, run by Clear Channel Communications and is located at 700 AM. The station runs under the talk format and is the flagship station for Americas Trucking Network (formerly The Truckin Bozo), a popular nationwide, overnight program especially for truckers. ... The United States Office of War Information (OWI) was a government agency created during World War II to consolidate government information services. ...

In 1945, the Crosley interests were purchased by Aviation Corporation. The radio and appliance manufacturing arm changed its name to Avco, but the broadcast operations continued to operate under the Crosley name, until they were changed to Avco in 1968. Avco Corporation is a subsidiary of Textron which operates Textron Systems Corporation and Lycoming. ... Avco Corporation is a subsidiary of Textron which operates Textron Systems Corporation and Lycoming. ...

In the 1950s and 1960s, Crosley (or Avco) operated is own small television network in which programs were produced at one its stations and broadcast on the other Crosley stations in the midwest, and occasionally by non-Crosley stations as well. Since all of the Crosley television stations in Ohio were affiliated with NBC(with the exception of WLWI in Indianapolis,Indiana affiliated with ABC), the Crosley programming fit into the NBC network program schedule, and some programs were even picked up for broadcast by the entire NBC network, such as Midwestern Hayride and Breakfast Party. Other programs originated on the Crosley (or Avco) network included The Paul Dixon Show and The Ruth Lyons 50-50 Club, later hosted by Bob Braun. The Phil Donahue Show started in 1967 originating from WLWD in Dayton, Ohio. The Jerry Springer Show also started from WLWT in Cincinnati, by then owned by Multimedia, Inc., and was distributed nationwide by its syndication division, Multimedia Entertainment, which had formerly been owned by Avco (as Avco Embassy Program Sales). It has been suggested that NBC Radio City Studios, NBC Studios be merged into this article or section. ... ABC are the first three letters in the Latin Alphabet ABC may also refer to: easy as ABC – i. ... Paul Dixon, in publicity photo from 1970s Paul Dixon (1918 – December 28, 1974) was a daytime television celebrity and talk show host in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Bob Braun (April 20, 1929-January 15, 2001) was a local television and radio personality in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Phil Donahue Phillip John Donahue (b. ... Nickname: Gem City Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Montgomery Founded April 1, 1796 Incorporated 1805 Mayor Rhine L. McLin Area    - City 146. ... The Jerry Springer Show (first aired September 20, 1991) is an internationally known television tabloid talk show, hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician. ... Multimedia, Inc. ... The Multimedia Entertainment logo from 1992-1997. ...

In 1968 Avco, which had just purchased Embassy Pictures, consolidated its television operations into Avco Embassy Television. Embassy Pictures Corporation (aka Embassy Film Associates) was an independent studio and distributor responsible for such films as The Graduate and The Lion in Winter. ... Note: Avco Embassy Television is not to be confused with Sony Pictures Embassy Television Avco Embassy Television (later known as Multimedia Entertainment and Studios USA Television) was an American television production/distribution company that was started in 1968 by the then-known Avco Embassy Pictures. ...

Beginning in 1975, Avco sold all of its broadcasting holdings. In 1975, they sold WLWC-TV Columbus, WLWI-TV Indianapolis, WOAI-AM/FM/TV San Antonio, and WWDC-AM/FM Washington D.C.; in 1976, they sold WLW-AM and WLWT-TV Cincinnati, WLWD-TV Dayton, and their Avco Embassy Television and Avco Embassy Program Sales divisions; in 1977, they sold KYA-AM/FM San Francisco and WRTH-AM Wood River-St. Louis.

The closest thing to a "successor" to Avco Broadcasting was Multimedia, Inc., to whom Avco sold flagship TV station WLWT, as well as Avco Embassy Television and Avco Embassy Program Sales in 1976. In December 1995, Gannett (who, coincidentally, owned former Crosley station WXIA-TV Atlanta) acquired Multimedia, Inc., while the respective syndication division was acquired by MCA Universal. By 1997 all of the original Crosley radio and television properties had been sold off by its successor companies. The Music Corporation of America was a United States based corporation in the music business. ...

Broadcast outlets operated by Crosley Broadcasting or its successor Avco included:

AM Radio Stations

• WLW: 700 kHz in Cincinnati, Ohio
• WINS: 1010 kHz in New York, New York from 1946 to 1953
• WSAI: 1360 kHz in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1928 to 1945
• WOAI: 1200 kHz in San Antonio, Texas

WLW is a radio station located in Cincinnati, Ohio, run by Clear Channel Communications and is located at 700 AM. The station runs under the talk format and is the flagship station for Americas Trucking Network (formerly The Truckin Bozo), a popular nationwide, overnight program especially for truckers. ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1819 Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City 206. ... WINS (AM), known on-air as 1010 WINS, is an all-news radio station in New York City at 1010 kHz, owned by CBS Radio (formerly Infinity Broadcasting). ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... WSAI is an AM radio station broadcasting out of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1819 Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City 206. ... WOAI-TV is the San Antonio, Texas local NBC television station affiliate. ... Nickname: Alamo City; River City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Bexar County Mayor Phil Hardberger Area    - City 1067. ...

FM Radio Stations

• WLWA: 101.1 MHz in Cincinnati, Ohio
• WLWB: 97.5 MHz in Dayton, Ohio
• WLWF: 96.3 MHz in Columbus, Ohio — Now WLVQ
• WLWS: 96.5 MHz in Hamilton, Ohio — Now WYGY
• WOAI: 102.5 MHz in San Antonio, Texas

WIZF (101. ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1819 Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City 206. ... Nickname: Gem City Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Montgomery Founded April 1, 1796 Incorporated 1805 Mayor Rhine L. McLin Area    - City 146. ... WLVQ is an FM radio station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, broadcasting on 96. ... Nickname: The Arch City The Discovery City Location in the state of Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area    - City 550. ... WYGY-FM, better known by its name 97. ... Hamilton is a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States. ... WOAI-TV is the San Antonio, Texas local NBC television station affiliate. ... Nickname: Alamo City; River City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Bexar County Mayor Phil Hardberger Area    - City 1067. ...

Television Stations

All are currently NBC affiliates (though WLWA/WXIA and WLWI/WTHR were ABC affiliates when they were owned by Crosley/Avco).