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 Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 1:12:31 PM on 6 February 2013.
Wa2ise's avatar
 Location: Oradell, US
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A lot like what most Aussie radios did. Saw this at antiqueradios.com "Need help identifying Crosley radio"


Only a few American radios had callsigns on their dials, Packard Bell (Not the PC maker, they just bought the name) used to put west coast stations on their dials.


 
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A rare radio indeed. I was told by a mate in the media here back in the 1990s that the US had something like 11,000 radio stations. With that the manufacturers would find it a little difficult to include them all on a dial.

Even here in Australia with several hundred, there'd just be no room and including community radio and digital stations, many of which are just simulcasts of AM and FM stations, there's something like 65 stations in Sydney alone.

I've never been much a fan of stations that do not ident with their callsign. Many here give their stations names that are often daft and change these names as often as the sun rises to suit the whims of marketing departments who are trying to justify their existance.

The good thing about digital radio is that both the callsign (if sent by the station) and the frequency are displayed on an LCD panel, which does allow a potentially unlimited number of stations to be identified by more than the frequency itself.


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 Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 6:31:14 PM on 7 February 2013.
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 Location: Bathurst, NSW
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Interesting photo, I always wondered how American radios displayed the stations on the dial.

Plenty of stations over in the U.S with the larger population.


 
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