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Is the government going to close WWV, WWVH and WWVB?

C. Crane loves radio and are here to make sure you’re informed when something might impact radio in a negative way. The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) has proposed cutting their radio stations (WWV, WWVH, and WWVB) from their budget next year. This is the only reliable source of shortwave to see how band conditions are. This would equate to all three stations being closed down. We’ve heard from our friends in the field that shortwave radio listeners are gutted by the idea of losing WWV and WWVH–both stations are staple references for listeners and hams alike.  The loss of WWVB would mean that all of the atomic clock-synchronized time pieces out there in North America (clocks, watches, weather stations, etc.) would stop synchronizing and automatically changing from DST to standard time. We’ve heard conflicting reports as to whether WWVB would be impacted or not.

Our good friend and radio advocate Thomas Witherspoon was recently interviewed by NPR as to what impact this would have and why it matters. You can listen to the full interview here: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/25/641835302/what-closing-a-government-radio-station-would-mean-for-your-clocks. Continue Reading

Public Radio Is Important

C. Crane recently exhibited at the Public Media Conference 2017 in beautiful San Francisco #PMDMC17 (Public Media Development and Marketing Conference). We previously exhibited in 2013. Once again we were blown away at the awareness these stations have in relation to their listeners. It’s much different than we see and experience in other environments where […]

Is AM Radio Still Relevant?

C. Crane started in 1983 selling AM antennas. We have progressed so we now manufacture a range of high quality radios of most types. We were one of the first U.S. distributors of Internet radios, but the vast majority of customers still prefer the instantaneous free convenience of radio. If you don’t have time to […]

C. Crane’s 30 Year Anniversary- 30 Days of Giveaways, Day 28!

Congratulations to Friday’s winner Steve Yoth for winning the CC SW Pocket AM/FM/SW Radio, Dan C for winning the Power Vivid® BR40 LED Light Bulb (Cool White) and Dennis Whitehead for winning the GeoBulb®-II LED Light Bulb True Color. Congratulations to Saturday’s winner Sam Stewart for winning the CCRadio-EP AM/FM Radio w/ Lighted Needle & […]

C. Crane’s 30 Year Anniversary- 30 Days of Giveaways, Day 25!

Congratulations to yesterday’s winner Bob Confer for winning the CC Solar Observer AM/FM/Weather Windup Emergency Radio, Matthew Phillips for winning the Power Vivid® A15 LED Bulb (Warm White) and Matt for winning the GeoBulb®-II LED Light Bulb True Color. Today’s Blog Topic is: What is your favorite movie? Today’s giveaways are the CC SW Pocket […]

C. Crane’s 30 Year Anniversary- 30 Days of Giveaways, Day 24!

Congratulations to yesterday’s winners Chris Anderson for winning the SoftSpeaker™-2 Pillow Speaker with Volume Control, Mark A. for winning the Power Vivid® BR20 LED Light Bulb (Cool White) and Suman for winning the GeoBulb®-II LED Light Bulb True Color. Today’s Blog Topic is: What is your weather like currently? Are you in need of your […]

C. Crane’s 30 Year Anniversary- 30 Days of Giveaways, Day 23!

Thank you all for the comments, they are very entertaining! Congratulations to yesterday ‘s winners Carey Gilpin for winning the CCRadio-SW AM/FM Shortwave Radio, L. W. for winning the GeoBulb®-3 LED Light Bulb (Warm White) and Greg Becher for winning the GeoBulb®-II LED Light Bulb True Color. Today’s Blog Topic is: What’s for dinner tonight? […]

C. Crane’s 30 Year Anniversary- 30 Days of Giveaways, Day 22!

Congratulations to yesterday’s winners Keena Reed for winning the CC Gozo AM/FM Radio with Hi-Fidelity Audio, Robert Jackson for winning the GeoBulb®-II LED Light Bulb (Warm White) and J. Warren for winning the GeoBulb®-II LED Light Bulb True Color. Today’s Blog Topic is: In honor of National Punctuation Day, what is your favorite punctuation mark? […]

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