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Evolution of the CCRadio- Survival of the Fittest

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Select-A-Tenna – AM Antenna

C. Crane started in 1983 selling AM antennas. After starting to gain momentum selling mostly antennas and radio accessories, we received our first real technological challenge when customers starting asking for recommendations on the best radio. It was pretty easy to select the Sangean 803A as the first radio we offered to our customers. Tuning was precise and voice audio was sharper and more legible than most other radios on the market. With the Select-A-Tenna that we sold, it turned into one of the best radios made for reception. It was a little complex to use as a regular daily radio but it met many customer’s needs. We also carried the GE Super Radio which was much easier to use but lacked some of the functionality customer’s wanted and supply was erratic. It seemed that there wasn’t a good blend of features, performance and ease of use. Continue Reading

Why the CCRadio-EP Was Built – by Bob Crane

The CCRadio-EP Pro was built for my mother. I asked her one day if she was enjoying her CCRadioPlus digital radio I gave her (the predecessor to the CCRadio-2E). With a little prodding she looked at me in a way only a mother can and she said: “I don’t like all the buttons”. About six […]

Why is Television so Hard to Hear?

This question came up during a recent tour at C. Crane with the Fortuna Senior Center. “My brand new television has terrible audio and I have to turn the volume way up and then next thing I know it’s blasting out my eardrums – do you have a fix for this?” There was a Wall […]

C. Crane’s 30 Year Anniversary- 30 Days of Giveaways, Day 26!

Today’s Blog Topic is: What is your favorite joke? Today’s giveaways are the CCRadio-EP AM/FM Radio w/ Lighted Needle & Dial, the GeoBulb®-II LED Light Bulb (Warm White) and the GeoBulb®-II LED Light Bulb. To participate all you have to do is leave a comment on today’s blog post. We will select three comments in […]

C. Crane’s 30 Year Anniversary- 30 Days of Giveaways, Day 21!

Happy Monday! Congratulations to Friday’s winners Dan for winning the Power Vivid® BR30 LED Bulb Bright White – Dimmable, Phillip Ellis for winning the SoftSpeaker™ Pillow Speaker and Bob Wilkins for winning the GeoBulb®-II LED Light Bulb True Color. Congratulations to Saturday’s winners Elaine Garfield for winning the Senta Ally Bluetooth® Stereo Speaker w/ FM, […]

C. Crane’s 30 Year Anniversary- 30 Days of Giveaways, Day 17!

Congratulations to yesterday’s winners Vimal Senta-40 Wooden Headphones w/ Carry Case & Detachable Fabric Cord and James GeoBulb® Under Cabinet Light Bar II (Cool White) Today’s Blog Topic is: “What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” – Robert H. Schuller — Motivational speaker, author, televangelist and pastor — Today’s […]

C. Crane’s 30 Year Anniversary- 30 Days of Giveaways, Day 15!

Congratulations to yesterday’s winners Land Stclair for winning the CC Gozo AM/FM Radio with Hi-Fidelity Audio and Oberi S for winning the Sun’s Dusk LED Accent Light Bulb! Today’s Blog Topic is: If you were given the opportunity to take a free trip anywhere in the world or universe, where would you go? Today’s giveaways […]