tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post605049008483611932..comments2024-03-12T15:03:22.262-05:00Comments on Houston Radio History: 1922 Part 2 - May - WCAK, the Houston Post ConcertsBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02689118444867837021noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-31845977229652351732019-01-20T15:18:39.636-06:002019-01-20T15:18:39.636-06:00Regarding the statement in the story that read: &q...Regarding the statement in the story that read: "All the papers were running series on how to build your own set, from a simple crystal set to a one-tube superheterodyne receiver." I'm sorry to be a nit-picker, but it's highly unlikely that any single tube radio set could have been a superheterodyne receiver at that time. The newspaper apparently printed superheterodyne by mistake. The reason is, a superhet (as it is commonly called) was a "cutting edge" receiver in the early days of radio. Superhets did not become common for home use until the nineteen thirties and then they required five to eight tubes. Superhets are also difficult to align without special equipment so they wouldn't have been a good choice for a build your own set in the twenties. It is far more likely that a one tube receiver in the nineteen twenties would have been a regenerative receiver, or a super-regenerative receiver, and the newspaper may have confused the term superhetrodyne with super-regenerative.Ed Gorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01907753224959988705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-26677531093072946362015-12-01T20:04:13.071-06:002015-12-01T20:04:13.071-06:00Thanks for your efforts. I gave up several years ...Thanks for your efforts. I gave up several years ago and thought it would never happen.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02689118444867837021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-53651484326000043792015-12-01T10:44:07.446-06:002015-12-01T10:44:07.446-06:00For the past few years, I have been lobbying to Mr...For the past few years, I have been lobbying to Mr. Daniel inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. Finally, TRHOF created the "Trailblazers Award." designed for the early broadcasters. The following link is this year's (2015) video for the "Trailblazers."<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du5Z0FzPDhYChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08475471552665283947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-72851306038491426852012-06-15T21:10:06.316-05:002012-06-15T21:10:06.316-05:00It is extremely unlikely there were any recordings...It is extremely unlikely there were any recordings made.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02689118444867837021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-82339707865212351082012-06-15T13:35:20.282-05:002012-06-15T13:35:20.282-05:00Would any one know where to get a copy of the broa...Would any one know where to get a copy of the broadcasts... especially with Henri Therrien as he was my great Uncle...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-85089585727091191092007-10-15T10:09:00.000-05:002007-10-15T10:09:00.000-05:00There's an article about the early call letters am...There's an article about the early call letters among the postings for May, 2007, on the right side-bar, explaining how they were assigned and when the policies changed.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02689118444867837021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-37903290468849399232007-10-14T08:23:00.000-05:002007-10-14T08:23:00.000-05:00Just a tip: for the best in sound reproduction, an...Just a tip: for the best in sound reproduction, and in price, old radio programs on MP3 format can be purchased at OTRCAT, P.O.Box 19234,Lenexa KS 66285 (order@otrcat.com)<BR/>[This is an unsolicited tip, not a sales promotion ]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-6908463183090758712007-10-14T08:06:00.000-05:002007-10-14T08:06:00.000-05:00As a postscript to my comment about Texas stations...As a postscript to my comment about Texas stations whose call-letters started with a W, I inadvertently omitted San Antonio's famous, far-reaching WOAI, whose transmissions often covered lower Canada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-79342215890727794692007-10-13T18:12:00.000-05:002007-10-13T18:12:00.000-05:00While visiting the Houston Heritage House exhibit ...While visiting the Houston Heritage House exhibit of "Sounds of the Past", I learned that Houston did indeed have stations early on which began with W, as do to this day stations in Waco, Ft. Worth, Dallas,and College Station. A pity we did not have one to survive as an historic account of our city's early broadcasting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com