[Hallicrafters] Off-subject question for old-timers

[Ian Webb]

From: <http://www.airwaves.com/AIRWAVES_ONLINE/0022.html>
> FM Stereo was developed at WEFM. WEFM was also the first, or at least
> one of hte first to move upband from the 48 MHz band to 99.5Mhz. In
> fact, on period FM radios by Zenith, there is an inobtrusive dot just
> below 100 on the FM dial. This was 99.5 FM, the dial position of the
> Zenith Flagship, WEFM.

and from: <http://my.voyager.net/~duffie/ct-wnib.html>
"...WEFM, which was begun as a demonstration of the Zenith brand of audio
equipment.  They were the pioneer, having started around 1940. That format
lived until the station was sold in the early 1970's.  As a boy, I remember
listening to great music in large-uninterrupted segments, presented by
legendary voices.  At the top of every hour, there was one commercial for
Zenith products, and an invitation to visit the Zenith Display Salon on
North Michigan Avenue...  "Where no sales are made."

I remember in the late 1950s, early 1960s when I was a graduate student at
Northwestern just north of Chicago I used to listen to the Zenith station
and to WFMT.  I couldn't remember the Zenith call letters and they still
don't ring a bell though.  Yes, all the Zenith radios that I remember had a
mark at the dial reading for their FM station.

I have a 1949 Zenith AM/FM that I really should bring back to life.  It was
my mother-in-law's kitchen radio and since they lived in the Evanston area
where Northwestern is you got good FM reception without an antenna.

Waldo Magnuson wrote:

> On some early (late 1940's and 1950's) FM radios (mostly Zenith) there
> is a dot on the dial near 100 MHz.  Several suggestions have been:
> 1. Zenith had their own FM broadcast station on their plant site at
> 99.0 MHz.
> 2. It's an emergency frequency.
> 3. It's where the Zenith repairman put the dial to find tune the radio.
> 4. It's 1/2 way on the FM dial.
> Does anyone know the real answer?
> Thanks.  Skip Magnuson