About the radio: This radio includes several improvements. First, it is a superheterodyne, a superior circuit design that outperforms TRF's. Second, the dial is now calibrated in frequencies and it includes a "police band".
Starting in the 1930's police stations broadcast police calls on the frequencies immediately above the broadcast band and it became desirable to "listen in".

To keep the price down, the manufacturer omitted the power transformer which required adding a resistance line cord and also did not include an RF amplifier stage which reduces the sensitivity but keeps the tube count down thus saving manufacturing costs.
All packaged in a very compact cabinet popularly known as a “mantel” radio.

In 1912, the Stewart Warner Speedometer Corporation was formed from 2 parent companies making automotive electric and ignition components. In 1925, they began radio production which lasted until 1954.
Stewart Warner is now a brand of Maxima Technologies, the company can be visited at www.stewartwarner.com

The World Of 1933

· President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
· Population: 125,578,763
· Unemployment 25.2%
· Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03

Headlines

· Roosevelt inaugurated; “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”, lauches the "New Deal".
· Reichstag fire in Berlin; Nazi terror begins.
· Hitler becomes German chancellor.
· Germany and Japan withdraw from League of Nations.
· Prohibition is repealed.

Oscars:

· Outstanding Production: "Cavalcade"
· Best Actor: Charles Laughton, "The Private Life of Henry VIII"
· Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn, "Morning Glory"

· World Series: NY Giants d. Washington (4-1)

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Historical Data From InfoPlease.com

· "The Lone Ranger" premiers on WXYZ radio.
· The Tom Mix Radio Show premiers on NBC.
· The "Breakfast Club" premiers.
· 1st radio system installed in police cars.
· "Jack Armstrong, the All American Boy" premiers.
· "Ma Perkins" premiers on WLW radio, Cincinnati.
· FRC authorizes 1530, 1550, and 1570 kHz for high fidelity broadcasting

Top 10 Radio Shows in 1933
(CAB ratings*)

1. "Chase & Sanborn Hour" with Eddie Cantor
2. "Maxwell House Showboat"
3. "Rudy Vallee Varieties"
4. "Joe Penner Program"
5. "Ed Wynn Fire Chief"
6. "Lowell Thomas News"
7. "Amos N' Andy"
8. "Burns and Allen"
9. "Paul Whiteman Revue"
10. "Dog Dramas"; Albert Payson Terhune

(*Cooperative Analysis of Broadcasting (CAB) Service rated radio program popularity from 1929 to 1934)

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Top Ten Shows from "A Thirty Year History of Radio  Programs 1926-1956" by Harrison B. Summers

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