Bill Horne wrote:
Patty Winter wrote:
Last night I was listening to KGO, the top-rated station in San
Francisco, and the host did a commercial for C. Crane. They often
advertise their AM/FM radios on KGO in the evening and overnight
because KGO has regular listeners all the way up to British Columbia,
so they have a ready-made audience of people who want radios that
can pull in distant stations well.

Anyway...this is the first time I've heard the 2m ham band mentioned
in a commercial for an AM/FM radio!

This is the first time I've seen a company named "C. Crane" mentioned.
Do they market solar-powered or hand-powered radios? Are they an OEM,
or are they rebrands of some other manufacturer?

C.Crane is a specialty mail-order/internet retailer who started out selling
the GE "Super Radio" and similar products to AM DX listeners around
the US. They have since expanded both their range of radio products and
also branched out into semi-related products. Including alternate-power
receivers, flashlights, etc.

They seem to be branding products from several OEMs. I wouldn't be
surprised if a ham or two were working for the company somewhere.