Re: 1930 Packard owned by Earle Anthony Radio Station

Posted by Leeedy On 2020/11/19 12:31:46

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The link page has lots of omissions and several mistakes. It does not seem to understand the origin of the term, "clear channel"... and other aspects. It does not mention KFI-TV which was ECA's television station. This was where the first TV cooking show was invented. And a lot more. I still have radio scripts from KFI-AM which were written to bring the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles (YES, Mr. Anthony had a hand in this too).

In any event, the Packard you have was obviously used as some kind of promo vehicle for ECA, Inc. Possibly even a service vehicle for ECA Packard. But it was not a fixed asset of KFI radio. It was also obviously linked to the San Francisco dealership since it listed that address.

As for speculation about radio broadcasts from ECA dealerships... the Hope St. dealership indeed had a broadcast facility and transmission towers. As the broadcast facility and KFI grew, the studios were moved from Hope Street in downtown Los Angeles to a big, beautiful dedicated building in mid-town L.A. (yes, I have the photos). The transmitter was at one point located in Fullerton while the studios remained at the big location until more recent years.

By the way, KECA call letters (at least as Mr. Anthony saw them) were not merely representing "ECA = Early C. Anthony. But rather, as Mr. Anthony saw it... the call letters represented "Kelly Earle C. Anthony"... a member of his family. Yes, I know that radio stations west of the Mississippi all began their call letters with a "K"... but I relate this story as Mr. Anthony himself saw it.