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52-515: Herb Bell had been in radio electronics since 1926, when he had formed a partnership with an engineer named Neff. Bell wanted to expand from manufacturing in a one-car garage to a larger facility to increase production, but Neff disagreed and the partnership ended. In 1928, Bell formed a new venture with Edward Jackson called Jackson Bell Radio Company . Jackson left when Bell suggested producing higher priced radios that came with greater financial risk. Jackson Bell experienced financial difficulty during

104-559: A digital differential analyzer (DDA) called Transistorized Realtime Incremental Computer Expandable (TRICE) which could optionally be combined with the PB 250. Together the two machines formed a hybrid general purpose/DDA computing system. The Hycomp 250 was a hybrid computer that combined the PB 250 with a small analog computer such as the EAI TR10 or TR48. Packard Bell's computer operations were acquired by Raytheon in 1964. This article

156-501: A corrugated flexible but strong sheet steel door, sliding up tracks and rolling around a drum mounted above the door opening on the inside of the garage. These come in manual and remote controlled electric (known as the Control-a-Door), with conversion kits available. Locking is provided by a key lock in the centre of the door moving two square sliding lock bars in and out of holes in the door tracks, locking and unlocking it, or by

208-512: A double garage it is typical to have a size of 6.0 m × 6.0 m (19.7 ft × 19.7 ft). British homes featuring a garage typically have a single or double garage either built into the main building, detached within the grounds (often in the back garden ), or in a communal area. Traditionally, garage doors were wooden, opening either as two leaves or sliding horizontally. Newer garages are fitted with metal up-and-over doors. Increasingly, in new homes, such doors are electrically operated. Typically,

260-405: A few days time. The Amish have become popular builders of portable, modular and partially prefabricated garages. Often in more rural settings, detached post-frame garages are used to store farm and workshop equipment and can either be cold storage or insulated for warm storage. The first planned private garages appeared long before 1900. Early examples of planned public garages appeared at

312-459: A garage rather than outside made it easier to get the engine going in the morning. Modern motor cars, however, are very well protected against rust, and modern engines start with no difficulty even in very cold conditions. The common term for these structures in the first decades of the 20th century was motor house. Many garages from before 1914 were pre-fabricated, typically by companies such as Norwich manufacturer Boulton & Paul Ltd . The style

364-431: A home ("attached garage"), or a separate outbuilding or shed ("detached garage"). Residential garages typically have space for one or two cars , although three-car garages are used. When a garage is attached to a house, the garage typically has an entry door into the house, called the person door or man door , in contrast with the wider and taller door for vehicles, called the garage door , which can be opened to permit

416-487: A house may be built with the same external materials and roofing as the house. Garages that are not connected to the home may use a different style of construction from the house. Often in the Southern and rural United States garages not attached to the home and made from a timber frame with sheet metal coverings are known as "pole barns", but usually serve the same purpose as what is called a garage elsewhere. In some places,

468-635: A much shorter walk inside a building. Around the start of the 21st century, companies began offering "portable garages" in the United States. Typically, these garages are made of metal, wood or vinyl and do not connect to the house or other structure, much like the garage built before 1950. This portable garages usually have a strongly reinforced floor to hold a heavy vehicle. Garages are also produced as composite fabric garages with metal frames that are lightweight and portable garage compared to traditional brick-and-mortar or metal garage structures. Over

520-518: A niche application was a truck-mounted digital computer that analyzed seismic data for the oil industry. Starting in the late 1950s, Packard Bell was involved in the defense electronics business. They produced the PB 250 , released in 1960, which was one of the last users of magnetostrictive delay lines for its main memory. It was also the last machine to be partially based on the original designs of Alan Turing ’s NPL ACE computer. The company also produced

572-463: A popular and long-running show during the 1980s. Also in the 1980s, during the weekend evening hours on KOA, Larry Cox, and his dog Wilbur, would host the radio program The National Recovery Act , a listener-friendly call-in show. A certain topic was announced and people from all over the nation, picking up the KOA signal at night, would call in with their memories. Big band music from the 1930s and 1940s

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624-560: A prefix (as with other Teledyne operating divisions), and was renamed "Teledyne Packard Bell". Packard Bell ceased marketing television sets in 1974, joining a number of manufacturers exiting the business, merging with stronger competitors or outsourcing manufacturing to foreign entities. There is minimal information regarding Leon Packard. The growth of Packard Bell was primarily from Herb and his brothers. Born Herbert Anthony Zwiebel in 1890, his parents were Anthony (Anton) Zwiebel Jr and Anna Mary Brehm. Like many descendants of immigrants, there

676-575: A pulley system for removing parts of the car (in the early days of motoring many car owners were mechanical and engineering enthusiasts). The architecture of garages was ignored in the architectural journals despite famous architects such as Edwin Lutyens , Richard Barry Parker and Edgar Wood all designing garages for their wealthy clients. Charles Harrison Townsend was one of the few architects who put pen to paper (in The Builder in 1908) on

728-589: A sister TV station, KOA-TV on channel 4; like its radio cousin, it was affiliated with the NBC Television Network . KOA-FM was added in June 1961, which in 1974 became Top 40 KOAQ (Q103). GE repurchased the stations in 1968 and continued to own them until 1983 (keeping the aforementioned channel 4, which was subsequently rechristened as KCNC-TV ), when it sold KOA and KOAQ to Belo Corporation . In 1987 Jacor Communications purchased KOA and KOAQ; Jacor

780-524: A small British single garage is 8 by 16 feet (2.4 m × 4.9 m), a medium single garage is 9 by 18 feet (2.7 m × 5.5 m), and a large single garage is 10 by 20 feet (3.0 m × 6.1 m). Family sedans have become bigger than they were in the past, so the larger size has become a preferred option. A typical large family car like the Ford Mondeo is about 15 by 6 feet (4.6 m × 1.8 m), meaning that even with

832-428: Is licensed to Golden, Colorado , as an FM translator of KBCO - HD3 . In addition, KOA also simulcasts on translator K231AA (also on 94.1 MHz), licensed to Boulder . KOA was first owned by General Electric and began broadcasting on December 15, 1924. The station started with 5,000 watts, and in 1927, increased to 12,500 watts. KOA became an NBC affiliate in 1929, and the network took over operation of

884-521: Is reflected in his recommended reading list which includes Ayn Rand , Adam Smith , Paul Johnson and Thomas Sowell . Other well-known local voices previously heard on KOA include Bob Martin, Don Zimmer, Gus Mircos, and Alex Stone. Rollye James and George Weber . The late Rick Barber was heard for 30 years on KOA. Consumer advocate Tom Martino and former FEMA official Michael D. Brown were KOA hosts until they switched to sister station KHOW . Radio host Alan Berg broadcast his talk show from

936-564: The Great Depression . The business had greater difficulty in 1931 when RCA released the superheterodyne radio. Jackson Bell was licensed by RCA but struggled due to a large inventory of obsolete radios, and was liquidated . Bell then formed Packard Bell with Leon Packard, whose uncle provided the capital. In 1934, Packard Bell marketed their first radio, the Model 35A, originally developed by Jackson Bell. Herb Bell managed to obtain

988-531: The call letters of the major stations from these states marked on the dial. These stationized dials also include KSL 1160 in Salt Lake City and KOA 850 in Denver . This was an idea inspired by Herb's mother who had difficulty reading tuning dials. After 1950, Packard Bell discontinued its stationized dials when it began selling radios and televisions throughout North America . A Packard Bell radio

1040-663: The transmitter site is off South Parker Road in Parker . KOA is a Class A , clear-channel station , broadcasting at 50,000 watts non-directional , the maximum power permitted by the Federal Communications Commission for AM stations. By day, the station provides city-grade coverage to most of Colorado's densely populated area, including cities such as Colorado Springs , Pueblo and Fort Collins . It provides at least secondary coverage to most of eastern Colorado, along with portions of Wyoming . Under

1092-707: The Five Bells referring to him and his brothers. Packard Bell radios had a unique styling that makes them easy to identify. Being a US West Coast radio maker, they maintained that image by "stationizing" their radio dials. Major US West Coast and Canadian (west of the Rocky Mountain range ) radio station call letters were printed on the tuning dial. From 1926 through 1950, the marketing area for Packard Bell radios consisted of Arizona , California , Idaho , Nevada , Oregon and Washington . Many Packard Bell models made during this period have stationized dials with

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1144-630: The RCA license for manufacturing superheterodyne radios. Based in Los Angeles , Packard Bell, along with Hoffman Radio , became well-known regional makers of consumer electronics. Leon Packard was unhappy with the course of Packard Bell Company, and asked Herb Bell to buy his share in 1935. Packard Bell was a family business. Bell and his four brothers Arthur, Albert, Elmer, and Willard participated in design, manufacture and marketing. The company incorporated as Packard Bell Corporation in 1946. Packard Bell

1196-578: The driveway leading up past the side of the house, common with old fibreboard houses, but not uncommon with earlier brick houses. The most common doors on these garages were either two wooden barn style doors with a standard sized access door on the side of the garage or the B&;D Rolla Door, which is described below. The most common garage door to date in Australia is the B&D Rolla Door, having been around since 1956 and still in heavy use today. They are

1248-420: The elements without extending the insulation to the wall separating the garage from the house, and/or the other garage walls and roof, can be a costly mistake. Australian homes typically have a two, one and a half or double car garage, with some newer houses having a triple garage, with one double door and one single door. Prior to the 1970s most of them were detached from the house, usually set further back with

1300-595: The elements. In Britain they are referred to as bus depots or depots. KOA (AM) KOA (850 kHz ) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Denver, Colorado . Owned by iHeartMedia , it serves the Denver - Boulder media market . KOA broadcasts a news/talk radio format , and is also the flagship station of the Denver Broncos , Colorado Rockies and Colorado Buffaloes . KOA has its radio studios in Southeast Denver, while

1352-522: The entry and exit of a vehicle and then closed to secure the vehicle. A garage protects a vehicle from precipitation, and, if it is equipped with a locking garage door, it also protects the vehicle(s) from theft and vandalism. Most garages also serve multifunction duty as workshops for a variety of projects, including painting, woodworking, and assembly. Garages also may be used for other purposes as well, such as storage or entertainment. Some garages have an electrical mechanism to automatically open or close

1404-401: The garage door when the homeowner presses a button on a small remote control , along with a detector that stops the movement of the garage if something is in the way of closing. Some garages have enough space, even with cars inside, for the storage of items such as bicycles or a lawnmower; in some cases, there may even be enough space for a workshop or a man cave . Garages that are attached to

1456-511: The ground floor accessible through a common hallway and access doors, all leading into a common driveway. Newer ones now have underground parking. Australia has strict guidelines in place when building a home and the garage size must conform to the Australian Standards . The minimum size for a single garage is 3.0 m × 5.4 m (9.8 ft × 17.7 ft) and a double is 5.4 m × 5.4 m (17.7 ft × 17.7 ft). However, to comfortably fit two cars in

1508-401: The larger size garage, it is necessary to park to one side to be able to open the driver's door wide enough to enter or exit the vehicle. In the early days of the motor car, a garage played an important role in protecting the vehicle from the weather (particularly so as to reduce rust ). It was also the case that early motor cars started more easily when they were warm, so that keeping them in

1560-781: The oldest surviving private garages in Germany today is the 1903 finished Automobil-Remise (automobile carriage house) of Villa Esche by Henry van de Velde in Chemnitz . Carl Benz , the inventor of the automobile , had a tower built for himself in 1910, on the first floor a room for studying, on the ground floor car parking space. It still exists in Ladenburg , Germany. Garages in the United States and Canada used to store streetcars and buses are often referred to as carhouses or car barns. These storage facilities are either metal or brick structures used to store streetcars or buses away from

1612-424: The past fifteen years, the portable garage has further evolved into a modular garage or a partially prefabricated structure. The modular garage comes from a factory that assembles the garage in two sections and combines the two sections on location. Partially prefabricated garages are often larger and might even include an attic space or a second floor. Sections of the garage are preassembled and then setup on site over

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1664-421: The past, garages were often separate buildings from the house ("detached garage"). On occasion, a garage would be built with an apartment above it, which could be rented out. As automobiles became more popular, the concept of attaching the garage directly to the home grew into a common practice. While a person with a separate garage must walk outdoors in every type of weather, a person with an attached garage has

1716-438: The resident's vehicle with a small radio transmitter. Garages are connected to the nearest road with a driveway . Interior space for one or two cars is normal, and garages built after 1950 usually have a door that connects the garage directly to the interior of the house (an "attached garage"). Earlier garages were often detached and located in the back yard of the house, accessed either via a long driveway or from an alley . In

1768-649: The right conditions, it reaches portions of Nebraska and Kansas . With a good radio at night, the signal can be heard over much of the Central and Western United States , and parts of Canada and Mexico . KOA is nicknamed "the Blowtorch of the West". It is Colorado's primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System . As of November 1, 2015, KOA is also heard on 94.1 MHz K231BQ , which

1820-680: The same time. The first recorded public parking garage in the US ( Electric Vehicle Company Garage , Chicago) was built in 1898, in the UK ( Christal Palace Garage , London) in 1900 and in Germany ( Großgarage der Automüller G.m.b.H. , Berlin-Wilmersdorf) in 1901. Possibly the oldest existing garage in the United Kingdom is in Southport Lancashire. It was the first motor house or garage to be depicted in an English motoring journal and

1872-458: The solenoid lock in the automatic motor. Newer homes feature more American styled tilting panel lift doors which slide up onto a track on the ceiling via a motor and chain drive. Since the late 1970s most if not all garages are attached, and throughout the 80's it became more common to have an access door into the home from the garage where design permitted, whereas it is commonplace now. Most older unit (apartment) blocks in Australia have garages on

1924-509: The station from GE shortly thereafter. On July 7, 1934, power was raised to the current level of 50,000 watts. In 1941, NBC, which had been operating KOA and KGO in San Francisco for GE since October 1, 1929, also took over ownership of the stations. NBC continued to own KOA until June 1953 when it sold the station to Metropolitan Television Company, whose principal stockholder was Bob Hope . That same year on Christmas Eve, KOA started

1976-431: The station launched the new afternoon drive show Big Al & JoJo (co-hosted by former Denver Broncos player and KKFN host Alfred Williams ), resulting in its existing sports show Logan & Lewis moving to late-mornings. In June 2022, longtime co-anchor of Colorado's Morning News April Zesbaugh retired. KOA was one of ten stations honored at the 2007 NAB Crystal Radio Awards for public service awarded by

2028-788: The station, but was shot and killed by members of the white supremacist group The Order on June 18, 1984. Another host from an earlier era was Leigh Kamman , who hosted jazz programs during World War II . Kamman returned to his home state of Minnesota after the war. The Sports Zoo with Dave Logan and Scott Hastings ran for 12 years until Hastings left in April 2005 for the Altitude Sports and Entertainment network. Hastings resumed sports radio broadcasting on KKFN in January 2006 alongside former Denver Broncos lineman Alfred Williams . Ken Hamblin , "The Black Avenger", also hosted

2080-552: The subject and recommended that the walls be glazed brick for ease of washing, air gratings to be low (petrol fumes are heavier than air), and drains half open to avoid build-up of gases. By 1910 corrugated iron and asbestos were being used instead of wood and garages became less imposing. From 1912 speculatively built houses in London were being built with motor houses. Many garage doors open upward using an electric chain drive, which can often be automatically controlled from inside

2132-487: The term is used synonymously with " carport ", though that term normally describes a structure that, while roofed, is not completely enclosed. A carport protects the vehicle to some degree from inclement weather, but it does not protect the vehicle from theft or vandalism. The word garage , introduced to English in 1902, originates from the French word garer , meaning shelter. By 1908 the architect Charles Harrison Townsend

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2184-411: The winter. Temperatures inside an uninsulated attached garage in temperate climates can reach uncomfortable levels during summer months. Extreme temperatures can be a source of energy waste and discomfort in adjoining living areas, due to heat transfer between the garage and those areas. Homes with an attached garage often experience this "interface" problem. Insulating the outside of the building against

2236-447: Was a profitable company during World War II , producing defense electronics, and this continued into the 1960s. One of Packard Bell's products during WWII was an identification, friend or foe transponder unit ( designated AN/APX-92) used by aircraft. In 1955 the company went public. Packard-Bell Electronics Corp. was adopted in 1956 as the new name for the public company. The company formed a subsidiary to produce computers in 1957, which

2288-503: Was also played. The program would always end with the song "And So To Bed". In December 1987, Cox began a new radio program, No Place Like Home , broadcast from his home on Chicago Creek. Listeners would often hear the fireplace crackling and Cox's dog, Wilbur, snoring. With the launch of conservative talk sister station KDFD "Freedom 93.7" in 2019, The Rush Limbaugh Show moved exclusively from KOA to KDFD in September 2019, and

2340-460: Was commenting in The Builder magazine that "for the home of the car, we very largely use the French word 'garage', alternatively with what I think the more desirable English equivalent of 'motor house ' ". Today the word is polysemic because it can refer to a collection of vehicles as well as the building that contains them. In northern climates, temperatures inside an uninsulated attached residential garage can decrease to freezing levels during

2392-465: Was in The Autocar of 7 October 1899. It was owned by Dr W.W. Barratt, a local doctor and motoring pioneer and specially designed for his house at 29 Park Crescent Hesketh Park. A two-storey building that matched the style of the house; the ground floor garage having a concrete floor, heating, electric lighting, an engine pit and was fully equipped. The motor house is now in residential use. One of

2444-469: Was later acquired by the Raytheon Company in 1964. In 1968, Packard Bell was sold to Teledyne . Teledyne was interested in expanding into consumer electronics. Teledyne converted Packard Bell common stock into Teledyne common stock at a ratio of one share of Teledyne common stock for each seven and one-half shares of Packard Bell common stock. The Packard Bell name remained but with Teledyne as

2496-582: Was purchased by Clear Channel Communications in 1999. The company rebranded to iHeartMedia in 2014. Former Rocky Mountain News columnist Mike Rosen , who retired at the end of 2015, was the long-running host of the 1 to 3 p.m. show. Rosen is a fiscal conservative and social libertarian who occasionally was a substitute host for Rush Limbaugh. Common Rosen-isms are "tell me where you sit before you tell me where you stand" and "a politician asks what you want, an economist asks what you want more". Rosen's philosophy

2548-407: Was split from the article Packard Bell . Garage (residential) A residential garage ( UK : / ˈ ɡ æ r ɑː ʒ , - r ɑː dʒ , - r ɪ dʒ / GARR -ahzh, -⁠ahj, -⁠ij , US : / ɡ ə ˈ r ɑː ʒ , - r ɑː dʒ / gə- RAHZH , -⁠ RAHJ ) is a walled, roofed structure with a door for storing a vehicle or vehicles that may be part of or attached to

2600-499: Was the desire to acquire 'American-sounding' names, so Herb changed his last name to Bell. In his leisure time, Herb Bell was an avid boater and owned several pleasure craft and yachts. He had a 98-foot (29.9 m) yacht that he later donated to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography . They were docked at Newport Harbor ( Newport Beach, California ) and often sailed from Newport Harbor to Catalina Island . He named his boats

2652-493: Was used as a prop in the 1960s American television series Gilligan's Island . The Japanese made, eight- transistor AR-851 was an important plot device over the course of the three-year run of the show. In 1957, Packard Bell Electronics formed a unit called Packard Bell Computer Corporation, which was led by Max Palevsky . This subsidiary developed and produced computers for specialized uses, such as industrial process control, military, and scientific applications. An example of

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2704-545: Was usually in keeping with that of the house and its locale, however, they were mainly of timber construction and few have survived. E. Keynes Purchase, "honorary architect" to what was to become the Royal Automobile Club, did a lot of work on them and recommended in The Car Illustrated in 1902, that they be of brick construction with cement floor, an inspection pit, good electric lighting and

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