C Crane Company

Specialties

We specialize in radio and radio accessories, emergency and weather radios, antennas, WiFi radios and antennas, LED light bulbs, audio items and much more. Our mission is to find, develop and deliver items that enhance a customer’s life. We test everything before it goes into our catalog and answer our customer’s questions when they call or write to us. We carry items based on their own merits and never let an outside company buy their way into our catalog. We help customers make a wise purchase and we extend customer service beyond the sale and always make sure that we take care of the customer to the best of our ability. The phone lines are open 7 days a week, 24-​hours a day for orders and catalog requests. The hours listed above are the times our showroom is open to the public.

History

Established in 1976.

C. Crane’s first electronics product was the «Select-​A-​Tenna», an antenna designed for long-​distance reception of AM radio broadcasts. The company advertised on late-​night radio shows, which served to increase business from AM listeners looking for better reception. Later in the 1980s, C. Crane began to distribute radios, such as the Sangean 909 and GE Superadio, to go along with their antennas. Following the 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes, the company expanded their catalog to include emergency radios and other disaster equipment, such as flashlights. Eventually, C. Crane began to produce its own radios such as the CCRadio-​SW, CCRadio-​2, CC WiFi and CCRadio-​EP. The company has also expanded it’s product line to include the high-​brightness, energy saving GeoBulb and PowerVivid LED bulbs.

Meet the Business Owner

Robert C.

Business Owner

Bob (Robert) and his wife, Sue started C. Crane Company at the kitchen table in 1983 with $ 300. He had owned a contracting firm in the Bay Area, but moved out to the country – Fortuna is about 250 miles away from Portland, Ore. He couldn’t get his favorite radio stations from the Bay area so he found an antenna for a radio and started a business selling them from his kitchen table.

C Crane now has approximately 40 employees and Bob and Sue no longer work out of their home. They have a store front in downtown Fortuna.