Today pocket transistor radios manufactured in the 1950s are very collectable. Some models are highly sought after by collectors and regularly sell for hundreds of dollars. It is not uncommon to find ...
syracuse.com: First transistor radio made in Salina dialed in for the Smithsonian
NorthJersey.com: Transistor radios, now collectible, were once a summertime staple — Ervolino
Ernie Baum of Hasbrouck Heights was 13 years old when tragedy struck. “I went with my family to visit my father’s aunt in Manhattan, and someone broke into our car and stole my transistor radio,” he ...
Los Angeles Daily News: Enjoying some real oldies radio with these transistor treasures
My first battery-powered radio — a ten-transistor Realtone — came from my Aunt Ina when I was about seven. I used to think I was ten, but the songs from 1973 would be wrong: I distinctly remember ...
Los Angeles Times: Vin Scully, Dodgers fans and the transistor radio: How an unbreakable bond was formed
Vin Scully, Dodgers fans and the transistor radio: How an unbreakable bond was formed
If you are a certain age, it is hard to wrap your head around the fact that an old radio might have transistors — the old ones all had tubes, right? But a radio from the 1960s or 1970s is reaching the ...
A handheld AM or FM radio. All handheld radios, as well as desktop radios, use transistors, both discrete as well as contained in chips. The transistor radio was one of the first consumer devices that ...
Texas Instruments' Regency TR-1, the first commercial transistor radio, on display at the American History Museum Photo courtesy museum For the first 50 years after its invention, the radio was ...