Radios were a pivotal 20th century phenomenon. Developed initially for wireless telegraphy, they carried voice and music after 1920. Although radios faded in home status as television took hold in the ...
Maybe it’s a hand-me-down from an elderly relative. Maybe you found it at a flea market, or it has been hidden in the attic for far too long. It could be an anonymous-looking black box with big dials ...
Before the second world war Radio was a revolution in mass-communication much like the internet today. Fortunes were made and lost, empires built, epic patent battles ensued, all of which resulted in ...
The ad for the antique radio would break many collectors’ hearts. It touted a Majestic Model 92, a floor-standing console made in Chicago in 1929, which featured still-gorgeous walnut veneer and ...
Long before television there was radio. First tabletops then consoles made their way into the living rooms of Americans. Families would gather around their radios to listen to the nightly news and ...
DETROIT LAKES, MINN. -- If music is the soundtrack of life, then Laurel "Ozzie" Aasgaard is the disc jockey. The 75-year-old Detroit Lakes man owns more than 20 vintage radios, many of which date back ...
Before TV and even after, families relied on and treasured the radio in the living room or parlor. Dave Lewis of Windsor wasn’t around in the 1930s to plop down before a hefty, handsomely crafted ...
You may have to be a certain age – or be a student of entertainment history – to get the reference, but here it goes: A 1938 radio case shaped like a bosom and supporting two flesh-colored cones is ...
Years ago, radios were the epicenter of everyone's home. With a little elbow grease and some help from modern technology, one Davenport man is working to rescue old radios so they may be coveted once ...
CHEYENNE (AP) - Rick Ammon's father, Don, introduced his son to broadcasting and collecting antique radios in the late 1940s. When Ammon was 8, his father took him to the Shirley Savoy Hotel in Denver ...
The widespread use of radio by the general public began in the early 1920s. In 1921 there were only around five radio stations broadcasting on a regular basis. In just two years there were hundreds of ...
Radios might be fading into oblivion, but they seem to be still singing in the hearts of a few who hold onto their love for the old electronic device. Uday Kalburgi is the proud owner of a ...
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