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The first Philco radios were introduced in mid-1928, and 96,000 were produced that year, making Philco radios 26th in the nation in production volume. [8] Up to that time most radios were handmade and priced for relatively wealthy consumers. Atwater Kent, the leading radio seller, coincidentally was also located in Philadelphia.
Hallicrafters founder Bill Halligan and his personal SX-28 depicted in a 1944 magazine ad. In July 1940, the Hallicrafters Company announced the SX-28 "Super Skyrider", the result of a development effort by 12 staff engineers and analysis of more than 600 reports that included input from U.S. government engineers, commercial users, and amateur radio operators.
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater; Hollywood Theater of the Ear; Imagination Theater; NPR Playhouse; NPR's serialized adaptations of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi; A Prairie Home Companion; Radio Spirits; Sears Radio Theater; Seeing Ear Theater; When Radio Was; The Zero Hour
Today's radios are usually uneconomical to repair because mass production and technological improvements in numerous areas have made them so inexpensive to buy, while the cost of human labor and workshop overheads have increased greatly in comparison. Typical insides of an antique radio, showing the vacuum tubes.
Philco Radio Time was an old-time radio radio series starring entertainer Bing Crosby. The series ran over ABC Radio with episodes airing from October 16, 1946–June 1, 1949. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The series also was syndicated for a period of time over the Armed Forces Radio Network .
Phil's daughter, Emily in Paris star Lily Collins, also paid tribute to her dad after his final show at O2 Arena in London, posting a heartfelt statement via Instagram at the time. "Tonite marks ...
The Golden Age of Radio, also known as the old-time radio (OTR) era, was an era of radio in the United States where it was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium. It began with the birth of commercial radio broadcasting in the early 1920s and lasted through the 1950s, when television gradually superseded radio as the medium of choice ...
Another first for portable radios was the unique dial scale used in the 1000 and later series of Trans-Oceanics. The 1000 was designed with a cylinder dial scale that would rotate with the band switch allowing only that particular band scale to show. [9] Zenith Royal 1000 All Transistor Trans-Oceanic Short Wave Portable Radio, circa 1957.