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The Majestic "Smart Set" line of less expensive, but stylish, table radios was introduced in mid-1933 and enjoyed strong sales. The model 161 (pictured at top) produced in 1933 was a superheterodyne receiver with Art Deco -style chrome decorative trim adorning the loudspeaker grill cloth and a hand-rubbed mahogany cabinet, having a list price ...
When the TR-55 was released in Japan in August 1955, [3] it was the first transistor radio marketed in that country. The TR-55 featured the Sony name, but the company did not officially change its name to Sony until January 1958. [4] In the autumn of 1955, Morita met with a representative of the Bulova watch company in New York City. Bulova ...
The KLH Model Eight FM table radio, circa 1960. A table radio is a small, self-contained radio receiver used as an entertainment device. Most such receivers are limited to radio functions, though some have compact disc or audio cassette players and clock radio functions built in; some models also include shortwave or satellite radio functionality.
The term All American Five (abbreviated AA5) is a colloquial name for mass-produced, superheterodyne radio receivers that used five vacuum tubes in their design. These radio sets were designed to receive amplitude modulation (AM) broadcasts in the medium wave band, and were manufactured in the United States from the mid-1930s until the early 1960s.
Their first consumer television set, the 1948 table Model 48-1000, had a 10 in (25 cm) black-and-white screen and sold for US$395 ($4,482 in 2023). By 1954, Philco had led the radio industry in sales volume for 24 straight years, selling over 30 million radios. [16]
The RCA model R7 Superette superheterodyne table radio. This is a list of notable radios, which encompasses specific models and brands of radio transmitters, receivers and transceivers, both actively manufactured and defunct, including receivers, two-way radios, citizens band radios, shortwave radios, ham radios, scanners, weather radios and airband and marine VHF radios.
This Philco car radio model was the first tubeless auto set in history to be developed and produced. [2] It was a $150 option for 1956 Chrysler and Imperial cars and hit the showroom floor on October 21, 1955. [3] [4] [5]
During 1925, Hayward Powell developed appendicitis, and in early 1926 had an appendectomy. During Hayward's recovery, the brothers took a five-month cross-country trip. When they returned to Los Angeles, they started Powell Manufacturing Company in 1926 to make battery eliminators, soon also making box-style table radios typical of the 1920s.