A lot of the Crosley clock radios on this video are modern radios with a retro look, not antiques. You can tell it because they have modern digital clocks and some even have CD players. Even some of the ones with an analog clock are modern replicas.
@@MemoryManor The audio portion of Channel 6 was 87.75 megahertz - right at the bottom of the dial for some FM receivers. The other channels' audios were nowhere near the FM band.
When I had my first full-time job, the Sony Walkman craze happened and we were put in charge of selling them. Although they were expensive at $199.99, we could not keep them in stock. After a while, they were replaced by the cheaper Walkman II.
I've owned many transistor radios, including an AM Shaped like a Knight's Helmet Bust. I also used it to hold pens. I've owned a portable cassette recorder donated to me by my old 4th-6th Grade Teacher back in my native MD in the 80's. All my Dad had to do was permanently wire the power cord into it & off we go. I kept it working into the 90's. I used a clock radio at my Grandparents House, worked pretty good. I was so blessed to have access to entertainment electronics from childhood & still collect to this day at 51yrs old.
ok I still have my Walkman from back then. I also still have a discman actually. And I still have an old ipod shuffle. And I have an iPhone now. Portable music has always been important to me, because I have Misophonia. I have kept all the old portable music things over the years just to have them. Also that blue max looks like a little portable speaker looks today. That’s cool I’ve never seen that before.
Nothing quite like portable radio. Yeah it’s old school but nothing like turning off the phone and tuning in the local Top 40 station and enjoying some tunes while out and about
In 72 when I was 9 my dad baught me a battery cassette player. It was fun walking listening to what I wanted. In 77 at high school I would push play, set it down, grab a girl, and dance, when song was over pick up the player and walk off.
That poor R2D2 shown seems to have resided with a smoker with all of the yellowing on him! Haha! I always get a kick out of seeing what looks like a version of the old RKO Radio tower and I'll usually narrate that "We're broadcasting our program tonight from high atop the Starlight Room in the Roosevelt Hotel in..." the way 1930s movies would do!
I owned quite a few transistor radios in my youth, there were a great way to hear your favorite tunes. Even better, you can actually try to get signals from out of state stations during the Summer. 📻
How are radios defunct? All cars have radios as standard today. I have one in one of my mp3s, which if I lose or break is not great loss. Clock radio? Is your alarm clock a clock radio? Boom box? are you saying you can't get a portable music box?
Back then, it wasn't "a set of headphones," but an "earphone," singular, that went in one ear. The majority of the smallest transistor radios were AM only, but there was plenty of music there in the 50s and 60s. FM really didn't hit its stride until the 70s.
Good lord, you have no idea what you're talking about. Crosley was out of business FAR before transistor radios were ever a thing, you're showing Chinese products with Crosley written on them, as you did with the Westinghouse radios. 🙄
I always carried a radio with me growing up. It was great to look at all of the different radio's available back then. A great Documentary!
A lot of the Crosley clock radios on this video are modern radios with a retro look, not antiques. You can tell it because they have modern digital clocks and some even have CD players. Even some of the ones with an analog clock are modern replicas.
Yes, that 's driving me nuts, too. Surely, they could have gotten accurate pics.
I had a multi band receiver once. The one that could tune in television audio channels.
Which channel did you usually listen to?
@@MemoryManor It was mostly the novelty of being able to a TV station when access to a TV set wasn't available.
@@MemoryManor The audio portion of Channel 6 was 87.75 megahertz - right at the bottom of the dial for some FM receivers. The other channels' audios were nowhere near the FM band.
When I had my first full-time job, the Sony Walkman craze happened and we were put in charge of selling them. Although they were expensive at $199.99, we could not keep them in stock. After a while, they were replaced by the cheaper Walkman II.
The sony walkman is making a large comeback since cassete and vinyl are making a comeback
I've owned many transistor radios, including an AM Shaped like a Knight's Helmet Bust. I also used it to hold pens. I've owned a portable cassette recorder donated to me by my old 4th-6th Grade Teacher back in my native MD in the 80's. All my Dad had to do was permanently wire the power cord into it & off we go. I kept it working into the 90's. I used a clock radio at my Grandparents House, worked pretty good.
I was so blessed to have access to entertainment electronics from childhood & still collect to this day at 51yrs old.
Zenith Transoceanic was a great multi band radio.
ok I still have my Walkman from back then. I also still have a discman actually. And I still have an old ipod shuffle. And I have an iPhone now. Portable music has always been important to me, because I have Misophonia. I have kept all the old portable music things over the years just to have them.
Also that blue max looks like a little portable speaker looks today. That’s cool I’ve never seen that before.
Nothing quite like portable radio. Yeah it’s old school but nothing like turning off the phone and tuning in the local Top 40 station and enjoying some tunes while out and about
Maybe you could hear “I Got You Babe” by Sonny and Cher every morning ad nauseam Like on Groundhog Day. 😮
Nice 😀😀
In 72 when I was 9 my dad baught me a battery cassette player. It was fun walking listening to what I wanted. In 77 at high school I would push play, set it down, grab a girl, and dance, when song was over pick up the player and walk off.
What the girls say afterwards?
@@MemoryManor they called me the "burning red hot boy".
Except that when the 1980s came around people were carrying around big boom boxes on their shoulders!
One of those people was me, LOL... And I sure miss those times...
That poor R2D2 shown seems to have resided with a smoker with all of the yellowing on him! Haha! I always get a kick out of seeing what looks like a version of the old RKO Radio tower and I'll usually narrate that "We're broadcasting our program tonight from high atop the Starlight Room in the Roosevelt Hotel in..." the way 1930s movies would do!
Same thoughts as i was making this!
I owned quite a few transistor radios in my youth, there were a great way to hear your favorite tunes. Even better, you can actually try to get signals from out of state stations during the Summer. 📻
How are radios defunct? All cars have radios as standard today. I have one in one of my mp3s, which if I lose or break is not great loss.
Clock radio? Is your alarm clock a clock radio?
Boom box? are you saying you can't get a portable music box?
Back then, it wasn't "a set of headphones," but an "earphone," singular, that went in one ear. The majority of the smallest transistor radios were AM only, but there was plenty of music there in the 50s and 60s. FM really didn't hit its stride until the 70s.
GREAT VIDEO!
Appreciate you frederick! Stay tuned i have a lot more i want to talk about
Marshall, it's MOE-DER-NIH-TEE.
You're welcome.
The GE Blue Max looks like a police siren.🚨
My tthoughts exactly when i first saw it!
@@MemoryManor- A police light; the siren is the one that makes noise.
Sure wished i knew about it back then. I could have gotten one for Christmas! 😧
I miss two things I had: Grundig Satellite and headphones with built-in radio
Do they even make multiband radios anymore? I haven’t seen them in years.
Pocket radios arent dead wtf
They are more like cell phones.
what@@glennso47
Good lord, you have no idea what you're talking about. Crosley was out of business FAR before transistor radios were ever a thing, you're showing Chinese products with Crosley written on them, as you did with the Westinghouse radios. 🙄