Transistor radio

Old transistor radio

A Transistor radio is a radio receiver which uses transistors to amplify the sound. Transistor radios can be cheap and small and some use very little electric power. Some can amplify the weak radio waves that are usually not picked up by weaker vacuum tube radios. Transistor radio broadcasting receivers for portable use were sold in great numbers starting in the late 1950s. Soon, vacuum tube radios became rare.

Transistor Radio Media

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  A classic Emerson transistor radio, circa 1958

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  A seven-transistor Soviet Orljonok radio with the back open, showing parts.

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  Sanyo 8S-P3 transistor radio, which received AM and shortwave bands.

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  Westinghouse Model H-842P6 (c. 1962)

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  Westinghouse transistor radio, Model H841P6 (c. 1963)

• 1955 Chrysler – Philco all transistor car radio – "Breaking News" radio broadcast announcement.

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  The circuit of a Japanese 5 transistor radio.

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  Advertising For Sony Transistor Radios (TR-6, TR-63 & TR-72) In The Vancouver Sun Newspaper, July 26, 1957