Category: Monday Morning Nostalgia Fix

April 21, 2008 Off

The wooden age of radio

By Jason

You didn’t get much for your money. In fact, output was so faint you had to use headphones to listen.…

April 7, 2008 Off

No static at all

By Jason

First, FM radios were more complicated than AM — and more expensive. Meanwhile, television was being rolled out across the…

March 24, 2008 Off

Look out below!

By Jason

“A cheer went up in the control room at the laboratory when it was announced the pictures were coming through…

March 10, 2008 Off

Battery not included

By Jason

Pittsburgh-based Westinghouse Electric Corp. was one of the storied names in the radio business, of course. The company generally gets…