

#1960s transistor radio portable
The introduction of the TR-55 marked the rebirth of the radio as a portable device. The Regency model TR-1 was the first widely marketed transistor radio. Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (the original name of "Sony") was the first company in the world to make a radio using its own transistors. It started in the 1950s, and by 1957 the cheaper Sony TR-63 would reach mass-market success. In 1955, the company began full-scale production and sales of Japan's first transistor radio, the TR-55. The pocket-size of these radios would spark a change in popular music and listening habits. Vintage Philips portable pocket transistor radio space age 1970s NO WORKS.

At the time, many people thought it was foolhardy to build a radio using transistor, but they overcame many obstacles and succeeded in developing Japan's first PNP alloy transistor prototype in 1954. 1960s Sony SIX transistor pocket radio with case Made in Japan Excellent shape C 20.56. In 1952, when Sony's founder, Masaru Ibuka learned that Western Electric was going to release its transistor patents to the public for a fee, he decided to take on the challenge of developing a radio using Sony's own transistors.

Vintage Emerson AM Transistor Radio Model 31P628. 1960s Dynatron Nomad TP11 Vintage Portable Transistor Radio. Emerson 9 Transistor radio model 911 Eldorado Nevabreak 1959 WORKS GREAT 99.00. Domestic Portable Transistor Radios from famous manufacturers of yesteryear such as Bush. The whole family would gather in the room where the radio was located to listen to the news and music programs. 1960 Emerson 8 Transistor Radio Model 888 Explorer Working. At that time, radios were large and used vacuum tubes. It was the radio that provided accessible entertainment during the chaotic post-war years.
