Maybe it’s a hand-me-down from an elderly relative. Maybe you found it at a flea market, or it has been hidden in the attic for far too long. It could be an anonymous-looking black box with big dials ...

One of the best ways to relive the past is with vintage equipment. A gentleman in Oregon was throwing out several radios, and I stepped in to save them – at least try to. I got four radios in the ...

If you are into vintage electronics or restoring antique radio equipment you may be very disappointed with the content offerings on AM broadcast radio these days. Fortunately there is a way to get ...

Radios were a pivotal 20th century phenomenon. Developed initially for wireless telegraphy, they carried voice and music after 1920. Although radios faded in home status as television took hold in the ...

FARGO - On their farm in 1950s Minnesota, Ron Roche and his family huddled around a radio to listen to Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington. Decades later, Aaron Swinkels learned to dance as Michael ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JOPLIN, Mo. — Long before the internet, cell ...

When La Palma resident John Eng looks at a piece of what some call “dead technology,” he doesn’t think of something that no longer works. Instead, he envisions the devices’ heyday. A curvy Zenith ...

I inherited my grandpa’s old console radio because no one else wanted it. It hadn’t worked for decades. It was slightly beat-up, and somewhat large and heavy. Think NFL player. Well, that’s ...

I’ve been told all my life about old-timey Army/Navy surplus stores where you could buy buckets of FT-243 crystals, radio gear, gas masks, and even a Jeep boxed-up in a big wooden crate. Sadly this is ...