Old portable radios were marvels of technology from the 1950s to the 1980s - Click Americana

Starting when vintage portable radios were finally small enough to be carried in the 1950s, through when they got almost too big to carry in the '80s, here's a little sound history of AM & FM radios from the days of transistors onward.

Old portable radios were marvels of technology from the 1950s to the 1980s - Click Americana

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