Beowulf Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI

While I owned a few "pocket" transistor radios and a couple all tuber bakelites during my teen years in the '50s, I also remember lying on the living room floor after suppers in the '40s listening to big bands, Jack Benny, Amos and Andy and radio serials like The Green Hornet, The Shadow, etc. on our Philco floor model that also had marine and short wave bands.

Yeah, I'm on the high side of the 70 years, and I agree that current AM radio leaves a lot to be desired.

cbabcock

I grew up in Denver, remember KIMN and KOMA well. Once in awhile, XREX from Del Rio, TX.

MikeJ Loc: North Georgia USA

Back in the early 60’s when I was out late at night and a local Mobile, AL radio station on 710 kilocycles went off the air at eleven o’clock, I could then sometimes hear Chicago's WGN at 720 KC. I really enjoyed listening to Franklin MacCormack’s “Torch Hour” program. He would play torchy music and recite poetry. Brings back good menories.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

Those were the days for me as well......I loved those old radios and that was our life back in the day.

buckbrush Loc: Texas then Southwest Oregon

I totally agree with "That was our life back in the day"
I was stationed at Ft. Bragg in the late 50s and our motor pool had a power pole and when I placed my portable little transistor radio next to the pole, all of a sudden I could pick up a couple of Chicago stations. So while I watched out for the 'Guard jeep' I could stand next to the pole and hear the latest rock & roll songs and 'Jam with Sam' out of Chicago.

pete500 Loc: Southwest Ohio

I believe the station out of Cincinnati is WLW 700, also a clear station channel.

G. Crook Loc: Linden, TX

Grand Ole Opry, Wolfman Jack, police and mystery stories. no television until later years.

TreborLow

My initials are also RJW!! My first transistor radio was a 6 transistor from Radio Shack! I had gotten a gift of a portable tube radio earlier. A couple of large 1.5 volt cells for the heaters and a 90v cell for the amplifier. Carried it to school during the World Series in my brief case with wires running up my sleeve to a dismantled headphone under my shirt collar. I could tilt my head to get the score.
Later I built a Heathkit radio and sold it to my aunt for her kitchen radio. It looked like the light one in the center of your photo.
Thanks for sharing,
RJW (the other one)

TreborLow

My initials are also RJW!! My first transistor radio was a 6 transistor from Radio Shack! I had gotten a gift of a portable tube radio earlier. A couple of large 1.5 volt cells for the heaters and a 90v cell for the amplifier. Carried it to school during the World Series in my brief case with wires running up my sleeve to a dismantled headphone under my shirt collar. I could tilt my head to get the score.
Later I built a Heathkit radio and sold it to my aunt for her kitchen radio. It looked like the light one in the center of your photo.
Thanks for sharing,
RJW (the other one)

Ourspolair

Listened to "Dan Dare" on Radio Luxembourg at night, drinking my Horlicks with my twin brother before going to sleep. Had a "valve" radio that took a battery with HT and tube heater combination battery. Oh boy - back when A.M radio was good!

whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.

Ah, the great Wolfman Jack. I grew up in South Texas; listened to him all the time back then. Graduated high school in 1962 & later found Ron Howard’s American Grafitti (based on a class in 1962) eerily spot on.

whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.

For Hams out there; I had a Kenwood 520 HF radio using a g5rv dipole hung in the trees. Kinda miss it. Put out about 150 watts barefoot compared to a lot today that are 100 (without an amp) Having mostly tubes, did not need to have an antenna tuner (although it was equipped with one). Tough radio.

rlv567 Loc: Baguio City, Philippines

Ah, nostalgia! Your “old” radios all look quite modern to me!!! I don’t remember the exact years, but before I graduated from UCSB in 1950 and moved to LA to work in Engineering Research at UCLA, I had a Hallicrafters S40 and a (used) Zenith Transoceanic Clipper “suitcase” portable. Instead of studying, I spent many hours listening (mostly) to short wave from around the world. Both were excellent radios!!! -- tube type, of course.

During that time I had an Argus C3 35mm camera, a big step up from my mother’s box brownie! After moving to LA I bought a Voigtlander Vitessa L 35mm camera, which I dearly loved. Eventually it was supplanted by SLRs - a Pentax Spotmatic (which was stolen from my apartment) and replaced by an Asahi Pentax K-1000. Getting into digital came the Sony Cybershot DSC-F717, then the Panasonic DMC-FZ18 followed by the Canon 70D, which I use now. (There were several other cameras interspersed among those listed, as well.)

My habit always has been to research exhaustively before purchase, in consequence of which I have liked and enjoyed every camera I have bought. – they all have met or exceeded expectations. If I had any money, I probably would get the latest and greatest Canon, but the 70D really satisfies my needs, as does the Canon G16 I’ve taught my new wife here to use, along with ON1 for post processing. She’s a quick learner, and is doing remarkably well, already getting photo assignments out in the province (virus restrictions permitting, of course). Unfortunately, she’s been stuck in Dumaguete and Bais for over 8 months, now, and can’t yet get home to Baguio, as travel still essentially is non-existent between Manila and Baguio, and nearly so from Dumaguete to Manila. We anticipate – hope - things will loosen up enough that she’ll be able to get back here within a month or two!

Loren in Beautiful Baguio

edrobinsonjr Loc: Boise, Idaho

Nice shot. If those are antiques then I am too...

Amielee Loc: Eastern Washington State

I was a Second Class Scout and my asst. Scout Master (Chuck Turner) helped me build a three tube radio. At night when I should have been sleeping I listened to classical music from KSL (Salt Lake City) 50,000 watts, and sometime XREF Del Rio, TX with transmitter in Villa Acuna, MX 150,000 watts. KSL was 600 miles away and XREF was about 1800 miles away. That little radio did not have a case, just the chassis and every thing exposed, not pretty but it did the job. That was way back in about 1946/7.