I share a couple of old early radios. They are called the cathedral style of table top radio, which became popular in the 1930s.
I haven't had much success looking for web sites that show clearly any more information, and honestly I don't care that much about them, beyond curiosity.
The memories of old radio shows are of more interest to me...before TV, families would listen together to broadcasts. I wasn't around for Franklin Roosevelt's fireside chats. But I began listening to music early on, and dancing around the living room. Later I enjoyed shows with characters I grew to love, the Lone Ranger, Red Skelton, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, and on and on.
There was a Texaco hour I think on Sunday afternoons, and I remember going for drives with my family and listening to it in the car on the radio. When it was opera singing, I kind of lost interest...after all they were not singing in English even!
I guess this was how my continued interest in radio broadcast music began, and today I am an ardent fan of NPR.
Did you have some radio experiences that you remember?
Sharing with Sepia Saturday this week, which shows a sporting event...on a big field, without electrical amplification so a huge megaphone is being used...I wonder if there were no electric amps yet being used?
Today's Quote:
It is
when you are willing to listen to yourself and be fearless that figuring out
your next step becomes easy.
