This sophisticated Art Deco Zenith radio console from 1939 was once the proud entertainment center for a family, where they gathered to enjoy music, radio dramas, and historical broadcasts like FDR’s ...

Chris Deneau is the owner of Renovated Radios in Macomb, Mich., which specializes in making reproduction parts for old radios. “In my opinion, an antique radio is any radio powered with vacuum tubes, ...

He savors time at his workbench, surrounded by radio parts, gear, schematics and testing equipment. “I like listening to baseball games on my 1938 Zenith console radio while I repair other radios.

The Feb. 28 event will feature 144 radios of various styles from 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.

The better models from Magnavox, Zenith, and others combined fine furniture, good sound, and even occasionally a large screen — for its time — television. Earlier models were, of course, tubes ...