As you’d expect, a transistor radio heading toward its 70th birthday requires a little care to return to its former glory, and while this one is very quiet it does at least work after a fashion.

The invention of the transistor revolutionized radio, allowing receivers to be made far more compact and portable than ever before. In the middle of the 20th century, the devices exploded in popula… ...

MERIDIAN — Philco, RCA Victor, Zenith and Motorola; transistors, shirtpockets, chairsides and portables: These are just a few of the radio brands and styles that collectors Norm and Paula Gunning ...

This video showcases the restoration of an old vintage radio, turning discarded equipment into a fully functioning piece of history. With years of neglect and damage, the radio undergoes a ...

Police officer Michael Capesius holds a new portable two-way radio being field tested for Motorola at East Chicago police station on March 21, 1967, in Chicago. The 4-inch by 10-inch radio could ...

1963: First All-Transistor Radio A number of manufacturers introduced transistors to their aftermarket car radios in the early 1960s, but Becker’s Monte Carlo was the first to be fully “solid ...

Motorola today announced a transistor technology aimed at propping up Moore's Law for a while longer, announcing the creation of a transistor gate structure that allows for the equivalent of two ...