When La Palma resident John Eng looks at a piece of what some call “dead technology,” he doesn’t think of something that no longer works. Instead, he envisions the devices’ heyday. A curvy Zenith ...

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 have ...

Q. I bought this Royal 500 radio for $60 in 1951. What is it worth now? A. Your particular Zenith (500B) was the second Royal model and was produced after 1955. It was a very expensive radio, selling, ...

For this ongoing Fall 2024 Fund Drive, we are proudly featuring two rare antique radios, kindly provided and restored by the California Historical Radio Society (CHRS). These lovely finds are ...

Before the second world war Radio was a revolution in mass-communication much like the internet today. Fortunes were made and lost, empires built, epic patent battles ensued, all of which resulted in ...

Each night, just as we lay down to sleep, the old Zenith radio would come on. Melodious sounds of the Grand Ole Opera weaved their waves through the house, whispering all is well and it's time to ...

After years of disappointing flicker, the color-television industry at last shows signs of firming up. Besides RCA, which has been the only major manufacturer in the field since 1956, General Electric ...

Something happened on the way to the future: the past got in the way. I’ve been spending time lately reading online forums and other pages dedicated to vintage electronics. This includes sites that ...

Foreword by Ricahrd Swinburne:This scratch build case is inspired by the Art Deco stylings of 1920s and 1930s Zenith radios, but despite looking back so far in time for inspiration, it still has ...

Long before television there was radio. First tabletops then consoles made their way into the living rooms of Americans. Families would gather around their radios to listen to the nightly news and ...

Something happened on the way to the future: the past got in the way. I’ve been spending time lately reading online forums and other pages dedicated to vintage electronics. This includes sites that ...