transistor radio

…by the sale of portable transistor radios and cheaper car radios. (In 1951 half of American cars had radios; 80 percent had them by 1965.) This coincidental rise of portable radios and popular music content, combined with the diversion of most adults to television, transformed radio into a predominantly youth-oriented…

…first hugely successful product line: transistor radios. Although Texas Instruments Incorporated was first to market with its Regency transistor radio in 1955, it was Sony’s TR-63, an inexpensive shirt-pocket-sized all-transistor radio, that caught consumers’ attention when it was released in 1957. Sony’s pocket radios were a tremendous success and brought…

…production of the world’s first transistor radio. Designed by TI and manufactured and marketed by Industrial Development Engineering Associates, the Regency radio was a best seller for the 1954 Christmas season. The use of transistors reduced the radio’s size and power consumption, enabling it to fit in a large pocket…