Old Radios

The console radio was the center piece of every house back in the era of radio, they were big and expensive running up to $700 back in th late 1930's mostly for the rich, these radios were place in hallways and living rooms. most console radios were waist high and not very wide , as the years went on the got shorter and wider. Most consumer console radios were made by RCA, Philco, General Electric, Wards Airline, Montgomery Ward, Westinghouse, radio-bar and many more they were all affordable. Others like Zenith, Scott, Atwater-Kent, were mainly for the rich as there prices ran into the $500-$800 range in the 1930s and 1940s.

The Insides Were Different

The insides contained "discrete components" which were hard wired together using hot solder!

There was a load of room in the old radios and they all had power supplies which generated several hundred volts of electricity in order to operate... ouch! Paul used to work on these old radios when growqing up.