Last time we talked about vacuum tube radios from the 1920s and 1930s with cabinets that were designed as furniture or everyday items around the house such as tables or clocks. In this article we will ...

[Strider19] remembers the 90’s, and a great little novelty radio he had back then. Shaped like a computer, the radio was a typical AM/FM affair, with the monitor serving as a speaker. His original ...

Old and antique radios are fascinating to collect. Many intriguing novelty types do not resemble radios at all but rather some item or object they were made to represent. Some were made to conceal ...

A sampler from the colorful, whimsical world of novelty radios. A conversation with engineer Ira Wilner, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Vermont Association of Broadcasters. A ...

This week, the novelty radio host Dr. Demento announced that, after nearly 40 years on the air, his final broadcast would be this weekend. Even to those with fond memories of listening to Demento’s ...

The photos on this page come from the “Novelty Radio Handbook,” aimed at collectors and published by Schiffer Books. In 2007 I placed a review copy of this book in a stack of other radio-related ...

Marked: "Novelty Radio mfg. Co. / St. Louis, Mo." Unit is an early crystal radio receiver with a fixed detector element. Cat's whisker wire is missing from unit under metal cap. A metal knurled know ...

This beautiful table from 1929 hides a seven-tube Atwater-Kent radio chassis and 10-inch speaker. The earliest tube radio in my collection that falls into this unique category is actually a beautiful ...