The first transistor radio to make it to market wasn’t GE’s, but the Regency TR-1, built with Texas Instrument parts. GE’s Model 678 hit shelves a few months later.

On October 18, 1954, the TR-1, the first radio that could fit into your pocket, was unveiled. ... Small though it was, the transistor radio sparked a very big change in our popular culture.

The first transistor radio was a joint project between the Regency Division of Industrial Development Engineering Associates and Texas Instruments. TI knew that it needed a fun product to catch ...

Gary Krakow looks at a very special wind-up radio, the Freeplay Lifeline, as we celebrate the 50th birthday of the first transistor radio, the Regency TR-1.

Before there was the first iPod and before the Walkman, there was the transistor radio. It didn’t need big vacuum tubes, so it made carrying a lightweight, more mobile listening device possible.

You hear nothing but your radio. – “On Your Radio,” Richard Lanham, 1957 ON WEDNESDAY, June 29, 1948, Bell Labs called a press conference at its West St. headquarters to announce it had ...

On Nov. 16, at the National Museum of American History in Washington, Lockheed Martin will hand over a transistor radio prototype developed in Salina and built in 1953.

Remember the first transistor radio? Last Monday, Oct. 18, marked the 50th anniversary of the Regency TR-1, the first transistor radio. The radio used four germanium transistors and operated on a 22.5 ...

We expect radio to be with us wherever we go, whether it's at home, in the car or out on a walk. This year marks the 50th anniversary of a development that exponentially increased radio's ...

First Commercial Transistor Radio - 1954. The Regency TR-1 was the first solid state radio available to the public. The radio's 3x5" size and 12-ounce weight were compelling features even though ...

Consider the Regency TR-1, the first transistor radio from TI and IDEA. In late 1954, the four-transistor device went on sale for $49.95. ... Replica of the First Transistor.