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It's Sixty Years Since the First Portable Transistor Radio Went on the Market and Started a Revolution
![Newspaper Advertising For The Regency TR-1 Transistor Radio, The San Bernardino County Sun, December 19, 1954 (14650638539 Stock Photo - Alamy Newspaper Advertising For The Regency TR-1 Transistor Radio, The San Bernardino County Sun, December 19, 1954 (14650638539 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/KKHRRB/newspaper-advertising-for-the-regency-tr-1-transistor-radio-the-san-KKHRRB.jpg)
Newspaper Advertising For The Regency TR-1 Transistor Radio, The San Bernardino County Sun, December 19, 1954 (14650638539 Stock Photo - Alamy
![Regency TR-1 - World's first transistor radio, with case, early example 1954 - collectornet.net - YouTube Regency TR-1 - World's first transistor radio, with case, early example 1954 - collectornet.net - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kHNawLLoyWk/maxresdefault.jpg)
Regency TR-1 - World's first transistor radio, with case, early example 1954 - collectornet.net - YouTube
![Transistor Radios: 1954-1968 (A Schiffer Book for Collectors): Smith, Norman R.: 9780764306600: Amazon.com: Books Transistor Radios: 1954-1968 (A Schiffer Book for Collectors): Smith, Norman R.: 9780764306600: Amazon.com: Books](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51izH0aNOtL._AC_UL600_SR600,600_.jpg)
Transistor Radios: 1954-1968 (A Schiffer Book for Collectors): Smith, Norman R.: 9780764306600: Amazon.com: Books
Dr. Innov8tion - The Regency TR-1 was the first commercially manufactured transistor radio which was released in 1954. It allowed listeners to take music with them, as the radio was now small
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