Distracted by Design] loves gear from the 1980s, though some of it isn’t as useful as it used to be. He happened across a ...

KRTH (101.1 FM) celebrated a birthday last month: the oldies station turned 82 in early August. It was in May of 1940 that the Federal Communications Commission issued the first construction permits ...

March 9, 2012 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Happen to have an old FM Radio and a smartphone sitting around collecting dust? DIY electronics blog The Daily ...

Traditional AM / FM radio isn't as popular as it once was, but these apps are keeping the legacy alive and well. You don't need a bedside radio clock or a transistor radio to enjoy local music, sports ...

I inherited my grandpa’s old console radio because no one else wanted it. It hadn’t worked for decades. It was slightly beat-up, and somewhat large and heavy. Think NFL player. Well, that’s ...

[Bjørn] combined some aging electronics he had around the house to create this Android media center. The enclosure is an FM-radio, but since he only listens to online media it wasn’t of much use to ...

Offices of WPTR 1240 AM and 97.1 FM. Randall Hogue Sr. Offices of WPTR 1240 AM and 97.1 FM. Randy Hogue makes his way through the studio. Offices of WPTR 1240 AM and 97.1 FM. From left, Jeff Clark, ...

An old — on second thought, make that “very old” — Sony AM/FM broadcast transistor, which I somehow acquired, finally got a little too cranky for me, Figure 1. The analog-dial tuning knob was sluggish ...

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For yet more proof that nothing lasts forever in radio, the venerable 92.3 FM — once known as "Disco 92," then "K-Rock" (Howard Stern's terrestrial radio base for 20 years) and more recently "Alt 92.3 ...