The pocket-sized radio receiver built on transistors instead of vacuum tubes, first sold as the Regency TR-1 in 1954 and made a world product by Sony and other Japanese makers. It detached listening from the family living room, gave youth culture its portable soundtrack, and became one of the most manufactured consumer devices of its century.
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Introduced Year OriginRegency TR-1, developed by Texas Instruments and IDEA, released November 1954; Sony's TR-63 of 1957 opened the mass export market. 1 FAQs
What was the first transistor radio?
The Regency TR-1, developed by Texas Instruments and IDEA and released in November 1954, was the first transistor radio sold to the public; Sony's TR-63 of 1957 opened the mass export market.
The Regency TR-1, developed by Texas Instruments and IDEA, was released in November 1954 as the first pocket-sized radio receiver built on transistors instead of vacuum tubes. Sony's TR-63, released in 1957, opened the mass export market and made the transistor radio a world product. It detached listening from the family living room, gave youth culture its portable soundtrack, and became one of the most manufactured consumer devices of its century.
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The transistor superseded the vacuum tube in broadcast electronics from the 1950s onward; the two entries are the before and after of the same amplification job.
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Wikimedia FoundationEarly commercial transistor radios, Regency TR-1 section
The Regency TR-1 was announced on 18 October 1954 by the Regency Division of I.D.E.A., was put on sale in November 1954 and was the first practical transistor radio made in any significant numbers.
- Associated With: Vacuum Tube, Triodes section
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