Personal Devices · Recorded milestone
Transistor radio
Recorded year1954
A pocket radio running on a small battery lets teenagers carry music and news anywhere, away from the family set.
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- Broadcast radioRecorded · 1920enables
- TransistorRecorded · 1947enables
Led to
- Portable TVRecorded · 1960enables
- Sony WalkmanRecorded · 1979enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.