Comments on: Transistor Radio

By: jenn

jenn — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:02:28 +0000

Does anyone kow if this telefunken is worth anything?

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:11:33 +0000

I’m actually looking for a Telefunken Match radio that still works. Anyone seen one?

By: Hilton Fitt-Peaster

Hilton Fitt-Peaster — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:07:49 +0000

I have a Telefunken Match II radio. What’s it worth? Any buyers?

By: themia

themia — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:05:02 +0000

hi ;i’m looking for this radio ,do somebody can help me to find it please (Telefunken Match Transistor Radio 1963)

By: Sebastian Kaufmann

Sebastian Kaufmann — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:46:27 +0000

Hi Jan, Thanks, what a great story. It’s so hard to find these transistor radios in good condition today. Best, S.

By: jan

jan — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:50:27 +0000

I have the radio as purchased new in 1967 from a Long Island camera store, where at age 15, I worked a summer job. Two radios remained in the store inventory as unsold stock and I bought them for $10.00 each.
One I gave to my father and the other to my sister. My father kept it in a drawer for emergency use only, so I have it now on display in a glass case. Great to know that it is a Richard Sapper design. I had no idea until today.

By: John Drigot

John Drigot — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:15:27 +0000

I just picked up this radio from a local Ebay seller. I saw one picture, read your article and fell in love. Will probably be the best $75 I spend in a long time. Does anyone know what type of headphone would plug into this radio? Now if only I can find its FM counterpart! Thanks for the great writing and I’ll share some of my own with you – http://blog.neenan.com/?p=207

By: David Reich

David Reich — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:03:23 +0000

I remember putting my transistor radio under my pillow at bedtime, so I could stay up late and listen to WABC or WINS here in New York. One night, I thought I was listening to WINS in New York, but it was WOWO from Ft. Wayne, Indiana. After that station came in so clearly late at night, I began listening on my transistor to see what else I could pick up from distant cities. I picked up rock from WLS in Chicago and WFAA in Dallas, the Country Jamboree from WWVA in Wheeling, WV and the Grand Ole Opry from WSM Memphis… all on my cheap little transistor radio.

By: steven

steven — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:09:15 +0000

My ’8 transistor radio” wasn’t as stylish and luxe as this unit, but I fondly remember having it pressed to my ear and hearing Jimi Hendrix “Purple Haze” for the first time (beaming out on AM radio no less!)- it was a new single, and my little 8 year old mind was blown. I recall at that very moment realizing that there’s a much bigger, groovier world out there waiting for me.