Radiogram (Furniture)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In British English, a radiogram is a now old-fashioned piece of furniture that combined a valve radio and record player. The word radiogram is formed by a combination of the words radio and gramophone. Radiograms reached their peak of popularity in the late 1950''s, supported by a rapidly growing interest in records. Originally they were styled in polished wood to blend with the furniture styles of the 1940s and 1950s. Later models took on the modern lines and plastic finish of the 1960s. When valve radio development ended in the early 1960''s and transistors began to take over radiograms became obsolete. By the early 1970s, they had been replaced by more compact equipment, such as the Hi-Fi and the music centre.Since radiograms were manufactured in such huge numbers they are not as rare or valuable as TV sets or table radios from the same period.... Mehr