1959:
DDR (GDR):
VEB Stern Sternchen
first DDR all-transistor radio
DENMARK:
Bang & Olufsen
Beolit 562
first Bang & Olufsen transistor radio — and first Danish transistor radio?
HUNGARY:
EMV Tunde 2 (1960?)
second version of Hungary's first transistor radio
JAPAN: Benida
6TR-270
JAPAN: Continental
TR-100 ('58?)
JAPAN: Crown TR-7S (TR-777)
JAPAN: Crown TR-800
JAPAN: Hitachi TH-666
JAPAN: Kobe Kogyo KT-63
JAPAN: NEC NT-61
first NEC shirt pocket transistor radio
JAPAN: NEC NT-620
JAPAN:
Olympic 666
(possibly '58?) one of the first US transistor radios to have been made in Japan
JAPAN: Realtone TR-555 "Galaxy"
JAPAN: Realtone TR-801 "Electra"
JAPAN: Sanyo Channel Master
6503
JAPAN: Sony TR-86
JAPAN: Sony TR-714
Sony claims this to be the first SW shirt pocket radio
JAPAN: Standard SR-D210
JAPAN: Tokai
Motorola X11
first Motorola transistor radio manufactured in Japan
JAPAN: Toptone AR-65
JAPAN: Toshiba 6TP-304
JAPAN: Toshiba 6TP-309
JAPAN: Toshiba 6TR-92
POLAND: Eltra MOT-59
first Polish transistor radio
RUSSIA: Atmosphere
second "mass-production" Russian transistor radio, perhaps 10,000 units
US: c.1959 Admiral 802
a big and bold design update to the c.1957 Admiral 7M12
US: 1959 Delco Buick
'Transistor Portable'
one of several "Trans-Portable" radios made by GM's Delco Radio Corp.
US: 1959 Delco Olds
"Trans-Portable"
one of several "Trans-Portable" radios made by GM's Delco Radio Corp.
US: 1959/60
Bulova 720
US: 1959/60
Emerson 988 Rambler
WEST GERMANY:
Siemens T1
first "Siemens-Germany" transistor radio
1960:
CZECHOSLOVAKIA:
Tesla T60 (2701B)
first Czechoslovak "pocket" (small coat pocket) transistor radio
FRANCE:
Schneider Caprice
ITALY:
Voxon Magic 750
circa 1960 — one of the first Italian pocket transistor radios
JAPAN: Global GR-711
JAPAN: Global Zephyr ZR-930
JAPAN: Harpers GK-631
JAPAN: Magnavox AM-22
Made by NEC -- same chassis as NEC NT-620
JAPAN: Sony TR-620
JAPAN: Tokai G-607
JAPAN:
Toshiba 7TP-415S
2-band MW/SW radio
JAPAN:
Toshiba 8TP-90
LATVIA: Spidola, 1960/61
first Soviet multi-band transistor radio and first Soviet export transistor radio
RUSSIA: Neva (Heba)
first Soviet shirt pocket transistor radio
US: c.1960/61
Arvin Silvertone 1205
US: c.1960
RCA Victor 1-TP-2E
US: Zenith Royal 50
first Zenith shirt pocket transistor radio
1961:
CZECHOSLOVAKIA:
Tesla Doris (2702B)
DDR (GDR):
VEB Stern T100
FRANCE:
Schneider BIP (1961?)
Great Britain: Decca
Debonette TP50
Great Britain: Fidelity
Coronet
one of a very few shirt pocket transistor radios made in Great Britain in the early '60s
Great Britain:
PYE P190BQ
ITALY:
Geloso G3303 Polaris
click here to read Lello Salvatore's article on this beautiful radio
LATVIA: Gauja
first Soviet "pocket" (coatpocket) transistor radio made both for the domestic market and for export
US: Arvin 61R13...
US: Zenith Royal 400
US: Zenith Royal 500H
the "zenith" of the 500 series, both in audio and radio
1962:
FRANCE:
TED Saint Germain
France's most iconic transistor radio
BELARUS: Mir
An early shirt pocket radio from the Soviet Union
JAPAN: Crown TR-911
JAPAN: Crown TR-999
JAPAN: Toshiba 6TP-31A
UK: Dansette RT66
one of a very few shirt pocket transistor radios made in Great Britain in the early '60s
UK: Perdio PR33
"mini 66"
one of a very few shirt pocket transistor radios made in Great Britain in the early '60s
US: Zenith Royal 50K
US: Zenith Royal 50L
YUGOSLAVIA:
Bled de luxe
first Yugoslav transistor radio, Iskra-Kranj Factory, Slovenia
1963:
DDR (GDR): VEB
Stern T120 "Mikki"
c.1963, first DDR shirt pocket transistor radio
Great Britain: 1963
KB Scarlet Rhapsody
Great Britain: 1963
KB Starlight Rhapsody
RUSSIA: Neva 2 #1
RUSSIA: Neva 2 #2
RUSSIA: Selga
RUSSIA: Sokol
RUSSIA: Topaz-2
US: Zenith Royal 40
US: Zenith Royal 60
1964:
CZECHOSLOVAKIA:
Tesla Zuzana
(2710B)
first Czechoslovak shirt pocket transistor radio
RUSSIA: Alpinist
UKRAINE: Planeta
1965:
LATVIA: Orbita
US: Zenith Royal 59
1967:
UKRAINE: Jupiter-M
RUSSIA: Orljonok
1972:
