Ask any Mount Prospect long-timer and one of the most universal local memories they have is of the pair of Zenith radio towers that once stood at the corner of Central and Rand roads. Constructed in ...

They say necessity is the mother of invention. Nothing proves this more than the story of how the iconic Zenith Trans-Oceanic portable radio receiver came into existence. Commander Eugene McDonald ...

For this ongoing Fall 2024 Fund Drive, we are proudly featuring two rare antique radios, kindly provided and restored by the California Historical Radio Society (CHRS). These lovely finds are ...

Check out this watercooled case mod which was built from scratch by Richard Swinburne and inspired by the art deco stylings of the 1920’s and 1930’s Zenith radios. The Art Deco style was captured ...

Q. I bought this Royal 500 radio for $60 in 1951. What is it worth now? A. Your particular Zenith (500B) was the second Royal model and was produced after 1955. It was a very expensive radio, selling, ...

The valuable bedlam of commercial broadcasting originated in 1920 when a Pittsburgh department store plucked a Westinghouse experimenter from his garage, where he was sending out an occasional ...

The Vault is Slate’s new history blog. Like us on Facebook; follow us on Twitter @slatevault; find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. Isamu Noguchi, the ...