The Galvin brothers’ expensive $130 unit (a Model A Deluxe coupe cost $540) was the first commercially successful car radio, and the first product to wear the Motorola name. 1952: First Radio ...

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(Spoiler alert: It's total insanity.) But was the radio met with similar opposition when it was first introduced to the car? In 1930, laws were proposed in Massachusetts and St. Louis to ban ...

But it’s been 90 years since the first mass-produced car radio appeared, and the road to audio perfection has been a bumpy one indeed. Michael Lamm remembers. At 84, the California-based auto ...

There is no doubt that the future of in-car radio lies in the connected dashboard. Maintaining radio’s prominence there was the topic of the WorldDAB Summit 2024 session, “How DAB+ revvs up radio.” ...

I like to listen to sports on my car radio. Should I leave my car on the accessory setting or idling to keep the power on? A: The accessory position will allow power to some devices, such as the ...

While radio continues to claim the widest reach of all media, it no longer commands the in-dash experience. The word from Quu’s 2025 In-Vehicle Visuals Report is that carmakers are playing ...

The piece focuses on the “car radio of the future,” though when you see the device and realize where we are now with audio gear, the “future” in this case appears to extend to about 1975.

He wanted to build his own radio and turned to the TEF6686 chip, a device often found in car radios. It is known to be very sensitive and seemed perfect for pulling in weak signals. So [Sjef ...

This is a security feature that's easy to fix if you know where to look A car radio code is a short string of numbers ...