John Waldron zips and zaps around his north Austin apartment like the waves that are pulled out of the air by his amazing collection of vintage tube radios. The pops, crackles and hums that emanate ...

John Terrey is an inveterate collector. Growing up in the 1940s and 1950s, he collected stamps. Later, as his interests and geographical scope expanded, the now 76-year-old engineer would go on to ...

Elegant wood-encased tube radios that look like antique furniture. Plastic-encased transistors that mimic cigarette packs, Coke bottles, measuring tapes and spray cans of WD-40 along with so many ...

Maybe it’s a hand-me-down from an elderly relative. Maybe you found it at a flea market, or it has been hidden in the attic for far too long. It could be an anonymous-looking black box with big dials ...

Ray Likar was instantly drawn to the 1947 short wave radio at the tag sale. When Likar found out the owner was asking only $25 for the unit, he snatched it up. "As soon as I turned it on, the Yankee ...

PCWorld explores transforming a vintage 1976 GE Monogram radio into a continuous music station using modern technology and creative repurposing. The project combines an old smartphone, a $15 aux-to-FM ...

You can almost hear it crackling over an old radio: ANNOUNCER: The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective! Featuring Sam Spade in “The Commute From Hell Caper.” SOUND: A car door opens and shuts … an ...