Radiogram (device)

Radiograms reached their peak of popularity in the post-war era, supported by a rapidly growing interest in records.

Originally they were made of polished wood to blend with the furniture of the 1930s, with many styled by the leading designers of the day.

waveband, and the advent of the 45 rpm single and the LP record, meant that many manufacturers considered the radiogram to be more important than the fledgling television set sales.

As valve radio development ended in the late 1960s and transistors began to take over, radiograms started to become obsolete.

[citation needed] 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.