My first radio of my own was a new GE transistor radio. Cost $5.99 in the early 60s and used 2 AA batteries. Worked great for years. It probably would have lasted a lot longer but with me being a kid it got dropped a lot, things spilled on it and in it.
A few years later my dad bought me a great AM-FM-SW radio, also made by GE. It was bad for the day (at least to me!) Used 6 D-cell batteries and had a 6-foot antenna. Also had an AC power cord. Loved it.
In my early teens I had a Philco transistor radio made in the USA. I got a new one at Christmas or HS graduation and it was a Sony made in Japan.
A huge percentage of electronics production moved to Japan in a very few years. In the '50s and '60s Japan was cheap labor until they revived their economy, and soon started their massive exports of electronics and autos and other products.