Nope... it was 1958 and I was 9 years old... it was the only way I could listen in school. I snuck my little rocket radio in my lunchbox. During recess I hooked the ground wire to the chain link fence and listened happily.
I just did a search for Rocket Crystal Radio and found my radio:
Who woulda thunk it... they want $89.50 for it!
Oh, well in '58, you were . . . . nope, you were still a geek. And I don't mean that in a bad way.