[tubebender]

When was the first commercial pocket transistor radio sold. My wife’s bother sent us one in the early 60’s that he bought at a Navy exchange in Japan. I think it was a GE and took a 9 volt battery and it still works if I could remember where I put it for sage keeping...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Blam or Marine _Uncle might know...they were into all that technical stuff.

I grew up in the wheat fields all I knew about was girls.

[blam]

Regency TR-1 Transistor Radio History

The first transistor radio hit the consumer market on October 18, 1954. The Regency TR-1 featured four germanium transistors operating on a 22.5-volt battery that provided over twenty hours of life....

The calm before the storm describes the mood of the electronics industry over the years following the invention of the transistor. While the winds of the world's dominant leaders were light, several small companies warmed the El Niño currents for the next fifty-year storm. The tides turned in 1954 when Texas Instruments and Regency Electronics shared a joint venture that launched the modern age of miniaturized electronics.

Texas Instruments is the only foreign company that Japan allows 100% foreign ownership. TI has five chip factories there.