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29 Jan 2023 11:44

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How many of us still using radios in houses

Radios and transistors played a very good role thirty years back. Still before a twenty years, there was a radio broadcasting news and some programs and it was relayed in a public park where many persons sitting and standing near the speaker to hear the program and news.
Many of use hold transistor in hand near ears during the relay of cricket match. Many did followed the time through a radio program.
Later when the television comes into picture it drives away the radios. Still in some houses the radios are there as an antique.
But the main facility in radio is the work in home does not get hampered as we can do our household work and other work by hearing the radio program but it is not possible in the case of television.
Earlier I have seen in one of my relatives house, that aunt did his entire cooking by hearing Carnatic music relayed in radio during a music season.

#769114

29 Jan 2023 14:17

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The present generation may not be knowing a transistor or a radio. These days we see rarely radios or transistors these days. Our smartphone is doing multi jobs including music etc. But in our cars, we will have a music system in which radio is also a part and we can here radio programs through those radios when we are travelling.
During my childhood, we had no radio or transistor in our house. I purchased the first transistor in our house in 1979. During the 1980s, I used to carry my transistor to my office and used to hear the live commentary of cricket matches. From 1995, I used to have a TV in my room in the office and hence stopped carrying this transistor. My father is a poet and he used to conduct and participate in some literary programmes in Telugu from Radio stations of Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada.
Now in many houses, we see TVs but no radios. But maybe some people may be holding radios as show pieces in their houses.

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#769117

29 Jan 2023 16:34

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The present generation have heard from us how we resort to Radios and Transistors for entertainment. This was an inescapable part for most of us to hear the commentaries of the cricket matches, programmes relayed by the Radio Stations and other popular film songs popular on those days. This fashion continued till 1985 and afterwards Coloured TV came into existence and Radios and Transistors became outdated.
Radio programmes are enjoyed during the occasions of our car travels and the entire such programmings are still lively with the careful selection of programmes. Our kids have different mediums for their entertainments including smartphones and other features.

#769118

29 Jan 2023 19:44

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My old radio is now lying unused as it needs repair and we don't get anyone for that easily. Moreover it is not cost effective also. We can receive radio broadcasts(FM) in our smartphones too. Till a few months ago my wife used to play the radio i the early mornings as she can listen to it and continue to work. It also helped her to know the time at periodic intervals. That way she can adjust her work.
But as the radio set started giving problem now she does not play radio, but keeps the TV on with devotional contents during morning hours.

Radio is still a nostalgia. In the current radio sets ( and in smartphone radio)we do not get the SW .MW etc. I am not sure whether there are any broadcasts in those wavelengths.

#769123

29 Jan 2023 23:09

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I have a radio set in my house and it hasn't diminished in Kashmir either. During the internet blockade, radios sets were the primary source of information in Kashmir. And it helped people a lot to be updated on current affairs of the world. It broadcast many good programs that people listen keenly but after the restoration of the internet, there has been a sharp decline in people listening to the radio with the presence of mobile internet. However, the importance of radio programs is still relevant and now people listen on mobile instead of radio. Internet facility has actually innovated the radio listening experience among listeners. I think the radio has now been replaced by internet and mobile and people are happy with it. But in the absence of the internet radio sets become an indispensable part of our lives.

#769128

30 Jan 2023 12:01

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When I was in high school my father bought one transistor radio which was the latest model available in the market at then We were attracted to it and soon became obsessed with it. My interest in radio started from that point and is still alive but I do not have it right now with me as I can listen to songs using my mobile.
The last transistor radio was with me for quite a long time and I mainly used it for hearing news or listening to ng hindi songs especially late at night time when some channels broadcasted old Hindi songs for one or two hours.
I gradually stopped using it and it was lying on one side of my house for at least 4-5 years. About a year ago I disposed of a lot of old items in my house and the transistor was one of them.

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