Dec 14, 2022

How Texas became instrumental in making the transistor a pop hit

21st August 1962: A woman inspects the aerials of Floret transistor radios at the Radio Show at Earl's Court, London. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images) Reg Speller/Getty Images

First, lawmakers are closing in on a federal budget deal to avoid government shutdown. For the next chapter in our series on the transistor, we examine the device's entry into mainstream culture.

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The Transistor at 75

Taking the transistor mainstream with music on the go

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder

Dec 14, 2022

The transistor starts to shine when Texas Instruments asks Regency to make a radio for more mobile listening.

The Regency TR-1 was the first commercially manufactured transistor radio.

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