Radio

Retro fun: The car radio of the future

In 1971, our family car was a 1968 Chevy Impala, In the dashboard was a very basic Delco pushbutton AM radio. I don’t even know if an AM/FM radio was an option at the time. It didn’t matter because in my part of the world, FM broadcasting wasn’t really much of a thing yet, It was a luxury my dad couldn’t afford and didn’t need,

Meanwhile, the BBC’s Tomorrow’s World was exploring what the car radio of the future might do. (Via James Cridland)

Alan Cross

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