Most crystal radio receivers have a decidedly “field expedient” look to them. Fashioned as they often are from a few turns of wire around an oatmeal container and a safety pin scratching the surface ...

A crystal radio set is almost like magic. Sound appears, seemingly out of nowhere, powered not by cords and batteries, but by the very air around you. “You can’t quite work out how it comes alive,” ...

The possibility of producing FM crystal radio is shown in this project which can produce a sound with high fidelity that is as good as or better than more expensive AM radios when connected as a ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. When Leon Russell was in the midst of what possibly was the busiest ...

Back before cell phones … before video games … before television … even before electric radios, there were crystal radio receivers. In the early 1920s and 1930s, magazines offered instructions on how ...

Had the pandemic not upended many of this summer’s fun and games, many of my friends would have made a trip to the MCH hacker camp in the Netherlands earlier this month. I had an idea for a game for ...

U.S. radio stations excelling in community service are being honored by the National Association of Broadcasters. On Tuesday, the NAB released its list of finalists for the 2025 NAB Crystal Radio ...

The NAB has announced the finalists for the 36th annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards. Bonneville International’s KTAR-FM in Phoenix will be honored with the Crystal Heritage Award during the NAB show in ...

Five-time NAB Crystal Radio Award winning station KCVM-FM also received the Crystal Heritage Award. Since 1987, the NAB Crystal Radio Awards have recognized radio stations for their outstanding ...