Museum of Radio and Technology

Interested in Antique Radios? Visit the Museum of Radio and Technology in Huntington, West Virginia near the tri-state corner of West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky.

West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame third annual induction News Release and Pictures from the Induction Ceremony.
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Click for pictures of the Fall swap meet and auction, October 18, 2008

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Christmas Greetings - - 1906 - - Reginald Fessenden makes the first broadcast

Click here for Museum hours, address, location, map, and membership information.
Calendar of activities at the Museum including meets, auctions, contests, presentations, banquets.

Tour the major display areas including:

1920's-30's
radio shop Vintage radios, test equipment and parts. Try the working crystal radio. No batteries or plug-in power needed. Rotary spark gap demonstrator.

Radio
classroom A radio to teach schematic symbols and operating principles, test equipment displays, radio-related displays, working demonstrations.

Gift Shop
and Library Vintage books and magazines to browse and view schematics. New books and gifts available for sale.

1940's-50's
Show Room A radio-TV sales room of the era. Lots of radios, some television sets, even wire recorders. Gilbert toy display.

Vintage Hi-Fi
Room See tube-type audio equipment and related components on display. Amplifiers, tuners, receivers, turntables, tape recorders, etc.

Western Electric
transmitter See a 1930's 5000 watt AM transmitter complete with power supply components and studio equipment.

Ham & Short Wave
Radios Heathkit, National, Hammarlund, Hallicrafters, Collins, and other amateur and short-wave listening radios.

Modern Ham
Radio "Shack" Amateur radio station for ham and emergency use. QSL cards from 362 countries on display.

Computer
Display View parts of a large 5 megabyte hard drive, an Imsai, an Osborne, a Lisa, and a number of other older computers.

Military Communication
Display Variety of military radio and communication gear such as a generator set, a WW II Japanese transceiver, a "Gibson Girl" emergency radio. Also view CB radios.

WV Broadcasting
Hall of Fame Find out what Don Knotts, Grandpa Jones, Bob Denver, Soupy Sales, Little Jimmy Dickens and others have in common.

Show me more pictures of radios and displays from among the hundreds of radios and other artifacts at the Museum.
Pictures of past activities at the Museum See contest winners, auction bargains, banquets, presentations, awards, and photos of fun, food and fellowship amidst antique radios.
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1920's-30's radio shop	Vintage radios, test equipment and parts. Try the working crystal radio. No batteries or plug-in power needed. Rotary spark gap demonstrator.
Radio classroom	A radio to teach schematic symbols and operating principles, test equipment displays, radio-related displays, working demonstrations.
Gift Shop and Library	Vintage books and magazines to browse and view schematics. New books and gifts available for sale.
1940's-50's Show Room	A radio-TV sales room of the era. Lots of radios, some television sets, even wire recorders. Gilbert toy display.
Vintage Hi-Fi Room	See tube-type audio equipment and related components on display. Amplifiers, tuners, receivers, turntables, tape recorders, etc.
Western Electric transmitter	See a 1930's 5000 watt AM transmitter complete with power supply components and studio equipment.
Ham & Short Wave Radios	Heathkit, National, Hammarlund, Hallicrafters, Collins, and other amateur and short-wave listening radios.
Modern Ham Radio "Shack"	Amateur radio station for ham and emergency use. QSL cards from 362 countries on display.
Computer Display	View parts of a large 5 megabyte hard drive, an Imsai, an Osborne, a Lisa, and a number of other older computers.
Military Communication Display	Variety of military radio and communication gear such as a generator set, a WW II Japanese transceiver, a "Gibson Girl" emergency radio. Also view CB radios.
WV Broadcasting Hall of Fame	Find out what Don Knotts, Grandpa Jones, Bob Denver, Soupy Sales, Little Jimmy Dickens and others have in common.