Fancy postwar German radio receiver receiving Broadcast, FM and two Shortwave bands. Is Broadcast AM? I'm not sure. Anyways at about 2 feet long and about 15 inches high it's certainly a device that would occupy pride of place in a household that could afford it. Even today they command a high price. Do people still listen to shortwave?
Otto Hermann Mende started the N. Mende radio ompany in 1923 to make radio receivers, After the war the company was restarted by his son and the name became Nordmende. From radios they were soon making televisions, record and tape players. In 1978 the family sold the company and the branding became part of the French Thomson company as they branched out into the appliance market. After other name changes and ownership changes, the name is still being used for consumer electronics in different places in Europe.
Yes, AM used to be identified simply as "Broadcast" denoting it's pride of place as the first system. It's often labeled just "BC" on the controls and tuning indicators of later forties and early fifties multi-band models.
ReplyDeleteThose early German built radios and hi-fi's provide darn good sound even today.