The Monophonic Fm Radio In The 1960's

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We’ve been listening to car radios as long as we can remember.But its worth taking a look at just how far car radio has come,from the monophonic AM radio,which was the norm for a long time.In 1930,it was Paul and Joseph Galvin,who alongside William Lear, developed and designed the world’s first automobile dashboard radio.They named it the "Motorola," or motorized Victrola—and demonstrated its 5T71 prototype in a Studebaker.It went on to sell millions of these.Later,Blaupunkt came out with the first automotive FM radio (1952).Despite this, AM was the undisputed market leader for the rest of the decade,going into the 1960s. In 1953, Becker unveiled the first "Seek" station-search.It allowed drivers to sample each available radio station for a

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