Antique radios, Old Time Radios

Mike Radio "KJIM 870KC"

ID = 86076

Image ID = 148837 for Point of Purchase Mike Radio 'KJIM 870KC'

Image ID = 148838 for Point of Purchase Mike Radio 'KJIM 870KC'

Point of Purchase : Mike Radio "KJIM 870KC" [Radio] ID = 148837 638x478

This is my collectable "Novelty" radio from the early 1950's. It only plays "one" station. It was preset at the factory & used to promote a particular radio station. It contains 5 miniature tubes & uses only 1 IF can. The 5 inch PM speaker is mounted in the base.

Country: United States of America (USA)	Manufacturer/Brand: Point of Purchase Displays, - see also Coca-Cola
Year: 1950 ?	Type: Radio or Tuner
Valves / Tubes	5: 12BE6 12BA6 12AT6 50C5 35W4

Principle	Super-Heterodyne (Super in general); IF-Freq. 455 kHz
Wave bands	Broadcast only (MW).
Power type and voltage	AC/DC-set / 110 Volt
Loudspeaker/pwr.out	Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / 1 W / Ø 12.7 cm = 5 inch
from Radiomuseum.org	Model: Mike Radio "KJIM 870KC"
Material	Modern plastics (no Bakelite or Catalin)
Shape	Design Radio or Novelty / Gadget - fancy or unusual shape.
Dimensions (WHD)	7.5 x 13 x 3.5 inch / 191 x 330 x 89 mm
Notes	this collectable radio was made by Universal Publicizers Inc. Located at 936 Michigan Ave Chicago ILL. It was preset to one frequency only within the broadcast band. It was sold to the thousands of radio stations thruout the USA. Each station had their call leters on the case (they paid NR costs for special case lettering & special info which appeared on the case).The speaker is mounted downward in the base. These sets were "hand outs" by the station's sales departments to advertisers for the particular radio station.

This model was suggested by Marvin J. Glassman.

All listed radios etc. from Point of Purchase Displays, - see also Coca-Cola
Here you find 3 models, 3 with images and 1 with schematics.

Collection of Marvin J. Glassman (USA)