There was a time when even the shampoos or the Pokéball had a radio. And Spain has rediscovered by force

The blackout that Spain suffered Last Monday, April 28, with still unknown causeleft a very learning: The radio It was by far the best means to inform yourself Before the crisis. The stations survived the cuts thanks to electrogen equipment and the spotlights of the Spaniards allowed to be aware of the situation.

During the hours after the blackout, Tiktok became a stranger transistor showcase. The Radio-Ranathe radio-barbieradios that They emulate those of past centuries… Spanish being Spanish, as we usually do

The golden age of the transistor. Between the mid -50s and the end of the 80s the radio became a key medium thanks to the transistor. A cheap electronic device, small and easy to implement in any device.

The radio was The most immediate medium To know the news, and the big companies began to obsess with providing this technology to their products. The solution was easy: turn your objects into radios.

A cultural phenomenon. Having a radio at home was part of pop culture and was synonymous with modernity, a train to which the big (mainly American) began to join from the 60s.

They began to integrate radios into watches, briefcases, coca-cool bottles, hair dryers, backpacks … and even shampoo boats. The radio became more a claim than a real utility with the popularization of TV and the Internet entered the 90s.

The most rocambolesque radios. The blackout has left us dozens of videos and memes related to the most hilarious transistors. Some that demonstrate the fever in Spain with these products and, particularly, the resistance to the time they have.

An HS shampoo, an informative Pokéball, or the Pizza Hut radius in collaboration with Cocacola for 25 years ago that my partner Rubén had in the drawer. Immune devices to programmed obsolescence and with the only need for a few AA batteries to function.

A profitable market. Rescue HS shampoo It has a price of 75 euros on eBay. A Darth Vader head with Radio exceeds 100and a mini Coca-Cola fridge with radio included It costs about 30 euros.

The radio culture, lives more than 100 years after its invention, has been the best evidence that Current technology is not infallible, And that there are inventions that far from being obsolete, have not yet been overcome.

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