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Old 10-13-2011, 04:38 PM   #31821
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I think what you're seeing here isn't recycling so mach as "planned" obsolesence by the radio sales and manufacturing industries. If I understand correctly many new radios were often sold by allowing a generous trade-in amount for the customer's old used radio.

The trade-in units, working or not, were usually destroyed as shown in this photo. The idea was that the fewer used radios that were available meant that more new radios would be sold. A great plan for the manufacturers and retailers but maybe not so much for the consumer.

The radio business wasn't the only one to take this approach. I think it was a pretty common tactic with jukeboxes, pinball machines and vending equipment. Sun auto test and tune equipment was sold this way into the '70s at least. I'd guess that Allen and other brands of engine analyzers and test equipment were likely treated this way as well. Even back at that time you seldom saw used Sun Testers for sale, and I suppose a lot of them were leased rather than bought outright anyway.

Once traded-in or off-lease they'd be scrapped to promote the sales of the new equipment.
Yup. We're not stupid. But ordinary consumers couldn't do much about it, short of an organized boycott. And those were extremely hard to organize back then.
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:13 PM   #31822
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I bet back in the 30's, people didn't like this like I don't like the looks of new cars, but man, this thing is really cool. I've always been fascinated by the late 30's art deco styled trucks
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:16 PM   #31823
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A few more for the pile.
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:18 PM   #31824
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5 more to finish off the night.
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:21 PM   #31825
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Old 10-13-2011, 08:28 PM   #31826
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One of the popular D.J.s in Birmingham Alabama in the mid 50s. WVOK 690 AM.
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Joe Rumore was on tape at WBAM 740-The BIG BAM in Montgomery also.I think the Brennans owned WVOK and WBAM.
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Old 10-13-2011, 10:48 PM   #31827
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Joe Rumore was on tape at WBAM 740-The BIG BAM in Montgomery also.I think the Brennans owned WVOK and WBAM.
Anyone in central/North Alabama in the late 50's-60's knew who Joe Rumore was.
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You judged the quality of your radio by how far you could pull in WVOK. My dad bragged about the radio in our 62 Imperial; "We listened to Joe Rumore all the way to Panama City (FL)".
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Old 10-14-2011, 12:02 AM   #31828
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Remembering da Wolfman,, Wolfman Jack, OWOOOOOOOOOO





Heres the websites i got the pics from and have more about the wolfman,,
http://tomnliz.com/Wolfman/
http://wn.com/Wolfman_Jack_On_KRLA
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Old 10-14-2011, 05:23 AM   #31829
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