My mother told me I was six (1952) when I first pulled the back from the console radio in the living room to see from where the voices and music were coming.
Radio and television, which arrived a year later in our house, fascinated me.
I started building mock consoles and radios out of cardboard boxes.
There are many pictures in the family album of me "playing radio."
By 1959, I was building actual radio projects (remember the Knight Kit Radio Broadcaster?) and a little console with a mic (Starlight Crystal) and two of those RCA 45rpm record changers.
I used a germanium rocket radio connected to a scavenged amp and headphones for a monitor.
By '61, I managed to talk myself into the local radio station, volunteering to fill the pop machine, lug the remote console up and down the stairs and any other job that needed doing.
That led to a 15 minute high school radio program every week and a pass into the engineering department and a wonderful mentor who taught me everything about audio.
It was a great 45 year career in radio and tv, both on-air and engineering.
Semi-retired now, still doing engineering and consulting on a free lance basis and still doing voice work for a number of clients around the world and I enjoy helping others when I can answer questions here and on several other forums.
