That Jewel radio is featured prominently in the final beach scene in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) There is a lengthy still shot of just the radio when Jane (Betty Davis) runs to a refreshment stand to get an ice cream cone. While she's waiting for the cone she is recognized by beach goers as announcements of Jane kidnapping her sister Blanche are broadcast over the radio. The crowd and police approach her and Jane begins to dance, basking in the attention she craved.

Paul Carlson mentioned your channel and I’m glad he did!

Hi Shango, I'm glad you like the radios. I got the Panasonic at a SCARS meet for next to nothing. I purchased it with those batteries in it, someone else recapped it. I got the factory alignment instructions and tried to align it. It went o.k until the insulating material on the trimmers disintegrated. I also got the Jewell Radio at the Topanga flea market, but forgot where I got the realistic. Got rid of this stuff because I need to thin my hoard at my ripe old age of 18. Glad it's gone to a great home. I look forward to more of your great videos.

I like the metal grilles they put on some of the portables. You certainly don’t see quality materials like that today.

Love those old Motorola Transistor AM radios from the late 50's and early 60's, all of them are great performers with sensitivity and sound, esp the models with the RF stage and some with 3 IF stages like the X29 model from 1962. Motorola did some very good engineering back then.

Would be very cool to get a PCB printed with this radios layout, and build your own brand new version

Thanks for this all years and videos I wacht ....long life for you SHANGO066 ...and match more videos👍👏

Yeah it is a shame that they are killing off the AM stations, it's the same here in the UK. Wow I love these old 60's American transistor sets, Motorola made some fantastic radios and TVs. Interesting testing these old girls out in the desert also I love the dance party. You can't wrong with Roxy Music always a crowd pleaser 🤪🤪 The original Locomotion by Little Eva is by far my favourite over the Kylie version. Really interesting to listen to these AM stations. Great video you really cheered up my weekend.

Heck, the way things are going in Chicago, the best and fastest warning system you may get for the ongoing "civil unrest" is to listen to a local AM news station, so, having one handy may save your life and or prevent your car from getting danced on like a Studio 54 dancefloor in the 70's

Never happier than at 4 AM out in the wild country soaking up the deep fades of MW DX. Exquisite aesthetic.

I have quite a few of these X31s. Having retired from Motorola a few years ago, I have a love for all things Motorola. The X31 works really well! Intermittent battery connections is a problem with all of them.

Love this episode. Featuring the Shango Dancers and a special Tortoise guest star. Lovely terrain too. Keep on getting better sir. Party on Shango.

Shango066, one of the channels that you past up was KGO in California, when I was younger in the 70's and 80's while traveling we would pick up this station via skip as far away as Washington state! And it's still playing my (our) favorite radio show "The Mormon Tabernacle Choir".

Shango066, I grew up in the Seattle area, there was an AM radio station that we used to listen to all the time called KIXI, it used to play the old music that my parents liked and I grew to like, for an example Perry Como, news etc

the guy on the radio broadcast is Dane Wigington of Geoengineering watch. he is on youtube as well.

This reminds me of when I tuned around on my clock radio late at night back in the 70s. From central Illinois I could get anything from New York, New Orleans, Texas, Denver to Minnesota. But could not get anything west of the Rockies. Also that station that kept fading out reminded me of listening to Art Bell back in the 90s, right when it got interesting it would fade out!

I recently built an AM transmitter that outputs about a hundred milliwatts into which I built in an mp3 player module that supports up to a 128g card/stick. I loaded a bunch of cards with different stuff, from favourite music, full albums, live shows, one hit wonders right through to Wolfman Jack shows, Casey Casem, even various movie scores. I just let it run 24/7 on random play and never get sick of hearing any of it. The power level keeps reception limited to my own property, but now many of my old restored AM radio's get used a lot more than they ever did, mostly because of the garbage they say and play now. It's not HiFi, but then it never was, but there is still a sound to it that I like.

I also enjoyed seeing the beautiful desert mountains and scenery too, places I'll never get to see in person, very cool.

Radio was my escape as a teenager in an abusive home. I'd go in the family's car and cruise thru radio stations for hours, searching for everything and anything interesting. I also played around with CB radios and fixing old radios in my teens. Shame radio is becoming obsolete.

Hi Shango, Great episode Sir! That San Diego station is KCBQ 1170 50KW days 2900 watts nights now. That station is historic as. The call letters were dedicated to the fact that in the golden days they were a CBS affiliate(KCBQ-CBS). The station was also of note in the Top-40 days as the first Q-Format a very tight top-40 format which was copied by a lot of others including stations in Los Angeles most notably KKDJ/102.7 now KIIS-FM. I too am saddened by what has happened to radio due to deregulation. In the old days the rule was 7 AM/7FM/7TV stations now 7 companies own everything. Thanks F.C.C. They will wreck tv as well unfortunately. Take Care and I really look forward to seeing these videos! Thanks for doing them.

Totally feel you, Shango. Here in Houston, some HD stations recently shut off their multicast channels and turned off Artist Experience (album cover art). There's a general decline in radio, and this time might actually be the beginning of the end of terrestrial radio. Satellite and the Internet are where all the focus is, so terrestrial radio as we know it is on its way out.

Probably my favorite vid so far. Love the idea of a camping DX trip. Looks like it was a blast.

Shango066, the correct name of the radio program that I heard so many years ago on the AM Radio channel KGO is "Music and the Spoken Word".

Great video. That Alan Parsons sounded spooky in the beginning, being at night and all the background noise! Got a kick out of you all 🕺 dancing out there too, fun stuff!

Old radio salvaged from the bin.. seem almost grateful for the attention. I get them from the old folks home/ truck stops/ rest areas. Even found one in a plastic bag at the bottom of a coal mine. The effort is worth it. And satisfying 🤩

Great video! Maybe this will inspire me to get my old Motorola X31 out and get it going. Fun in the desert. Thanks!

That Panasonic from Nick has Panasonic batteries in it. Cool, possibly original. Thanks for sharing your desert adventures.

I found one of those Motorola radios at a goodwill. It is missing the front leather cover. It still works great. Sensitive rado. 😊

I have a 1961 ARVIN am portable, powered by four C batteries that seems to play for ever. Model 61R58 in a genuine cowhide case. The batteries were last changed 16 months ago. ARVIN INC. Columbus, Indiana. It looks great, and I value it much.

Shango I've been watching your videos for 2 years now and whether you fix the set or fail your knowledge is amazing. I think this is the first time I've ever seen you fail on a set. I don't think you failed I think you just took a break. Keep on doing what your doing your knowledge is amazing and a God given talent. God bless!

I got a 60's Audition clock radio set to AM 1420 WVJS as my alarm. It has nothing but 60s-80s music. Styx, Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead and so on. I'm lucky i guess. A more distant station at AM 730 plays country music from the 50s-70s.

1170 KCBQ - they run 50kw during the day, but they put most of that signal out over the fishes from an array way east of the city. One of Salem Radio's properties, they are nicely conservative. 940 XEMMM - only runs 1kw days/100 watts after dark. Decent high-angle dx catch originating across the border from El Centro. As I always say, you cant go wrong with Motorola gear, esp vintage stuff. Never had a radio of theirs I didn't like. Happy with my Motorola smartphones as well.

You are by far my favorite channel. I enjoy every video you do. Keep up the great work. Oh and I miss la oldies it was probably the best am station here but oh well

BTW Shango.... you just got a very nice shout out from Mr. Carlson on his latest video.

Dear Shago066, I really enjoy these videos, you are buy far have the greatest, from watching your videos, I have become inspired to take up this hobby, thank you!!! We have WWVA in Wheeling West Va. Which is 1170.

Shango has the BEST videos on KZfaq. I did not miss any of them.

Roxy Music? Alan Parsons? That's a quality station, right there. Every so often I'll forget about Avalon and then rediscover it again and it's always magic.

So for the past 4 days I've had the "Tin Man" song from "America" stuck in my head, was just revisiting this one and figured out why.. (30.00) "And cause never was the reason for the evening Or the tropic of Sir Galahad So, please.. Believe in me" And I'm an Australian, thanks Shango066

That is one sensitive radio. Very enjoyable video, thanks for taking us along.

Your videos are relaxing to watch, and I love your social/political commentary'. I used to build Dynaco kits in the late '60's...closest I got to your craft. Thanks, again.

GASX for cows! Who knew! I grew up on a farm, never had problems with cow farts, even when I was milking them by hand, yes we hand milked 6 cows, sold the cream, drank the milk and used the cream as well on the farm, and my mom could cook a meal that made your mouth water from miles away. When we at last sold the farm and moved to town, mom was hired to cook in various cafe's around town, she was in great demand!

I was in AZ/NV last week for a tradeshow, and went hiking with my cousin on the way back near Lee's Ferry. Love the desert, would love to come along on a trip to nowhere and do some DX, maybe some radiating too....

I remember back in the early 1970 s I would ask my mom and dad to let me stay in the family camping tint over night in the back yard so I could scan the air waves ,them 9. V batteries would last all night boy that was fun !!!

Dancin' to the oldies in your bomb shelter with your Civil Defense radio.

Great! A Saturday Shango video! 👏

Those blue Panasonic batteries almost never leak. If you are going to leave batteries in a radio, these blue Panasonic batteries are the ones to leave in them.

I had the experience of listening locally XEMMM with grounding issues noise four yearsago, nice music, and also some ham radio interference on it, glad still on air

I was fixing an AM set up last night and was able to get WSM out of Nashville, so as long as I can get that there is at least 1 channel that I like to listen to. Country and Blue Grass stuff and it's mainly the older stuff... but other than that, hardly anything to listen to on AM. And that's only at night, during the day I'll bet I can't grab WSM....

This radio started it all for me. Mine happens to be a dark green 1964.

I can see the use of 2SB56,2SB54 Japanese transistors in the AF stages, which the 'Sanyo Transcontinental' radios use too. I imagine the RF/IF stages use some '2SA' transistors made by 'Toshiba', possibly 2SA170. The 'Sanyo' brand, several marketed in the United States as 'Channel Master' radios are noted for their AM sensitivity. Superheterodyne reception at its best..!

I purchased a Capacitor Wizard directly from the manufacturer at a hamfest in Kansas City a few weeks ago. Works great!

Yay! Shango-Rama lalapalooza Saturday! Love the radio.

Hello! Great Vds! Congratulations.

❤ I Robot! Now thats a kick ass station right there. Kudos on the AP Pink Floyd knowledge. He was influential in many artist's albums. Glad you found some good content on AM. I'm spoiled where I'm at.

need to do more cb radio stuff! \/ love the content and commentary

Awesome episode 😃👍

That radio really is hot. You find a dead spot on the dial and tweak the direction slightly and a station just pops out of the noise.

You can hold on to the AM Stereo radio. I have plenty others, while you only have one. That Mexican Classic Rock station is a neat find!

Very good radio to do DX. Incredible sensitivity.

In the 70's there used to be a classic rock out of Juarez called XROCK 80 of course at 80 on the dial, I could get it all the way up in North Dakota back then, but when we lived in El Paso, we listened to it all the time.

I nice field trip in the desert above ground.

@43:42 - We’re loosing it man. Who needs a DX rig when you have Shango 😊

That K-Star is in Bullhead City. I installed their playout system there a few years ago.

What a Great Radio & reception! No matter information Learned, I appreciate it. We know who's going to Jammin' when 'gone Underground'. 8:02 'Since 2016 Tulare Lake has been converting *LA [County] human sewage' into "high-grade organic fertilizer".* Is that why the *Jungle's Overgrown?* Contaminates waters means NOT good for Your Food!

Way back in 86 I drove my car to Hollywood Fla. I pick up Wnbc 66 am it was crystal clear. 1,4000 miles from my home in Nj. Am used to go far. Even though they were a clear channel station

Nice old, simple tech. 73 from a ham radio op !

43:02 Love and Rockets "So Alive" (1989) 46:17 Debbie Gibson "Foolish Beat" (1987) Interesting how Oldies 940's antenna pattern is non-directional but it's directional into the US moreso than Mexico. Listening to their online stream and they really do have a wild playlist. Going from "If I Close My Eyes Forever" by Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne to "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Santa Esmeralda to Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig In The Sky".

Oh man, the radio makes it's first few crackles and then "social justice" is the first legible words out of the speaker...

Greetings to the Lady from North Peak Adventures 👏 It is interesting that every time I see a partial reflection of Shago in an object, I have the impression that I see a completely different person. Weird.

Wow! That Jewel radio looks very much like a homebrew job. It looks horrible with those giant solder trails. And nice to keep the National radio all Panasonic with the companion battery brand. At least they seemed to be dry cells and none of thar Duraleak brand. And it sounded like you found q-anon radio there.

Please keep the AM radio stuff coming. That Mexican station reminds me of a tropical band (4.8 mhz) station I used to listen to in the late seventies, except they were playing big band and fifties stuff. Odd.

It's in good condition minus the missing control and knobs. 16:16 I'll try to stream that. I've got AJ at 12:00 and 22:00 Eastern. That show sounded interesting. Mostly what we've heard. 1170 "The Answer" out of San Diego.

Great reception on that radio. Cute tortoise.

They are already dealing with cow methane. They are raising them in warehouses were the methane can be recovered and the animal wastes can be collected with minimal pollution. There is one such facility not too far from me which is cutting edge. More profitable for the farmer too.

The Shango family's experience

Such a fun outing ! Who said we cannot have nuthin?

The pot metal grill may not have been necessary but it certainly gives the radio an air quality.

48:00 Riveting content. I could listen to this all day. AM radio noise on the Shango066 channel. Everyone's going be stealing this content. Expect a big old check from youtube.

Sweet radio 📻

30:00 It's hard not to notice the superior sound of the Motorolas. You could listen to talk on any of them, but music would be hard to take on any but the Motorolas, with the Webcor a distant second.

It just works! 😊

I remind when I worked on tube TV set many terás ago . 1970 ishi.

The Motorola is really good.

Hi Shango. Been watching your videos for probably the best part of 12 years now and always love your content! I have a small collection of transistor radios and a pile of nos vacuum tubes that im happy to donate to the channel for use a future video. Are you interested? Cheers.

42:50......so alive by Love and Rockets. I think after watching your co-horts getting jiggy we now need to see some serious Dan getting down-LMBO!!!!!!!

43:59 Gloria Estefan - Don't wanna lose you (CD2) The Essential [2006]

You might want to start your own Part 15 AM station and program it to your liking!

I saw one of these on ebay and they had a different Motorola logo on the left side. Also saw one with a grey or white case also with a different logo. Couldn't tell which color the case was because it's really dirty.

Its CAs insistence on specialized auto fuel which is causing the problem. They don't allow it to be made in the state so its being bussed in from the middle east on huge pollution belching tankers which make far more pollution than the special gas prevents and gives CA such high gas prices.

3:27 It's interesting that "MADE IN USA" is posted so prominently. I'll venture a guess that it was made around the time (1957ish ??) that the Japanese brands were moving in and some domestic names (RCA??) were moving their production to Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

“So Alive” by Love And Rockets… And Alan Parson’s didn’t produce The Wall for Pink Floyd. He produced Dark Side Of The Moon…

Can't remember the last time I heard I Robot on FM, nevermind AM - and with the intro yet? They never do that. Seems you gotta drive out in to the dessert to find AM worth listening to. When I DX on the winter nights it's all political talk radio and religious wingnuts. Your song was from Love & Rockets.

The Selga (Sp?) has the clearest sound, audio fidelity.

If you wanna get back into Radio’s I’m still waiting for you to do my Zenith transoceanic love to hear from you Ronnie

Almost forgot. There used to be a Mexican station that had a super strong transmitter that would open its broadcast day playing the National Anthem of Mexico. Picked it up near the Malibu pier. Played mostly rock on the overnights in the mid 80’s. Any sign of it still? Forgive not recalling the frequency or call signs. But FM.

42:30 That' s 80s. I think her name was Kylie Minogue - It was a cover of a 60s song, I think.

Interesting that in this episode Shango is completely unconcerned about KZfaq recognizing the copyrighted music.

I find it rather strange that such a sparsely-populated area has so many FM radio stations. Back in the 1970's, I lived near Prescott, Arizona (pop. 35,000) and it didn't have a single FM station. The entire band was white noise. (Don't pick up that turtle. It might be one of those snapping turtles with razor-sharp teeth. Those things can bite your nuts off so fast you won't even know what hit you. At least that's the way they were back in North Dakota.)

There may be a new sport similar to DX'ing, involving keeping track of all of the pirate radio stations popping up on the left coast. Seeing that the guvment is too worried about roads being ray-cyst, they seem to be ignoring anything else, like, actual on the book law violations.

Our basset hound found a turtle and barked at it for about an hour which hurt his ears a lot. The turtle got bored and walked away.