Radio-Heads Give Bhubaneswar a Peep into Airwaves from the Past:

eHam.net News — Spread over three days from February 12, the exhibition was held to mark the World Radio Day on February 13. The centre of attraction was a radio of the General Electric Company make dating back to 1906. Sanjeev Manna, the proud owner of the radio, said he had bought it from a man in Madras (now Chennai). It was touted as the oldest radio at the fair. A self-proclaimed radio activist, Subrat Kumar Pati, also the organizer, said: “The fair brought ham radio, old and new radio sets and broadcasting equipment under one roof.” He added that his romance with the radio started early on in life. His fascination for the equipment saw him working with every aspect of it over the years.
A valve radio, the predecessor of transistor, was also a top draw. Its owner Akshay Patnaik said, “I collected it from one of my friends at Manikagada in Khurda.” A radio collector, Patnaik is credited with having over 350 radio sets. His set, one of the oldest at the exhibition, dates back to the 1920s, said Pati. “Who says the popularity of the radio is on the decline?” asked Pati with an online radio station making its debut at the fair. People bought as many as 2,000 new sets from the fair, which points to the growing popularity of the radio, added Pati. The ‘Outreach International Radio Fair’, as the exhibition was called, lived up to its name with the participation of three international broadcasters.

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