Fans of vintage radio remember Walter Tetley best for two roles.

The inn's owners are entertaining guests with rebroadcasts of the voices of Fred Allen, "The Shadow" and "Fibber McGee and Molly" on the innkeepers' vintage radios.

Once we journeyed to Perth Amboy, N.J., to pick up a vintage radio I had found.

Once every 30 minutes, Seiko will sponsor a 10-second "postcard" from one of the 18 countries covered by CBS Telenoticias, which will present the time on a Seiko Kinetic watch - a contemporary version of the "Bulova watch time" spots featured on vintage radio and television programs.

With a proper overhaul, many early radios can go 20 years without service, said Mr. Eslinger, who collects vintage radios.

These unusual guitars were handmade and featured semi-hollow, machined MDF bodies with cloth or tweed insets that resembled those found on vintage radios.

Today they are collected and used by vintage amateur radio and antique radio enthusiasts who say they provide reasonably high accuracy and stability for a low cost, with build quality reflecting tough military construction requirements and standards.

It's possible that early VCR's and compact disk players will be the vintage radios and jukeboxes of tomorrow.

The vintage radio that could have broadcast fireside chats by the President may be an anachronism, as the cottage did not have electricity in those days, but the white canvas seat on long wooden poles is authentic.