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Information Age Gallery: Broadcast

Television and radio networks transformed the spread of information. Discover thermionic valves, the first radio transmitter, television's digital transformation and more on display in the Information Age Gallery.

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six-stage super heterodyne receiver processed on the ECME system, 1936-1955

Radio Communication

1936-1955

novelty crystal radio set, 1925-1930

Radio Communication

1925-1930

aerial wire for use with home broadcast receivers, 1920-1940

Radio Communication

1920-1940

'Channel' Band III television converter, type C2, 1955-1960

Radio Communication

1955-1960

Apple TV digital media player, 2010-2013

Computing & Data Processing

2010-2013

Home made 30-line televisor, 1934

Radio Communication

1934

BBC L1 lip microphone, 1937-1960

Television

1937-1960

Pye 'Cambridge International' 11-band broadcast receiver, 1953

Radio Communication

1953

Ekco AD75 radio receiver, 1946

Radio Communication

1946

Home-made equipment for 30-line television reception, 1929-1935

Radio Communication

1929-1935

child's china tea plate, 1922-1923

Radio Communication

1922-1923

Experimental form 1 (Licence to use Wireless Telegraph), 1905

Radio Communication

1905

Marconi Mark II television camera head, 1951

Television

1951

Savoy Hill 'Meat Safe' Microphone Stand

Television

1923

Moulded unprocessed bakelite panel ready for ECME, 1936-1955

Radio Communication

1936-1955

Wireless World Diary, 1933

Radio Communication

1933

two-valve short wave radio - telephonic receiver, 1927

Radio Communication

1927

Bush Internet TV Keyboard, 2001

Telecommunications

2001

Voigt condenser microphone

Radio Communication

1920-1940

Short-wave adaptor for broadcast receivers, 1935-1936

Radio Communication

1935-1936

YouView set top television box, 2010-2013

Computing & Data Processing

2010-2013

Video Networks Limited (HomeChoice) set top box, 2000-2006

Television

2000-2006

Murphy 14-inch Band I/Band III television receiver, 1954

Radio Communication

1954

Crystal set with Braille dial markings, 1929-1935

Radio Communication

1929-1935

BBC printing stamp

Radio Communication

1922-1924

Silicon crystal for wireless telegraphy, mounted in a locket, 1906-1916

Radio Communication

1906-1916

Model of the Post Office Tower, 2014

Telecommunications

2014

C.W. transmitter/receiver, Mk.1, 1917

Radio Communication

1917

Fiberoptic internet cable, 2014

Computing & Data Processing

2014

Pace DSL4000 IPTV set-top box with Remote Control

Television

2001

Brownie crystal receiver and pair of Lissen headphones, 1924-1927

Radio Communication

1924-1927

Post Office Telecommunications videophone, 1977

Telecommunications

1977

Passive component plate, type A3, for Sargrove sprayed-circuit radio receiver, 1936-1948

Electronic Components

1936-1948

Cosmos crystal receiver, 1920-1930

Radio Communication

1920-1930

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

Selector super portable broadcast receiver, 1925-1930

Radio Communication

1925-1930

Sony PlayStation3 games console, 2007-2010

Computing & Data Processing

2007-2010

ON Digital set top box decoder card, 1998-2002

Computing & Data Processing

1998-2002

Pye B16T television receiver

Television

1946-1948

Marconi-Reis transverse-current carbon microphone

Radio Communication

1925-1935

Three-valve radio receiver, 1922-1925

Radio Communication

1922-1925

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

Radio Communication

1938 and 1951

Model of the 1922 Shukhov radio tower

Radio Communication

2014

Liquid-filled plastic lens television magnifier, 1935-1965

Radio Communication

1935-1965

Volume 1 No. 1 of "Television" monthly magazine, 1928

Radio Communication

1928

Wartime civilian receiver A.C.mains type, 1944-1945

Radio Communication

1944-1945

Moulded unprocessed bakelite panel ready for ECME, 1936-1955

Radio Communication

1936-1955

'Radio Celebrities Second Series' cigarette card album, 1934-1940

Radio Communication

1934-1940

Sargrove sprayed circuit radio receiver production prototype, 1936-1948

Electronic Components

1936-1948

Loewe multiple valve radio receiver, 1926-1935

Radio Communication

1926-1935