Here’s a Radio Shack Pepsi bottle AM radio that my grandmother bought me when I was collecting pop bottles in the late 1970s, early 1980s. Notice it has two different labels on the different sides. The top clear part is twisted for on/off and volume, and the bottom is twisted for tuning to a station. Believe it or not, I used to get WLS out of Chicago way down in Southeast Kansas with this thing. Only at night. If the weather was clear between Kansas and Lake Michigan. And I was in the attic. OK, that last part isn’t true. WLS is a talk radio station now, but it used to be music. It still works but you have play with the volume a bit. There’s some sort of short there somewhere.
l wish I’d seen this a few decades ago when I was constantly searching for Pepsi ephemera and junk for my nephew. He had, actually still has, a large collection of Pepsi stuff that his mother and I tracked down. Now it sits boxed up in his mother’s house. He has no interest in it.
T&L thanks for stopping by! If he leaves it in a box long enough, it’ll be worth something one day!
I have one of these at home! Anyone have any idea if its worth anything?
I think it’s about $12 dollars.
I have my Dad’s old pepsi radio, but someone left it on and the batteries ran out. I have been carefully trying to open it to replace them but need some help.
You just have to squeeze it along the sides. The back will pop off.
Hey thanks Robert, that worked. I changed the battery and it works just like new. I appreciate your help.