{"id":24815,"date":"2010-10-28T10:38:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T17:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/?p=24815"},"modified":"2010-10-28T10:38:12","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T17:38:12","slug":"allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%e2%80%93-1960s-zenith-pedistal-clock-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%e2%80%93-1960s-zenith-pedistal-clock-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Allee Willis&#8217; Kitsch O&#8217; The Day \u2013  Vintage Zenith Pedistal Clock Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24819\" title=\"Zenith-Clock-Radio_2782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2782.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2782.jpg 413w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2782-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/>\n<p>I love this 1950\/60s clock radio so much because it looks exactly like can openers of that same vintage did. I kept it in my kitchen for years, and with as much cooking as I did often held a tuna fish can up to it looking for what I hit to make it open. I always pressed this red button expecting some magic magnetized arm to pop out.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2784.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24823\" title=\"Zenith-Clock-Radio_2784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2784.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2784.jpg 338w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2784-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>All it did was pump out that wonderfully static AM radio sound that I&#8217;ll never get sick of.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2783.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24821\" title=\"Zenith-Clock-Radio_2783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2783.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2783.jpg 338w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2783-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Even with all the audio equipment I own I&#8217;m still attached to the sound of hits spitting out of an AM radio.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/recording-studio-eq_2836.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25173\" title=\"recording-studio-eq_2836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/recording-studio-eq_2836.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/recording-studio-eq_2836.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/recording-studio-eq_2836-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>When you flip the can opener clock radio around it&#8217;s a clock.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2785.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24825\" title=\"Zenith-Clock-Radio_2785\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2785.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2785.jpg 338w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2785-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>I can&#8217;t believe that the numbers on it are so conservative looking and not of a more Atomic design. I like my clocks more modern and distinctive looking.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/palette-clock_2835.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25171\" title=\"palette-clock_2835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/palette-clock_2835.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/palette-clock_2835.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/palette-clock_2835-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>The vinyl that wraps around the radio looks like textured peacock feathers. This was a very popular trend in vinyl and leather the 1960s.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2789.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24827\" title=\"Zenith-Clock-Radio_2789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2789.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2789.jpg 338w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Zenith-Clock-Radio_2789-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been collecting transistor radios for decades. The Zenith pedistal can opener clock radio will always be one of my favorites.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/radios_2838.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25177\" title=\"radios_2838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/radios_2838.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/radios_2838.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/radios_2838-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love this 1950\/60s clock radio so much because it looks exactly like can openers of that same vintage did. I kept it in my kitchen for years, and with as much cooking as I did often held a tuna fish can up to it looking for what I hit to make it open. I &hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%e2%80%93-1960s-zenith-pedistal-clock-radio\/\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,193,13,21,115],"tags":[61,3232,2107,2109,2105,2191],"class_list":["post-24815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kitsch","category-kitsch-o-the-day","category-music","category-technology","category-tv-radio","tag-allee-willis","tag-kitsch","tag-pedistal-clock-radio","tag-vintage-clock-radio","tag-zenith-clock-radio","tag-zenith-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}