00:00Most people today use their phones as their main source of music,
00:03thanks to modern-day streaming apps like iTunes and Spotify, but it wasn't always like this.
00:08Back in the days before TV, radio was the one and only medium. You'd listen to your news on it,
00:13listen to some entertainment, music, the whole family would be gathered there in the living room,
00:18and now it's mostly used by drivers. But I met one man in Strood who wasn't giving up on the format
00:23and has over 200 different radios spanning almost a century of time.
00:29I met him in Strood while I was following up a different story,
00:32and he invited me into his front room, and I was surprised to see walls and walls of antique radios.
00:38Well, the collection, I've been involved with radio sets ever since I was about five years old,
00:43and the main reason was that everybody had a different radio set in those days.
00:48Generally, I mean, you either had the Bakelite sets or the wooden cabinet sets,
00:52but every house that you ever went to, everybody had a different radio,
00:56and I was fascinated by radio from the age of five.
00:59He went on to show me the oldest parts of his collection first.
01:04This is an MP3 from 1876. This is what an MP3 would have looked like in 1876.
01:14What is it?
01:15It's one record. It's one track.
01:19Not only does he continue to maintain his collection, making sure they all work,
01:23he even fixes other people's antique radios, but is quite quiet about his hobby,
01:28and hasn't ever been interviewed about what he calls his treasure trove.
01:32I asked him if he had a favourite piece of tech,
01:34and even though he did say it was like choosing your favourite child, he did decide in the end.
01:39I suppose if you'd like to pick a favourite, I think it's got to be
01:43the most iconic radio set ever, the TR82, made by Bush in 1959.
01:50So as we go into the new year, Peter is more than happy
01:53to stick to his listening practices from the 1950s.
01:57Finn McDermid for KMTV in Strood.
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