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There were many stylish pocket radios, like this beautiful Toshiba:
However, my radio was much more modest, something like this one:
I remember the bass was non-existent but the volume was good. It was a gift at Christmas, and I left on a troop transport shortly thereafter. We stopped at Hawaii but just a few of us left the ship, as we hadn't been paid and we were broke.
My buddy talked me into donating blood, for which you received $5. However, at the last minute I was turned down because of a recent tattoo. Reluctantly, I sold my radio for $5, and we then headed straight to a bar. The legal drinking age was 18, and both of us were only 17, but the fact that we were wearing our uniforms saved the day. We each had 4 beers, with change leftover.
^^^^^^^^^I had a little transistor radio (looked like the second one) it was white and it came in a little white vinyl case with a carry strap and ear plug. That was such a cool thing to have back then.
As kids we use to call the rock radio station and request a song then wait & wait by the little radio for the song to come on. They usually played our request, it was such a celebration when they did !
^^^^^^^^^I had a little transistor radio (looked like the second one) it was white and it came in a little white vinyl case with a carry strap and ear plug. That was such a cool thing to have back then.
As kids we use to call the rock radio station and request a song then wait & wait by the little radio for the song to come on. They usually played our request, it was such a celebration when they did !
As teens we'd call in the songs we wanted to hear & hit record on our cassette players sitting next to the radio speakers to have the song on tape for free too. Once you got good you'd it stop before the DJ started talking again.
I'm so old I remember when, if you wanted to record off your transistor radio, you had to use a reel-to-reel tape recorder! Cassettes hadn't been invented yet.
I had a little battery-operated Aiwa model that used 2-inch reels. The record and playback speed would vary depending on how fresh the batteries were, which could create some very interesting effects.
Here's my transistor radio, the one I got as a Christmas present in 1961. This isn't the same one, but I found a duplicate in a thrift shop for $10. It required those old block-shaped 9 volt batteries that aren't made any more, but I found an adaptor kit so it now runs on today's 9 volt batteries, and it still sounds great.
I'm so old I remember... When you had no zip off tops or twist off tops.. only a instrument named a church key to open a bottle or can.. Everything came in glass no plastic containers pop-ketchup-mustard which had a brush or stick affixed to the lid. Milk came in a glass bottle quart size only with a card board cap. Potato Chips came in a very large can with a wax paper bag inside. The can had a deposit on it. No fast food places unless you went to the BIG City.. and you walked up to a outdoor counter to order and sat on concrete bench and table this was the start of the famous Arches C Cola-fries & Big M was forty eight cents wrapped in wax paper and a wax paper sleeve for the fries paper straw. The other place W Castle was near the bus station or train station. Thirty five cents for six sliders - fries ten cents - and C Cola in a glass was ten cent. Woolworth lunch counter. Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup was forty five cents and served on a china dish & bowl with silverware no plastic along with a glass of C Cola on ice another ten cent.
I'm so old I remember... When you had no zip off tops or twist off tops.. only a instrument named a church key to open a bottle or can.. Everything came in glass no plastic containers pop-ketchup-mustard which had a brush or stick affixed to the lid. Milk came in a glass bottle quart size only with a card board cap. Potato Chips came in a very large can with a wax paper bag inside. The can had a deposit on it. No fast food places unless you went to the BIG City.. and you walked up to a outdoor counter to order and sat on concrete bench and table this was the start of the famous Arches C Cola-fries & Big M was forty eight cents wrapped in wax paper and a wax paper sleeve for the fries paper straw. The other place W Castle was near the bus station or train station. Thirty five cents for six sliders - fries ten cents - and C Cola in a glass was ten cent. Woolworth lunch counter. Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup was forty five cents and served on a china dish & bowl with silverware no plastic along with a glass of C Cola on ice another ten cent.
Ohhh, that makes sense- thanks for this info!- Whenever I see retro t.v. shows with large families, I always wonder why they had those small quart sizes! There were no half-gallons or gallons?
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Once you got good you'd it stop before the DJ started talking again. 
