The November-December issue of "Oregon AAA" magazine features on pages 44-45:

-----------------------Milestones - Raised On Radio----------------------

Of all the joys of driving, the most elemental is captured perfectly in Chuck Berry's ebullient lyric, "Cruisin and playin' the radio/With no particular place to go." In that spirit, set your favorite stations, crank up the tunes, and join us as we scan the life of the car radio.

1930 - Chicago manufacturer Paul Galvin develops the "Motorola," one of the first radios for the automobile. It sells for between $110 and $130.

1932 - Ford offers factory-installed car radios. Chevrolet abandons plans for back seat pianos.

1952 - German electronics company Blaupunkt produces the first FM receiver for autos.

Circa 1956 - Chrysler makes 45 rpm record players available in some models. The innovation breaks all records - literally.

1985 - Audio pioneer Wayne Harris's 1960 Cadillac hearse, The Terminator, holds 23 speakers and seven amps and - at 4,280 watts - is loud enough to wake the dead.

-Rich O'Brien