Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes:
Thomas,
I’ve been deep down the k-drama rabbit hole for months now and I’m trying to familiarise myself with the Korean language at the same time.
I’ve just started a new series called ‘Taxi Driver’ and this radio cassette player popped up in the first episode. It shouts ‘shortwave receiver’ to me, but what I think is the manufacturer logo is blacked out in the top left corner.
I’m wondering if anyone recognises the model; it has a late seventies Panasonic or Sony vibe to me.
Mark
Readers: please comment if you can identify this radio for Mark!
If Marilyn Monroe was a radio, she’d look like that one hihi.
More like Hedy Lamarr.
It does look like a Sony or Pany, but I am doubtful. But they did have lots of models. I love my 2010, but it has too many buttons and not enough knobs! 73
Thanks for the all the replies. After a quick image search, I see your answers are spot on!
Interesting to note that brand names and logos are frequently obscured in k-dramas, including car logos, food product names, and clothing logos – radios are no exception it seems.
Sony 5950. I had one of these but sold it. These were mostly in Japan with only Japanese FM.
I believe there was a version with regular FM sold outside Japan as the CF-950S.
Sony 5950. I had one of these but sold it. These were mostly in Japan with only Japanese FM.
très certainement un SONY !! toutefois ce type de récepteur a été copier sous une autre marque
I’m at church at the moment so can’t research a lot, but looks like a Sony 5950 Skysensor.
Well done! Full model number/name is Sony CF-5950 Skysensor.
A brute to carry about….
Probably a Sony model ?
Sony 5950 monaural radio cassette. There’s one or two listed on eBay, one at a ridiculous price.