Worlds first shortwave transistor radio, the Magnavox AW-100 (US made circa early 1957)

Update: I now have the factory prototype for this radio! You can see a video of it here:    • Magnavox model AW-100 factory prototype (1...   This radio was the worlds first all transistor shortwave radio, or so Magnavox claimed in their advertisements at least. They beat Zenith's Royal 1000 Trans-oceanic radio to market by a few months (it was released near the end of 1957. However, the Royal 1000 was superior to the AW-100 in a two important ways: it had more shortwave bands (7 total) and it had more up to date styling, not to mention the fact that Zenith had much better brand recognition. This set was also Magnavox's last American made transistor radio model (as far as I have been able to find at least, if you know of a later one, let me know). (Also, I know I mispronounced "finial", but it was not worth re-shooting the video to fix.)