• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 68140

• • alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab

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• Number of Tubes
• 9

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7G 6L7G 6J5G 6K7G 6T5 6H6G 6F5G 6F6G 5Y4G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Power out
• 4.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 9-S-232 "Waltons" Ch= 5905 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16.9 x 23.8 x 12.4 inch / 429 x 605 x 315 mm

• Notes

• Zenith 9-S-232, Ch=5905, alias "The Waltons";
  This typical tombstone shaped home radio of it´s time with it`s unique dial scale was used as a film set requisite in the western world well known 1970`s familiy TV saga series "The Waltons".
  Playing from ~1932 - 1946 the years of economic depression up the the post war time.
  So we known this radio-set under the collector`s nickname - "Zenith Walton". Yes, there was a time before television surrounds us in front of the screen...

  The popular set from the TV series "The Waltons".
  The cabinet is similar for the following "Walton" models:
  12-S-232
    9-S-232
    9-S-232AT
    8-A-232
    7-S-232
    7-S-232T
    7-J-232
    7-J-232T
  They are looking all the same. That's why all of them are called "Waltons" although only one thereof was in the play.

• Price in first year of sale
• 90.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Zenith Radio The Glory Years 1936-1945

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 170.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 283.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 4496 models, 4099 with images and 3615 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL