Released in 2007, the iRiver S10 continues the trend for playback devices to become ever smaller and more wearable.

From its iconic original

Portable transistor radios have been available for several decades in different shapes and sizes. However, this one is particularly small and compact.

Digital clock radios became very popular in the 1970s, allowing users to wake up to the radio in the mornings rather than a loud intrusive alarm noise.

This is a Japanese standalone radio tuner from the mid-1970s. These were popular at the time as a component to add to existing stereo systems.

Robert Wesley-Smith used this radio transmission equipment to receive and publicise broadcasts from

Sony first released the Walkman in 1979. By the 1980s, the players were so popular that the name Walkman had become synonymous with portable audio players.

Community radio first went to air in the early 1970s and, by the 1980s, around 50 community radio stations were broadcasting across Australia.

The clock radio emerged in the 1940s, taking off in popularity the following decade when 30,000 were being mass-produced weekly in the USA.

Two-in-one, portable unit that combines an AM radio above with a four-speed turntable, revealed when the front cover underneath the tuner is lowered.