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• December 24th : Grebe Radios Still Among Us

  A reader, Mike from Eagle River, Wisconsin, alerted me to this beauty he picked up at an estate sale. He went through some repairs on it which are described on this Antique Radio Forum website. Here are a few photos Mike shared with me after his visit to greberadio.com

• November 19th : Grebe Radio Factory & Broadcasting Station

  Here is the present location of A. H. Grebe’s radio factory built in 1922.
• July 21st : Help! UGR! Unidentified Grebe Radio.

  One of our readers sent us photos of their antique Grebe Radio. Does anyone know which model it is, and any other history? I have not seen one like this before. Please use the Contact page if you have information for us. Thanks in advance!

• December 13th : Alfred H. Grebe, Jr. Dead at 91

  The Grebe family announces the passing of their father, Alfred H. Grebe, Jr., who died peacefully on Sunday, December 10, 2017. GREBE, Alfred H. Jr., 91, of Richmond, VA, passed away December 10, 2017. He was born April 3, 1926 and raised in Hollis, Queens County, Long Island, NY.  After graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School […]
• January 2nd : A. H. Grebe Leads Off WCBS Radio Series 50 People To Know

  Alfred H. Grebe Leads Off WCBS News Radio’s Series, 50 People To Know: WCBS 880 Celebrates 50 Years Of Covering News In New York We are pleased WCBS News Radio 880 in New York City is commemorating Alfred H. Grebe’s radio station WAHG, as the originator of what became WCBS.  WCBS Anchor/Reporter Alex Silverman produced the […]

• December 26th : WCBS Interview 2004

  Hear about Alfred H. Grebe, the founding father of what became WCBS Radio. WCBS Radio 880’s Wayne Cabot interviewed Alfred H. Grebe Jr. in 2004. The occasion was the Richmond Hill Historical Society plaque placed on the former Grebe Radio factory.  See the story at https://www.greberadio.com/1922-grebe-radio-factory/ The audio file comes to us courtesy of Alex Silverman, WCBS […]
• March 25th : Alfred H. Grebe on Wikipedia

  Alfred H.Grebe as listed on Wikipedia, the online free encyclopedia.
• March 21st : Letter to Paley from Egolf

  Here is a copy of a letter written by a contemporary and friend of A. H. Grebe, Richard S. Egolf. William Paley was kind enough to send it to me after my inquiry about working at CBS to a start in the media business.

• March 23rd : Grebe Radio Phonograph For Sale

  A reader has shared photos of an unusual Grebe Radio-phonograph console found in a house recently purchased.  This item is for sale, so if you are interested in this well preserved antique Grebe radio, contact me by email for more details.

• January 21st : Henry Rogers of the Western Historic Radio Museum

  Henry Rogers Performs The Glow-Worm Idyl This was shot January 2011 in Henry and Sharon’s home, just above their Western Historic Radio Museum. It was a surprise to learn that Henry is an accomplished musician. At the tail end of the video, Henry is in the museum speaking about Grebe radios being a favorite choice […]

• April 10th : The A. H. Grebe Radio Clarifier

  Pages scanned from June 1924 Radio News article by electrical engineer Ralph Batcher are now online, posted to this link.
• February 13th : AC Six Followup

  One of our readers submitted this photo of a Grebe Synchrophase AC Six in much better condition.  If you double click on the image above you can see the photo enlarged for better detail.   Thank you Mr. Morrison.
• January 23rd : Help Repair a Grebe AC6

  We’ve received a request for help to repair the cabinetry of this Grebe Synchrophase AC6.  The owner is looking to find a picture to enlarge to have the scroll work replaced to look like the original.

• December 4th : Henry Rogers Guide to the Synchrophase MU-1

  Henry Rogers of the Western Historic Radio Museum just wrote and published an excellent article on the history of the Grebe Synchrophase MU-1 radio receiver.  See the article by clicking this link to his website.

• October 13th : Visiting the Western Historic Radio Museum

  We visited the Western Historic Radio Museum in Virginia City, Nevada on September 25, 2009.  Henry and Sharon Rogers were outstanding hosts, and generously gave us their time and attention to explain the many historic radio sets and radio memorabilia in their museum.  Henry has an encyclopedic knowledge of radio history, including the business side […]
• January 13th : Popular Radio, November 1922
• January 4th : Citizens Radio Call Book Ad

• December 21st : “Grebe Developments” QST, Oct. 1924

  A review of the A. H. Grebe Synchrophase receiver from QST magazine, October, 1924. (Note: higher resolution scans of this article are at this link)
• December 21st : Grebe Radio Phonograph combination console

  Here is a very modern, forward looking design for 1924, “Radio for Everybody”.
• September 15th : Popular Radio: A Mobile Radio Relay Station

  (NOTE: Click on the image to reveal larger, high resolution scan.  Recently updated, larger scans of this article are on a separate page link.) We are grateful to share these high quality scans contributed by a loyal collector of Grebe Radio artifacts.
• September 15th : Radio News for January, 1924

  Another fine Radio Age scan from one of our contributors.
• September 14th : July 1919 Everyday Engineering Ad

  From one of our active contributors, this July 1919 Everyday Engineering advertisement for a Grebe CR-2 Short-wave Receiver.  He adds, “Only the best of the best were allowed to advertise in this magazine.  The magazine owner ranted continuously through it’s short life about slipshod radio parts and sets.”
• May 24th : A. H. Grebe, Teenage Wireless Expert

  Alfred H. Grebe was one of the young, early wireless enthusiasts who helped install and operate equipment on merchant ships back in 1912 when he was only 17. See related stories on this web site, Radio Age, Part 1, and Grebe’s colorful global shipboard diary as a wireless operator on the the British Tramp Tanker […]
• May 23rd : QST Magazine Grebe CR-5 Receiver Ads

  More classic Grebe Radio ads from our friend, Wddrvkii.
• May 8th : Vintage 1920’s Grebe Radio Ads

  A few more fine scans from the 1920’s courtesy of WDDRvkii.
• May 7th : The Wisdom of Doctor Mu

  Doctor Mu provides his wisdom from famous Chinese philophers and served as a prominent marketing image in the Grebe Radio advertisements of the 1920’s.
• May 5th : 1922 Grebe Radio Factory

  A friend of greberadio.com contributed this picture of the new Grebe Radio factory from Radio News, September, 1922. Notice the Grebe Radio delivery truck off to the right. On August 12, 2004 an honorary plaque was placed on the factory building by the Richmond Hill Historical Society. The building is now used as part of […]
• May 5th : Grebe CR-5 Receiver Ads

  One of our readers has scanned these classic Grebe Radio ads and generously shared them for us to enjoy. These are for the Grebe CR-5 Receiver.

• January 24th : Grebe Radio Photos Found on Flickr

  Listening To Radio On Boat Originally uploaded by euthman. Flickr is a free photo posting community, part of what is known as the user-contributed Web 2.0 style sites. Stumbled upon a few Grebe CR-12 Radio photos, where the poster has been kind enough to link back to this site as well. Grebe CR-12 Radio, 1920s […]

• August 17th : Grebe Synchrophase Manufacturing DVD

  You can now see the Grebe Radio manufacturing production pipeline on DVD, painstakingly digitized from old time movie film to the DVD video format. Don Patterson has produced this excellent DVD from the original black and white 16mm films shot at the A. H. Grebe & Company factory in Richmond Hill, New York. The resulting […]
• July 18th : Radio News, June 1923 Grebe Radio Ad

  Images kindly contributed by John Mattesini, Technical Supervisor, NBC10 WCAU-TV. Note: An improved copy of the Radio News cover is now online.  Click this thumbnail to see the high res version of it.  Thanks to Wddrvkii.
• June 9th : Old Time Radio: Odeo Online Audio Podcasts

  The audio player from Odeo.com hosts many podcasts, including old time radio, such as this one from Mister Ron’s Basement: And here is another sample from The Radio Nostalgia Network:
• March 29th : Grebe CR-18 The Choice Of Explorers

  Gordon MacCreagh “The Incorrigible Explorer” packed a CR-18 on his expedition into Abyssinia to hunt for the Ark of the Coventant in 1927. From an article published online by Peter Ruber: “Amateur radio operators who have picked up messages from Arctic explorers and from the Dyott expedition now following Theodore Roosevelt’s trail down the River […]
• March 29th : Grebe CR-18 Short Wave Receiver Manual
• January 22nd : Synchrophase SK4

  This small photo appears to be of an A. H. Grebe & Co. Synchrophase SK4 model radio manufactured in 1928. It has a fine wooden cabinet and elegant details. Below is a close up photo of the tuning dial.

• December 18th : Season’s Greetings

  Season's Greetings from Grebe Radio
• December 2nd : Grebe Radio Photos

  EDITOR’S NOTE (September 15, 2008): The images and website referred to below appear to have gone off-line. Found an interesting web site of Antique Radio Pictures including A. H. Grebe Radio CR5, CR8, and many others at this page.
• October 23rd : World Series and Early Mobile Broadcasting

  Listening to the World Series on the radio is part of the baseball legacy. Here is a page from Grebe Radio history. A. H. Grebe also experimented with broadcasting from cars and boats, with his mobile transmission station WGMU broadcasting horse races in 1925. Here is Alfred Grebe’s brother Rudolph in a car outfitted to […]
• October 4th : A. H. Grebe Memorial Award To Be Presented

  Alfred H. Grebe Jr. will be presenting the ALFRED H. GREBE MEMORIAL AWARD for EXCELLENCE at the Radio Club of America 96th Anniversary Annual Awards Banquet, November 18, 2005 at the New York Athletic Club. The recipeint will be Jerry Minter, an officer and very long-time member of the club. This is only the fourth […]
• October 4th : “Places Visited” Diary, Part II

  Continued from Don Patterson’s Radio Age Newsletter. After being home for a month and a half Alfred left for Pittsburg on May 29th. He relates this assignment as follows… Left New York 29th May 8.33PM for Pittsburg. Had pretty sleepless night but felt ok in morning. May 30 Susan met me then went up the […]
• July 27th : “Places Visited” Diary

  A. H. Grebe's hand written diary pages as radio boy aboard S.S. Saranac to the Far East, December 8, 1912 to April 14, 1913.
• July 15th : Radio Age, Part I

  Part I of Donald O. Patterson's Radio Age newsletter stories of Grebe Radio.
• May 21st : Newspaper Cartoon

  When Grebe was about 10 years old his father died. His mother then allowed him to attend public schools. Here and in the neighborhood the kids congregated at a little shack behind the house to hear and see the wireless sets Grebe was making. None of the mothers were worried as they knew their kids […]
• May 20th : A. H. Grebe’s First Radio Shack

  PHOTO of Alfred Henry Grebe’s first hobby-workshop. This “shack” was originally his father’s place for storing greenhouse tools. It was here that he could dedicate his time, without distractions, to his study and practice of “wireless.” Alfred was the older son of Henry and Annie M. Krick GREBE. He was born in Richmond Hill, Queens […]
• April 22nd : Alfred H. Grebe Tribute Broadcast

  A Tribute to the Memory of Alfred Henry Grebe Broadcast, Sunday,October 27th, 1935 by the Columbia Broadcasting Station WABC.
• April 4th : Birth of A. H. Grebe Radio Web Log

  On Alfred H. Grebe’s birthday, we launch this newly designed web site, dedicated to Alfred H. Grebe, his short, yet brilliant life and his pioneering radio achievements. Pages have been created for announcements and contributions by the descendants of Alfred H. Grebe. Additional pages will archive the A. H. Grebe Radio legacy, along with updates […]