When the days began and ended with radio shows

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K. LAKSHMI, Updated: August 6, 2014 03:16 IST 

Owning a radio set was a matter of pride in the early 1940s. So much, the arrival of a 'radio potti' called for celebration in many homes.

Until the advent of television in the 1970s, radio was the only medium of entertainment and communication for many city residents.

Many All India Radio (AIR) listeners still recall those golden days when they listened to programmes like 'Oli Chithiram', in which the track of an entire movie would be aired, and 'Thenkinnam', a late evening programme of Tamil songs.

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