If you were in the market for a radio in East St. Louis a hundred years ago, then you would want to get yourself down to Barney’s, 10th and Washington,  (on Saturday, where they were open until 9) and get a Crosley model 50 one-tube set, for only $3.98, about the same price as an extra pair of pants for your $9.90 suit.

The ad appeared in the East St. Louis (IL) Daily Journal, March 5, 1926.

If that wasn’t in the budget, you could take home a crystal set for less than the cost of a pair of shoes.  In either case, headphones, unless you already had a pair, would be an additional $1.98