Telechron 8H59 / Musalarm

A combination radio and conventional alarm clock in a rich maroon color plastic case. This radio alarm clock will awaken you to radio music or automatically turn on your favorite radio program at any time selected. The conventional alarm signal can be used or not as desired.


This clock is the sister model to the Lite-Call and the Switch Alarm.

There were a couple models of full-sized console radios with Telechron timer movements that could turn them on but they weren't sold as alarm clock radios. Musalarm was small enough for the night stand and sold as a clock radio and is evidently the first of that type. Announced in November, 1945, the 8H59 hit the shelves in 1946. Production stopped in 1947 after just one year to make way for the much-improved, five-tube 8H67.