Grundig City-Boy 1100
The Grundig City-Boy 1100, also written "Cityboy", is a 4-waveband portable transistor radio from around 1975/76. Some sources date it as early as 1973. It was a German-made, pocket-sized receiver covering FM, shortwave, longwave and medium wave. One period source called it a "coined, Inter-City 4-band Super Radio" and an impressive demonstration of Grundig radio technology.
Documentation on the City-Boy 1100 is thin. No original manual, service sheet or period review has surfaced in the archive, so dimensions, weight, power output and battery type are unrecorded here. What the record does show is a compact late-1970s Grundig portable with the full broadcast band spread - FM for local listening, SW for world band, and LW/MW for domestic AM - small enough to be classed as a pocket radio.
Examples turn up on the used market now and then. One German listing for a non-working unit ("defekt für Bastler," or for tinkerers) was priced at €15. A UK listing asking £71.20 carried conflicting identification - the title said Ocean Boy 330 while the item fields said City Boy 1100 - so treat that figure with caution. A Russian classified ad for a Grundig "city boy" radio noted the speaker ran very quietly while headphones worked fine, and that the battery compartment back cover was missing. That listing's model isn't confirmed as the 1100.
Known specs:
- 4 wavebands: FM, SW, LW, MW
- Type: AM/FM portable transistor radio
- Country of origin: Germany ("Made in Germany")
- Production: available 1975/76 (some sources cite 1973–1976)
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