“try to purchase a TV or radio made in USA,”
To buy the last (new) American TV made here, a Zenith, you would have to take a time machine trip back to 1995.
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/18/us/last-us-tv-maker-will-sell-control-to-koreans.html
I don’t regularly buy “stuff” anymore. Just groceries, fuel and services.
” Zenith “
I worked for a TV sales / repair shop when I was a student back in the late 70’s ...US made ( actually by ‘79 Zenith was made in Mexico ) TVs were junk . I remember unboxing a new Zenith console and there were only 2 blots holding the picture tube to the cabinet instead of 4 , and the chassis was not bolted down to the cabinet at all ! Just lying sideways inside the box . Wonder why Sony , Hitachi , Toshiba and others took over the market ?
Agreed. We buy very little anymore, too. We’re just picking up a few small Christmas presents is all.