Streets acting as radio markets, best known in New York City
New York City's Radio Row with the Cortlandt Street station in the background, in a 1936 photograph by Berenice AbbottA crowd gathers near an electronics shop at Greenwich and Dey streets after John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963Sidewalk bins of a defunct shop at 393 Canal Street
Radio Row is a nickname for an urban street or district specializing in the sale of radio and electronic equipment and parts. Radio Rows arose in many cities with the 1920s rise of broadcasting and declined after the middle of the 20th century.