Mac's Radio Service Shop Episodes on RF Cafe

This series of instructive technodrama™ stories was the brainchild of none other than John T. Frye, creator of the Carl and Jerry series that ran in Popular Electronics for many years. "Mac's Radio Service Shop" began life in April 1948 in Radio News magazine (which later became Radio & Television News, then Electronics World), and changed its name to simply "Mac's Service Shop" until the final episode was published in a 1977 Popular Electronics magazine. "Mac" is electronics repair shop owner Mac McGregor, and Barney Jameson his his eager, if not somewhat naive, technician assistant. "Lessons" are taught in story format with dialogs between Mac and Barney.

• Customer Cues - October 1958 Radio & TV News
• Technician or Consulting Engineer? - October 1960 Electronics World
• Two Years of CATV - November 1965 Electronics World (the 120th I have posted thus far)
• Electric Shock - December 1965 Electronics World
• TV Without Radio - November 1952
• Intermittent Roundup - November 1962 Electronics World
• Voltage-Regulating Transformers - July 1965 Electronics World
• Ignition Noise Problems - August 1964 Electronics World
• Chemicals for the Service Shop - September 1965 Electronics World
• Electronics and Car Thievery - October 1972 Popular Electronics
• Keeping up with New Components - February 1966 Electronics World
• Calling All Inventors - December 1954 Radio News
• Mac Hires a Helper - April 1948 Radio News (the very 1st episode)
• Whose Ox is Gored? - September 1950 Radio & Television News
• Barney Has a Birthday - June 1948 Radio News
• Open Wire Lines - July 1952 Radio & Television News
• Salesmen and Service Technicians - June 1952 Radio & Television News
• Time and Temper Savers - September 1960 Electronics World
• Handling Complaints - September 1954 Radio & Television News
• Openers, Anyone? - August 1962 Electronics World
• Mac's "System" - May 1950 Radio & Television News
• Dog Day Discussions - August 1952
• Tape Recorders - March 1954 Radio & Television News
• Service Shop Advertising - June 1954 Radio & Television News
• The TVI Sleuth - August 1954 Radio & Television News Article
• Discount Houses - November 1954 Radio & Television News
• Customer Cussedness - July 1951 Radio & Television News
• The Technician and Progress - October 1955 Radio & Television News
• Soldering - October 1956 Radio & Television News
• A Sound Conversion - November 1951 Radio & Television News
• Servicing "Too-New" Sets - April 1957 Radio & TV News
• Chisel Blunters - September 1958 Radio & TV News
• Not Always Right - March 1956 Radio & Television News
• Television DX - September 1951 Radio & Television News
• Magnetic Shielding - December 1955 Radio & Television News
• Tape Recorder Tips - July 1958 Radio & TV News
• A Typical Day in the Shop - July 1955 Radio & Television News
• Barney Turns Inventor - February 1950 Radio & Television News
• Thoughts on Test Equipment - July 1954 Radio & Television News
• Mac's Radio Service Shop: Portable Patter - April 1950 Radio & Television News
• Mac's Service Shop: Buying and Using a Pocket Calculator - May 1974 Popular Electronics
• Electrostatics at Work - February 1973 Popular Electronics
• Telephone Pickups and Other Subjects - April 1954 Radio & Television News
• Mac's Service Shop: Not Always Right - March 1956 Radio & TV News
• Barney's Dog Show - May 1954 Radio & TV News
• Zenith's 1973 Color Line - March 1973 Popular Electronics
• Always Something New - February 1958 Radio & TV News
• The Time Is Now - March 1958 Radio News Article
• Was Ist Los? - May 1958 Radio & TV News News
• A Little Dog and SSB Tuning - November 1958 Radio & TV News
• New Breed of Test Equipment - September 1972 Popular Electronics
• Barney is Promoted - May 1948 Radio News
• Motorola's 1974 Color TV Receivers - November 1973 Popular Electronics
• New Uses - June 1958 Radio & TV News
• Satisfied Customer Insurance - May 1952 Radio & Television News
• What's Right with the Service Business - May 1955 Radio & Television News
• Summer Seminar - June 1956 Radio & Television News
• Simple Things First - January 1960 Electronics World
• Pride and Prejudice - April 1955 Radio & Television News
• Unusual New Equipment - June 1955 Radio & TV News
• Insurance Jobs - May 1956 Radio & TV News
• Radio Interference - January 1972 Popular Electronics
• How Good Are We? - April 1960 Electronics World
• The Not-So-Simple Sets - October 1963 Electronics World
• Changer Chatter - May 1959 Electronics World
• Servicing Amateur Equipment - July 1959 Electronics World
• How It Started - February 1960 Electronics World
• Two for One - March 1960 Electronics World
• Grasshoppers & Compatibility - December 1959 Electronics World
• Safety in Medical Electronics - July 1969 Electronics World
• Getting the Most from Your Service Dollars - February 1972 Popular Electronics
• Electronics and Psychology - May 1969 Electronics World
• Biological Effects of Electrical Shock - May 1973 Popular Electronics
• Keeping Abreast of Your Field - April 1969 Electronics World
• Servicing Without Service Data - February 1974 Popular Electronics
• Modules and the Technician - January 1973 Popular Electronics
• Salvaging Dunked Radios - July 1972 Popular Electronics
• A Versatile Pocket Calculator - May 1972 Popular Electronics
• Cost of Color TV Service - February 1969 Electronics World
• Leakage Current Testing and Using Square Waves - April 1973 Popular Electronics
• Medical Electronics Servicing - October 1969 Electronics World
• Philosophy of a Kit Manufacturer - November 1972 Popular Electronics
• Fix It or Junk It? - September 1969 Electronics World
• Electronics in Automobiles - September 1973 Popular Electronics
• Being an Amateur Pays Off - August 1973 Popular Electronics
• Electric Shock - August 1969 Electronics World
• A New TV Antenna - December 1972 Popular Electronics
• Single Sideband for the CB'er - June 1970 Popular Electronics
• Meter Accuracy Specifications - April 1972 Popular Electronics
• How to Be a Good Customer - January 1969 Electronics World
• Shelf Life of Capacitors & Batteries - August 1972 Popular Electronics
• Skeeter G's and Test Patterns - June 1951 Radio & Television News
• Designing a Receiver for Cable TV - June 1969 Electronics World
• Electronics and the Energy Crisis - April 1974 Popular Electronics
• Bill Gets the Full Treatment - December 1949 Radio & Television News
• Looking Forward and Backward - March 1951 Radio & Television News
• Taming Transients - July 1963 Electronics World
• Case of the Bad Bypass - December 1963 Electronics World
• Advertising for Dessert - July 1949 Radio & Television News
• A.C.-D.C. Bread and Butter - October 1952 Radio & Television News
• Worth of His Hire - May 1961 Electronics World
• TV and the Little Guy - April 1951 Radio & Television News
• A Breathing Spell - February 1955 Radio & Television News
• Spring Fancies - April 1952 Radio & Television News
• Service Bench Chatter - October 1951 Radio & Television News
• Carbon-Tet Can Kill - February 1952 Radio & Television News
• Something Borrowed - January 1952 Radio & Television News
• Barney, Beauty, and BCI - October 1948 Radio & Television News
• Automation and the Technician - July 1961 Electronics World
• A Windy Subject - March 1953 Radio & Television News
• All Work and No Play - March 1952 Radio & Television News
• Barney, Beauty, and BCI - October 1948 Radio & Television News
• Safety in Servicing - January 1954 Radio & Television News
• Mac and Free Estimates - January 1950 Radio & Television News
• Intermittents Still Pursue - February 1949 Radio & Television News
• Barney Is a Big Boy Now - January 1949 Radio & Television News
• A Little Lightning - July 1948 Radio News
• Mac Quotes Benjamin Franklin - October 1949 Radio & Television News
• Barney Talks A.C.-D.C. - September 1949 Radio & Television News
• Barney Takes on Color - February 1955 Radio & Television News
• Something Borrowed - January 1952 Radio & Television News
• Barney Plays "Twenty Questions" - November 1948 Radio & Television News