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Mr. Microphone: a short-range hand-held radio transmitter that would broadcast over an FM radio. The nearby radio(s) would therefore amplify the sound coming from the Mr. Microphone. Though not the first microphone to broadcast over the radio, it was by far the most popular, remaining on the market
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