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Quite simple. Back then some rural areas still didn't have electricity or what we would consider to be reliable electricity. REA (Rural Electric Association) was well known for their flickering and intermittant power supply. So, people would buy batteries for their radios and use them sparingly (weekends). They weren't sealed up in the back because they needed ventilation and they weren't probably all that reliable either.
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