Vacuum tubes: Radio tubes, TV tubes, Audio tubes


Are tubes used in radio or TV different from audio tubes used in power amps and preamps?
If they are different (i.e., if tubes used in radios and TVs are different from tubes used in amp/preamps) what are the use of radio and TV tubes?
I don't see any people caring about tube radios and tube TVs as they care about tube amps, but I see a bunch of ads in eBay for selling radio/TV tubes, and just wonder.

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Typically most of those tubes would mainly be of interest to antique radio collectors, while a relatively small fraction of them would be of the types that are still used in today’s audio components.

OK. That's what I wanted to know about. 
Thanks for for replies.