Last month we looked at radio cabinetry. This month we take a look at one of its examples, a 1929 RCA Radiola 46 in a high boy console. David Sarnoff (*1), a Belarusian born immigrant, led the Radio ...

Last month we looked at the RCA Radiola 46, a lavish high end radio that went into production in the spring of 1929, about 6 months before the October market crash that began the Great Depression.

Marked: "Model 100-A / RCA Loudspeaker / Serial No. 202856 BG / [License Notice] / Patents: 127527; 1271529; 1365898; 1631646. NP 37601." This device is a cone type permanent magnet loud speaker. A ...

Rancho Santa Fe author Eric Wenaas will host a presentation and book signing on “The Evolution of Broadcast Radio Receivers” at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Rancho Santa Fe Library. Wenaas’ talk will ...

Marked: "RCA Radiola 18 / Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. / See License Notice on Bottom." Specimen is a six tube (plus rectifier) TRF receiver employing the following tube complement: 1st RF: UX226; 2nd RF: ...

New Jersey was and still is home to major consumer electronics manufacturers. Thomas Edison’s laboratory and the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) were among the first. To brush up on the history of ...

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