RCA Antique Radios
RCA or Radio Corporation of America was founded in 1919 as a result of varying political factors especially with the US government’s efforts to control the communication patents. The company was established by GE and AT&T as a result of the purchase with Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America. After years of organization, RCA became an important part of the radio industry because of their different radio stations. They became involved in radio manufacturing when they acquired Victor in 1929. The RCA-Victor is credited to produce records with 33" ÷ rpm. It really didn’t fare well but it showed RCA’s ability to be part of the recording industry. RCA is also a strong supporter of 8-Track players. RCA was eventually dissolved by GE on 1986.
RCA manufactured radios under its name as well as GE. Like most radio manufacturing companies, they offered cathedral, tombstone and cabinet type of antique radio that was marketed during the depression era. Since their purchase of Victor, they diversified and offered antique radio phonographs. They usually come in large cabinet designs, especially during the 40s and the 50s. Its size usually suggests the price but the functions of RCA phonograph radios are very impressive. A cabinet radio could have an AM/FM function, phonograph player and even a microphone.
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Antique RCA Victor Radios
In the pre-war era when the US Navy wanted to commercially monopolize on the long distance radio communication, they joined hands with GE to give birth to RCA or Radio Corporation of America. As GE was already in the business of making world class beautiful radios, it was not difficult for RCA to embark on its legacy. Then RCA went on to buy Victor Talking Machine Company to get hold of the vast manufacturing and distributing system that they had. Hence, the existence of the RCA Victor radios came into picture.
Search the internet and finding an antique RCA Victor radios these days is not an impossible task at all. These radio sets of the early 1920s are made of beautiful polished wood and look very elegant, and have the chic contemporary look of those times. Apart from working as a regular radio set, these antique RCA Victor radios give your home that old timer's look. Just wondering who might have been the owner and what programs did they listen to in those days is very exciting.
Moreover, like the other manufacturers of its time, the RCA Victor also came with a number of different floor radios with wooden chassis, table tops, tomb stones etc, all made of wood, with elegant knobs. These sets would have 5 to 16 tubes, and varied along with the size and cost. These antique RCA Victor radios would cost anywhere between $25 for the table tops and tombstones to $500 or above for the floor models. The later makes sports the lighter bakelite body in tan or ebony, and because of the ease of molding the bakelite, one could find them in neat designs. If you can find those old floor radios now, you might have to cough up north of $1000 for a few models as only a few survive in the whole world. A lot of models also sport the logo showing a dog named Nipper listening to "His Master's Voice" that has become another collectable of its own.
Before purchasing one of these as a collectable item, make sure that it is the original stuff and if it can be restored. As the antique RCA Victor radios is an American brand, you get cheap look-alikes of the radio parts quite easily for restoration, but availing the original old spare is not a big deal either. Also one must make sure that he has the schematic of the antique RCA Victor radio model handy as you do not want to get it destroyed because of simple guess work instead of getting it restored.
