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TODAY
Radio Production, Sales, Utilization, as of Jan. 1, 1939. Industry Totals in Unit and Dollar Volume
RADIO-SET AND TUBE SALES, FOR YEAR 1938
Number Retail Value
Total radio sets sold during 1938. . . 6,000,000 $210,000,000
Radio sets exported 600,000
Automobile radios 800,000 32,000,000
Home radios sold in U.S 4,600,000 160,000,000
Consoles 1,000,000 62,000,000
Table models 3,500,000 85,000,000
Combinations 200,000 1 3,000,000
Home sets sold as replacements 2,100,000 84,000,000
Home sets sold to homes previously
without radios 1,000,000 40,000,000
Home radios sold as extra sets 1,500,000 36,000,000
Battery sets 800,000 32,000,000
Tube replacements 33,000,000 40,000,000
Tubes, initial equipment 35,000,000 43,000,000
Total tubes sold 1938 including
exports 75,000,000
Parts, supplies 45,000,000
Phonograph records 35,000,000 16,000,000
HOMES WITH RADIOS BY STATES
Ala 387,700
Ariz 81,100
Ark 264,800
Calif 1,771,000
Colo 243,500
Conn 419,200
Del 58,800
D. C 160,900
Fla 308,900
Ga 383,300
Idaho.... 100,700
III 1,912,100
Ind 841,900
Iowa 598,800
Kan 380,300
Ky 514,900
La 308,500
Maine... 210,100
Md 366,600
Mass 1,058,200
Mich 1,164,300
Minn 577,900
Miss 215,000
Mo 849,300
Mont 116,500
Neb 294,000
Nev 29,900
N. H 126,900
N.J 1,063,000
N. Mex.. 63,800
N. y 3,217,300
N. C 421,500
N. Dak... 122,100
Ohio.... 1,693,000
Okla .... 463,400
Ore 290,900
Pa 2,266,300
R.I 158,500
S. C 211,300
S. Dak.... 135,650
Tenn 469,400
Texas. ... 1,073,600
Utah 113,000
Vt 90,350
Va 408,200
Wash .... 452,300
W. Va... 355,200
Wise 635,200
Wyo 50,900
Total,
U.S.... 27,500,000
ROLL-CALL OF RADIO INDUSTRY, JAN. 1, 1939
Manufacturers of radio receivers 116
Manufacturers of radio tubes 12
Manufacturers of radio parts 705
Manufacturers of test equipment 60
Manufacturers of broadcast and amateur equipment 102
Manufacturers of sound equipment 98
Radio-set and parts distributors 2,021
Manufacturers' agents 239
Retail outlets selling radios 58,000
Dealers doing 85% of radio business 14,000
Servicemen, including dealers' servicemen 40,000
Radio amateurs and experimenters 81,000
Broadcasting stations, Jan. 1, 1939 (operating) 763
SALES OF REPLACEMENT PARTS, 1938
At manufacturers' selling prices
Transformers $1,500,000
Condensers $1,500,000
Vibrators $750,000
Resistors $600,000
Volume controls $370,000
Speakers $300,000
Service instruments $3,500,000
SOUND SALES, 1938
Units Retail Value
Sound systems (complete) 25,000 $5,000,000
Microphones 55,000 $1,000,000
Intercommunicators 15,000 $500,000
6,000,000 SETS MANUFACTURED IN 1938
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