Radio today (Jan-Mar 1939)

Record Details:

Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

ANNUAL RADIO TRADE DIRECTORY Up-to-date, verified listings of manufacturers, products and trade names — a complete buying guide. Index of products and advertisements on page 43. RECEIVING SETS Amateur AM Auto A Aviation AV Battery, portable • ■ BP Commercial COM Farm F Facsimile FAC Frequency mod. • ■ ■ FM Home H Kits K Marine M Phonograph-radio ■ . PR Police P Police auto PA Ultra high freq. . . . UHF Television T Television kits . . . TK ABC RADIO LABORATORIES, 3334 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis, Ind., "ABC" — short wave auto converters ADMIRAL — Continental Radio & Television Corp. AERONAUTICAL RADIO CO., Roosevelt Field, Mineola, N. Y.— AM, AV, M AIR KING PRODUCTS CO., INC., 19 Hooper St., Brooklyn, N. Y., "Air King"— BP, F, H, PR AIR LINE— Montgomery Ward & Co. AIR MASTER— Automatic Radio Mfg. Co. ALLIED RADIO CORP., 833 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 111., "Knight"— A, BP, F, K, PR, TK AMERICAN TELEVISION CORP., 130 W. 56th St., New York, N. Y— T AMPLEX RADIO CORP., 240 VV. 23rd St., New York, N. Y.— H, PR ANDREA RADIO CORP., 48-02 48th Ave., Woodside, L. I., N. Y., "Andrea" — A, H, T, TK ANSLEY RADIO CORP., 240 W. 23rd St., New York. N. Y., "Ansley Dynaphone Combination" — H, PR ARCADIA— Wells-Gardner & Co. ARVIN— Noulitt-Sparks Industries, Inc. AUTOMASTER— Automatic Radio Mfg. Co. AUTOP HONE— Calvert Motors Associates AUTOMATIC RADIO MFG. CO., 122 Brookline Ave., Boston, Mass., "Automatic," "Tom Thumb," "Auto-Rola," "Airmaster," "Automaster" — AM, A, BP, COM, H, P, PA AUTO-ROLA— Automatic Radio Mfg. Co. BELL RADIO & TELEVISION, 125 E. 46th St., New York, N. Y., "Bell"— A, F, H, T, PR BELMONT RADIO CORP., 1257 Fullerton Ave., Chicago, 111., "Belmont," "Freshman Masterpiece" — A, BP, F, H, PR, T. BENDIX RADIO CORP., 60 E. 25th St., Chicago, 111.— AV, M, P, PA BENDIX RADIO MFG. CO., Wood Lake, Minn.— F, H BRETING RADIO MFG. CO., 2117 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif., "Breting" — AM BROWNING LABORATORIES, INC., 750 Main St., Winchester, Mass., "Browning 83" — K CALVERT MOTORS ASSOCIATES, LTD., 1028 Linden Ave., Baltimore, Md., "Cavalier," "Autophone," "Mobilette"— A, H CAVALIER — Calvert Motors Associates, Inc. CAPEHART CORP., E. Pontiac St., Ft. Wayne, Ind., "Capehart"— PR CAVALCADE RADIO MFG. CO., 271 7th St., San Francisco, Calif., "Cavalcade" — A, H CHAMPION RADIO LABORATORIES, 14553 Madison Ave., Lakewood, Ohio, "Champion," "Victory," "Monarch," "LaSalle"— A, F, H CINEMA ENGINEERING CO., 7605 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, Calif., "Cinema"— COM, M CLIMAX RADIO & TELEVISION COMPANY, 513 S. Sangamon St., Chicago, 111., "Climax" — A, F, H COLONIAL RADIO CORP., 254 Rano St., Buffalo, N. Y., "Colonial"— A, BP, H, PR CONTINENTAL RADIO & TELEVISION CORP., 3800 W. Cortland St., Chicago, 111., "Admiral" — A, BP. F, H, PR CROSLEY RADIO CORP., 1329 Arlington St.. Cincinnati, Ohio, "Crosley"— A, BP, F, FAC, H CRUSADER— Pacific Radio Corp. DELCO RADIO DIV., General Motors Corp., Kokomn, Ind. — A DELCO — United Motors Service DETROLA CORPORATION, 1501»„-' d Ave., Detroit, Mich., "Detrola"— A, F, H, P.., P, UHF DEWALD — Pierce Airo, Inc. ALLEN B. DUMONT, 2 Main Ave., Passaic, N. J., "Dumont"— T DUNN-HALL CO., 1477 W. Adams St., Los Angeles, Calif., "Dunn-Hall," "Tiny Tim"— H, PR DYNAPHONE— Ansley Radio Corp. ELECTRICAL RESEARCH LABS., INC., 2222 Diversey Parkway, Chicago, 111.. "Erla"— A, BP, F, H, PR. T ELECTROTONE— Harris Mfg. Co. EMERSON RADIO & PHONOGRAPH CORP., Ill Eighth Ave., New York, N. Y., "Emerson" — BP, F, H, PR ENSIGN— Espey Mfg. Co., Inc. ERLA — Electrical Research Labs., Inc. ESPEY MFG. CO., INC., 67 Irving Place, New York. N. Y., "Ensign," "Espey"— BP, F, H, PR FADA RADIO & ELECTRIC CO., 30-20 Thomson Ave., Long Island City, N. Y., "Fada"— \, BP. F. H, PR FARNSWORTH RADIO & TELEVISION CORP., Marion, Ind. — H. T F.E.C. — Foraco Corp. FINCH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABS., 37 W. 57th St., New York, N. Y.— FAC FISCHER-SMITH, 162 State St., W. Englewood, N.J. "Fischer-Smith" — A FORACO CORP., 2111 Woodward Ave., Detroit. Mich.. "F.E.C."— A, F, H, PR, BP FRANKLIN— Mission Bell RaSio Co., Inc. FRESHMAN MASTERPIECE— Belmont Radio Corp. GALVIN MFG. CORP., 4545 Augusta Blvd., Chicago, 111., "Motorola"— A, BP, F, H, PA, PR, T GAROD RADIO CORP., 115 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y., "Garod"— F, H. PR, TK . GENERAL — General Television & Radio Corp. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., 1285 Boston Ave., Bridgeport, Conn., "General Electric" — BP, COM, F, FM, H, PR, T GENERAL ENGINEERS, 2241 Garrett Rd., Upper Darby, Pa., "General Engineers" — AM, BP. M, P. PA GENERAL TELEVISION & RADIO CORP., 257 W. 17th St., New York. N. Y., "General"— AM, COM, H GILFILLAN BROS., INC., 1815 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif., "Gilflllan"— F, H, PR GREBE MFG. CO., INC., 119 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y., "Grebe"— BP, F, H, PR HAIGIS LABORATORIES, INC., Maple Shade. N. J — P, PA, UHF HALLICRAFTERS, INC., 2611 S. Indiana St.. Chi cago. 111., "Skyrlder" — AM HALSON RADIO & TELEVISION, INC., Meriden, Conn., "Halson"— BP, H, PR HAMMARLUND MFG. CO., 424 W. 33rd St., New York, N. Y., "Super-Pro," "Pro" — AM, COM HARRIS MFG. CO., 2422 W. 7th St., Los Angeles. Calif., "Electrotone" — PR HEINTZ & KAUFMAN, South San Francisco, Calif.— COM HETRO ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES, INC., 4611 Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, HI, "Hetro" — A, F, H, PR HERBERT H. HORN, 1201 S. Olive St., Los Angeles, Calif., "Tiffany Tone" — A, H, PR HOWARD RADIO CO., 1731-35 Belmont Ave.. Chicago, 111., "Howard"— A, AM, BP, F, H, PR INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC., Ann Arbor, Mich.— H JEFFERSON-TRAVIS RADIO MFG. CORP., 198'Milburn Ave.. Baldwin, N. Y., "Jefferson-Travis" — M, P, PA KAAR ENGINEERING CO., 619 Emerson St., Palo Alto, Calif., "Kaar"— AM, M KINGSTON RADIO CO., INC., Kokomo, Ind., "Kingston"— H KNIGHT— AUied Radio Corp. LAFAYETTE— Wholesale Radio Service Co., Inc. LASALLE — Champion Radio Laboratories LAUREHK RADIO MFG. CO., E. Michigan St.. Adrian, Mich., "Laurelik," "Musique" — BP. F, H LEAR DEVELOPMENT CO., 121 W. 17th St., New York, N. Y.— AV, COM LINCOLN RADIO & TELEVISION CORP., 841 Jackson Blvd., Chicago. 111.. "Lincoln" — A. BP, F. H, PR LUXOR RADIO MFG. CO., 521 W. 23rd St., New York, N. Y., "Luxor"— H MAJESTIC RADIO & TELEVISION CO., 2600 W. 50th St., Chicago. 111., "Majestic"— BP, F. H, PR, T. MARCONIPHONE, INC., 679 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y., "Marconiphone" — II, PR MARINE RADIO CORP., 91 Third Ave., New York. N. -Y.. "Marine"— AM, AV, COM, M MEISSNER MFG. CO.. 7lh & Belmont, Mt. Carmel. 111.— AM, K MIDWEST RADIO CORP.. 909 Broadway, Cincinnati. Ohio, "Midwest"— F, II. I'll, BP MISSION BELL RADIO CO., INC., 833 Venice Blvd.. Los Angeles, Calif.. "Tru-Dial/' "Franklin" — A, BP, H, PR, P, PA MOBILETTE — Calvert Motors Associates, Ltd. MONARCH — Champion Radio Laboratories MOTOROLA— Calvin Mfg. Corp. MUSIQUE— Laurehk Radio Mfg. Co. NATIONAL COMPANY, 61 Sherman St., Maiden. Mass., "National"— AM, COM. UHF NOBLITT-SPARKS INDUSTRIES, INC., Columbus. Ind., "Arvin"— A. F. H, PR PACIFIC RADIO CORP., 5016 S. Main St., Los Angeles, Calif., "Pacific Crusader" — H, PR PACKARD BELL RADIO CO., 1320 S. Grand Blvd.. Los Angeles, Calif., "Packard Bell" — A, H PATHE RADIO & TELEVISION CORP.,' 2241 S. Indiana Ave., Chicago, III. — H PATTERSON RADIO CO., 1320 S Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, Calif. PEERLESS RADIO MFG. CO., Division St. & Broadway, Albany. N. Y.. "Peerless"— AM. A, BP. F. H PHILCO RADIO & TELEVISION CORP., Tioga & C Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., "Philco"— A, BP, F, H, P, PA, T PHILHARMONIC RADIO CO., 54 W. 21st St., New York, N. Y.— H, PR PHILMORE MFG. CO., 113 University Place, New York, N. Y., "Philmore"— BP, H, K PIERCE AIRO, INC., 440 Lafayette St., New York, N. Y., "De Wald"— A, BP, H, PR PIERSON-DELANCE, INC., 2345 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif.— AM, COM, H, M, P PILGRIM ELECTRIC CORP., 138 5th Ave., New York, N. Y., "Pilgrim"— A, BP, F. H MARCH, 1939 When writing advertisers, please say you saw it in the 1939-40 RADIO YEAR BOOK 45