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1919 Company | 1919 Public company founded by [[General Electric Co]] when it bought the assets of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America. | ||
1929 [[RCA]] purchased the '''Victor Talking Machine Company''', then the world's largest manufacturer of phonographs and phonograph records, and the record company was named [[RCA Victor]]. | 1929 [[RCA]] purchased the '''Victor Talking Machine Company''', then the world's largest manufacturer of phonographs and phonograph records, and the record company was named [[RCA Victor]]. | ||
1930 the U.S. Department of Justice brought antitrust charges against RCA, General Electric and Westinghouse. As a result, GE and Westinghouse gave up their interests in RCA. RCA was allowed to keep its radio factories. | |||
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* Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA] | |||
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[[Category: Country - USA]] | [[Category: Country - USA]] | ||
[[Category: Electronics]] | [[Category: Electronics]] | ||
Revision as of 11:58, 17 April 2013
Radio Corporation of America
1919 Public company founded by General Electric Co when it bought the assets of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America.
1929 RCA purchased the Victor Talking Machine Company, then the world's largest manufacturer of phonographs and phonograph records, and the record company was named RCA Victor.
1930 the U.S. Department of Justice brought antitrust charges against RCA, General Electric and Westinghouse. As a result, GE and Westinghouse gave up their interests in RCA. RCA was allowed to keep its radio factories.
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Sources of Information
- Wikipedia [1]