Postwar American Television
Postwar American Television Manufacturers
This list shows the approximate dates that companies manufactured TV sets. For pictures of some of them, see Tom Genova's History of TV site.
Company |
Started |
Ended |
| Admiral | 1947 | 1979 |
| Advent | 1975 | |
| Air Castle | 1948 | |
| Air King Products, Pathe' Television | 1948 | 1953 |
| Airline, Montgomery Ward | 1948 |
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| Air Marshal | 1951 |
1953 |
| Altec Lansing | 1949 |
1968 |
| AMC, Aimcee Wholesale Corp. | 1949 |
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| Ambassador | 1949 |
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| American Television | 1951 |
1957 |
| American Television and Radio, ATR Electronics | 1955 |
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| Andrea Radio | 1947 |
1978 |
| Ansley Radio and Television | 1946 |
1953 |
| Approved Electronic Instrument Corp. | 1949 |
1950 |
| Arcturus Radio and Television | 1948 |
1949 |
| ARF Products | 1955 |
|
| Artone | 1949 |
|
| Arvin | 1949 |
|
| Atwater Television | 1949 |
1952 |
| Audar | 1948 |
1949 |
| Automatic Radio Manufacturing | 1949 |
1954 |
| Bace Television | 1947 |
1956 |
| Bell Television | 1949 |
1965 |
| Belmont, Bendix Radio, Raytheon | 1946 | 1957 |
| Bendix Radio, Belmont, Raytheon | 1948 |
1957 |
| Bowers Radio and Television, Bowers Battery and Spark Plug Company | 1948 |
1953 |
| Brociner Electronics Laboratory | 1950 |
1953 |
| Browne TV | 1955 |
|
| Brunswick Radio and Television, Radio & Television Inc., Brunswick Div. | 1947 |
1956 |
| Calbest Engineering and Electronics, Calbest Electronics | 1949 |
1968 |
| Caltech Electronics | 1954 |
|
| Capehart-Farnsworth Television and Radio, Capehart-Farnsworth Div IT&T | 1946 |
1965 |
| Cascade Television | 1949 |
1956 |
| CBS-Columbia | 1948 |
|
| Certified Radio Laboratories | 1948 |
1966 |
| Chatham Television | 1952 |
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| Clairtone Electric Corporation | 1967 |
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| Cleervue | 1947 |
1947 |
| Colonial Radio Corp. subs. Sylvania, Sylvania Television, Sylvania Electric Prod. | 1949 |
1983 |
| Color Electronics Corp. | 1964 |
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| Colortronics | 1952 |
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| Commander Television | 1951 |
1952 |
| Commodore Television Corp. (associated with Atlantic Video Corp.) | 1952 |
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| Conar Instruments | 1962 |
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| Conrac | 1949 |
1962 |
| Cornell Television Inc., Video Corp. of America | 1948 |
1954 |
| Coronado | 1949 |
|
| Coronet Radio and Television | 1948 |
1949 |
| Cortley Television | 1948 |
1950 |
| Cortron Industries, Hoffman Radio, Hoffman Electronics, Hoffman Products | 1948 |
1970 |
| Covideo | 1951 |
1953 |
| Crestwood Television Corp. | 1953 |
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| Cromwell | 1949 |
|
| Crosley, Avco Manufacturing | 1946 |
1957 |
| Curtis-Mathes | 1960 |
Present |
| Customade Television Inc. | 1949 |
1950 |
| Delco | 1948 |
1949 |
| Delmonico International Corporation | 1967 |
|
| DeWald Radio Manufacturing | 1948 |
1958 |
| DuMont (Allen B.) Laboratories | 1946 |
1959 |
| Eastern States Radio & Television Co. | 1949 |
1950 |
| Edison Television | 1950 |
1951 |
| Electro-Technical Industries, Telekit | 1947 |
1955 |
| Emerson Radio and Phonograph | 1947 |
1973 |
Espey Manufacturing Co., Inc |
1948 |
1950 |
Fada Radio and Electric |
1948 |
1956 |
Farnsworth Television and Radio |
1946 |
1965 |
Federal Television |
1948 |
1952 |
Federal Video |
1948 |
1950 |
Firestone |
1948 |
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Fisher Radio |
1948 |
1952 |
Freed Radio, Freed Eisemann |
1948 |
1954 |
Garod Electronics |
1947 |
1950 |
General Electric |
1947 |
1986 |
Gilfillan Bros. |
1948 |
1949 |
Goldstar Electronics International |
1983 |
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Guild Radio and Television |
1953 |
|
Hallicrafters |
1948 |
1958 |
Harvey Industries |
1989 |
|
Heath Company |
1964 |
|
Hi-Par Products |
1950 |
1952 |
Hitachi Sales Corp. of America |
1975 |
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Hoffman Radio, Hoffman Electronics, Hoffman Products, Cortron Industries |
1949 |
1970 |
Hotelvision |
1948 |
1949 |
Howard Radio, Muntz TV, Television Manufacturers of America, TMA Co. |
1948 |
1972 |
Imperial Television |
1952 |
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Industrial Television, Inc. |
1948 |
1957 |
International Television Corp. |
1948 |
1954 |
Interstate Stores Television |
1950 |
1950 |
Jackson Industries, Jackson Electronics and Television |
1955 |
|
Jamaica Television Manufacturing |
1949 |
1952 |
Jewell Radio Corp., Jewel Radio Corp. |
1952 |
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JVC |
1983 |
|
Kalmus, Natalie Television Co. |
1951 |
1952 |
Kane Electronics Corp. |
1967 |
|
Keeney (J. H.) & Co. |
1952 |
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Kent Television |
1964 |
|
Kloss Video |
1981 |
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Lehigh Television Co. |
1949 |
1950 |
Lion Manufacturing |
1952 |
|
Lytle & Cannon, Lytle Engineering and Manufacturing |
1952 |
|
Magnavox |
1948 |
1976 |
Magnavox sub. of Philips, North American Phillips Consumer Electronics Corp |
1976 |
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Majestic Radio and Television, Wilcox-Gay |
1948 |
1958 |
Major Television |
1948 |
1950 |
Manufacturers Television Co., Tru-Vue Television Co. |
1950 |
1952 |
Mars Electronic Corp., Mars Electronics |
1950 |
1952 |
Mars Television, Inc. |
1948 |
1957 |
Mathes (Curtis) Manufacturing |
1960 |
|
Matsushita Electric Corp. of America |
1975 |
|
Mattison Television and Radio, Mattison Electronics |
1949 |
1968 |
Meck (John) Industries |
1949 |
1951 |
Meissner Mfg. Div. of Maguire Industries, Meissner Manufacturing |
1948 |
1950 |
Mercury Television & Radio Corp., Pacific Mercury Television, Pacific Mercur |
1950 |
1964 |
Merrick Television Co. |
1949 |
|
Midwest Radio Corp., Midwest Radio and Television |
1948 |
1958 |
Mitchell Manufacturing |
1950 |
1954 |
Mitsubishi Electric Sales America |
1980 |
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Mitus Television |
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Monarch Radio and Television |
1951 |
1953 |
Montgomery Ward, Airline |
1948 |
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Motorola |
1947 |
1974 |
MP Concert Installations, MP Television , M-P Engineering Co. |
1950 |
1959 |
Multiple Television |
1948 |
1953 |
Muntz TV, Howard Radio, Television Manufacturers of America, TMA Co. |
1948 |
1972 |
National Company |
1948 |
1954 |
National Electronics Manufacturing |
1952 |
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National Polytronics, Inc. |
1949 |
1950 |
National-Simplex-Bludworth |
1950 |
1952 |
NEC Technologies |
1989 |
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New England Television |
1947 |
1950 |
Nielsen Television |
1948 |
1951 |
Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Arvin Radio, Arvin Industries |
1948 |
1971 |
Norman Television |
1952 |
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North American Audio Inc. |
1962 |
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North American Philips Co., Norelco |
1976 |
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Olympic Radio and Television, Olympic International |
1948 |
1971 |
Orion Electronic Co. Ltd. |
1989 |
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Pacific Vogue Radio and Television |
1953 |
|
Packard-Bell, Teledyne Packard Bell |
1948 |
1974 |
Pathe' Television, Air King Products |
1948 |
1957 |
Peerless Television and Radio |
1950 |
1954 |
Philco, Philco Ford Corp., Philco-Ford Corp. |
1947 |
1976 |
Philharmonic Radio Corp., Philharmonic Radio and Television |
1949 |
1958 |
Philips, North American Phillips Consumer Electronics Corp., Magnavox |
1976 |
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Philmore Manufacturing |
1949 |
1965 |
Pilot Radio |
1948 |
1957 |
Pilot Radio Corp. (Jerrold Subsidiary) |
1964 |
|
Pioneer Electronics |
1985 |
|
Pioneer Television Co. |
1949 |
1950 |
Prescott Television |
1952 |
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Radio Craftsman / The Radio Craftsmen |
1949 |
1956 |
Raytheon, Belmont, Bendix Radio |
1948 |
1957 |
Ravenswood (div. of Annapolis Electroacoustics Corp.) |
1962 |
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RCA |
1946 |
1986 |
Regal Electronics |
1948 |
1956 |
Rembrandt Television |
1950 |
1952 |
Remington Radio |
1947 |
1951 |
Richmart Corp. |
1951 |
1952 |
Rod Radio Manufacturing Co. |
1949 |
1950 |
Roesch (Douglas J.) |
1952 |
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Rokville, Rokaville |
1955 |
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Royal Radio & Television Corp., Royal Television & Radio Corp. |
1949 |
1950 |
Sampo Corp. of America |
1981 |
|
Samsung America Inc. |
1989 |
|
Sanabria Television Corp., American Television |
1960 |
|
Sanyo Manufacturing Corp. |
1977 |
|
Scott Radio Laboratories |
1947 |
1957 |
Semco Engineering and Manufacturing, Semco Electronics |
1952 |
|
Sentinel Radio |
1948 |
1957 |
Setchell Carlson |
1950 |
1970 |
Sharp Electronics |
1983 |
|
Shaw Television |
1950 |
1955 |
Shevers, Harold, Gotham Television Corp. |
1948 |
1958 |
Sightmaster Corp. |
1948 |
1951 |
Silvertone, Sears, Roebuck & Co. |
1949 |
|
Singer Television, Singer (Eugene) Electronics Company, Closed-Circuit Corp. |
1953 |
|
SMA |
1950 |
1952 |
Snaider Television, Television Assembly Co. |
1948 |
1954 |
Sonora Corp. of America |
1962 |
|
Sonora Radio and Television, Sonora Electronics |
1946 |
1960 |
Sony Corp. of America |
1975 |
|
Sovereign Television |
1949 |
1950 |
Sparks-Withington, Sparton Radio-Television |
1948 |
1956 |
Speedway Products Inc. |
1949 |
1950 |
Starrett Television |
1948 |
1955 |
Stewart-Warner |
1947 |
1955 |
Stolle Engineering and Manufacturing |
1949 |
1951 |
Stromberg-Carlson |
1947 |
1957 |
Sylvania Television, Colonial Radio Corp., Sylvania Electric Products |
1949 |
1983 |
Symphonic Electronic Corp |
1960 |
|
Symphonic Radio and Electronics |
1952 |
|
Symphony Radio and TV |
1950 |
1952 |
Tatung Company of America |
1979 |
|
Tech-Master Products Company, Tech-Master Corp. |
1948 |
1968 |
Tele King |
1948 |
1956 |
| Telekit, Electro-Technical Industries | 1947 |
1955 |
Tel-vision Labs, Inc. |
1948 |
|
Tele-Tone Radio |
1948 |
1954 |
Tele-Video Corp., Reevesoundcraft |
1949 |
1952 |
Telequip Radio |
1968 |
|
Teletronics |
1970 |
|
Television Inc. |
1950 |
1952 |
Television Assembly Co., Snaider |
1948 |
1954 |
Television Manufacturers of America, TMA Company, Howard Radio, Muntz |
1948 |
1973 |
Televista Corp. of America |
1948 |
1951 |
Telindustries, Kaye-Halbert Corp. |
1949 |
1956 |
Templetone Radio |
1948 |
1951 |
Thompson, Thomson Consumer Electronics Inc. |
1987 |
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Toshiba America |
1978 |
|
Trad Television, Trad Electronics |
1949 |
1958 |
Trans-Vue |
1949 |
1951 |
Transvision |
1946 |
1967 |
Trav-Ler Radio, Trav-Ler Industries |
1948 |
1957 |
Truetone, Western Auto Supply |
1949 |
|
United States Television Manufacturing Corp. |
1947 |
1952 |
Vidaire |
1952 |
|
Vidcraft Television |
1948 |
1952 |
Video Corp. of America, Cornell Television Inc |
1948 |
1954 |
Video Products Corp., Sheraton Television |
1948 |
|
Videodyne |
1948 |
1950 |
Viewtone |
1946 |
|
Walsco Electronics |
1955 |
|
Warwick Manufacturing, Warwick Electronics |
1951 |
1977 |
Watterson Radio |
1948 |
1949 |
Wells-Gardner |
1948 |
1990 |
Western Auto Supply, Truetone |
1949 |
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Wilcox-Gay, Majestic Radio and Television |
1948 |
1958 |
Westinghouse |
1947 |
1969 |
Zenith Radio |
1948 |
1990 |
TV Manufacturers in 1949
Radio & Television News, May 1949
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