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 |
|
| Air Marshal |
1951 |
1953 |
| Altec Lansing |
1949 |
1968
|
| AMC, Aimcee Wholesale Corp. |
1949 |
|
| Ambassador |
1949 |
|
| American Television |
1951 |
1957 |
| American Television and Radio, ATR Electronics |
1955 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Clairtone Electric Corporation |
1967 |
|
| Cleervue |
1947 |
1947 |
| Colonial Radio Corp. subs. Sylvania, Sylvania Television, Sylvania
Electric Prod. |
1949 |
1983 |
| Color Electronics Corp. |
1964 |
|
| Colortronics |
1952 |
|
| Commander Television |
1951 |
1952 |
| Commodore Television Corp. (associated with Atlantic Video Corp.) |
1952 |
|
| Conar Instruments |
1962 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
JVC |
1983 |
|
Kalmus, Natalie Television Co. |
1951 |
1952 |
Kane Electronics Corp. |
1967 |
|
Keeney (J. H.) & Co. |
1952 |
|
Kent Television |
1964 |
|
Kloss Video |
1981 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
1953 |
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 |
|
Mitus Television |
|
|
Monarch Radio and Television |
1951 |
1953 |
Montgomery Ward, Airline |
1948 |
|
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 |
|
National Polytronics, Inc. |
1949 |
1950 |
National-Simplex-Bludworth |
1950 |
1952 |
NEC Technologies |
1989 |
|
New England Television |
1947 |
1950 |
Nielsen Television |
1948 |
1951 |
Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Arvin Radio, Arvin Industries |
1948 |
1971 |
Norman Television |
1952 |
|
North American Audio Inc. |
1962 |
|
North American Philips Co., Norelco |
1976 |
|
Olympic Radio and Television, Olympic International |
1948 |
1971 |
Orion Electronic Co. Ltd. |
1989 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Radio Craftsman / The Radio Craftsmen |
1949 |
1956 |
Raytheon, Belmont, Bendix Radio |
1948 |
1957 |
Ravenswood (div. of Annapolis Electroacoustics Corp.) |
1962 |
|
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 |
|
Rokville, Rokaville |
1955 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Wilcox-Gay, Majestic Radio and Television |
1948 |
1958 |
Westinghouse |
1947 |
1969 |
Zenith Radio |
1948 |
1990 |
