Allied Radio began in 1928 as a mail-order and parts distribution arm 
of Columbia Radio Corporation, selling radio sets, tubes, electronic   
components, CB radios and other miscellaneous radio communications  
equipment and electronic kits. In 1970 the retailer changed ownership 
when Radio Shack’s parent Company, Tandy Corporation, bought both 
Allied Radio & Allied Electronics. By 1973, due to legal action, the Tandy
stores were renamed Radio Shack.

Actor Bill Bixby

William Henry "Bill" Gates III is the former chief executive and current 
chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen on April 4, 1975.

1942

Frazier Hunt (1885 – 1967) was a radio announcer, writer and war 
correspondent during both World War I and World War II. He wrote
several books about his war experiences as well as many historical
biographies on famous Americans such as General Custer.

Ad from the late 70s and early ’80s