Bendix Model 526C Catalin Table Radio (1945/46)
The Bendix model 526C was one of 16 new models that debuted in New York City
during a showing before distributors in October of 1945. The line marked the first
time entry of Bendix Aviation Corporation’s Radio Division into the production of
domestic radios. They had been a manufacturer of military avionics during WWll.
Buffalo Bob Smith with Howdy
Howdy Doody is an children’s television program, created and
produced by E. Roger Muir and telecast on NBC from 1947 until
1960. It was one of the first television series produced at NBC in
Rockefeller Center, in Studio 3A, it was also a pioneer in early
color production as NBC (at the time owned by TV maker RCA)
used the show in part to sell color television sets in the 1950s.
The character Howdy Doody first came to life from the creative
mind of Bob Smith during his days as a radio announcer on
WNBC (AM).
April Fools Day, April 1, 1952
"The Shadow" premiered on the CBS radio network on July 31, 1930 as
the narrator for a radio program called “Detective Story Hour” based on a
magazine of the same name.The radio drama series temporarily moved to
NBC radio in October 1932. After returning to CBS it disappeared from the
airwaves on March 27, 1935 and later began airing over the new Mutual
Broadcasting System as a half-hour series called “The Shadow” on
Sunday evenings and continued there until the final episode on
December 26, 1954.
A 22-year-old Orson Welles was the voice of The Shadow
(Lamont Cranston) from September 1937 to October 1938.
Stephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen
(December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000)
The Comedian, actor, composer. was the first host of "The Tonight Show”
from 1954 to 1957 on NBC-TV.
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.
