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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

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

1949

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

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

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

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