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Pacific (Brand) Various manufacturers
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| Name: | Pacific (Brand) Various manufacturers (NZ) | ||||||||||||
| Abbreviation: | pacificnz | ||||||||||||
| Products: | Model types | ||||||||||||
| Summary: |
Pacific Brand Radios were manufactured and distributed by the following Companies from 1933 until 1953.
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| Founded: | 1933 | ||||||||||||
| Closed: | 1953 | ||||||||||||
| Production: | 1933 - 1953 | ||||||||||||
| History: |
Pacific Radio Co. Ltd.; Distributors 1933-1937 L.B. Scott Ltd., South Island Distributors. Their radios were manufactured by Radio Corporation of NZ Ltd. as a “private brand” and were typically art deco styled but containing standard Radio Corp chassis. Their sets, like the Courtenay brand, used American valves. throughout. [1] The company was Registered in Wellington in June 1933 by P.P O’Brien and Doreen C. Beasley, incidentally on the same day as Courtenay Radio Ltd. [2] Around 1935 the motto “Pacific Radio - In a Sphere of its Own” appeared on adverts for radios and handbooks. [3] In January 1937 Radio Corporation of NZ Ltd. reorganised and stopped the manufacture of “private brand” radios prior to listing as a public company. The radio stock held by Pacific Radio must have been plentiful as advertising from dealers continued into early 1938. [4] Akrad Radio Corp. Ltd. (1940-1945 In late 1940 Akrad took over the Pacific brand, logo, and motto to supersede the Futura Brand. [1] G. A. Wooller Co. Ltd.; Distributors (1945-1953) In late 1945 Akrad advertised extensively the “Pacific Radio is on the market again” starting with Model 525.[7] [1] The Golden Age of Radio in the Home, |
This manufacturer was suggested by Alan Larsen.
| Country | Year | Name | 1st Tube | Notes |
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| NZ | 34 | Elite 6 Valve Dual Wave | 6D6 | Pacific Radio Company Elite 6 Valve Dual Wave is an AC operated MW and SW band receiver. |
| NZ | 34/35 | Raleigh 6-valve Dual-Wave | 6D6 | This radio most likely had the same chassis as the Pacific Elite 6-valve dual wave. |
| NZ | 36 | Baby 15 [Tombstone] | 6A7 | 5-Valve superhet broadcast (MW) table tombstone model receiver. See also CQ Model 15, C... |
| NZ | 46 | 756 | ||
| NZ | 45 | Pacific 525 | 6K8GT | 5-valve dual-band, AC-powered superhet. |
| NZ | 36 | Nottingham Ch=33 [Series 2] | 6K7 | Advertised as an “8-valve all wave bander, All-Wave Metal Valve Receiver”. Superhet wit... |
| NZ | 36 | Nottingham Ch=33 [Series 1] | 6K7 | Advertised as an “8-valve all wave bander, All-Wave Metal Valve Receiver”. Superhet wit... |
| NZ | 36 | Salisbury Ch=33 [Series 1] | 6K7 | Advertised as an “8-valve all wave bander, All-Wave Metal Valve Receiver”. Superhet wit... |
| NZ | 36 | Salisbury Ch=33 [Series 2] | 6K7 | Advertised as an “8-valve all wave bander, All-Wave Metal Valve Receiver”. Superhet wit... |
| NZ | 34 | 107 | 58 | 7-Valve superhet with RF stage broadcast (MW) radio. Twin Arc dials. See also Courte... |
| NZ | 47–49 | Pacific 627 | 6SK7 | 6-Valve superhet with RF stage dual wave table chest model receiver. Also available wit... |
| NZ | 33 | 140 | 58 | 7-Valve superhet with RF stage broadcast (MW) tombstone model receiver. See also Courte... |
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