F. W. Mountjoy & Sons Ltd.
71 Quadrant Rd, Onehunga, Auckland. (1933 – 1938)
Radiojoy House, 3 Campbell Rd, Royal Oak, Auckland (1938 – 1950)

Brand: Radiojoy

A family operated radio manufacturer and dealership in Auckland from 1933 till the 1950’s.

F.W. Mountjoy advertised a five valve superhet for sale in September 1933.[1]
In 1936 the company was advertising Australian STC radios and in March 1937 announced the new “Radiojoy, big five world wave model”.[2]

In March 1938, due to ever increasing Radiojoy sales they moved to larger premises in Royal Oak, Auckland and named the building Radiojoy House. [3] Also in March, 1938 the company advertised Radiojoy , Domonion, Gulbransen, HMV, Lyratone and Yale brand radios for sale.[4]

Manufacturing slowed down during WW2 and they advertised in 1943 that “every man from the manufacturing section is in the armed forces”. [5] However by the end of the WW2 manufacturing increased and they advertised new Radiojoy models. [6]

F. W. Mountjoy & Sons Ltd., was registered as a New Zealand Limited company on the 16 August 1946.[7]

Radio production ceased in 1950. The company continued as a home appliance retailer until December 1997. [7][8]

[1] Auckland Star Sep 16, 1933, Page 2.
[2] Auckland Star Mar 20, 1937, Page 26.
[3] New Zealand Herald Mar 15, 1938, Page 2.
[4] Auckland Star Mar 7, 1938, Page 3.
[5] Auckland Star Aug 5, 1943, Page 1.
[6] Auckland Star Dec 29, 1945, Page 11.
[7] New Zealand Companies Directory, accessed February 2019.
[8] The Golden Age of Radio in the Home, John Stokes, page 76.