Name: | Tele-Tone Radio Corp., Tele-Tone Co. Inc.; New York (NY) (USA) |
alternative name: | Teletone |
Abbreviation: | tele-tone |
Products: | Model types |
Summary: |
Tele-Tone Radio Corporation, 609 West 51st Street, New York, NY.
Also known subsidiaries:
Also known as:
Manufacturer of "private label" phonographs for large chain, department and discount stores as well as of its own broad line of stereo components and guitar amplifiers (1972). Maker of AM/FM and FM radios with and without clock, phonographs and novelty radios (line of Early American telephone or grandfather clock desing radios) in the early 1960s. They were added to the Columbia Record SQ hardware licensee list in 1972 (Billboard, 15. Apr. 1972). "Tele-Tone" trademark registered in 1977, claimed to be in use since 1945. It expired in 1997. Also spelled "Teletone" (e.g. in Rider's), they are not to be confused with the pre-war company Teletone Corp. of America. |
Founded: | 1947 |
History: |
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Country | Year | Name | 1st Tube | Notes |
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USA | 52 | U | ||
USA | 52 | W | ||
USA | 52 | A | ||
USA | 52 | D | ||
USA | 46–48 | 100 Ch= A late | 12SA7 | "Radioptikon" - enclosed antenna looped for greater sensitivity. |
USA | 48 | 100A Ch= A late | 12SA7 | |
USA | 46–48 | 101 Ch= A late | 12SA7 | |
USA | 48 | 101J Ch= J | 12BE6 | |
USA | 46 | 109 Ch= A late | 12SA7 | Also with tubes: 12BE6, 12BA6, 12AT6, 50B5, 35W4. |
USA | 48 | 111 Ch= A late | 12SA7 | |
USA | 48 | 113 Ch= A late | 12SA7 | |
USA | 47 | 115 Ch= B | 12SA7 |
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