• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; New York, NY

• Year
• 1948/1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 38613

• • alternative name: Emerson Television

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AT6 50B5 35W4

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 579 or 579A Ch= 120034A - Emerson Radio & Phonograph

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).

• Notes

• Open Table Model.
  BC (540-1620kHz) band. Built-in loop antenna. Cabinet is Walnut colored plastic.
  479 is in Bunis/Slusser 2 to 7, in Beitman, in Rider's and in Grinder;
  479A in Bunis/Slusser and in Sam's Photofacts.
  difference between 379 and 579A not yet known.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 10, 1950

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Emerson Radio and Television Service Manual (Page 176)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (61-6)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 19 = covering late 1948 to early 1949 (Copyright 1949) (Emerson 19-32)

• Other Models

• Here you find 2101 models, 1158 with images and 1659 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; New York, NY