====== RCA (Radio Corporation of America) ======
{{ :logo:rca-logo.jpg?100|}} The **Radio Corporation of America** was an electronics company founded after the First World War and a major manufacturer of commercial and military wireless equipment, electron tubes and household electronics.

===== Company history =====
The **Radio Corporation of America** was founded in 1919 with the aim, among others, of pooling patents and developing military and commercial communications technology more efficiently.

The corporation was founded with a majority held by **General Electric** and took over shares from **American Marconi** and **Westinghouse**.

After 1926, the group took over commercial radio stations and merged them to form the **NBC** (National Broadcasting Company) chain, in 1929 the **Victor Talking Machine Company** was acquired and the group was renamed RCA-Victrola. In addition to the record business and the development of the long-playing record, the group was very important in the movie industry (with RKO) and in the television business. The RCA-NTSC colour television system is still the American colour television standard today.

With the retirement and death of founder and long-time managing director David Sarnoff in 1970/71, the company conglomerate lost its clout and was broken up in 1986 after majority owner General Electric bought the company and sold off the individual divisions.

==== Further information ====
  * [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Corporation_of_America|RCA on Wikipedia]]
  * [[https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?Company_Id=743|Information on RCA on the website of www.radiomuseum.org]]