Westinghouse Antique Radios
The Westinghouse associated with the antique radios today, was established in 1880. From the year it was established, the company has concentrated on manufacturing different electrical products. The company was considered to be the leader in establishing power distribution even for homes located at a distance to the power source. It was only in 1921 that Westinghouse started to offer radios. However, the company didn’t manufacture their radios. The radios of Westinghouse were manufactured by RCA or Radio Corporation of America. Westinghouse continued to sell radios until the 60s.
The first Westinghouse radios were compact radios. Although it didn’t bear the name of RCA, the manufacturing design could be attributed to RCA. However, RCA only manufactured for Westinghouse until 1930. From the 30s until Westinghouse ended their production during the 60s, the radios built by Westinghouse had a different design as the company expanded to phonograph and other related products. The hobbyists are usually after the Westinghouse radios that were built by RCA. These radios feature tubes which was essential for radios during that time. They were small radios but highly efficient in performance. There are also transistor radios by Westinghouse produced during the early 50s that also became collector’s item.
