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The RCA Victor Division was renamed RCA Records; the 'Victor' and 'Victrola' trademarks were no longer used on RCA consumer electronics. 'Victor' was now restricted to the labels and album covers of RCA's regular popular record releases, while the Nipper/"His Master's Voice" trademark was seen only on the album covers of Red Seal records.
- David Sarnoff (first general manager)
The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American recording company and phonograph manufacturer, incorporated in 1901. Victor was an independent enterprise until 1929 when it was purchased by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and became the RCA Victor Division of the Radio Corporation of America until late 1968, when it was renamed RCA ...
- 1929; 94 years ago
- Camden, New Jersey
- 1901; 122 years ago
RCA-Victor Company merged from two earlier companies — Victor Talking Machine Company and the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). The Victor Talking Machine Company was founded in 1901 after the development of the cylinder phonograph.
Due to hostilities between Japan and the United States during World War II, ties between RCA Victor and its Japanese subsidiary Victor Company of Japan (Nippon Victor) were severed. JVC's record company is known today as Victor Entertainment and still retains the Nipper / His Master's Voice trademark for use in Japan.
- January 9, 1900; 123 years ago (as Consolidated Talking Machine Company)
- Sony Music Entertainment (International), RCA Label Group (UK), Legacy Recordings (reissues)
- Various
- New York City
In 1929, RCA (Radio Corporation of America) acquired the Victor Talking Machine Company, the world’s biggest phonographs and phonograph records maker during that time. The acquisition led to the establishment of the subsidiary RCA Victor and a majority ownership of JVC (Japan Victor Company).
The company was a major factor in music records and record players (RCA Victor, Victrolas), military, aerospace, satellites, and broadcast markets. In almost any application which involved “electronics,” RCA was there. The RCA logo, and that of RCA Victor was as well-known worldwide as that of McDonald’s is today (Figure 2a and 2b).
Apr 12, 2017 · This once-great company changed hands once more and was purchased by RCA (the rival radio manufacturer) in 1929. RCA was itself in trouble the next year when the Great Depression began—Johnson sold out just in time. The Victor name lived on as RCA-Victor. The company continued making record players and discs in addition to radios.
