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- 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 Records.
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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 Records.
- 1929; 94 years ago
- Camden, New Jersey
- 1901; 122 years ago
In January 1929, RCA purchased the Victor Talking Machine Company; this acquisition became known as the RCA Victor division of the Radio Corporation of America, and included ownership of Victor's Japanese subsidiary, the Victor Company of Japan (JVC), formed in 1927 and controlling interest in The Gramophone Company Ltd. (later EMI Records) in ...
- David Sarnoff (first general manager)
General Electric formed the Radio Corporation of America in 1919 in order to acquire the assets of the British-owned American Marconi. It was the only company operating in the United States equipped to handle transatlantic radio and telegraph communications.
So in 1929, the names RCA, Victor, HMV, Marconiphone, and a good share of the Marconi-Osram Valve company became linked in the radio business, to the exclusion of Marconi themselves who had agreed to wait some 20 years before rejoining the fray.
The Radio Corporation of America officially changed its name to the RCA Corporation; the RCA Victor Division was now known as RCA Records. The 'Victor' trademark now appeared only on the labels and album covers of RCA's regular popular record releases.
RCA Victor , Montreal from A1 to BT-60, Canada, 382 pictures, 367 schematics, 530 tubes, 17 semiconductors, Radio Catalog
The company then became RCA-Victor. With Victor, RCA acquired New World rights to the famous Nipper trademark. RCA Victor produced many radio-phonographs. The company also created new techniques for adding sound to film. In 1931, RCA Victor developed and released the first 33¨÷ rpm records to the public.
