Victor/RCA
      General Information

• About RCA (RCA's history)
• Thomson Consumer Electronics
  • A Journey Through the Century
  • Multimedia Timeline
  • RCA Advertising Timeline (Thomson Consumer Electronics)
• David Sarnoff Library - Princeton, NJ (Dr. Alex Magoun, Executive Director)
• History of Nipper and His Master's Voice - Heriot-Watt University (UK)
• History of His Master's Voice Painting - Erik Østergaard (Denmark)
• Mark Barraud's best friend - Story behind His Master's Voice painting (EMI Classics)
• Nipper Story - courtesy Nipperhead
• Nipperhead  (Alternate Site) - History of the talking machine, glossary, etc.
• Nipperscape - All about Nipper

Restorations, Repairs &
     Parts (Vendors)

Radio  |  Gramophones & Records  |  TV

• Antique Radio Restoration & Repair - Pomfret Center, CT
• Dave's Antique Radio and TV Restorations - Syracuse, NY
• Phil's Old Radios - list of parts suppliers
• John's Vintage Radio, LLC - Morris County, NJ
• JustRadio - Antique Radio Schematics - schematic diagrams for vintage tube radios
• Tom's Antique Radio Repair - Dayton, OH area
• Antique Electronics Supply - Tempe, AZ
• Urban Radio & Vintage HiFi - Mike Urban, Milford, CT
• Virginia City Radio Museum - Virginia City, NV

  Gramophones & Records

• Audio Antique LLC - Restoration (phonos, wind-ups, collectibles), merchandise
• APSCO Antique Phonograph Supply Co. - Davenport Ctr, NY
• Bill's Clock Shop - Repair of Victrolas (and clocks), Fairborn, OH (e-mail)
• The Collectors Guide To 'His Master's Voice' Nipper Souvenirs - EMI Classics
• CVC Productions& Media Transfers, Orlando, FL - Restoration
• Disc Doctor - Parts & supplies, St. Louis, MO
• Graham Newton's Audio-Restoration - Don Mills, Ontario
• His Master's Vice - Scotia, NY
• His Master's Voice Antiques - Houston, Texas
• J & M Wholesale - Bedford, United Kingdom
• Jackson's Clock Works - Pendleton, Indiana (Victrola motor repair)
• Nipperhead Antique Phonographs  |  On-line Manuals - Location??
• Rose and Gracey's Antiques - Arlington, VA
• Wyatt's Musical Americana Talking Machine Co. - Lakeport, CA

 Television & TV Cameras

• TV Camera Restoration - Chuck Pharis (KA6USA) Video

Appraisals

• No vendors listed yet - Want to be listed here?
• New Jersey Antique Radio Club
• Phil's Old Radios - Beginner's Guide, where to look for appraisals

Books, Literature &
     Periodicals

• Antique Radio Classified - Monthly, for Buyers and Sellers;  Book for sale
• APSCO Antique Phonograph Supply Co. - Books on talking machines, etc.
• The Horn Speaker - Antique radio & phonograph, newsletter and on-line
• Mulholland Press
• Nipperhead
• Phonophan
• Resources for Phonograph Collectors
• 78 Quarterly

For Sale (ads & auctions)

• Antique-Radio.com e-Bay listings  |  Victor listings only  |  RCA Antiques only
• The Online Radio Trader (OLRT)
• The Radiola Guy (sales and auctions)

Victrolas,
     Gramophones, etc.

• Aaron & Thea Cramer Phonograph Collection
• Antique Phonograph Gallery - Victor  |  Nipper
• The Edison Shop
• Jim Millsap's Antique Phonograph and Radio Parlor
• Mr. Victor - Excellent photo collection of Victrolas; phonograph valuations
• Nipperhead on-line Victrola Catalog - 1923
• The Old Crank
• Record catalogs and other issues of the VTMC
• Rose and Gracey's Antiques - talkingmachine.com
• Tim Gracyk's Antique Record Machines - Good list of manufacturers
• Victor Orthophonic Records - Jason Almeida
• The Victor Victrola Page - Includes photos, book list, serial numbers
• Victrola Manual - Transcription of the 1924 manual with artwork
• The Virtual Gramophone (Canada) - History, Databases, Audio (English & Français)
• The World of Gramophones

RCA Radio, TV, etc.

List of Vintage RCA Military Radios (VARA)

 

Military Television (VARA)

• Antique Radio Page  |  Book Store
• Boat Anchors (old radios) - List of sites (all brands)
• Broadcast Archive:  RCA Broadcast Equipment - Mishkind, Hoover & Young
• Chuck Pharis (TV Camera Collector) - Collector of TV cameras & Radios
• The Color Television Revolution - Kris Trexler
• Ed Reitan's Color Television History
• EY's Old Time Radio Shows - In MP3 and RealAudio
• JustRadio - Antique Radio Schematics - schematic diagrams for vintage tube radios
• Luc Sirois' vintage TV collection  |  Collection de télévisions anciennes (Français)
• Microphones - Stanley Coutant, Pasadena City College - mic's & more!
• Nostalgia Air - Vintage Radio References (schematics, manuals, tubes, etc.)
• Phil's Old Radios - Wealth of information for collectors, restorers, etc.
• Radio Era - "For the preservation of the age of radio"
• Radio Attic's Archives - Photos of numerous old radios (Master List)
• The Radiola Guy - Vintage Radio and TV
• RadioMuseum.org - Antique radios; Search capability (Deutsch, Français)
• RCA AR-88 Receiver - Jose Gavila (EB5AGV) (his home page)
• RCA AR88/CR88 - Ray Robinson
• TV Transmitters and Antennas - Barry Mishkind
• VideoDisk (SelectaVision) - More recent vintage work done by RCA
• Vintage Television Receivers - "Hangar31" Vintage TV Museum

Radiomarine Corporation of America

  aka RMCA, RCA Radiomarine

• Radiomarine Corporation of America - Inland Marine Radio History Archive

78's, Phonographs & Music

Library of Congress
Sound Online Inventory and Catalog (SONIC)

• Main Menu
• Radio Broadcasts
• News Only Radio Broadcasts
• Commercial 78s, 45s, and Cassettes
• Archival (Unpublished) Collections
• Music Only
• Spoken Word Only

Online Discography Project

• Victor
• RCA/Victor

• 78rpm Shops in USA, Canada and Brazil
• American Gramophone & Wireless Co.
• Antique Center of Texas / Alex's Collectibles - Houston, TX
• Bill Clark's 78 rpm Web Site
• Crank Up the Memories
• Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine
• For 100 Years, He Ain't Been Nothin' But A Hound Dog - Chuck Miller
• His Master's Vice
• Home Recording Disks
• Label Art - Thumbnails of many record labels
• Maddocks - 78s sales, service, history & label images
• Nauck's Vintage Records
• Needle Tins - Ruth Lambert's collection & sales (UK)
• Nipperhead Antique Phonograph Site  |  Victor Manuals
• Old Time Victrola Music On Cassette
• Phonograph Companion
• The 78 rpm Record Home Page  |  Repair & Cleaning 78's
• 78 Tours.com (French, some English)
• Tyrone's Record and Phonograph Page
• Video Interchange - Service Converts 78's (and other media) to CD/DVD
• John Wright's Vintage Jazz and Dance on 78's (UK)

Turntables - 78-rpm &
     Noise Reduction

• KAB Electro-Acoustics - Modern tables, noise reduction, etc.
• Nauck's Vintage Records - Everything 78;  Turntable models for sale
• Record Finder - Multiple speed, modern table

Vacuum Tubes
    RCA Radiotron

• Riders Perpetual Troubleshooters Manuals - CD/DVD (Radio Era Archives)
• Tube Collectors Association
• Vacuum Tubes Inc. - RCA and Cunningham tubes (history)
• Vacuum Tube Valley - Sales, Reference
• Vintage Tube Services - Including history of RCA Vacuum Tubes & RCA Labs

RCA SelectaVision VideoDisc
     (Capacitance Electronic Discs)

• CED Magic Home Page
• CED Magic Fourums Page
• Who's Who in RCA VideoDisc

Other RCA/Victor Products

RCA Victor Theremin - the first electronic synthesizer
• Art's Theremin Page
• Therminvox - News, stories, forum, library, shop
• Theremin World - News, forums, shopping, etc.
• Vintage Components (UK)

RCA Home Studio II Video Game
• MSN Groups

RCA BIZMAC Computers
• RCA BIZMAC Computer - Please suggest a link!

RCA 1802 COSMAC Microprocessor
• Antique Chip Collectors Page
• COSMAC ELF
• Decode Systems - CDP1802, MICROTUTOR II, VIP, ELF, chip sets, etc.
• MSN Groups COSMAC ELF

Clubs & Organizations

• Antique Radio Clubs - Listing of national and regional clubs
• Antique Wireless Association (AWA)
• Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)
• Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia
• Canadian Antique Phonograph Society
• City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society
• Michigan Antique Phonograph Society
• New Jersey Antique Radio Club
• Radio History Society
• Tube Collectors Association
• Wolverine Antique Music Society (WAMS)

Museums, Libraries & Collections

• Camden County Historical Society - Camden, NJ
• David Sarnoff Library - Princeton, NJ
• Delaware State Museum - Johnson Victrola Museum - Dover, DE
• Early Television Foundation & Museum - Hilliard, OH
• Historic Camden County.com - CCHS Victor Exhibit
• Johnson Victrola Museum - Dover, DE (Museum Listing)
• K2TQN's Old Radio and Radio History - John Dilks, Egg Harbor, NJ
• Museum of Radio and Technology - Huntington, WV
• Museum of the City of San Francisco - San Francisco, CA
• The New England Wireless and Steam Museum - East Greenwich, RI
• Pavek Museum of Broadcasting - St. Louis Park, Minnesota
• Phonograph Museum Switzerland - In German and English
• Radio Museum Rottenburg (German) - In English and German
• The Radio & Television Museum - Bowie, MD
• Telemusem (Sweden)  in Swedish - Sweden
• Vintage Television Receivers - "Hangar31" Vintage TV Museum
• Virginia City Radio Museum - Virginia City, NV

Mailing Lists, Forums, Blogs &
     Message Boards

• Antique Phonograph Gallery e-Mail List
• Audio Roundtable - several forums (check out the Vintage and Antique forums)
• David Sarnoff Library Blogspot
• Maddocks e-Mail Lists - numerous lists of varying topics
• Old Time Victrola Music Message Board
• Ol' Radios e-Mail List - Old radios, telegraph, spark gap, etc. (John Dilks, K2TQN)
• QTH.net - RCA e-Mail list
• 78-L e-Mail List and Archive
• 78-C e-Mail List and Archive - for buying/selling or trading early vintage sound recordings

Internet News Groups

• alt.radio.oldtime - Old-time radio, performers and artists
• rec.antiques.radio+phono - 80% antique radio, 10% antique phono
• rec.music.early - Mostly pre-20^th century recordings, some 78's
• rec.music.marketplace - Buy & sell records
• rec.music.marketplace.misc - Similar to above

Web Rings

• CVC Productions Web Ring Links
• The Phonograph Ring - List of Members  |  Ring Home Page

Historical Information

• Berliner Gram-o-phone Company (Canada)
• The Broadcast Archive
• The Birth of the Recording Industry - by Allen Koenigsberg
• Chris' Brief History of Sound and Music Recording
• David Sarnoff Library - Alex Magoun
• Ed Reitan's Color Television History
• For 100 Years, He Ain't Been Nothin' But A Hound Dog - Chuck Miller
• Development of the LP - by Edward Wallerstein (1891-1970)
• History of His Master's Voice Painting - Erik Østergaard (Denmark)
• History of Sound Recording and Broadcasting Technology - Timeline
• Les Flory Television and Electronics Page - Photos & History, RCA Camden Labs
• Lost and Found Sound - National Public Radio series
• Mark's Index to the History of TV Technology
• NBC Broadcasting in Chicago: 1921-1989
• Nipper and His Master's Voice
• The Outline of Radio - History of radio, by John V.L. Hogan (1923)
• History of the Phonograph - "On This Day"
• The Phonograph - Jones Telecomm & Multimedia Encyclopedia
• Radio History Society
• Recording Technology History
• Victor Talking Machine article in Courier Post

Personalities

• Ernst Alexanderson (Sweden) - Former RCA chief engineer
• Emile Berliner - Inventor of the microphone and gramophone
• Emile Berliner - Another bio from Musée des ondes Emile Berliner (Montreal)
• Enrico Caruso - Italian tenor - Victor's greatest recording artist;  Some audio files
• Enrico Caruso - Fan page
• Edwin A. LaPort - Former RCA Chief Engineer;  Author Radio Antenna Engineering, 1952
• Vladimir Kosma Zworykin - Invented the cathode ray tube (picture tube)
• Vladimir Zworykin Photo Gallery - Vintage Photos from Steve Restelli

Marginally Related
     But Interesting

• Dead Media Project - Info on numerous supplanted technologies
• 8-Track Heaven - Remember 8-tracks?
• The M31 Galaxy of Transistor Radios - Those handheld wonders
• Yesterday USA - Old radio programs on Internet, radio, C-band

Who to Contact?

• Add a site, correct a listing, contact website author
• Want to be listed here as a Guru in some field?  Drop me a note!
• Ask the Victrola Answer-man
• Ask the 78 Answer-man
• Ask the Restoration Answer-man
• Ask the Victor/RCA Historian
• Ask the David Sarnoff Library Expert
• Ask the International Needle Tin Expert

Lots of Other Links

• Antique Radio Classified - Radio On The Web
• Antique Radios On-line - Antique Radio Resources
• Tyrone Settlemier - Extensive list of links (records, photos, collections, for sale, etc.)

Web page access since July 1999