August 1947 QST
 Table
of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
QST, published December 1915 - present (visit ARRL
for info). All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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Radio Shack, like so many of America's
original great companies, was born in the early formative year of electronics and
lived long and prospered through the rest of the century during its glory days,
then eventually waned into insignificance and obsolescence after around Y2K. It
is not always simply an unwillingness to adapt to new technologies and methods that
doomed Radio
Shack and those like them. The forces behind those life cycles are often beyond
their control because start-ups vying for market share do not carry the burden of
and have to deal with established investments in people, facilities, and infrastructure.
This advertisement from a 1947 issue of QST magazine was from the original
Radio Shack in Boston, Massachusetts.
The company was bought by Tandy Corporation in the 1960s, then sold to hedge fund
operator General Wireless in the mid 2000s. Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy in
2015 and the few remaining outlets are now run by
Retail ECommerce
Ventures.
Radio Shack Advertisement
 The Radio Shack brings you Popular Values
at Sensationally Lower Prices!
* The one and only original Radio Shack is located in Boston and has no branches
or affiliates elsewhere.
The Best surplus Communications Receiver Value in the World!
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