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April 1957 Radio & TV News

April 1957 Radio & TV News [Table of Contents] Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Radio & Television News, published 1919-1959. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.

You will be excused for not knowing that Norelco, famous today (or was it seemingly just yesterday?) for its line of electric shavers, coffee makers, and cassette recorders, once was famous for its radio loudspeakers. Norelco also offered a line of wooden speaker cabinets. This advertisement appeared in the April 1957 issue of Radio and TV News magazine. "images coming soon..., the copy writer's a poet," to shamelessly paraphrase Sir Percy Blakeney from "The Scarlet Pimpernel."

Norelco Advertisement

Birds of a feather

flock together,

And so will pigs

and swine;

Rats and mice

will have their choice,

And so will I

have mine.

My choice is Norelco,

Speakers, of course,

The reason I'm honored to tell;

Few other speakers are

quite as true,

Or will please you

half as well.

Norelco* F.R.S. Speakers are available in 5", 8" or 12" sizes in standard impedances. Priced from $6.75 to $59.98. Blueprints are available for the do-it-yourself enclosure builder. Norelco Enclosures are available in three sizes, priced from. $33.75 to $119.95.

Add to ... and improve any sound system with Norelco^®

*Full Response Speakers

Write today to Dept. G4 for brochures and prices of these unique speakers.

North American Philips Col, Inc.

100 E. 42nd St., New York 17, N.Y.

Here are a few other Christmas-related items on RF Cafe:

• Thordarson Christmas Advertisement - December 1929
• National Company Christmas and Happy New Year - January 1942
• Hallicrafters - A Good Old Fashioned Christmas - January 1942
• National Company Christmas and New Year Greeting - January 1941
• Amateur Radio Christmas Comics - January 1942 QST
• Jensen Radio Advertisement - January 1945 Radio News
• E. F. Johnson Christmas Ad - December 1953 QST
• Hallicrafters Ad: A Message for Christmas - January 1941 QST
• A Christmastide Muddle - January 1930 Radio-Craft
• Thordarson Christmas Advertisement - December 1929 QST
• Norelco Advertisement - April 1957 Radio & TV News
• How Christmas Came to S. McSquegg - December 1953 QST
• Mac's Radio Service Shop: A Breathing Spell - January 1955 Radio & Television News
• "Merry Christmas" from the Staff - December 1958 Radio-Electronics
• Kenyon Transformer Holiday Message - January 1941 QST
• Carl and Jerry: Under the Mistletoe - December 1958 Popular Electronics
• The Day Before Christmas - December 1958 Radio-Electronics
• The Telephone News - Bell Telephone,  December 1958
• Hallicrafters Ad: Good Old Fashioned Christmas - January 1942 QST
• Terminal Radio Corp. Christmas and New Year Greeting - January 1941 QST
• National Company: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - January 1942 QST
• National Company: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - January 1941 QST
• What Happens When Engineers Think Too Much About Christmas
• Politically Correct "The 12 Days of Christmas"
• "12 Days of Christmas" Memo

Posted July 11, 2023
(updated from original post on 5/26/2017)