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  1. William Halligan, one of Deutschmann's first employees and later the founder of Hallicrafters, suggested the name, “Radio Shack”. They chose the name, "Radio Shack," which was a term for the room that housed a ship's radio equipment.

  2. Radio Shack started in 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts by brothers Theodore and Milton Deutschmann. They wanted to provide equipment for the cutting-edge field of amateur, or ham, radio. The store’s name was taken from a slang phrase of the time denoting any place where radio equipment was kept and used.

  3. An employee named it Radio Shack after the room that housed a ships radio equipment, referred to as the Radio Shack. The brothers thought the name was fitting since their store would supply the equipment for ships’ radio officers, as well as ham radio operators.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › RadioShackRadioShack - Wikipedia

    RadioShack (formerly written as Radio Shack) is an American electronics retailer, which was established in 1921 as an amateur radio mail-order business. Its original parent company, Radio Shack Corporation, was purchased by Tandy Corporation in 1962, shifting its focus from radio equipment to hobbyist electronic components. At its peak in 1999 ...

  5. In 1985 the company entered the name brand retail market with the acquisitions of Scott-McDuff and Video Concepts, two electronic equipment chain stores. The 290 stores organized under the Tandy Brand Name Retail Group did not follow the RadioShack policy of selling exclusively private label brands.

  6. 4 days ago · Long before the now ubiquitous boutique hotels with their nightclub lighting and Pee Wee’s Playhouse decor, there existed perhaps one of the most storied and iconic of New York hotels, the St. Moritz, located at 50 Central Park South in New York City.

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  8. Apr 10, 1976 · Mr. Dutschmann and his father started a shop in an old shack in Boston in 1923 to sell parts to experimenters with wireless radio. The Tandy Corporation bought the business in 1962, and Mr ...