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The company was started as Radio Shack in 1921 by two brothers, Theodore and Milton Deutschmann, who wanted to provide equipment for the new field of amateur radio (also known as ham radio). The brothers opened a one-store retail and mail-order operation in the heart of downtown Boston at 46 Brattle Street.
Two years later and half a continent away, two brothers, Theodore and Milton Deutschmann, opened a one-store retail and mail-order operation in the heart of downtown Boston. They chose the name, "RadioShack," which was a term for the small, wooden structure that housed a ship's radio equipment.
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.
The name RadioShack was derived from a small wooden structure that protected a ship's radio equipment and they thought that it was an apt fit for the store name. It began as a small retail and mail-order business catering to amateur radio enthusiasts, hence the name RadioShack.
Radio Shack company started in 1921 by two brothers, Theodore and Milton Deutschmann, who wanted to provide equipment for the field of amateur, or ham radio. The brothers opened a one-store retail and mail-order operation in downtown Boston at 46 Brattle Street.
The newly formed Radio Shack Corporation under the ownership of the Deutschmann brothers opened the doors of the first Radio Shack store, located in a basement space on Brattle Street in downtown Boston, on January 1, 1936.
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The tale of RadioShack begins with the Deutschmann brothers, Theodore and Milton, who established the first store in Boston, Massachusetts. Initially catering to amateur radio enthusiasts,...
