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The company was founded by William J. Halligan and based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. In 1966 Halligan sold the company to the Northrop Corporation and Halligan family involvement ended.
In Boston, Massachusetts, during the spring of 1899, Hallicrafters founder William J. Halligan was born. It would be another thirty-two years before he or anyone else new how crucial a role he would play in the development of radio technology.
William (Bill) J. Halligan, founder of Hallicrafters, was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1899. He got his first ham license as a teenager. Even at that age he considered himself a radio experimenter and bulit an early spark-gap transmitter.
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Founded in Chicago by amateur radio enthusiast William J. Halligan. The company name was derived from Halligan handcrafters. By the late 1930s, Hallicrafters was one of the most popular amateur radio manufacturers.
History. William J. Halligan founded his own radio manufacturing company in Chicago in late 1932. Prior to this, he had been involved in radio parts sales for some years but decided that the time was right for a handcrafted amateur radio receiver the company name being a combination of Halli (gan) and (hand)crafters.
Apr 1, 2021 · William J. Halligan (1898-1992), founder of the long-defunct Hallicrafters Company, remains something of a cult hero among today’s dwindling but dedicated community of vintage radio collectors (let’s call them “radioheads”).
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Jul 23, 1992 · William J. Halligan, 93, founder and retired chairman of Hallicrafters Co., started the firm in 1933 as a supplier of amateur shortwave radios and then developed it into a major manufacturer...
