THE GREAT MULLARD MAGIC BLOG — RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA (RCA)

The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was formed in 1919 by General Electric, AT & T and United Fruit with the encouragement of the US Federal Government which wanted to maintain US leadership in long distance communications.  Post war American Marconi was bought by General Electric and transferred to RCA.  General Electric and Westinghouse made RCA their exclusive marketing channel for receivers and tubes in return for cross licenses to their patents.  In 1941 RCA had decided to bring its R&D on to a single 260 acre site it purchased near Princeton University. The chosen site was close to its...