The Radio Corporation of America was an electronics company founded after the First World War and a major manufacturer of commercial and military communications equipment, electron tubes and household electronics.

The Radio Corporation of America was founded in 1919 with the aim, among other things, of pooling patents and developing military and commercial communications technology more efficiently.

The corporation was founded with a majority holding by General Electric and took over shares from American Marconi and Westinghouse.

After 1926, the group took over commercial radio stations and merged them to form the NBC (National Broadcasting Company) chain, in 1929 the Victor Talking Machine Company was acquired and the group was renamed RCA-Victrola. In addition to the record business and the development of the long-play record, the group was very important in the movie business (with RKO) and in the television business. The RCA-NTSC colour television system is still the colour television standard in America today.

With the retirement and death of founder and long-time managing director David Sarnoff in 1970/71, the company conglomerate lost its clout and was broken up in 1986 after majority owner General Electric bought the company and sold off the individual divisions.

• RCA on Wikipedia
• Information on RCA on the website of www.radiomuseum.org