[BC] RCA phono plugs - How far back?

[Fred Gleason]

On Wednesday 03 September 2008 04:16:27 pm Vernon Kuehn wrote:
> What I cannot remember is how old some of the radios were
> that had an RCA phono jack on the back for input.  Someone help me
> there.  One Internet source indicated early 40s as the origin,
> another source indicated maybe in the 30s but neither source offered
> any specifics or back up.

I have a General Electric H-116 console radio here in the lobby.  Big fella, 
about three and a half feet high, with 'piano-key' style tuning preset 
buttons, dating from around 1937.  It has what is recognizably an RCA-style 
phono plug on the back of the chassis, which can be selected for playout by 
depressing one of the keys (marked 'Phono-Tele') on the front panel.

So it would appear that the 'RCA phono plug' has been around since at least 
the mid/late 30s.

Cheers!


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