{"id":6092,"date":"2013-03-28T07:28:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T11:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6092"},"modified":"2025-11-15T07:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T11:48:43","slug":"1939-rca-broadcast-equipment-catalog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/1939-rca-broadcast-equipment-catalog\/","title":{"rendered":"1939 RCA Broadcast Equipment Catalog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RCA-AR-60\"<\/a>Now that I’ve read this scanned 1939 RCA Broadcast Equipment Catalog<\/a>, I realize that I really do<\/em> need an RCA AR-60\u00a0Communications\u00a0Receiver.\u00a0It would make a lovely addition to my antique radio collection!<\/p>\n

Click here to download your copy of the 1939 RCA Broadcast Equipment Catalog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"RCACatalog\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks to David for spotting this!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that I’ve read this scanned 1939 RCA Broadcast Equipment Catalog, I realize that I really do need an RCA AR-60\u00a0Communications\u00a0Receiver.\u00a0It would make a lovely addition to my antique radio collection! Click here to download your copy of the 1939 RCA Broadcast Equipment Catalog. Thanks to David for spotting this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,305,288],"tags":[1830,1302,1827,1829,1828],"class_list":["post-6092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-1939-rca-catalog","tag-radio-nostalgia","tag-rca","tag-rca-ar-60","tag-rca-catalog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Ag","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30410,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/cbc-news-picks-up-story-about-sale-of-rcis-1940s-rca-transmitter\/","url_meta":{"origin":6092,"position":0},"title":"CBC News picks up story about sale of RCI’s WWII era transmitter","author":"Thomas","date":"January 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"After posting a story last week about finding a home for the old RCA transmitter at the former RCI Sackville site, I was approached by CBC reporter, Tori\u00a0Weldon, who recently put together this piece: (Source: CBC News) 'It's like Frankenstein's lab': Massive 78-year-old transmitter for sale Mi'kmaq group hopes it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1940-RCA-Transmitter-Door-1024x682.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1940-RCA-Transmitter-Door-1024x682.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1940-RCA-Transmitter-Door-1024x682.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49876,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/rca-radio-tours-map-circa-1934\/","url_meta":{"origin":6092,"position":1},"title":"RCA Radio Tours Map circa 1934","author":"Thomas","date":"August 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"My friend, Maristella Feustle, recently shared this classic RCA \"Radio Tours\" map of North America. 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