The Brands of Vintage Radios
On this page you will see lists of the brand names of radios made during the valve era. Whilst this website deals mainly with the Australian industry, I have placed the brands I know about from not only Australia but also Great Britain, Germany, New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America for informational purposes.
Please note that company names that appear more than once are not necessarily linked to each other. Nor are all companies listed. In the case of Europe and the United States there were simply so many manufacturers that it isn't possible to list them all here. In other cases in all lists, there many also be companies that I am not yet aware of. The companies listed below were either radio manufacturers, manufacturers of radio parts or both.
As said, these lists are currently unfinished and will certainly be added to in due course so be sure to re-visit.
Australia & New Zealand | Great Britain & Europe | Canada & United States |
Admiral AU Aegis AU AEI AU Aeradio AU AGE AU Airway AU Airzone AU Airmaster AU Aristone AU Astor AU AWA AU BGE AU Breville AU Brico AU Briton AU Cadet AU Calstan AU Classic AU Chieftain AU Columbus NZ Conlon AU Courtenay NZ Crosley AU Croyden AU Denradio AU Eclipse AU Electrosound AU Elroy AU Essanay AU Emmco AU Federal AU Ferris AU Genalex AU Healing AU HMV AU Hotpoint AU Howard AU Kingsley AU Kriesler AU Lekmek AU Marconiphone AU Maxwell AU Monarch AU Mullard AU Operadio AU Operatic AU Pacemaker AU Peal AU Peter Pan AU Philco AU Philips AU Precedent AU President AU Pye AU RCS Radio AU Reliance AU Slade AU Stromberg Carlson AU STC AU Seyon AU Tasma AU Technico AU Ultimate AU Weldon AU York AU Zenith AU | AEG DE Aeriola DE Aerophon GB Ahemo DE Akkord DE Amplion GB Apparatabau US ARES DE Argus Radiowerk DE ASC DE BASF DE Becker DE Blacombe GB Blaupunkt DE Blohm DE Brandt DE Braun DE Brown GB BTH GB Burndept GB Bush GB Continental DE Cossor GB Daimon DE Decca GB Deradio DE DeTeWe DE Deutch Radiophon DE Dreipunkt DE Dual DE Dynacord DE Ekco GB Elac DE Electro-Shalt-Werk DE Elmug DE Emud DE Euratele DE Ever Ready GB Falk GB Fellows GB Ferguson GB Ferranti GB Funwerk DE Gamage GB GE GB General Radio GB Gerufon DE Graetz DE Graves GB Grundig DE Hacker Radio GB HMV GB Homebrew GB Huth DE Ilse DE ITT Schaub DE Kaiser DE Kolster-Brandes GB Korting DE Kuba DE Loewe DE Lorenze DE Lumophon DE Marconi GB McMichael GB Mende DE Metro-Vickers GB Metz DE Mullard GB Murphy GB Nora DE Nordmende DE Owin DE Philco GB Philips GB, DE US Pilot GB Pye GB Reico DE RI GB Rosita DE Roberts GB Saba DE Seibt DE Siemens DE Sterling GB Stern DE Telefunken DE Ultra Electric GB Vidor GB Wega DE | AC Dayton US Acme US Acratest US Adams Morgan US Addison CA Admiral US Air King US Air-Way US Alden US All American US Allied US American Bosch US Amrad US Andrea US Ansley US Anylite US Apex US Argus US Arvin US Atwater Kent US Audiola US Autocrat US Automatic Radio US Baldwin US Balkeit US Baltimore US Belmont US Bendix US Bogen US Branston US Bremer-Tully US Browning-Drake US Brunswick US Buckingham US Buick US Bulova US Bush & Lane US Cadillac US Canadian Marconi CA Canadian Westinghouse CA Capehart US Cardinal US Carteret US Case Electric US CBS Columbia US Century US Champion US Chelsea US Chevrolet US Clapp Eastham US Cleartone US Climax US Coast to Coast US Colin B Kennedy US Colonial US Columbia Phono US Commonwealth US Concord US Consolidated US Continental US Coronet US Cosmotone US Crescent US Crosley US DeForest US Delco US Detrola US DeWald US Diamond US Distantone US Diva US Dominion CA Drake US Duck US Dumont US Eagle US Echophone US Edison Thomas US EICO US Electronic Corp US Emerson US Empire US ERLA US Espey US Fada US Fairbanks US Falck US Farnsworth US Federal US Ferguson US Firestone US Fischer US Fisher US Flint US Freed US Freshman US Gamble-Skogmo US Garod US Gates US GE US General Motors US General US Gilfillan US Goodyear Tyre US Grebe US Grigsby-Grunow US Hallicrafters US Hammerlund US Heath US Hoffman US Howard US Hewlett Packard US Indiana US International US Kennedy US King US Kolster-Brandes US Lafayette US Magnavox US Majestic US Marksman CA Marquette US Midwest US Montgomery Ward US Motorola US National US Olympic US Packard Bell US Philco CA, US Philips CA Pilot US RCA US Sears Roebuck US Sentinel US Simplex US Stewart Warner US Stromberg Carlson CA, US Sylvania US VRL CA Wells-Gardner US Western Electric US Westinghouse US Zenith US |