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Headquarters. Syosset, New York. Lafayette Radio Electronics Corporation was an American radio and electronics manufacturer and retailer from approximately 1931 to 1981, headquartered in Syosset, New York, a Long Island suburb of New York City. The company sold radio sets, Amateur radio (Ham) equipment, citizens band (CB) radios and related ...
Circuit City Corporation, Inc., formerly Circuit City Stores, Inc., is an American consumer electronics retail company, which was founded in 1949 by Samuel Wurtzel as the Wards Company, operated stores across the United States, and pioneered the electronics superstore format in the 1970s. [2][3] After multiple purchases and a successful run on ...
Incredible Universe – closed in 1997; six stores acquired by Fry's Electronics and the rest shut down; J&R – major New York City electronics and music store officially closed in April 2014; Lafayette Radio; Lechmere; Luskin's – Baltimore, Maryland-based appliance and electronics retailer [94] [95]
radioshack.com. RadioShack (formerly written as Radio Shack) is an American electronics retailer which was established in 1921 as an amateur radio mail-order business. Its parent company, Radio Shack Corporation, was purchased by Tandy Corporation in 1962, shifting its focus from radio equipment to hobbyist electronic components.
In electronic kits: Allied Radio, an electronic parts supply house, had its KnightKits, Lafayette Radio offered some kits, Radio Shack made a few forays into this market with its Archerkit line, Dynaco made its audio products available in kit form (Dynakits), as did H. H. Scott, Inc., Fisher, and Eico; and later such companies as Southwest ...
Box 1: Printed "Lafayette Radio Electronics", centre Box 2: Printed "New International Electronics", centre Box 1: Nine LRE store addresses, centre left Box 2: tape running-times, centre left Box 1: graphic of the Mail Order Sales Center, lower left Box 2: graphic of the world, lower left
KFTE (105.1 FM, "Classic Rock 105.1") is a commercial radio station in Abbeville, Louisiana, broadcasting to the Lafayette, Louisiana, area. KFTE airs a classic rock music format, and is owned by Townsquare Media. Its studios are located on Bertrand Road in Lafayette, and its transmitter is located north of Abbeville, Louisiana .
The Lafayette Radio and Radio Shack chains emerged in this era and the later is still going strong. Credit cards made mail order feasible for small quantities of specialty items like electronics parts. Kit vendors like Heathkit reduced the need for hobbiests to buy individual parts. The electronics hobby has shifted from radio to computers and ...