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Founder and CEO of Zenith Radio Corporation: Known for: Marketed the first portable multiband radio, the first TV remote control, and developer of the worlds first “Pay Per View” television service that made its global debut on May 1, 1950 . Yachtsman, detailed management style, and commitment to quality of Zenith Radio Corporation products.
They were joined in 1921 by Eugene F. McDonald, [4] and Zenith Radio Company was incorporated in 1923. The fledgling company soon became known for its high-quality radios and electronic innovations. Zenith introduced the first portable radio in 1924, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] the first mass-produced AC radio in 1926, [ 5 ] and push-button tuning in 1927. [ 4 ]
Zenith was contracted to build 250 containers for this purpose. It is rumored that Fidel Castro made one his personal radio for years afterwards. During the tube or valve T/O model run, this receiver did not include an 88-108 MHz FM radio band. Eugene McDonald died in 1958, but he was personally involved in the design changes to 'his' radio to ...
A shortwave radio receiver is a radio receiver that can receive one or more shortwave bands, between 1.6 and 30 MHz. A shortwave radio receiver often receives other broadcast bands, such as FM radio, Longwave and Mediumwave. Shortwave radio receivers are often used by dedicated hobbyists called shortwave listeners.
In the United States, it competed with, and ultimately lost to, the Zenith/GE system, which the FCC chose as the standard in 1961. While both systems used multiplexing to transmit the L-R stereo signal, the Crosby system used a frequency-modulated 50 kHz subcarrier, whereas the competing Zenith/GE system used an amplitude-modulated 38 kHz ...
In addition to playing records on phonographs, consumers in the 1930s and 1940s listened to radio programs on separate radio receivers, often large wooden consoles. [1] [2] Home audio devices containing both a record player and a wireless radio receiver were usually called radiograms or stereograms in British English, and consoles in American ...
Zenith Classic Rock is an independent regional radio station in Ireland broadcasting from Kilkenny. It is owned by Andy Linton of Total Broadcast Consultants Ltd. and airs a Classic rock format, targeting an adult audience.
Zenith Data Systems Corporation (ZDS) was an American computer systems manufacturing company active from 1979 to 1996.It was originally a division of the Zenith Radio Company (later Zenith Electronics), after they had purchased the Heath Company and, by extension, their Heathkit line of electronic kits and kit microcomputers, from Schlumberger in October 1979.