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A Radiophone in Every Home
William Stephenson and the General Radio Company Limited, 1922-1928
by Ian L. Sanders and Lorne Clark
ISBN 978-0-9570773-0-0
Broadcasting began in the UK in November 1922 with the formation of the British Broadcasting Company. Manufacturers wishing to supply radio equipment to the public had to first become shareholder members of the British Broadcasting Company. Literally hundreds of manufacturers, attracted by the huge market opened up by a broadcast service, started to offer wireless receivers. This book relates the story of one particular firm, the General Radio Company Limited. Its founder, Canadian engineer, William Samuel Stephenson, was a distinguished inventor and a canny businessman. He developed a system for the wireless transmission of pictures, and, with his colleague George Walton, took out patents relating to mechanical television, including one concerning the synchronising of the remote television receiver. Stephenson, himself, went on to achieve notoriety in later life for his services to the British and American Intelligence Services. The history of the Company provides a window on Britain’s early radio manufacturing heritage.
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