Radiola was a

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French

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which broadcast under that name from 6 November 1922 until 28 March 1924 with the intention of promoting the sale of Radiola

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, which were manufactured by the

Société française radio-électrique The Société française radio-électrique (SFR, ''Radiolectric French Company'') was one of the first radiotelegraphic companies, founded by Émile Girardeau in 1910. It supported the conception and the production of the Radiola radio receivers, ...

(SFR), a subsidiary of the

Compagnie générale de la télégraphie sans fil The Compagnie générale de la télégraphie sans fil (CSF: General Wireless Telegraphy Company) was a French company founded in 1918 during a reorganization and expansion of the Société française radio-électrique (SFR), which became a subsidia ...

(CSF). The

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-based station made its first test transmissions on 26 June 1922 and its first

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was broadcast on 6 January 1923. Radiola's chief

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was Marcel Laporte. Renamed

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on 29 March 1924, the station was taken into public ownership on 17 December 1933. It remained on air throughout the

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– under the control of the

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authorities and French collaborationists – until the

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in August 1944.

Sources

* Marcel Laporte, ''Les Mémoires de Radiolo'', B. Grasset, Paris, 1925. * Daniel Cauzard, Jean Perret, and Yves Ronin, "Radiola par la voie des ondes", in ''Le livre des marques'', Éditeur Du May, Paris, 1993, p. 148, .

External links

100 ans de radio – Radiola
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