Crosley Radio is an audio electronic manufacturing company headquartered in

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. It is a modern incarnation of the original Crosley Corporation which existed from 1921 to 1956. Modern Marketing Concepts resurrected the Crosley name after the original brand was discontinued by parent company

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in 1956, due to declining sales. The modern Crosley first marketed turntables in 1992. Today, Crosley is a marketer of turntables, as well as

radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a tr ...

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jukeboxes A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that will play a patron's selection from self-contained media. The classic jukebox has buttons, with letters and numbers on them, which are used to sele ...

. In 2017, Crosley introduced the 'Vinyl Rocket' – the first vinyl jukebox in its catalog, and the "world's only vinyl jukebox in current production". The machine holds up to 70 seven-inch records, and can play both A and B sides using a “unique rotating vinyl mechanism” for a total of 140 possible selections.Crosley is bringing vinyl jukeboxes back from the dead with the Vinyl Rocket
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{{reflist Companies based in Louisville, Kentucky Electronics companies established in 1984 1984 establishments in Kentucky American companies established in 1984 Audio equipment manufacturers of the United States Phonograph manufacturers Radio manufacturers