Name: | Fada Radio & Electric Co.; Long Island (NY) (USA) |
alternative name: | Andrea-Radio || Nater, Henri, Atlanta-Radio; Zürich |
Brand: | Fada Neutrola || Fadalette || Motoset |
Abbreviation: | fada |
Products: | Model types Brand |
Summary: |
Fada Radio & Electric Co.; 30-20 Thomson Avenue, Long Island, New York, former F.A.D.Andrea,Inc. 1581 Jerome Avenue,NY,NY
Trade names Fada, Fadalette, Motoset. Not to be confused with Andrea Radio Corp (see andrea) Export to: Generalvertretung Schweiz: 1933 = Atlanta-Radio; Zürich - später Ingenieurbureau Wenger & Cie.; Zürich. Tube brand Fada. 201A and F257 tubes known. |
Founded: | 1920 |
History: |
From the literature(A.Douglas et al)the following info can be found:
Frank d´Andrea sold this company and its name, and began a new company in 1934 named Andrea Radio Corporation (see Andrea). Mr.Bruce Hagen made this interesting first hand contribution:
I was a dealer and also a distributor for FADA. And later a dealer and a sales rep for Andrea. At one point Andrea was considering to bring back the FADA logo but I guess someone there didn't approve of the idea which came out of the sales department. I do not think that Mr. Andrea sold F A D Andrea, Inc. but sold a company that he created by the name of FADA Radio & Electric Corporation. I have stock certificates indicating that FA was President of this company in late 1933. I believe that this is the company that was sold to the Boston group that put it into bankruptcy, not F A D Andrea inc. The NY group was apparently headed by Jacob M Marks and they brought the company out of bankruptcy using the name Fada Radio & Electric Company, Inc. JM was President when FADA folded for good in 1955. His title was GM in 1937 or so. The family story is that Mr. Andrea returned to the radio world in 1934 as Andrea Radio Corporation but I tend to believe that it was F A D Andrea Inc as there was a press release in Radio Retailing in 1935 announcing that FA had agreed to rename his company. No mention of from what to what. Then there was a rumor that he started Empire Electric but I've never been able to document that. Bruce Hagen |
Country | Year | Name | 1st Tube | Notes |
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USA | 36 | 270 (270T) | 6A8 | |
USA | 31 | 49 Flash-O-Graph Ch= KW | 35 | The Chassis KW with Flash-O-Graph tuning indicator (neon) is employed in the following Fad... |
USA | 32/33 | 78 Flash-O-Graph Ch= RC | 58 | The Chassis RC with Flash-O-Graph tuning indicator (neon) is employed in the Fada models 7... |
USA | 32–34 | Flash-O-Graph-Chassis Ch= RA | 58 | The Chassis RA with Flash-O-Graph tuning indicator (neon) is employed in the following Fad... |
USA | 34 | 108 Ch= RY | 6A7 | |
USA | 34 | 261 B | 6A7 | black |
USA | 36 | 271 | 6A8 | var.BBr. |
USA | 36 | 271-T | 6A8 | var.BBr. |
USA | 36 | 291 | 6K7 | 5Z4; var.BBr.;KW-Lupe!! |
USA | 36 | 291T | 6K7 | 5Z4; var.BBr.;KW-Lupe!! |
USA | 37 | 363-J | 6A7 | If the the first tube was a 25L6 (metal) then model year 1936 is possible, if it is the... |
USA | 37 | 363-K | 6A7 | If the the first tube was a 25L6 (metal) then model year 1936 is possible, if it is the... |
Further details for this manufacturer by the members (rmfiorg):
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FADA: from Italy to America and back to Naples
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Emilio Ciardiello
18.Apr.12 |
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FADA was a well known American manufacturer of radio sets in Long Island, NY, from about 1930 to about the mid 1950s. But we also find a smaller FADA active in Naples, Italy, through the thirties. Obviously we could think that this was a scam to take advantage from a worldwide known brand. The story is quite different. |
Joe Sousa
22.Apr.12 |
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Dear Emilio: Thank you very much for posting this news clarifying FADA's business in Italy. I performed OCR with ABBYY software on your scan and used the Google translator to read the text in english. See attachment for the spell-checked Italian text and the Google translation with some light editing. Best regards, -Joe Attachments |
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Ursprung Firmenname FADA
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Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014
09.Mar.04 |
1 Der Gründer hieß Frank Angelo D´Andrea. Er formte aus den Initialen den Firmennamen FADA. Die Firma brachte im Februar 1923 mit dem Modell 160(A) (genannt "one sixty") als erste einen Neutrodyne-Empfänger (nach Prof. Alan Hazeltine) auf den Markt. |
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