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the company was sold in 1941 to Small Electric Motors Ltd. (that became the Canadian division of Dutch giant Royal Philips Electronics), which changed the name of the Rogers Majestic Corporation Limited to Standard Radio Ltd.
In 1941, Small Electric Motors bought Rogers-Majestic's manufacturing assets, not the entire company. Rogers Majestic itself became Standard Radio Ltd. and retained the broadcasting business, including CFRB.
Full reasoning
Contemporary company histories do not describe a full sale of Rogers Majestic Corporation Limited to Small Electric Motors followed by Small Electric Motors renaming the company.
What the sources say instead:
- Standard Broadcasting history states that in 1941 the manufacturing assets of Rogers Majestic Corporation Limited — specifically Rogers Radio Tubes Ltd. and Rogers Batteryless Radio Co. Ltd. — were sold to Small Electric Motors Limited. It then separately says Rogers Majestic Corporation Limited changed its name to Standard Radio Limited, and retained control through Rogers Radio Broadcasting Company Limited.
- The CFRB station history is consistent with that: it lists the station's 1941 owner as Rogers Radio Ltd., not Small Electric Motors, and says Argus Corporation bought Rogers Radio Ltd. in 1946. That means the broadcasting company remained in Rogers/Standard hands after the 1941 manufacturing sale.
So the article's sentence is misleading in two ways:
- it says "the company was sold" in 1941, when the cited histories say only the manufacturing assets were sold; and
- it says Small Electric Motors changed the name of Rogers Majestic to Standard Radio, whereas the histories say Rogers Majestic itself became Standard Radio Ltd. while retaining the broadcasting business.
In short: 1941 was a sale of the manufacturing side, not the whole company/corporate entity behind CFRB.
2 sources
- Standard Broadcasting - The History of Canadian Broadcasting
1941 The manufacturing assets of Rogers Majestic Corporation Limited (Rogers Radio Tubes Ltd. and Rogers Batteryless Radio Co. Ltd.) were sold to Small Electric Motors Limited. Rogers Majestic Corporation Limited changed its name to Standard Radio Limited, and retained control through Rogers Radio Broadcasting Company Limited.
- CFRB-AM - The History of Canadian Broadcasting
CFRB-AM 1941 ... Owner/Info: Rogers Radio Ltd. ... CFRB-AM 1946 ... Owner/Info: Argus Corp. buys Rogers Radio Ltd.
RCA would market the UX-226 AC triode in September 1926.
The UX-226 was not marketed in September 1926. Historical sources place its public introduction/first advertising in 1927, about a year later.
Full reasoning
The date in this sentence is off by roughly one year.
- The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History entry for the RCA/GE UX-226 says the tube was "first advertised for sale ... in September 1927."
- A detailed Philco history likewise says RCA's UX-226/UY-227 AC-tube development arrived in August 1927, after which manufacturers began introducing new AC-powered receiver models.
So while RCA was working on AC tubes earlier, the UX-226 was not marketed in September 1926. The public introduction/marketing window documented by these sources is 1927, not 1926.
2 sources
- General Electric type UX226 "Radiotron" vacuum triode | National Museum of American History
Donor’s card reads: ... This tube was first advertised for sale in Radiola 17 receivers in September 1927.
- Chapter 2: Batteries and Socket-Powers to Radios - Philco Library
a new development from the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in August 1927 would finally make it practical to build a radio that could be operated from the light socket ... The new UX-226 and UY-227 tubes were designed to use AC on their filaments.
The Standard Radio Manufacturing Corporation was formed in 1925 to mass-produce this new AC operated vacuum tube.
Standard Radio was formed to make Rogers batteryless radio receivers, not specifically to mass-produce the tube itself. Contemporary histories say tube manufacture was handled by Rogers Radio Ltd./the tube company.
Full reasoning
The historical record describes Standard Radio Manufacturing Corporation as the company formed to manufacture receivers/radios using Rogers's AC tubes, not as a company created specifically to mass-produce the tube itself.
Supporting evidence:
- The History of Canadian Broadcasting says that after developing the new receiving tube, Ted and Elsworth Rogers started a new company "to make receivers using these tubes", financed through Standard Radio Manufacturing Corporation Limited.
- The Canadian Vintage Radio Society is even more explicit: the production receivers were manufactured by Standard Radio Manufacturing Corporation Ltd., with tube manufacture by Rogers Radio Ltd.
So the article reverses the division of labor. Standard Radio's role was the radio receiver business; the tube-manufacturing function was handled separately.
2 sources
- From Batteries (DC) to alternating electric current (AC) - The History of Canadian Broadcasting
After developing this revolutionary receiving tube, Ted Rogers and his brother Elsworth started a new company to make receivers using these tubes and the rectified power supplies. Their father, Albert Rogers, had financed the operations with a holding company incorporated as Standard Radio Manufacturing Corporation Limited.
- Rogers Radio Ltd - Canadian Vintage Radio Society
Rogers registered 'batteryless' as a trade name, with production receivers to be marketed as 'Rogers Batteryless', with manufacturing being undertaken by ... Standard Radio Manufacturing Corporation Ltd., with tube manufacture by Rogers Radio Ltd.