Allied Radio Corp., est. 1928

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1. I’m Kenneth and I love Allied cassette players

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2. Found some mylar, double strength magnetic recording tape. Several boxes, actually. Made by this same company, here in Knoxville, TN. Each box is labeled as parcel, much like a postcard on the back. If interested, Please respond to this comment, and I will follow up with some images.

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3. I purchased an allied record player model kn3200B. I believe it may have been used in automobile because it says 12 volt mobile record player on front. Looking for any information on this player.

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4. Allied Radio did not have a store at 1700 Harlem ave. That was Joseph Electronics that serviced the local repair shops and hams with parts and tubes.

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5. I think there was an Allied / Radio Shack in the early 70’s at about 1700 N Harlem, just down from the Sears at Harlem & North? I could be wrong, but I do remember going there to buy a schematic of something that I wanted to fix. The World Radio History site has some Alled catalogs ( https://worldradiohistory.com/Electronics_Catalogs.htm ) and the Chicagology website has a page about pre-War Allied ( https://chicagology.com/silentmovies/alliedradio/ ).

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6. I rem. Allied had a store open to the public on Western av. in Chicago back in the 1960s …..Olson radio was across the street.

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   1. Yes, Allied was located at 100 N Western Avenue. I seem to recall that Newark Electronics was located at about 800 W Jackson until the neighborhood declined in the late 60’s. By the late 70’s, both companies had de-emphasized direct consumer sales in favor of becoming industrial parts jobbers.

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      1. My Father worked at the first one that opened. At 90 he still has great memories of working there….

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