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COMPANY HISTORY - Westinghouse sold it's radios through RCA
until 1930. Mr.Frank Conrad, General Engineer
for the company, was an early pioneer of amateur radio. Licensed as 8XK in 1916, Conrad
built a 20 watt transmitter in
his home and used it for tests with the factory five miles away. The company's
slogan became "You can be sure if it's a
Westinghouse."
AERIOLA SENIOR (1921 and 1922 models) - This is a 1921
Westinghouse Aeriola Sr. Records indicate that 55,102
of these were sold through RCA. The radio sold for $65.00 including the single WD-11 tube.
The first Aeriola pictured here
is the 1921 style model with the painted wood control panel.
 
The Aeriola pictured below was manufactured after December 1922 as evidenced by the molded
panel and mahogany
cabinet. This radio sold for $68.00 including the tube. The 4th addition Bunis Price guide
values an Aeriola at $150 to
$200 dollars, however these days just a working original WD-11 tube can command quite a
price on it's own. A previous
owner of the Aeriola below modified the lid to enable it to be closed with the wires still
connected. These two Aeriolas
are in good working condition. The Aeriola radio was later relabled and sold under the RCA
name as the Radiola Senior.
 
 
H335T7U - This is an AM/FM plastic radio from around 1952.
 
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