[Boatanchors] Re: Bill Halligan and Radio Shack

[k0ewu at juno.com]

Duane  (our Hallicrafters historian) has the information on the 
Boston era. I will look to see if I kept a copy of the info that I sent
him.
He was in partnership with Tobe Deutschmann who was importing capacitors
from Germany at the time. Halligan was selling them - then my memory goes
blank.

Jack  K0EWU


On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:10:15 -0800 (PST) Michael OBrien
<k0myw at sbcglobal.net> writes:
> 
> I'm relying on memory here, but I seem to recall
> reading that young Bill Halligan worked for Tobe
> Deutschmann at the first Radio Shack in Boston, and
> that it was the Deutschmann family, not Mr. Halligan,
> that founded Radio Shack. Halligan was a crackerjack
> salesman and perhaps did, indeed, wind up at least
> partially owning the store (I think there were more
> than one, actually). But didn't the Deutschmanns start
> the thing? Does anyone have the documentation at hand?
> I'm separated from my modest library for a few days...
> 
> 73,
> Mike O'Brien, K0MYW
> 
> 
> 
> --- "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com> wrote:
> 
> > Here is a stretch, but the founder of Hallicrafters,
> > Radio Shack was founded 
> > by William J. Halligan, Sr. in South Boston, MA in
> > about 1933. However when 
> > it was purchased by whomever purchased it originally
> > from Bill and his 
> > partner, they did continue to use the name. Does
> > anyone have any details as 
> > to who did buy it and when it became part of Tandy?
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Joe Roth-N4ARI" <n4ari at msn.com>
> > To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 6:38 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] RS going, going,
> > 
> > 
> > > And these posts have what to to with boatanchors?
> > >
> > >
> > > ----Original Message Follows----
> > > From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at comcast.net>
> > > To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> > > Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] RS  going, going,
> > > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:18:08 -0600
> > >
> > > > Local Fox news is reporting the president of
> > Radio Shack has
> > > ...
> > > John
> > >
> > > He may be taking a fall (well deserved), but ...
> > > Grant/NQ5T
> > >
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