Mystery Cabinet - what was inside?

[Vintv49]

I found this beautiful cabinet at a thrift shop. I believe it was a cabinet for a TV, but not sure if it was a color or black and white. At first, I thought it might be a radio cabinet, but it looks proportioned for a tv, with the speaker area below.

Since I haven't been able to find anything of identifying help on the cabinet, I thought maybe someone has seen this cabinet before or maybe can guess its make and the equipment that was sadly torn out of it. There is a metal screen still located on the right underside, looking into the cabinet. I did not remove anything from this cabinet - what you see is what I got when I bought it. Maybe there was a good reason, but I see too many cabinets on CL gutted and the contents either sold or discarded.
Thanks for looking.

Phil R.