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Frank Andrea started as a parts supp;ier in 1920 as F A D Andea, Inc. He used his initials FADA as his brand name. By 1928 or so he was in the top 5 of US radio manufacturers. About 1931 he formed Fada Radio Corporation and sold it in about 1933 and retired. Retirement did not last long and he returned as Andrea Radio Corporation which became Andrea Electronics around the 1980's. Meanwhile the Boston group that bought Fada Radio Corporation went broke and a NY group headed by Jacob Marks bought the assets and changed the name to FADA Radio & Electric Company, Inc. The Jacob Marks FADA is the FADA that gave us all those catalin radios.This FADA went broke in 1955. Two companies that can be traced to Andrea still remain in business on LI today. Andrea did make great television sets in the post war era. That wood radio is a 6H44
Bruce Hagen
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