IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1643 
Recognizing the 75th anniversary of RadioShack Corporation’s original listing 
as a public company on the New York Stock Exchange. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 
Ms. GRANGER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 75th anniversary of RadioShack Corpora-
tion’s original listing as a public company on the New 
York Stock Exchange. 
Whereas RadioShack Corporation’s history began in 1919 in 
Fort Worth, Texas, with a chance meeting of two friends, 
Norton Hinckley and Dave L. Tandy, opening a leather 
company selling leather shoe parts to repair shops; 
Whereas in 1921, the first RadioShack store was opened as 
a small retail and mail order operation by two brothers, 
Theodore and Milton Deutschmann in Boston, Massachu-
setts, selling ship radio equipment and ‘‘ham’’ radios; 
Whereas the name ‘‘RadioShack’’ was based on a term for 
the small wooden structure that housed a ship’s radio 
equipment; 
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•HRES 1643 IH 
Whereas the RadioShack Corporation was listed on the New 
York Stock Exchange on October 14, 1935; 
Whereas in 1947, RadioShack opens the Nation’s first audio 
showroom with speakers, amplifiers, turntables, and pho-
nograph cartridges; 
Whereas in the mid-1950s, RadioShack begins selling its own 
private-label product line under the Realistic brand name; 
Whereas Charles Tandy joined the family business in 1947, 
which was sold to a New England leather goods firm in 
1954 setting up a plan to gain a listing on the stock ex-
change, attract investors and finance future expansion; 
Whereas in 1959, Charles Tandy was elected chairman of the 
board, changed the name to Tandy Corporation and 
moved the headquarters to Fort Worth, Texas; 
Whereas, on November 14, 1960, the Tandy Corporation was 
listed on the New York Stock Exchange; 
Whereas Charles Tandy acquired RadioShack in 1963 for the 
equivalent of $300,000 in cash; 
Whereas the company’s revenues have since increased to 
$4,600,000,000; 
Whereas RadioShack introduced the first mass-produced per-
sonal computer in 1977, the TRS–80; 
Whereas in the 1980s, RadioShack became known as ‘‘the 
biggest name in little computers’’; 
Whereas RadioShack sold its first mobile phone in 1986; 
Whereas today, RadioShack has 4,680 company-operated 
stores in the United States and Mexico; 
Whereas the RadioShack Corporation employs over 34,000 
people; 
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•HRES 1643 IH 
Whereas RadioShack has more than 6,500 locations world-
wide, including company-operated stores, dealer outlets, 
and wireless phone kiosks; 
Whereas RadioShack has more than 1,300 franchise dealer 
outlets worldwide; 
Whereas RadioShack operates more than 500 wireless phone 
kiosks; 
Whereas RadioShack has sold more than 60,000,000 mobile 
phones in its history; 
Whereas RadioShack is a leading provider of weather and 
alert radios, connecting citizens to NOAA’s National 
Weather Service Alert System for over four decades, giv-
ing critical early warnings of impending danger from nat-
ural or man-made disasters; 
Whereas RadioShack received a special letter of commenda-
tion in 2010 from the FCC for its efforts in helping the 
United States Government and analog television viewers 
make the transition to digital television; 
Whereas millions of digital-to-analog converter boxes were 
sold during the transition; 
Whereas since 1996, RadioShack has received more than 
5,000,000 pounds of batteries under its battery recycling 
program; 
Whereas RadioShack collects the largest number of batteries 
for recycling in the Call2Recycle battery collection pro-
gram; and 
Whereas since 2009, RadioShack has collected more than 
$3,000,000 in donations to benefit LIVESTRONG in the 
global fight against cancer: Now, therefore, be it 
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•HRES 1643 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes the 75th anniversary of RadioShack Corporation’s 
original listing as a public company on the New York 
Stock Exchange. 
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