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The International Radio Corporation (IRC) was an American radio receiver manufacturing company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was established in 1931 by Charles Albert Verschoor with financial backing from Ann Arbor mayor William E. Brown, Jr., and a group of local business leaders. IRC manufactured numerous different radios, many bearing the Kadette name, including the first mass-produced AC/DC radio, the first pocket radio, and the first clock radio. Due to the seasonal nature of radio sales, the company attempted to diversify its offerings with a product that would sell well during the summer, eventually settling on a camera that would become the Argus. In 1939, IRC sold its radio-manufacturing business to its former General Sales Manager, W. Keene Jackson, although his new Kadette Ra

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rdfs:label	International Radio Corporation (en)
rdfs:comment	The International Radio Corporation (IRC) was an American radio receiver manufacturing company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was established in 1931 by Charles Albert Verschoor with financial backing from Ann Arbor mayor William E. Brown, Jr., and a group of local business leaders. IRC manufactured numerous different radios, many bearing the Kadette name, including the first mass-produced AC/DC radio, the first pocket radio, and the first clock radio. Due to the seasonal nature of radio sales, the company attempted to diversify its offerings with a product that would sell well during the summer, eventually settling on a camera that would become the Argus. In 1939, IRC sold its radio-manufacturing business to its former General Sales Manager, W. Keene Jackson, although his new Kadette Ra (en)
foaf:name	International Radio Corporation (en)
name	International Radio Corporation (en)
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dcterms:subject	Electronics companies established in 1931 Manufacturing companies established in 1931 Companies based in Ann Arbor, Michigan Radio electronics Defunct manufacturing companies based in Michigan American companies established in 1931 1931 establishments in Michigan
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Wikipage revision ID	1025909584 (xsd:integer)
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sameAs	International Radio Corporation International Radio Corporation International Radio Corporation International Radio Corporation
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thumbnail	wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/International_Radio_Corporation_Kadette_Model_H_1932.jpg?width=300
brands	Kadette (en)
founded	in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States (en)
founder	Charles Albert Verschoor (en)
hq location city	Ann Arbor, Michigan (en)
hq location country	United States (en)
industry	Manufacturing (en)
num employees	150 (xsd:integer)
num employees year	1936 (xsd:integer)
operating income	2700000.0 (usDollar)
successor	Argus (camera company)
has abstract	The International Radio Corporation (IRC) was an American radio receiver manufacturing company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was established in 1931 by Charles Albert Verschoor with financial backing from Ann Arbor mayor William E. Brown, Jr., and a group of local business leaders. IRC manufactured numerous different radios, many bearing the Kadette name, including the first mass-produced AC/DC radio, the first pocket radio, and the first clock radio. Due to the seasonal nature of radio sales, the company attempted to diversify its offerings with a product that would sell well during the summer, eventually settling on a camera that would become the Argus. In 1939, IRC sold its radio-manufacturing business to its former General Sales Manager, W. Keene Jackson, although his new Kadette Radio Corporation only survived for a year before it went defunct. After World War II, International Industries and its International Research division became wholly owned subsidiaries of Argus, Inc., after which point the International name ceased to exist. (en)
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founding year	1931-01-01 (xsd:gYear)

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