RCA Corporation

RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was a major American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1987. Initially it was a patent trust owned by a partnership of General Electric, Westinghouse, AT&T Corporation and United Fruit Company, and it became an independent company in 1932 after the partners agreed to divest their ownerships in settling an antitrust lawsuit by the United States. RCA was the dominant electronics and communications firm in the United States for over five decades, founded the National Broadcasting Company in 1926, and pioneered broadcast television. It was closely identified with the leadership of David Sarnoff.