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Old 02-09-2016, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Robert Grant View Post
Can't say for sure that it was made by RCA, but positively, unequivocally sold as an RCA (though it can't be seen in the web-resolution photo, the escutcheon above the UHF channel scale reads "RCA Victor").

EDIT: One possible clue: The VKer known as "old tv nut" has an animated avatar of a set with the same bezel, only with a "chromed" knob driving a tuner with a backlit channel indicator. The mystery RCA is likely an economy version of his set.
It's probably a CTC20. There's only three knobs under the bezel, no tone control.
RCA, as well as others, made sets for a particular customer as a short run, leader model. That model was probably the real last run of the 20's.
Ages ago, I had trouble finding a channel selector knob for an RCA. The RCA distributor had to call the factory to cross- reference the model number. The factory said, it was a special order set for a large store chain.
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