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Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn
Thanks, Steve.
Is it possible a new model year was available for sales before the actual first of the new year?
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Hey Kevin,
Like new cars, new model tv's were available, usually, in the fall of the previous year. Sometimes even earlier. The model year for the CTC-11 may have been from late 1961 to late 1962 when the CTC-12 models were introduced. The marketing dept. would plan new model intros. in time for the Christmas season. Or place new model year RCA tie-in ads for NBC color specials or the World Series ect. Also, slow moving models may be dropped from production and new models come on line anytime. RCA also had lots of unsold CTC-10's in dealer's inventory, so the timing of introduction of new models was tricky. Selling color sets in the 50's & early 60's was risky business.
-Steve D.