Anyone recognize this radio from a TV combo?

[willy3486]

I was wondering if anyone recognized the model and brand of TV that would have had this. It came from a mid 60s TV the best I remember. I got this from a old TV that was not worth fixing and had a bad cabinet back in the 80s. It was the best playing little radio. It was just below the tuner and this is the faceplate from that area. IT is missing the middle knob as it has 3 controls. It has a issue so I want to fix that then make a cabinet for it. I would like to find out what sams it may have been in so I can look through my sams for it. Anyone have an idea to what it was in?

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[zeno]

Thats a poser !
Looks like it came from a hotel set. Chassis pictures &
pictures of the connectors may shed some lite on it.
It looks like Zenith styling, if so the radio was prob built
by Gold Star. No matter what you would need an OEM
manual, Sams didnt cover institutional sets.

73 Zeno

[willy3486]

It was in a full size wooden cabinet with legs, at least a 20 inch but probably a 25 inch TV. I have a picture of the back but its a little dusty. Here it is.

[damen]

It came from a RCA ctc 38 mural TV.

[dishdude]

I was thinking the font looked 70's RCA.

[Celt]

Yup....RCA.

[willy3486]

Thanks folks. I will write that down and put it with the radio. It plays really nice. I tried it today and it worked great. I had tried to use it a while back and it wouldn't play. I may go and do a recap on it,at least the power supply.

[KentTeffeteller]

Looks like a RCA CTC 38 Mural TV. A hotel set.

[willy3486]

Originally Posted by KentTeffeteller

Looks like a RCA CTC 38 Mural TV. A hotel set.

Did they make hotel sets with full cases? This one came out of a TV with a full size TV in a wooden case. Most of the hotel sets I have ever seen were the smaller 21 inch wide or less in a simple case. I got this back in the early 80s. I had a deal with this older fellow who had a second hand store. He would buy truckloads at these auction houses. Then I would get stuff like this and see if it was worth fixing. If it wasn't worth fixing I would gut the case and take it to him and he made book shelves and tables out of them. I fixed some and some like this became parts to fix others.

[wkand]

I recall staying in a motor lodge in the 1960's with a console wood cabinet color set. Problem was the roof leaked in that room, and the manager moved us to a different room with a wall mounted color set. I was soooo disappointed.

[willy3486]

I remember being in a few motels around 71 when I was a kid. We were moving from Tuscon AZ to Middle TN. I don't remember any big TVs in the rooms, just small ones. We probably were in 4 different hotels then coming across the country. The next time I was in one was when I got married in 88. From then on the ones I have seen have been the smaller wall mounted or tabletops. Its a neat little radio and plays great. Its a shame the TV was not worth fixing at that time. But then again I wouldn't have the radio today.

[KentTeffeteller]

There were a few hotel sets with full cases. I recall the RCA CTC-38 as having one. And there was a consolette version that RCA made in that era.