Radiowealth: Philippines' First Locally Made TV

                              Radiowealth TV set from the 1960s (Photo credit: http://en.wikipilipinas.org/)
    Samsung, Sony and LG are brands synonymous to electronic gadgets particularly television sets.  But have you heard of Radiowealth?  For the young generations Radiowealth may be unheard of but, for the old ones it was an emblem of Filipino ingenuity; an affordable but reliable locally made television made from imported electronic parts.  In 1955, Radiowealth, Inc., founded by Domingo M. Guevarra (He was also credited for building the first Filipino car called Sakbayan or Sasakyang Katutubong Bayan, a box type two door passenger car), made television sets available to as many Filipino families as possible.  The photo above shows the Carmen model Radiowealth TV set made available in the 1960s.


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