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The History of Roberts Radio |
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Roberts electronics limited company based in Yorkshire, England, has been producing radios for over 70 years. Nowadays it exports radios worldwide. The company has been granted three Royal warrants in its own right, and one via the purchase of Dynatron in 1981. For many years the company's products were the only radios permitted in UK prisons (mainly because their cases could be easily opened to check for contraband).
The firm was founded in London in 1932 by Harry Roberts (born 20 May 1910 in Mile End, London; died 1991) and Leslie Bidmead. By 1935 the partnership was producing 8 radios a week.
During the war in 1941 the company moved its premises to greater safety in Molesey. In 1955 Messrs Roberts Radio Co. Ltd were awarded their first Royal Warrant as "Radio Manufacturers to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II".
Harry Roberts was warm and frank person, and even now eighteen years since he died he is widely remembered with respect and affection. He never went in much for conventional advertising, he preferred to do something that was sufficiently newsworthy to earn him publicity free. To promote the idea that a portable radio could express its owner's taste and discrimination, he produced a number of "specials". Some were unashamed stunts, like the one with the solid-gold case, which appeared in newspapers all over the world. More down to earth, but a highly cost-effective exercise in publicity, were a few sets covered in shades of leather-cloth, sold through Harrods at standard price as a limited edition.
But best of all was the publicity that came simply from demonstrating how good the product was. Once in May 1959, Harry Roberts was asked to provide a compact, battery-powered short-wave set for the Cambridge Colombian Expedition, sailing in a little over a fortnight's time. An RT1 transistor set was hurriedly modified to include short waves, and won high praise by performing impeccably throughout the expedition despite being buffeted about on a pack-mule and exposed to extremes of altitude, temperature and humidity.
Roberts Radio's uncompromising insistence on quality has endured, though it has had to be adapted to current conditions. Thus plastic-cased receivers and personal cassette players are imported from the far east, but are built to specifications meeting the Company's standards of performance, styling and finish. However, wooden-eased receivers still predominate, and these continue to be made at East Molesey.
Today Roberts Radio still produces the high quality hand made radios from a new factory in Mexborough, South Yorkshire. Now their manufacturing also includes DAB digital Roberts radios, Analogue Roberts Radios, Pocket Roberts Radios, Roberts World Radios and Roberts Radio Cassette Players. For example, last Roberts featured models are Sports personal digital pocket Radio RD14 and Roberts Robi DAB radio.
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We also recommend the following Roberts Radios |
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Roberts R9995 Sports 995, 2-band PLL synthesised stereo personal |
| £29.99 |
| MW/FM stereo wavebands, 15 direct access presets, Scan tuning, Manual tuning, Auto power off, Deep bass boost function, Lock switch, FM stereo/mono switch, Ice white stereo earphones, Batteries 1 x LR03/AAA size (not included) |
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Roberts Robi DAB radio for use with your ipod |
| £45.99 |
| Listen to Robi and control everything with a convenient wired remote: DAB/FM RDS stereo wavebands, FM RDS station name display, Favourite station mode, Ice blue display backlight, Icons for favourite stations, signal strength and volume |
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Roberts RD50 DAB - Digital Radio |
| £149.99 |
| Favourite station preset button, PausePlus and rewind functions, FM/DAB wavebands, FM RDS station name display, Easy to read 16 x 2 character LCD display, Auto tune, Amber display backlight, Menu display/selection of all major functions |
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Roberts RD59 DAB - FM RDS/DAB Digital Radio - White |
| £49.99 |
| Built-in battery charger - ideal for standard (AA) rechargeable batteries, FM/DAB wavebands, FM RDS station name display, 10 station presets, Easy to read 16 x 2 character LCD display, Amber display backlight, Menu display / selection of all major functio |
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Roberts DAB Sports pocket Radio |
| £99.99 |
| Easy one hand operation, Large easy to read full graphic LCD display, Scrolling or full screen text display (DLS) on both FM and DAB, FM RDS station name display, Automatic time/date setting on both FM and DAB |
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