Buffalo (NY) journalist and historian Steve Cichon has an article on the Trending Buffalo website (“Everything from 1991 Radio Shack ad I now do with my phone“) featuring a full-page Radio Shack ad ...

This article is part of the Library Series: Rise and Fall of Radio Shack and Heathkit in Looking Back at Electronic History Those of us who grew up with electronics will miss going to a Radio Shack ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This thin, relatively flat handheld ...

One of our favorite electronic suppliers is gone and the other may be on their way out of business. I wonder why? Given the continued growth and popularity of electronic equipment and the emergence of ...

For young geeks and nerds in the 1980s, there was one undisputed truth: RadioShack was an awesome place. A store filled with computers, remote control toys, and gadgets of all sorts that seemed to ...

I am sorry to see that RadioShack is closing. Not because I was ever a fan of the stores or their merchandise, but because they represented the last local retail supplier of electronic parts. If you ...

RadioShack is getting a marketing makeover. Starting August 6, the venerable electronics retailer will change its name to “The Shack,” a rebranding move designed to shed the last-century association ...

RadioShack, the electronics chain that has hung on for years despite a steep decline in its business, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday. According to the AP, the company plans to sell up to ...

NEW YORK -- Struggling electronics retailer RadioShack has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and says it will sell up to 2,400 stores. General Wireless, a subsidiary of Standard General, ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Although the RadioShack electronics retail chain essentially crumbled following bankruptcy filings in 2015 and 2017, the name has survived for 100 years. In a bid to make RadioShack ...

The other day I needed to replace the power cable for a piece of video gear. One end had a three pronged “male”, the other a three pronged “female”. In times past I would have motored down to my local ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Radio Shack introduced this ...