| 词条 | Channel Master |
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| name = Channel Master | logo_caption = Logo used from 1975-present | caption = | type = Private | industry = Electronics | fate = Sold to Avnet Corporation (1967), reformed (2012-present) | foundation = 1949 | founder = Joseph Y. Resnick | hq_location_city = Gilbert, Arizona | hq_location_country = United States | products = Television aerials, rotors, amplifiers }} Channel Master is a manufacturer of prefabricated aluminum television aerials. HistoryThe original company, now defunct, was founded in Ellenville, New York, in 1949[1] by 23 year-old former Merchant Marine radio operator and DuMont TV antenna installer Joe Resnick[2] with the backing of his brothers Harry and Louis Resnick. Its principal innovation was a prefabricated antenna which arrived with elements folded, not disassembled, so that the antenna may be quickly unfolded during installation with the elements automatically locking into place. This saved time and effort for rooftop antenna installers, who were often working at awkward heights and in difficult weather. Established with $7000 in capital from cabbage farmer Louis Resnick, who sold his Ellenville farm, the company was manufacturing $12 million of antennas annually by 1954 and had expanded its product line in the 1960s to include transistorized signal boosters[3][4] along with antenna rotors.[5] Joseph Y. Resnick was also a member of the US Congress.[6][7] The Joseph Y. Resnick Airport in Ellenville is named in his honor.[8]Avnet Corporation purchased Channel Master in 1967, moving its manufacturing facilities to Smithfield, North Carolina. Avnet sold the company in 1998 at a $33 million profit.[9] Channel Master filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 2 October 2003[10] after losing its largest client, EchoStar.[11] Its Smithfield satellite dish factory, which formerly employed 1600 people,[12] was turned over to Andrew Corporation[13] as part of an $18 million purchase of Channel Master's equipment, inventory, and intellectual property.[14] ProductsChannel Master's original product was a prefabricated television aerial with hinged elements which would unfold and snap into place; this patented design greatly reduced installation time as existing antenna designs at the time had to be bolted together from multiple pieces by rooftop installers.[15] Later products included antenna rotors, amplified antennas and pocket transistor radios.[16] After the sale to Avnet, the Channel Master name was used to import and distribute various electronic products, including home and car stereo equipment, turntables, cassette decks, 8-track players, quadraphonic audio, television receivers and scanner radios. In the 1980s, Channel Master was the only second source for General Instrument's Videocipher II module, a building block for satellite television receivers, under a licensing agreement for which Avnet paid GI a million dollars. The Channel Master 4251, a high-performance parabolic UHF television antenna, stood about seven feet in diameter.[17] Channel Master also built distribution amplifiers for cable television, satellite dishes and satellite antenna accessories. Modern brandThe Channel Master brand and trademarks are currently owned by a Delaware corporation which markets terrestrial television antennas and digital video recorders in Gilbert, Arizona. While the market for antennas has been diminished by widespread subscription television deployment in the post-network era, the Channel Master name remains in active use as a terrestrial television antenna brand, marketing IPTV and digital video recorder equipment to cord cutters seeking lower-cost HDTV.[18] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sdv5AAAAQBAJ&pg=PT164 |title=From NYC Lower East Side to NASA Satellite Operations Manager |author=Ralph Shapiro}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2iADAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA7 |title=TV antennas made him rich |work=Popular Science Magazine |date=Feb 1954}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA127 |title=New electronic antennas pull in better TV pictures |work=Popular Science Magazine |date=July 1962}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AuMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA196 |title=Indoor antennas: PM tests and reports |work=Popular Mechanics Magazine |date=Apr 1964}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9GVB2JDpfAC&pg=PA145|title=A Word from our Viewers: Reflections from Early Television Audiences |author=Ray E. Barfieldb}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qiIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA77 |title=Avnet acquires Channel Master |work=Billboard Magazine |date=14 Oct 1967}} 7. ^{{cite news |author=AP |title=Ex-Rep. Joseph Resnick is dead; backed Johnson's war policy |date=7 Oct 1969 | newspaper=The New York Times}} 8. ^Jane Anderson. (2013). New Lights for Ellenville? – What the Feds' funding of Resnick Airport might mean. Shawangunk Journal, (8 August 2013). 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://apps.shareholder.com/sec/viewerContent.aspx?companyid=AVT&docid=180914 |title=1999 Quarterly Report |publisher=Avnet, Inc.}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.lnl.com/cmpressrelease.pdf |title=archived copy |accessdate=2015-01-03 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214645/http://www.lnl.com/cmpressrelease.pdf |archivedate=2016-03-03 }} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtechnology.com/business/0107/channel-master-files-chapter-/194623 |title=Channel Master files Chapter 11 |publisher=TV Technology}} 12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2003/11/10/story1.html?page=all |title=Mixed signal |work=Triangle Business Journal}} 13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1055991/ |title=Andrew Corp. may not close plant in Smithfield after all |work=WRAL Website |publisher=Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. |location=Raleigh, NC}} 14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20031124/NEWS05/200010782/andrew-buys-tv-accessories-biz |title=Andrew buys TV accessories biz |publisher=Chicago Business}} 15. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PqbEL7PUgF4C&pg=PA111|title=Instant Millionaires: The Secrets of Overnight Success|author=Max Gunther}} 16. ^{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=oVMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23|title=Transistor Craze: there's no escape|author=David E. Schurman|publisher=LIFE |date=24 Nov 1961}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rocketroberts.com/cm4251/cm4251.htm|title=Channel Master 4251 Tribute Page|publisher=}} 18. ^Official site See also
3 : Electronics companies of the United States|1949 establishments in New York (state)|2003 disestablishments in North Carolina |
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