RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. Today, the RCA trademark is owned by Thomson SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Thomson. The trademark is used by two companies, namely Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Thomson SA, which licences the name to other companies like Audiovox and TCL Corporation for products descended from that common ancestor.RCA.com - RCA-Brand

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On August 4, 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary, joining in the start of World War I. Radio traffic across the Atlantic Ocean swelled after the Germans cut Allied cable telegraphs.