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RKO General, inc.


  • [RKO General was a television and radio broadcasting company. Established in 1959 in a reorganization of RKO Teleradio Pictures, following the dissolution of its motion picture production and distribution functions. Between 1978 and 1987 the company operated RKO Pictures as a subsidiary. By 1991 the company had divested itself of its broadcasting functions.]

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    • found: Int. mot. pict. alm., 1969:p. 523 (RKO General, inc.; In 1955 Howard Hughes sold his assets in RKO Pictures Corporation [no pubs in LC database] to General Teleradio, Inc.; General Teleradio was merged into RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. and named RKO Teleradio Pictures, which was changed to RKO General in 1959; RKO Radio Pictures listed as a division of RKO General)
    • found: Slide, A. The new historical dictionary of the American film industry, 2001:p. 173-174 (RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; sold to General Teleradio in 1955; continued to produce features through 1957)
    • found: Wikipedia, Jan. 20, 2011(RKO General; broadcasting and holding company; est. in 1959 by General Tire in reorganization of RKO Teleradio Pictures, with closing of RKO motion picture production and distribution facilities; returned to film production in 1978 through subsidiary RKO Pictures, Inc.; became subsidiary of GenCorp holding company in 1984; spun off RKO Pictures in 1987; divested itself of broadcasting functions by 1991)
    • found: Neibaur, J.L. The RKO features, 1993:CIP galley ([name not given] RKO Radio Pictures, inc., was sold to General Teleradio, inc., in 1955)

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    • [RKO General was a television and radio broadcasting company. Established in 1959 in a reorganization of RKO Teleradio Pictures, following the dissolution of its motion picture production and distribution functions. Between 1978 and 1987 the company operated RKO Pictures as a subsidiary. By 1991 the company had divested itself of its broadcasting functions.]

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    • [The exact relationship of RKO Radio Pictures to RKO General cannot be established conclusively.]

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