Victor Electrola with RCA Radiola 28 Broadcast Radio Receiver, Model VE9-55E, 1927

By the late 1920s, radio tuners, phonographs, amplifiers, and loudspeakers began to condense into one unit. Manufacturers housed this technology within attractive wooden consoles, accepted as furniture within consumer's living rooms. A growing sophistication in radio programming--and availability of recorded music--anchored radio-phonographs as passive listening and entertainment devices within the home.