According to the Radio Corporation of America, better known as RCA, starting the year off right in 1929 meant installing a shiny new vacuum tube in your radio set. The light bulb-like glass tubes were coined by the company as “Radiotrons,” helping to “insure perfect reception in the New Year.”

Whether or not you have your Radiotron handy, we wish you good health, happiness, and perfect reception for 2014.

Victor LogoFUN FACT: Also in 1929, RCA acquired the Victor Talking Machine Company, a phonograph manufacturer based in New Jersey. That year, RCA adopted Victor’s long-standing logo, a painting by 19th century English artist Francis Barraud featuring his phonograph-loving Jack Russell Terrier, Nipper. (Source: RCA)