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    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>
    <periodOfReport>2003-09-03</periodOfReport>
    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000096289</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>RADIOSHACK CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RSH</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001187708</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MESSMAN JACK L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CAMBRIDGE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02142</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>
  <nonDerivativeTable>
  </nonDerivativeTable>
  <derivativeTable>
   <derivativeTransaction>
      <securityTitle>
          <value>99 OPTION RIGHT TO BUY-DNSO-03</value>
              <footnoteId id="F1" />
      </securityTitle>
      <conversionOrExercisePrice>
          <value>30.99</value>
      </conversionOrExercisePrice>
      <transactionDate>
          <value>2003-09-02</value>
      </transactionDate>
      <deemedExecutionDate>
          <value>2003-09-02</value>
      </deemedExecutionDate>
      <transactionCoding>
          <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
          <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
          <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
      </transactionCoding>
      <transactionAmounts>
          <transactionShares>
              <value>16000.00</value>
          </transactionShares>
          <transactionPricePerShare>
              <value>0</value>
          </transactionPricePerShare>
          <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
              <value>A</value>
          </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
      </transactionAmounts>
      <exerciseDate>
          <value>2006-09-02</value>
      </exerciseDate>
      <expirationDate>
          <value>2013-09-02</value>
      </expirationDate>
      <underlyingSecurity>
          <underlyingSecurityTitle>
              <value>COMMON STOCK</value>
          </underlyingSecurityTitle>
          <underlyingSecurityShares>
              <value>16000.00</value>
          </underlyingSecurityShares>
      </underlyingSecurity>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
          <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
              <value>16000.00</value>
          </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
          <directOrIndirectOwnership>
              <value>D</value>
          </directOrIndirectOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
   </derivativeTransaction>
  </derivativeTable>
<footnotes>
   <footnote id="F1">NON QUALIFIED DIRECTOR STOCK OPTIONS GRANTED UNDER THE EXEMPT RADIOSHACK CORPORATION 1999 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN SEC REG. No 333-81405. OPTIONS ARE EXERCISABLE AS TO 1/3 EACH ON THE FIRST THREE ANNIVERSARY DATES OF THE DATE OF GRANT     .</footnote>
</footnotes>
    <ownerSignature>
       <signatureName>JACK L. MESSMAN</signatureName>
       <signatureDate>2003-09-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
    <ownerSignature>
       <signatureName>JOHN P. CLARSON BY POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR JACK L. MESSMAN</signatureName>
       <signatureDate>2003-09-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

