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    <periodOfReport>2022-03-11</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>BLONDER TONGUE LABORATORIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BDR</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001757536</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Grauch Edward Rowland</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O BLONDER TONGUE LABORATORIES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ONE JAKE BROWN ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>OLD BRIDGE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08857</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CEO &amp; President</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.001</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>2022-03-11</value>
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            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1760</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.59</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>386249</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.001</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-03-11</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to a Deferred Compensation Agreement between the reporting person and the issuer, on the date on which a portion of the reporting person's compensation has been deferred, the issuer accrued the number of shares indicated. The number of shares of common stock accrued represents the quotient of (i) the portion of compensation deferred divided by (ii) the fair market value per share of the issuer's common stock on the indicated date (equal to the closing price reported on the NYSE American on such date).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Pursuant to the participation in the Second Amended and Restated Executive Stock Purchase Plan between the reporting person and the issuer, on the date on which a portion of the reporting person's net cash compensation has been reduced, the issuer issued the number of shares indicated. The number of shares of common stock issued represents the quotient of (i) the portion of the net cash compensation reduction divided by (ii) the fair market value per share of the issuer's common stock on the indicated date (equal to the closing price reported on the NYSE American on such date).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Edward R. Grauch by Eric Skolnik Under Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-03-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
