Exhibit 5

RADIOSHACK CORPORATION

Executive Offices    100 Throckmorton St., Ste. 1700, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Telephone (817) 415-3700

December 23, 2002

RadioShack Corporation

100 Throckmorton St., Suite 1800

Fort Worth, TX 76102

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am the Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel of RadioShack Corporation (the “Company”) and have assisted with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission’), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), of a Registration Statement of Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement’) for the purpose of registering 2,000,000 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value, of the Company (the “Shares”) and $11,000,000 in deferred compensation obligations (the “Obligations”), which represent unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation to selected executive employees of the Company in the future, all in accordance with the terms of the RadioShack Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan and the RadioShack Corporation Executive Deferred Stock Plan (collectively the “Plans”). In such capacity, I have examined the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, the Bylaws, as amended and restated, of the Company, the Plans, and such other documents of the Company as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of the opinion expressed herein.

Based upon the foregoing, in my opinion, (i) the Shares, when issued by the Company in accordance with the provisions of the Plans, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and (ii) the Obligations will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general applicability or relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equity principles.

I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of my name wherever appearing in the Registration statement and any amendment thereto.

Very truly yours,

/s/  Mark C. Hill

Mark C. Hill

Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and

General Counsel