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        <issuerName>RADIOSHACK CORP</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>HERNANDEZ RICHARD J</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PHOENIXVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>19460</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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                <value>COMMON STOCK UNIT</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>0</value>
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                <value>2004-06-04</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
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                    <value>50.00</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>28.95</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
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                <value>1988-08-08</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">UNDER THE RADIOSHACK CORPORATION UNFUNDED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN (REG. No.333-48331), THE DIRECTOR RECEIVED STOCK UNITS UPON
DEFERRAL OF RETAINER AND/OR MEETING FEES  INCLUDING DIVIDENDS REINVESTED IN THESE UNITS.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>JOHN P, CLARSON BY POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR RICHARD J. HERNANDE</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-06-04</signatureDate>
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UNDER THE RADIOSHACK CORPORATION UNFUNDED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN (REG. No.333-48331), THE DIRECTOR RECEIVED STOCK UNITS UPON
DEFERRAL OF RETAINER AND/OR MEETING FEES  INCLUDING DIVIDENDS REINVESTED IN THESE UNITS.
JOHN P, CLARSON BY POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR RICHARD J. HERNANDE
2004-06-04