Index to Exhibits



         Exhibit              Description          Page
         Number               of Exhibit          Number
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           23                 Consent of            14
                              Independent
                              Accountant





                                                                      EXHIBIT 23





                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT
                  ---------------------------------

  I consent to the incorporation of my report dated December 31, 1996, 
accompanying the financial statements included in this annual report on Form  
11-K,  in the  prospectus  forming  part of Tandy  Corporation's registration  
statement on Form S-8 for its Tandy Employees  Supplemental Stock Program.


                                  _______________________
                                  CURTIS B. MORRISON, CPA
Fort Worth, Texas
March 12, 1997