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Radio News

English | Hobbyist Journal
 
Author Editor
Hugo Gernsback
Publisher ISBN
Experimenter Publishing Co. (et al.), United States of America (USA)
New York, NY
223 Fulton Street
Date of issue / Date of first publication Periodicity
1919 / July 1919 monthly
Format Pages
Print Type Type
Hobbyist Journal
Short Description

Hugo Gernsback's Radio News was the most succesful radio and technology magazine in broadcasting's first decades. It was published from July of 1919 through April of 1959 under several variations of the title. A total of 477 issues were published. Radio News was aimed at the enthusiastic amateur, but includes a wealth of material that documents the evolution of electronic media in the United States.

The first issue of Radio News was published in 1919, as Radio Amateur News. With the July 1920 issue, it dropped the word "Amateur" from the title. (See below chart for further title changes.) From May 1959 to December 1971, it was published as Electronics World.

The magazine absorbed Radio Call Book and Techincal Review with the December 1932 issue.  With the August 1938 issue, All-Wave Radio magazine was absorbed.

(Info taken from americanradiohistory.com)
Description

Titles of Radio News and First Issue of Publication

Title  Date and Volume of 1st Issue
Radio Amateur News July 1919 V1 N1
Radio News July 1920 V2 N1
Radio News and the Short-Wave October 1933 V15 N4
Radio News and Short Wave Radio January 1935 V16 N7
Radio News June 1038 V20 N12
Radio & Television News August 1948 V40 N2
Radio & TV News April 1957 V57 N4

When the magazine added "and the Short-Wave" to the cover title in October 1933, the editor, Laurence M. Cockaday, wrote about the change, "...for the short waves have actually become, during the last four years, the greatest part of radio." No explanation was given for the change back to just Radio News, but the magazine had just changed publishers two months before the change was made.

It is interesting to note, that even with the addition of "Short Wave" to the cover title from 1933 to 1938, the magazine always referred to itself as Radio News. This ended with the change to Radio & Television News. 


Publisher Changes:
July 1919: Experimenter Publishing Co.
July 1929: Experimenter Publications, Inc.
October 1930: Radio-Science Publications, Inc.
September 1931: Teck Publications, Inc.
March 1938: Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.
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1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928

January

Vol. 9
No. 7

July

Vol. 10
No. 1
1929

January

Vol. 10
No. 7

July

Vol. 11
No. 1
1930

January

Vol. 11
No. 7

July

Vol. 12
No. 1
1931

January

Vol. 12
No. 7

July

Vol. 13
No. 1
1932

January

Vol. 13
No. 7

July

Vol. 14
No. 1
1933

January

Vol. 14
No. 7

July

Vol. 15
No. 1

December

Vol. 15
No. 6

1934

January

Vol. 15
No. 7

July

Vol. 16
No. 1
1935

January

Vol. 16
No. 7

February

Vol. 16
No. 8

March

Vol. 16
No. 9

April

Vol. 16
No. 10

May

Vol. 16
No. 11

June

Vol. 16
No. 12

July

Vol. 17
No. 1

October

Vol. 17
No. 4

1936

January

Vol. 17
No. 7

July

Vol. 18
No. 1
1937

January

Vol. 18
No. 7

July

Vol. 19
No. 1
1938

January

Vol. 19
No. 7

July

Vol. 20
No. 1
1939

January

Vol. 21
No. 1

July

Vol. 22
No. 1
1940

January

Vol. 23
No. 1

July

Vol. 24
No. 1
1941

January

Vol. 25
No. 1

July

Vol. 26
No. 1
1942
1943
1944

January

Vol. 31
No. 1

February

Vol. 31
No. 2

March

Vol. 31
No. 3

April

Vol. 31
No. 4

May

Vol. 31
No. 5

June

Vol. 31
No. 6

July

Vol. 32
No. 1

August

Vol. 32
No. 2

September

Vol. 32
No. 3

October

Vol. 32
No. 4

November

Vol. 32
No. 5

December

Vol. 32
No. 6
1945

January

Vol. 33
No. 1

February

Vol. 33
No. 2

March

Vol. 33
No. 3

April

Vol. 33
No. 4

May

Vol. 33
No. 5

June

Vol. 33
No. 6

July

Vol. 34
No. 1

August

Vol. 34
No. 2

September

Vol. 34
No. 3

October

Vol. 34
No. 4

November

Vol. 34
No. 5

December

Vol. 34
No. 6

1946
1947

January

Vol. 37
No. 1

July

Vol. 38
No. 1
1948

January

Vol. 39
No. 1

July

Vol. 40
No. 1
1949

January

Vol. 41
No. 1

February

Vol. 41
No. 2

March

Vol. 41
No. 3

July

Vol. 42
No. 1
1950

January

Vol. 43
No. 1

February

Vol. 43
No. 2

March

Vol. 43
No. 3

July

Vol. 44
No. 1
1951

January

Vol. 45
No. 1

July

Vol. 46
No. 1
1952

January

Vol. 47
No. 1

July

Vol. 48
No. 1
1953

January

Vol. 49
No. 1

July

Vol. 50
No. 1

August

Vol. 50
No. 2

September

Vol. 50
No. 3

1954
1955

January

Vol. 53
No. 1

July

Vol. 54
No. 1
1956

January

Vol. 55
No. 1

July

Vol. 56
No. 1
1957

January

Vol. 57
No. 1

July

Vol. 58
No. 1
1958

January

Vol. 59
No. 1

July

Vol. 60
No. 1
1959

January

Vol. 61
No. 1

February

Vol. 61
No. 2

March

Vol. 61
No. 3

April

Vol. 61
No. 4

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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