Radio
News,
founded by Hugo Gernsback, was the most
successful radio
and technology
magazine in broadcasting's first
decades. It was published
from July of 1919 to April
of 1959 under
several variations of the
title.
477 issues were published.
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History of Radio News |
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The first issue of
Radio News was published in
1919, as Radio Amateur News;
in mid 1920 it dropped the
word "Amateur" from the
title. In 1948 the title
changed again, to Radio and
Television News, and from
April 1959 to December 1971
it was published as
Electronics World. 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.
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From "On The Short Waves" by
Jerome Berg (Amazon)
"Gernsback created two
of the most important
shortwave publications of
the day, Radio News and
Short Wave Craft, plus their
"little brother," Official
Short Wave
Listener. He also published
Radio Craft, a widely read
magazine that carried
occasional shortwave news
but concentrated on more
technical topics. One of the
interesting things about the
Gernsback publications and
some others of the time was
their pagination. Rather
than each issue being
paginated separately,
Gernsback publications
paginated continuously by
volume. For example, volume
6 of Radio News began with
issue no. 1, published in
July 1924, and ended with
issue no. 12, published in
June 1925. The July 1924
issue was paginated 1 -144
and the August issue 145
-280, through the June 1925
issue that contained pages
2193 -2328. Volume 7, no. 1,
published in July 1925,
resumed with page one.
Of all the early radio
magazines, Radio News was
probably the most widely
read, with an advertised
circulation of 400,000 by
1925. Although it
concentrated at first on
circuits and technical
topics, what eventually set
Radio News apart was the
breadth of its coverage.
There was something for
everyone: amateur radio,
equipment, patent news,
antennas, broadcasting,
radio servicing, DXing,
clubs, and program
listening. It also had
contests, humor, one -act
plays, extensive advertising
for all kinds of parts,
receivers and other
equipment, and monthly
Gernsback editorials on
every conceivable radio
subject. It even addressed
such arcane questions as
whether Esperanto or Ilo was
the better international
language (it ran a series of
Esperanto lessons in 1925)." |
For an article on
Gernsback's influence on
radio click on
Hugo
Gernsback and Radio
Magazines:
An Influential Intersection
in Broadcast History |
Another article:
Hugo Gernsback's Obituary
with details on his life |
There is an excellent
biography of Hugo Gernsback
and it is available from
Amazon:
Click for Book Description |
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In 1953, Radio &
Television
News absorbed Radio and
Electronics Engineering.
Read the
letter
to subscribers |
| A History of the
publication
including ownership
changes and
editorial shifts is
HERE |
Radio Electronic
Engineering
A
supplement to Radio
News for
professional
engineers |
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Electronics
World |
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In 1959 Radio
Television News
became Electronics
World.
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Books |
Special Publications - Data
Book |
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Radio Data
Book
1940 |
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Radio Data
Book
1936 |
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Radio Data
Book
1937 |
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Radio Data
Book
1938 |
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Radio Data
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1939 |
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Radio Data
Book
1934 |
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Books |
Special Publications |
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Hi-Fi Annual
#1
1956 |
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Hi-Fi Annual
1959 |
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1001 Radio Questions
& Answers
1926 |
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1001 Radio Questions
& Answers
1929 |
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1001 Radio Questions
& Answers
1930 |
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1001 radio Questions
& Answers
1928 |
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Radio
Experimenter's
Handbook
1932 |
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Radio News 34
Lessons in Radio
and TV
1937 |
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Radio Amateurs'
Handibook
#1
1924 |
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Radio Amateurs'
Handibook
#2
1926 |
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Radio Amateurs'
Handibook
#3
1927 |
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Radio Amateurs'
Handibook
#4
1928 |
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Radio Amateur'
Handbook
#5
1929 |
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Amateurs' Handibook
#6
1939 |
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How to Tune Your
Radio Set
1924 |
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All About Radio
Parts
1925 |
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Radio Man's Guide
1935 |
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101 Radio Hook-ups
1930 |
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150 Radio Hookups
1926 |
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short Wave Manual
1929 |
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The
Super-heterodyne
Book
1926 |
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25th
Anniversary
issue
July, 1944
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Radio News
Radio Trouble Finder
1930 |
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500 Radio
Wrinkles
1926 |
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Radio News Questions
and Answers
1930 Edition |
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Gernsback Technical
Series 38
How to
Build a Radio |
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Note |
The copyrights for Radio
& Television News were
held by Poptronix Inc. (Ziff
Davis)
The copyright holder
indicated that the
copyrights of pre 1964
issues were not renewed. |
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