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Radio News  

   A monthly publication founded by Hugo Gernsback: 1919 to 1959 including special editions.

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.

History of Radio News
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.
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
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
Electronics World
In 1959 Radio Television News became Electronics World.
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Electronics World
 site for 1959 to 1971 issues
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  Radio News Issue List  Red i means "incomplete"
Year J F M A M J J A S O N D
1919 Publication began as
 "Radio Amateur News" in July, 1919.
1920
1921  
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
Year J F M A M J J A S O N D
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936 i
1937
1938
1939
Year J F M A M J J A S O N D
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
Year J F M A M J J A S O N D
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
Books Special Publications - Data Book
 
Radio Data
Book
1940
Radio Data
Book

1936
Radio Data
Book

1937
Radio Data
Book

1938
Radio Data
Book

1939
Radio Data Book
1934 
Books Special Publications
 
  Hi-Fi Annual  
1959
       
Hi-Fi Annual
#1
1956
Radio Experimenter's Handbook
1932
Radio News 34 Lessons in Radio
and TV
1937
Radio Amateurs' Handibook
#1
1924
Radio Amateurs' Handibook
#2
1926
Needed Radio Amateurs' Handibook
#3
1927
Radio Amateurs'
Handibook
#4
1928
Radio Amateur's Handbook
#5
1929
short Wave Manual
1929
How to Tune Your Radio Set
1924
All About Radio Parts
1925
  Radio Man's Guide
1935 
101 Radio Hook-ups
1930
150 Radio Hookups
1926
HiFi Annual
1956
1001 Radio Questions & Answers
1926
1001 Radio Questions & Answers
1929
1001 Radio Questions & Answers
1930
The Super-heterodyne
Book
1926
25th Anniversary issue
 July, 1944
Radio News
Radio Trouble Finder
1930
500 Radio
Wrinkles
1926
Radio News Questions and Answers 
1930 Edition
Gernsback Technical Series 38
How to Build a Radio
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.