Radio(magazine)

"Radio magazine" redirects here. For the radio program genre, seeNews magazine.

Radio

Issue 1, January 1994
Editor	Chris Scherer 1997 to 2014
Categories	Trade magazine
Founded	1994
Company	Future US
Country	United States
Language	English
ISSN	1081-3357

Radiomagazine, aradio broadcastingtrade publication,covers the technology side ofradiobroadcasting. The publication is targeted at radio broadcast engineers, technology managers and owners of radio stations, networks, and recording studios. It is owned byFuture US.

History

Radiomagazine was first published in 1994 under the titleBE Radio.It is, essentially, aspin-offofBroadcast Engineeringmagazine, which began publication in 1959.

Prior to 1994,Broadcast Engineering(often known as "BE") coveredradio,television,andcable broadcasting.In 1993, the editors ofBroadcast Engineering,recognizing a growing divergence in the technical issues faced by radio and television broadcasting, chose to split the scope of the original magazine. This resulted in the creation ofBE Radio,to cover only theradiobroadcasting industry, and narrowed the scope ofBroadcast Engineeringtotelevisionand cablebroadcastingonly.For the first year of publication,BE Radiowas a supplement mailed withBroadcast Engineeringto subscribers working at radio stations. In 1995,BE Radiowas mailed as a stand-alone publication.

By 1997, the editorial oversight fromBroadcast Engineeringhad ceased, and the tagline "From the editors of Broadcast Engineering" was no longer used. The two publications were completely stand-alone under one publisher.

In time, the common lineage of the two magazines was less important, and the connection was not understood by many readers. With that, the "BE"initialismceased to have relevance forBE Radio,and in 2002 the decision was made to drop the initials from the title, leading to the title ofRadio.The March through August 2002 issues ofRadiomagazine have a small "BE" in the upper corner. This is because the postal permit was registered forBE Radioand notRadio,and the small addition to the cover satisfied postal regulations.

In February 2011,Radiowas transferred fromPenton Mediato media and communications publisherNewBay Media,separating ownership ofRadiofrom its sister publicationBroadcast Engineeringfor the first time. Penton had decided to release all its entertainment technology titles.Futureacquired NewBay Media in 2018.

The final issue ofRadiomagazine was published in December 2017.

Earlier use of the name

Between November 1921 and February 1947 aRadiomagazine was published on the west coast in either San Francisco or Los Angeles. Before 1921 it was known asPacific Radio Newsand in 1947 it becameAudio Engineering.The publication was highly regarded at the time, carrying articles from many of the top men in the craft. Pacific Radio Publishing also printed a series of yearly handbooks.Around 1959,William I. Orrbecame editor of the handbook and it achieved national distribution.