''Radio'' magazine, a

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trade publication, covers the technology side of

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broadcasting. The publication is targeted at radio broadcast engineers, technology managers and owners of radio stations, networks, and recording studios. It is owned by

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History

''Radio'' magazine was first published in 1994 under the title ''BE Radio''. It is, essentially, a

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of ''Broadcast Engineering'' magazine, which began publication in 1959. Prior to 1994, ''Broadcast Engineering'' (often known as "''BE''") covered

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, and cable broadcasting. In 1993, the editors of ''Broadcast 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 of ''BE Radio'', to cover only the

broadcasting industry, and narrowed the scope of ''Broadcast Engineering'' to

and cable

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only. For the first year of publication, ''BE Radio'' was a supplement mailed with ''Broadcast Engineering'' to subscribers working at radio stations. In 1995, ''BE Radio'' was mailed as a stand-alone publication. By 1997, the editorial oversight from ''Broadcast Engineering'' had 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"

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ceased to have relevance for ''BE Radio'', and in 2002 the decision was made to drop the initials from the title, leading to the title of ''Radio''. The March through August 2002 issues of ''Radio'' magazine have a small "BE" in the upper corner. This is because the postal permit was registered for ''BE Radio'' and not ''Radio'', and the small addition to the cover satisfied postal regulations. In February 2011, ''Radio'' was transferred from

Penton Media Penton was an information services and marketing company. The company's three largest revenue streams came from events, digital and marketing services. Although Penton had a long history (see below) as a trade publisher, in 2015 it reported that ...

to media and communications publisher NewBay Media, separating ownership of ''Radio'' from its sister publication ''Broadcast Engineering'' for the first time. Penton had decided to release all its entertainment technology titles.

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acquired NewBay Media in 2018. The final issue of ''Radio'' magazine was published in December 2017.

Earlier use of the name

Between November 1921 and February 1947 a ''Radio'' magazine was published on the west coast in either San Francisco or Los Angeles. Before 1921 it was known as ''Pacific Radio News'' and in 1947 it became ''Audio 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. Orr William Ittner Orr (1919–2001) was an engineer, educator, communicator, and ham radio operator. He was the American author of numerous amateur radio and radio engineering texts. He is best known as the author of ''The W6SAI Antenna Handbook'' a ...

became editor of the handbook and it achieved national distribution.https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Handbooks/Radio-Handbook-15-1959.pdf

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