''Worldradio'' was a monthly

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enthusiast

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published in

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, United States from July 1971 to January 2009. The magazine was published in

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and drew its subscription base primarily from the America and Canada, although it had subscribers around the world. The staff of the magazine had an Amateur Radio club that was assigned the

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WR6WR. This magazine is unrelated to a magazine called "World-Radio" published in the United Kingdom before World War II.

Sale to CQ Communications, Inc.

On November 12, 2008, CQ Communications, publishers of ''

CQ Amateur Radio ''CQ Amateur Radio'' (also known simply as ''CQ'' or ''CQ magazine'', and formerly as ''CQ: The Radio Amateur's Journal'') is a magazine for amateur radio enthusiasts first published in 1945. The English language edition is read worldwide; Spani ...

'', ''

CQ VHF Magazine ''CQ VHF'' was a magazine that served the ham radio operators whose operational and technical interests lie above 50 MHz. The magazine focused on radio technology, products, and activities that exist on 6 meters, 2 meters, 440 MHz and ...

'' and ''

Popular Communications ''Popular Communications'' was a magazine with content relating to the radio hobby, including scanners, shortwave radio, CB, amateur radio, AM and FM broadcast band listening, radio history, and vintage radio restoration. The magazine existed bet ...

'' announced that they had purchased ''Worldradio'' magazine from the founder and publisher Armond Noble, N6WR.CQ Communications (2008)
"CQ Communications Acquires WorldRadio Magazine"
November 12, 2008. Paid subscriptions for ''Worldradio'' were turned into ''CQ Amateur Radio'' subscriptions, while ''WorldRadio'' was continued as an on-line magazine. The first online issue, renamed ''WorldRadio Online'', was published in February 2009.

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