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Top Entertainment Magazines – Vintage Radio Magazine
Billboard Magazine Free
Billboard Magazine Website
1894-2017 at World Radio History
1980-2011
Billboard Co., Cincinnati, OH
“An American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.” -Wikipedia. Billboard Magazine online.
Cable Guide (UK)
1991-2002
UK: Scorpio
UK cable TV directory with plenty of articles about shows, stars, etc.
Den of Geek Magazine
Den of Geek Website
Issues 2015 – Present
NY and London: Den of Geek
“Den of Geek is dedicated to serving the interests of today’s entertainment enthusiast.” – Website.
Disney Channel Magazine
1983-1999
California: Disney Channel
A kids’ guide to programming on the Disney channel. It appeared every 2 weeks for several years, before reducing to a monthly.
Doctor Who Adventures Magazine
2006-2015
UK: BBC/Immediate Media
Aimed at younger fans of the British long-running Sci-Fi TV show “Dr. Who”.
Doctor Who – Special Editions
2002
UK: Panini Publishing
There are issues devoted to each of the 11 doctors (i.e. the 11 actors who played the role), along with issues entitled “In Their Own Words”, “The Series Four Companion”, etc.
Entertainment Weekly Magazine Free
Entertainment Weekly Magazine Website
2015-2022
Meredith
“An American magazine online free that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.” -Wikipedia. The link has about 40 issues from 2015 to 2016. Entertainment Weekly Magazine back issues.
FAB
1991-2005
UK: ITC Entertainment Group
A magazine about TV shows produced by Gerry Anderson in the UK, including Thunderbirds, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Space:1999 and others.
Memories: The Magazine of Then and Now
1988-1992
New York: Diamandis Communications
Recent history, nostalgia.
Movie and Radio Guide
1940-1943
Philadelphia: Triangle
“Movie and Radio Guide, a weekly, began life in 1931 as Radio Guide, changing its name in 1940. The name was revised again in 1940 to Movie-Radio Guide. “There were as many as 14 regional editions, intended to reflect local programming schedules and stations. It morphed into Radio guide and is the predecessor of TV Guide” – World Radio History.com. Nearly half of each issue has articles about movie and radio shows and stars, with most of the remainder devoted to extensive radio schedules. See the entry on this web page for “Radio Guide Magazine” for issues from 1931 to 1940.
Old Radio Times Magazine
2005-2013 Internet Archive
U.S.: Old Radio Times Researchers Group
“The ‘Old Radio Times’ is the official publication of the Old Time Radio Researchers. Every two months readers are treated to informational and entertaining features by the hobby’s best writers and researchers. Articles are varied, but are centralized on events surrounding the Golden Age of Radio. Topics include, but are not limited too, how shows were produced, bios and events in OTR personalities lives, detailed series descriptions and information, current research techniques, transcribing techniques, rare OTR photographs, OTR editorials, and much more.” – Old Time Radio Researchers Group.
Radio Guide Magazine
1931-1943
1932-1943 – Internet Archive
NY Radio Guide
Radio Guide magazine published listings of network radio programming schedules, with articles about the stars, stations and networks. It began in late 1931 and changed names to “Movie and Radio Guide” in 1940; then ceased publication in 1943.
Radio Magazines – Collection
ca. 1930-2010
Thousands of issues of radio magazines. Many titles for listeners, broadcasters, technicians, etc. Includes some foreign magazines. Some titles: Move and Radio Guide, RadioIndia, Radio Amateur, Radiorama, Radio Bulletin, Swiat Radio, Audio, High Fidelity, Alta Fedelta, Megahertz, Old Radio Times, Radio-CB, ABC Electronique, more.
Radio Mirror
1934-1963
NY – Syndicate Management Corp.
A monthly magazine for listeners that began publication in late 1933. It changed names a few times, and was finally “Radio & TV Mirror’ in 1952-1953. Radio Mirror Magazine.
Radio Periodicals – Collection
ca. 1910-1961
About 300 issues of various periodicals for radio listeners and for companies in the business. Titles include: Radio Stars, Broadcasting, Radio Mirror, Radio Broadcast, Radio Revue for the Listener, Talking Machine World, What’s On the Air.
Radio TV Mirror Magazine
1933-1958
1934-1963
NY – Syndicate Management Corp.
A monthly magazine for listeners that began publication in late 1933. It changed names a few times, was “Radio & TV Mirror’ from 1952 and soon afterward changed to TV Radio Mirror. It was discontinued in 1977.
Red Dwarf Smegazine
1992-1994
UK: Fleetway Editions
Magazine for the British TV comedy sci-fi series “Red Dwarf”.
Seinfeld Magazines
4 Issues
U.S. Various Publishers
“Four issues of magazines about the U.S. TV comedy series “Seinfeld”.
Spoiler Magazine Free
Spoiler Website
Issues May 2020 – Present
NY and London: Den of Geek
“SPOILER is always full of spectacular interviews and articles to get you into the fandom universe. SPOILER is the premiere pop culture entertainment magazine. Covering genre entertainment in all its forms: Movies, TV, comics, games and more.” – Website.
Television Forecast
1948-1953
Chicago, IL: Television Forecast Inc.
Television Forecast, later TV Forecast was a Chicago TV listings magazine that started in May 1948. It was in B&W with an additional colour on the cover. At the time there were 2 TV Stations in Chicago, and about 18,500 TV sets. There were only about 300,000 sets in the whole USA. – epguides.com
Television / Radio Age
1953-1961
NY: Television Editorial Corporation
“This was a U.S. television industry trade magazine from 1953 to 1989. It was known for its dry but detailed coverage of the broadcasting industry and pioneering efforts to connect Madison Avenue (the advertisers) with program makers.” – Wikipedia.
TV Guide
1980-2021
1951-1955
U.S.: TV Guide
TV Guide has been the main national U.S. directory for network/cable TV since it appeared in 1953. In addition to TV listings, it contains many articles about TV shows, stars, industry news, and also interviews.
Us Weekly Magazine
Us Weekly Magazine Website
2015-2016
U.S. – American Media Inc.
“Us Weekly Magazine covers film, video, television and contemporary music. It provides in-depth editorials on top personalities, events and developments current in the world of entertainment.” – Us Weekly Magazine back issues online.
World Radio History
World Radio History Collections
UK: World Radio History
Dozens or hundreds of periodicals related to music, radio, TV, and related, from the U.S., UK and other countries. Lots of books also on amateur radio, TV, the music business, the engineering side of the business, and more.
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