Dive into the dynamic world of Hollywood and beyond with our comprehensive collection of old entertainment magazines. Whether you’re after movie reviews, exclusive star interviews, or behind-the-scenes television scoops, we’ve got you covered. See our free pop culture and vintage fan magazines, and our classic radio and broadcasting magazines.
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Old Entertainment Magazines – Pop Culture Magazines
Dive into the world of pop culture with these free old entertainment magazines. This collection features top-tier celebrity magazines and gossip mag titles that provide the latest news, in-depth editorials, and coverage of personalities, events, and developments in the entertainment world across film, music, and television.
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.
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. An up-to-date pop culture magazine.
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.
Famous
1999-2020
Ontario, Canada: Famous Players Media
Canada’s entertainment lifestyle magazine that covers celebrities and pop culture.
Memories: The Magazine of Then and Now
1988-1992
New York: Diamandis Communications
Recent history, nostalgia.
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.
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.”
Vintage Fan Magazines – Pop Culture Magazines
This group focuses on dedicated vintage television fan magazines and similar pop culture publications. Find television directories, programming guides, and specialty magazines devoted to specific series like Doctor Who, Lost, and Seinfeld, offering deep dives into cast, episodes, and industry news.
Cable Guide (UK)
1991-2002
UK: Scorpio
UK cable TV directory magazine with plenty of articles about shows, celebrities, pop culture, etc.
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
A vintage fan magazine aimed at younger fans of the British long-running Sci-Fi TV show “Dr. Who”.
Doctor Who – Special Editions
2002
UK: Panini Publishing
This pop culture magazine has 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.
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.
Lost: The Official Magazine
31 Issues
UK: Titan Magazines
A pop culture vintage fan magazine for the TV series “Lost”.
Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1966-1967
NY: Leo Margulies Corp.
Each issue of this vintage fan magazine contains a short novel and several short stories featuring the characters from the 1960’s U.S. TV show of the same name.
Red Dwarf Smegazine
1992-1994
UK: Fleetway Editions
An old entertainment magazine for the British TV comedy sci-fi series “Red Dwarf”.
Seinfeld Magazines
4 Issues
U.S. Various Publishers
Four issues of vintage fan pop culture magazines about the U.S. TV comedy series “Seinfeld”.
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
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.
TV Times Magazine
1969-2019
UK: TV Times
This old entertainment magazine from the UK was a TV directory with articles.
Classic Radio Magazines – Old Entertainment Magazines
A valuable archive of classical radio magazines documenting that old entertainment medium in the early days of broadcasting. These titles offer a fascinating glimpse into the Golden Age of Radio, early television, programming schedules, and the industry’s technical and commercial aspects.
Movie and Radio Guide
1940-1943
Philadelphia: Triangle
Movie and Radio Guide, a classic radio weekly magazine, began life in 1931 as 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. Nearly half of each issue of these vintage fan magazines 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 classic radio magazine 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
1975-1977
London, UK: Script Publications
The Magazine all about Radio. Claims to cover radio programs on the 4 British national stations as well as all 11 independent radio stations in Great Britain.
Radio Guide Magazine
1931-1943
1932-1943 – Internet Archive
NY Radio Guide
Radio Guide was an old entertainment magazine that published listings of network radio programming schedules, with articles about the stars, stations and networks. This classic radio magazine began in late 1931 and changed names to “Movie and Radio Guide” in 1940; then ceased publication in 1943.
Radio Mirror
1934-1963
NY – Syndicate Management Corp.
This classic magazine for radio listeners began publication in late 1933. It changed names a few times, and was finally “Radio & TV Mirror’ in 1952-1953. Radio Mirror Magazine.
Radio TV Mirror Magazine
1933-1958
1934-1963
NY – Syndicate Management Corp.
A monthly classic magazine for radio 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.
Radio Magazines – Collection
ca. 1930-2010
Thousands of issues of radio magazines for broadcasting pop culture. 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 Periodicals – Collection
ca. 1910-1961
About 300 issues of various classic magazines for radio listeners and for companies in the business. They include many old entertainment magazines covering pop culture. Some titles: Radio Stars, Broadcasting, Radio Mirror, Radio Broadcast, Radio Revue for the Listener, Talking Machine World, What’s On the Air.
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.
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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