 September 2010 Issue | |
| Editor | Richard Fisher, KI6SN |
|---|---|
| Emeritus editor | Tom Kneitel (SK) |
| Categories | Shortwave Radio |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | CQ Communications |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Final issue | 2013 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Hicksville, New York |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0733-3315 |
Popular Communications was amagazine with content relating to the radio hobby, includingscanners,shortwave radio,CB,amateur radio, AM and FM broadcast band listening, radio history, and vintage radio restoration. The magazine existed between 1982 and 2013. It was based inHicksville, New York.[1]
Popular Communications was first published in 1982, succeeding the CB radio oriented magazineS9, published from 1962 to 1982. The magazine was published by CQ Communications, publishers ofCQ Amateur Radio,CQ VHF Magazine, andWorldRadio.[2]
The magazine featured articles covering a broad spectrum of radio topics, regular columns by recognized leaders[who?] within the hobby, product reviews, schedules of shortwave stations, and logs of radio communications, includingpirate radio, AM, and military aviation transmissions. In addition to these traditional aspects of the radio hobby, the magazine also highlighted more modern facets such assoftware-defined radio, scanning software, live station streaming, podcasting, and emerging technologies.
In late-December 2013, CQ Communications announced that they would cease publication of the printed version ofPopular Communications along withCQ VHF. These two magazines were combined with WorldRadio in a single digital publication to be calledCQ Plus starting in February 2014.[3][4]
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