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AUSTRALIAN RADIO PUBLICATIONS AND MAGAZINES.

INTRODUCTION.
This publication is an attempt to catalogue the wireless periodicals and radio books that have been published in Australia since the introduction of wireless in about 1897, through to around 1950. I was particularly interested in the influence of the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) and amateur wireless experimenters on the publication of wireless magazines, so you will see that their involvement is covered in some detail.

With a couple of exceptions I have not included publications which commenced after 1950 and I have concentrated on technical wireless publications rather than the magazines which contain only entertainment news and radio programs.

This catalogue will probably never be complete, because of the difficulty of finding rare publications, some of which are known only from one or two issues or just as a title. There are probably others I have not even heard of.

NOTES.
It is not easy to confirm the initial date of publication unless the first issue is sighted. I have attempted to track down issue No.1 of each publication and where given, that date is generally accurate. Counting back from later dates, volume numbers and issue numbers can be totally misleading because some issues might not have been printed, issues may have been combined, the frequency of publication altered, or the numbering system just changed at the editor's whim!

 The numbering systems used by publishers vary greatly and often defy logic. Then there are sometimes typographical errors in dates and issue numbers to compound the confusion.

The date a publication ceased is even harder to determine, as rarely did the editor announce the demise of his magazine. Collections in more than one library can be a guide if they all end with the same issue there is a fair chance that it was the last one.

A valuable reference to library holdings is the massive collation "Scientific Serials in Australian Libraries" or SSAL, but even SSAL does not include all the publications listed in this catalogue. SSAL is now available in the larger libraries on microfiche and also gives details of holdings in specialist and company libraries, but these are often only open by special arrangement. It is surprising how few of the library collections are comprehensive or near complete.

Both publishers and librarians take liberties with the titles of publications and for instance a magazine might include "Australia" or a state name in its official title, but it may not always be printed with the full name on the cover and therefore it is not catalogued correctly in libraries. If you can't find a title, look for it in my index with, or without, "Australia", "Australian", or "Australasian" in the title, or try adding or deleting the state names eg. NSW, Qld., S.A., Victoria, or W.A.

Australian publishers often used the same names as overseas magazines and it is possible to confuse local and overseas publications with the same name.

Amateur enthusiasts were instrumental in starting and promoting both radio stations and radio publications, particularly after public broadcasting was permitted in late 1923. Some amateurs were wealthy entrepreneurs whilst others had little money and less business acumen. Therefore their efforts met with variable success and some of the outcomes can be seen in the longevity of their business ventures and their magazines. A number of magazines were absorbed by other publications and some of the people involved moved around from magazine to magazine.

In 1922 amateur wireless experimenters were issued with identifiers or "call signs" with two letters preceded by a number to identify their home state, eg 2NO (in NSW) so that is generally how I list them. Later, international prefixes were added, in Australia's case it was an "A" so calls became A-2NO, then in 1927 the letters "OA" preceded the number. Finally in 1929 the current international identifier "VK" was added before the number, eg VK2NO. VK2NO was the call sign of Don Knock, a well known amateur experimenter and technical writer who featured in a number of radio magazines.

I was assisted in this work by staff from many of the Australian public and specialist libraries, and I am most grateful for their generous efforts. A copy of this Catalogue has been given to:

            LIBRARY SERVICE OF WEST AUSTRALIA
            NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA
            NSW STATE LIBRARY
            QUEENSLAND STATE LIBRARY
            SOUTH AUSTRALIA STATE LIBRARY
            TASMANIA STATE LIBRARY
            VICTORIAN STATE LIBRARY 

If any reader can add to or correct this listing I would very much appreciate the information, sent to:

Colin MacKinnon, VK2DYM at cmac@zip.com.au 

 I need to know: 

Full Title and any subtitles                                 First date of issue
No. of pages                                                    Frequency of issue
Name of publisher                                            name of editor
Price                                                                last issue known
Size of publication and type of print - eg A4, stiff cover, 4 colour print, etc.

 Some Important Dates in Australian Wireless Development.

1897         Post & Telegraph engineers and university researchers in  Australia re-create Marconi's wireless experiments.
1901         The Royal Navy on Australian Station assumes control of wireless.
1905         Wireless Telegraphy Act (1905) gives control to the Government Post & Telegraph Dept. and permits licensing 
                  for experimental purposes. However very few licences were issued.
1910         Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA)  formed in NSW to lobby for easier issue of experimental licences.
                 Government orders 2 high power wireless stations for maritime communications in the region.
1911         Only 27 official experimental licences are current.
1914         Approx 400 official licensees and 200 illegal stations closed down due to World War 1. Navy takes charge of
                 wireless again.
1918         AWA publishes "Sea Land & Air" as a semi-trade monthly.
1919         AWA makes a public broadcast of music in Sydney.
1920         Navy reluctant to allow licensing or return of radio equipment.
1922         New regulations from the P & T Dept. allow re-issue of licences.
1922         "Wireless Weekly" commences. It was the first Australian news-stand wireless magazine.
1923         First commercial broadcast station, 2SB (later 2BL), commences transmissions in Sydney as a "Sealed Set"
                 station, followed by 2FC, then 3LO (Melbourne) and 6WF (Perth).
1924         New Broadcast Regulations permit A and B class broadcast stations. Interest in radio increases rapidly creating
                 a market for wireless magazines.
1928        Government acquires all A class stations and establishes National Broadcasting Service.
1930        The Depression causes hardship for publishers, radio stations and the buying public.
1932        Government establishes the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Wireless is still a popular and growing market.
1939        World War 2 declared and amateur radio stopped. Several technical magazines cease as staff enlist and paper
                 becomes hard to obtain. Technical information dries up due to wartime restrictions.
1946         Radio magazines re-appear after the war but the boom years are over.

THE ALL ELECTRIC RECEIVER by VK-3GT.
This substantial A5 size book of 128 pages was written in 1930 by Geoffrey Thompson, VK3GT, of The Listener In technical staff. It cost 2/6 and is listed as a "Listener In Handbook". Consequently I believe it was No.3 in the series of 16 Handbooks that Listener In produced. See entry on the LISTENER IN HANDBOOKS. The contents include technical articles on many aspects of receiver design, data tables, a glossary and several wireless circuits for home builders, with emphasis on mains power operation.

AMATEUR RADIO.
The first copy of the monthly magazine that currently serves the Australian amateur radio fraternity was released in October 1933, at a price of 6d, and comprised 20 small pages of news items from the Victorian Division of the Wireless Institute of Australia and its affiliated clubs, plus one technical article. The front cover proclaimed that it was "published in the interests of ‘Amateur Radio’ by the Wireless Institute of Australia (Vic. Div.) official organ of the Royal Australian Air Force Wireless Reserve". The second issue contained news from the other states, and with a spirit of co-operation not seen before in the amateur community, Amateur Radio magazine, often known just as AR, was on its way to becoming the pre-eminent magazine it is today.

During the 2nd World War, the financial and manpower resources of the WIA (Vic) Division were sadly depleted and so AR was produced as a typed and duplicated newsletter of 10 to 16 pages, stapled between light card covers. The February 1941 issue was missed but then the wartime version was issued without break from March 1941 through to September 1945. The October 1945 issue reverted to a commercially printed magazine format. At one period during 1940, the magazine was titled AMATEUR RADIO DIGEST. The current journal averages 60 pages and is available only to members of the Wireless Institute of Australia.

There had been several previous attempts to produce a magazine for amateurs but they had failed through a lack of support and publishing expertise as well as some bitter politics. See Amateur Radio for October 1958 and January, March and April 1991 for more details of the history of AR.

AMATEUR RADIO AND BROADCAST MONTHLY.
Volume 1, No.1 was issued in November 1933, published by Amateur Radio and Broadcast Monthly Pty. Ltd. in Sydney and edited by A. Alexander, who had previously been the technical editor of Radio Monthly. It cost 6d per monthly issue and consisted of 36 pages. The first issue stated that it hoped to support both Australian and New Zealand amateurs in their experiments and listed a New Zealand branch office. The duration of this magazine is unknown but it is likely that it was discontinued after only one or two issues, in favour of Radio Monthly which was taken over by Amateur Radio and Broadcast Monthly Pty. Ltd. in December 1933. There is probably a story of intrigue behind these events but I have not found the details. See the entry for RADIO MONTHLY.

A.R.C. RADIO FAULT FINDER.
An 8 page fold out flow chart for diagnosing faults in receivers, as well as a diagram showing typical voltage measurements, it was probably given out as part of the course in radio troubleshooting run by the Australian Radio College (A.R.C.) established in Sydney in the late 1920's, although this publication is probably from the late 1930's.

A.R.T.S. & PATENTS TECHNICAL BULLETIN.
The organisation known as Australian Radio Technical Services and Patents Co. Pty. Ltd. was set up by a group of local wireless companies (originally AWA, STC & Philips) to control and licence their patents on valves and circuits after the Government stopped collecting royalties on behalf of AWA in 1934. The company published irregular pamphlets of circuits and helpful design hints for its licensees and included reviews of contemporary wireless magazines. The publisher was ARTS & P Publications at the Sydney address of AWA which provided editorial and printing facilities. The first series ran from No.1 of 9/8/1934 to No.144 during 1949. Following a favourable acceptance of the early roneoed issues, numbers 18 to 67 were printed and were up to 16 pages for some issues, but then No.68 and subsequent issues reverted to a roneoed format. A new series began from No.1 in 1957 through to No.14 in 1960. Hardcover binders were available to hold the pamphlets.

AUSTRALASIAN ELECTRICAL TIMES.
The first issue was on 27/1/1922, it cost 6d per monthly issue, and was published by W. Davey, in Melbourne. Initially it covered only the electrical industry but from issue No.3 it included some interesting technical articles on wireless, principally by Joe Reed, 2JR, a well known amateur and electronic engineer who worked for AWA for many years. From issue No.10 the magazine also contained a "Radio News Department", and news of the Wireless Institute. The price increased to 9d for 54 pages from issue No.11. From Vol.3 No.4 of April 1924, it was the Official Organ of the Electrical Federation (Victoria). In February 1936, Vol.15 No.1, the name of the magazine changed to AUSTRALASIAN ELECTRICAL AND RADIO TIMES, to reflect the emphasis on radio. The last issue was Vol.31 No.1 of July-August, 1951.

AUSTRALASIAN RADIO WORLD.
This magazine provided a good balance of amateur and listeners' technical articles. It was a monthly and commenced in May 1936, and lasted till August 1951. The magazine cost 1/- for about 48 pages and was initially published by Trade Publications in Sydney with Mr. A. Earl Read (an ex-patriate New Zealander) as the editor. It was circulated in New Zealand too. The publishers sponsored their own "All-Wave All-World DX Club" whereby for 3/6 one could become a lifetime member, receive a badge, and a certificate with his membership number. Each issue had a page of DX news, mostly consisting of amateur and club activities. (DX is an abbreviation for distance - meaning radio reception from far away). In 1940 A.G. Hull, the younger brother of Ross Hull, and till then the editor of RADIO & HOBBIES, bought the magazine and became the proprietor/editor, whilst residing in Sydney. (See EXPERIMENTAL RADIO AND BROADCAST NEWS for more information on Ross Hull).

A.G. Hull (he is almost always referred to as A.G. but his name was Allen Galbraith) had followed in Ross's footsteps by taking over as the technical editor of Wireless Weekly when Ross returned to QST magazine in the USA in 1930. A.G. then became the editor of RADIO & HOBBIES when it commenced in 1939 as an offshoot of Wireless Weekly, but after 9 months left to buy AUSTRALASIAN RADIO WORLD. A.G. Hull later moved back to Melbourne where he built a mansion and laboratory at Mornington as the headquarters of the magazine. Despite purchasing a large printing press in late 1949, for installation in a local printery, Hull admitted in September 1950 that his experiment in decentralisation was a failure and he intended to move back to a Melbourne office. However, in November 1950 the magazine was sold to Radio & Electronics (N.Z.) Ltd. which had been printing a monthly called RADIO and ELECTRONICS (New Zealand) for the NZ and Australian market since April 1946. The December 1950 cover of AUSTRALASIAN RADIO WORLD included the words "Associated with Australian Radio and Electronics" and "Composite Issue" and then it became just AUSTRALIAN RADIO and ELECTRONICS (Vol.15 No.6 of January 1951). The new AUSTRALIAN RADIO and ELECTRONICS used the same cover design of the NZ version. A NSW amateur, Lay Cranch, VK2XC, became the Managing Editor, whilst another amateur, Don Knock, VK2NO, was a frequent contributor from its inception through to 1949. Cranch organised publication of the Australian edition of R & E Digest of Circuits in 1950, a compilation of circuits from RADIO and ELECTRONICS and originally published in NZ in 1949. The Australian magazine ceased publication after the issue of October 1951, Vol.16 No.3, and the New Zealand edition was sold in Australia once more, through to the 1960's, although the name changed to RADIO AND ELECTRONICS REVIEW, incorporating RADIO AND ELECTRONICS in the early 1950's and in April 1961 it was purchased by The Magazine Press Ltd. of New Zealand and the format was changed to emulate the English "Wireless World" magazine. It became RADIO, ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS and I understand it continues as ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS.

AUSTRALASIAN WIRELESS REVIEW.
The AUSTRALASIAN WIRELESS REVIEW claimed to be the 1st monthly radio magazine in Australia. This is not correct, but truth never stopped a good editor! (Sea Land and Air started in 1918). The first issue was January 1923 and it ran until September 1925. It was published by Pierpont Black, and sold for 6d, later increased to 1/-, and had an impressive four colour quarto size cover design. The contents were a mix of commercial shop news, and amateur activities, with a few projects. It claimed to search the "Literature of the World" and present anything new in its pages, after testing for suitability for Australasian conditions. It didn't live up to this claim as the contents were basic and unexciting, but it did include some interesting thumbnail sketches of early amateurs on the Sydney scene, and news of the amateur clubs.

In September 1925 their advertising asserted that the magazine was "the finest and biggest publication of its kind in Australasia." It seems the public wasn't convinced because in October 1925 it was absorbed into NSW WIRELESS NEWS, another magazine from the same publisher, and sank into oblivion.

There is another magazine called AUSTRALASIAN RADIO REVIEW also published by Pierpont Black, costing 1/6 for 50 pages and known only from Vol.1 No.2 of February 1923. The 1st and 2nd issues of AUSTRALASIAN WIRELESS REVIEW have been checked to make sure the other title was not a printing error, so this similar magazine is a mystery.

AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CO.
The Australian Broadcasting Company was formed in 1929 after a business consortium consisting of Union Theatres, Fuller Theatres and J. Albert & Son won a Government tender to manage the A class broadcast stations and provide radio programs for a period of 3 years. In 1927 the Government had decided to re-organise broadcasting, so as the licences for the privately owned A class stations expired, it compulsorily acquired the assets and put the management of the stations up to tender. The PMG provided technical maintenance of the various stations. Radio station 3LO, one of the stations managed by the Australian Broadcasting Co. for the Government, issued a number of small leaflets on technical matters of interest to broadcast listeners, such as how to put up an antenna etc. They were mostly produced by the well known Melbourne amateur H.K. Love. The leaflets (perhaps 12 in the series) were posted to listeners upon request. The Australian Broadcasting Company contract ceased when the government formed the Australian Broadcasting Commission (the A.B.C.) in 1932.

AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY YEAR BOOK.
The S.A. State Library lists the AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING YEAR BOOK, 1930, but it is probably the same publication. Of A5 size it cost 1/- and contained around 150 pages. The book was first published in early 1930, covering the 1929 activities of the Australian Broadcasting Company (see entry above) during its contract to manage the government owned stations. The 1930 year book has a good history of broadcasting, many photos of radio personalities and highlights of the activities of the Australian Broadcasting Company. Although the contract with the Australian Broadcasting Company ran to 1932 it is not known if it published a 1931 or 1932 year book.

AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY COMMUNITY MUSIC BOOK, No.1 and No.2.
Similar in size to the year book, this was a list of popular songs and music of the day, compiled by a Henry Roberts and copyrighted to J. Albert and Son, the music and entertainment barons. Book No.2 was published in late 1929 and it is assumed Book No.1 was printed soon after the Australian Broadcasting Company began running the government broadcast stations.

AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL RADIO SERVICE MANUAL.
First published in 1938 (covering 1937 radios) by The Strand Press Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, publisher of The Electrical and Radio World, (see QUEENSLAND ELECTRICAL AND RADIO WORLD). Also known as AORSM, there were 14 volumes covering circuits and service information for domestic radio sets made by the local manufacturers. Generally around 320 pages and costing from 12/6 for the 1938 edition up to 24/- for the 1955 edition, these books are popular with vintage radio collectors and restorers. They were printed with both paper and stiff board covers, variously in black, grey and blue but to confuse users there were several editions and re-prints with differences in the page numbering which make it awkward to compare radio circuits. For instance Mingay's "Radio Diagram and Intermediate Frequency Index" (see entry) quotes 3 different versions of Volume 2. The issues were:

                    Volume  1             1937 circuits
                    Volume  2             1938 circuits
                    Volume  3             1939 circuits
                    Volume  4             1940/41 circuits
                    Volume  5             1946 circuits
                    Volume  6             1947 circuits
                    Volume  7             1948 circuits
                    Volume  8             1949 circuits
                    Volume  9             1950 circuits
                    Volume 10            1951 circuits
                    Volume 11            1952 circuits
                    Volume 12            1953 circuits
                    Volume 13            1954 circuits
                    Volume 14            1955 circuits

THE AUSTRALIAN POSTAL ELECTRICIANS' UNION JOURNAL.
Apparently first printed in August 1915, this magazine is the journal of that trade union. SSAL lists it as the JOURNAL OF THE POSTAL TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNICIANS ASSOCIATION (AUSTRALIA). It cost 3/- per annum, comprised 18 pages and was printed in Melbourne. The magazine dealt mainly with trade qualifications, wages and union matters, but did include articles on wireless circuits and designs. It was also called The Australian Postal Electrician on the inside pages. In 1942 it became TELE-TECHNICIAN and continues.

AUSTRALIAN RADIO CALLS.
A small book about 75 mm by 150 mm containing the names and call signs of amateur wireless licensees. It was published in June 1926 by the Melville Publishing Co. and cost 6d for 68 pages.

AUSTRALIAN RADIO NEWS & FILM REVIEW.
This magazine commenced on 21/5/1932. It was published each week by Norman J. Pritchard, edited by Norman Campbell and printed by The Bulletin newspaper in Sydney. It was priced at 2d and started with 34 pages but grew to around 50 pages in later years. In January 1933 (Vol.1 No.34) the shorter name of AUSTRALIAN RADIO NEWS was adopted. In April 1933 (Vol.1 No.43) the Bulletin bought the magazine and became the publisher and in May 1933 Don Knock VK2NO who had been a contributor to the magazine, became the technical editor. It was common for magazines of the era to be the official organ of various groups, and AUSTRALIAN RADIO NEWS was the journal of The Australian Radio Artists Association, The Australian Flying Corps Association, and the Zero Beat Radio Club.

Initially the main content of the magazine was radio programs for the week, news of broadcast personalities, and reviews of current films. Interestingly it had an arrangement with the Pharmaceutical Association to be sold through Chemist shops but that operated only for the first year of publication. Under the influence of Don Knock the magazine featured more technical articles, and gossip columns for amateurs. In 1933, the 5 metre band (56 Megacycles) was popular and the magazine included a number of articles on experimental wireless equipment for that band.

At this point it is appropriate to mention that in February 1932 the WIA (NSW Division) ceased to exist, having been renamed the Institute of Radio Engineers and becoming a professionals only organisation. This did not please those who were hobbyist amateurs, who promptly formed the Association of Radio Amateurs (NSW) or ARA and news of their activities was included in the rival journal Radio Monthly. In late May 1933, just after his appointment to AUSTRALIAN RADIO NEWS, Don Knock proposed to the committee of the Association of Radio Amateurs (NSW) that his magazine should become the official organ of the ARA, would provide 2 pages per week free for amateur news, and guarantied a circulation of 20,000. Knock and his publishers demanded immediate acceptance of their offer, but instead the ARA committee rebuffed Knock, and at the next meeting a motion was passed to the effect that the constitution of the ARA be altered to ensure that any official journal be selected by a 2/3 majority of all members by ballot. At that same meeting Knock (the Vice-President) and R.H.W. Power (the Secretary) resigned from the ARA.

The AUSTRALIAN RADIO NEWS ceased publication with the 15/6/34 issue, Vol.3 No.109, and was thereafter incorporated in The Bulletin from the 20/6/34 issue.

AUSTRALIAN RADIO & TV NEWS.
The first issue was in May 1949 with Don Knock as the editor and published by Haynock Press, a joint venture with A.E. Hay. The magazine cost 1/- and was 68 pages. It appears to have been short-lived.

AUSTRALIAN RADIO PUBLICATIONS LTD.
This is not a publication, but as the company produced many magazines in the years 1930 to the current time, it deserves to be mentioned here. The organisation was founded in 1930 by Oswald Francis Mingay. He also owned the Mingay Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd and the Mingay Printing Company and even ran an employment agency for electrical businesses. He was a prominent amateur, call sign 2XX, during the 1920 to 1940's era, ran the Bergin Electric broadcast station, 2BE, in 1924 and served in signals in World War 1. In World War 2 he was the Government's Manager of Radio Production. He is called the "Father of the I.R.E." because of his efforts to establish, promote and publish transactions of that professional organisation. His publishing empire is now owned by Thomson Business Publications in Sydney. At various times over the period 1930-1970 Mingay published:

                    Amateur Radio Log Book
                    Australian Advertising Rate and Data Service
                    Electrical Appliance Price List
                    Radio Receiver Price List
                    Radio Review of Australia
                    Radio Service Record Sheets
                    Radio Service Job Cards
                    Radio Trade Annual of Australia
                    Radio & Electrical Weekly
                    Radio & Electrical Merchant
                    Radio Retailer of Australia
                    Radio and Electrical Retailer
                    Broadcasting Business, weekly, plus a quarterly and a year book
                    Radio Trade-in Handbook
                    Technical Topics
                    and many other magazines, booklets and pamphlets.

 See the individual entries for each publication.

AUSTRALIAN SHORT WAVE HANDBOOK.
Published annually by Radio & Hobbies from 1947 to 1950. The 1947 publication was issued as the follow-on edition of the Wireless Weekly Call-Sign Book and Technical Review which had last been published in 1938. These books were all edited by John Moyle, VK2JU, the long time editor of Radio & Hobbies and sold at a price of 2/- each. They included amateur and commercial call sign lists, and construction articles for receivers and amateur transmitters.

AUSTRALIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AT WAR.
This 178 page book was a special issue of the weekly Radio & Electrical Retailer from Mingay Publishing. It was published on 2/5/1946 as Vol.23, No.16 at a cost of 6d, to commemorate and illustrate the use of Australian made wireless and telephone equipment etc in the Second World War. It is a valuable reference for World War 2 wireless equipment historians. Mingay was a Captain in Army Signals but was released to become Radio Production Manager for the war effort.

A.W.A. or commonly AWA.
Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd. published a large number of periodicals and booklets for promotional purposes. The booklets included:

                Wireless for Australia - circa 1920
                Australia's Wireless Industry and Service - 1922
                Modern Wireless Service - 1922 ?
                Wireless Service, Agreement with Australian Government - 1922
                Wireless for Australia, High Speed Wireless - 1922
                Experiment at Koo-Wee-Rup - 1924
                Developing Wireless Services in Australia - 1928
                Wireless Progress in Australia - 1930
                Facts re the Wireless Industry - 1932
                "On the Seven Seas" - Marine Wireless Services - 1932
                Wireless Patent Rights - 1932
                An Epoch of Radio Communications - 1935
                The First Wireless Message UK to Australia
                Facts re the Wireless Industry - 1938
                Australian Wireless Achievements - 1938
                AWA and the War - 1945
                Wireless Today - 1947 ?
                AWA Wireless Communications Apparatus

A.W.A. BROADCASTER.
Distributed free of charge to the commercial broadcast stations which were owned or managed under contract by AWA, this monthly newsletter started as a 4 page leaflet in February 1936 and grew to around 12 pages, with special issues up to 16 pages. It included such items as advertising rates, lists of available transcription programs and station and personnel activities. It gives interesting data on the growth of country radio stations. The last issue seen is Vol.1 No.19 of September 1937 but it is not known how long it continued.

A.W.A. JOURNAL.
This booklet for AWA staff started in September 1949 with Vol.1 No.1 and was issued approximately every six months but in 1951 it became a quarterly and later on it was bi-monthly of up to 48 pages but then reverted to quarterly. It ceased with the June 1956 issue of Vol.5 No.9 of 28 pages. It was an A5 size booklet of news, social and personal events.

A.W.A. RADIO GUIDE.
This book was published each year from 1926 to 1930. It contained articles and hints for listeners, details of broadcast stations and commercial short wave stations as well as amateur call sign listings. Advertisements for AWA equipment were featured and the 1926 edition includes a full price list of AWA wireless equipment. The number of pages varied and for instance the 1926 issue was 104 pages for 1/- whilst the 1928 issue was 1/6 for 216 pages.

A.W.A. RADIOLA NOTES.
This leaflet was "published in the Interests of Authorised Radiola Distributors" and as such gave service data on various AWA radios and details of new models, along with copies of the advertisements appearing in the press etc. It ranged from 4 to 8 pages and included news of the AWA dealer conventions and a little news of AWA events that might be of interest to the dealers. Only a few issues have been seen and the first available is Vol.2 No.3 in April 1940. Vol.9 No.2 was in 1942, whilst Vol.11 No.1 to Vol.11 No.10 were all in 1945, so the numbering scheme is a mystery. Vol.11 No.11 was dated December 1945 and included an apology for being late due to other work on AWA advertising campaigns.

A.W.A. REVIEW.
Apparently commencing in 1947 through to 1948.

A.W.A. SALES BULLETIN.
Known only by Vol.1 No.3 of 1/2/1928, this was a 4 page leaflet with technical data and illustrations of wireless components sold by AWA, such as Marconi Valves, Amplion speakers and various coils and brackets.

A.W.A. TECHNICAL REVIEW.
A publication reminiscent of the Proceedings of the Bell Laboratories (USA), and other high quality technical reviews. It featured papers on AWA's research and development of electronic equipment. First published in March 1935 in Sydney, it continued, despite some wartime disruption, till Vol.16 No.2, of September 1977. Initially with a grey cover and blue print, it later had a red cover and black print. It was intended to be quarterly but did not hold rigidly to that policy, and occasionally had 5 or 6 issues per volume, spread over more than a 12 month period. It frequently contained 100 pages of detailed design data and photos of new AWA products. The publication was issued at no cost to interested companies and qualified engineers.

BOYS WIRELESS BOOK.
Published in 1924 by the Eagle Press and claiming a 10,000 print run, the A4 size book is a basic treatise for children. It is obviously based on an English publication and has a few black and white photos of early UK wireless stations and aerials.

BOYS WIRELESS NEWS.
The BOYS WIRELESS NEWS was first published on 11/10/1924, with 36 pages, with the intention of supplying wireless news and education for younger readers. To be affordable to those readers, the price of this weekly magazine was 1 penny. It was published by W. Pierpont Black of 304 Kent St. Sydney. The contents of the magazine were a good balance of basic technical projects and news of the amateur and commercial wireless scene.

The magazine underwent a name change to THE WIRELESS NEWS on 28/2/25, because it was felt it had an appeal to older readers too.

Only 4 issues later, 28/3/25, the name was changed again to NEW SOUTH WALES WIRELESS NEWS or NSW WIRELESS NEWS, (both titles were used on the cover of different issues) but with no explanation. With the 9/5/25 issue, a change was made to a new 2 colour cover design which continued till the last copy available. The price was increased to 2d in July 1925 but with the promise of additional useful data within the pages.

On 3/10/25, it absorbed its kindred publication Australasian Wireless Review. However, I suspect production costs exceeded the 2d per issue price and it failed shortly after. The last issue known is Vol.3, No.3, 31/10/25.

THE BROADCAST BULLETIN.
Subtitled "of Radio Programmes" and published by the Read Press in Brisbane this was a 16 page weekly containing the programs for 4QG, 2BL and 3LO and photos of wireless personalities etc with a little basic technical information. It cost 2d. circa 1926. Vol.4 No.1 was published on 19/4/1926 and was a souvenir issue to commemorate the opening of Brisbane radio station 4QG. Read Press also published Queensland Radio News.

THE BROADCASTER (W.A.).
A weekly of 64 pages for 3d per issue, first issued on 7/4/1934, this magazine covered programs of WA stations, technical articles, horse racing and sporting details. It was published by West Australian Newspapers Ltd., of Perth and from about 1935 was incorporated in the Weekend Mail newspaper.

THE BROADCASTER ANNUAL.
Published in 1934 by the proprietors of THE BROADCASTER weekly magazine, West Australian Newspapers Ltd., Perth.

BROADCASTING BUSINESS.
This was a weekly trade paper covering news and activities of the commercial radio stations and published by Australian Radio Publications, the Mingay publishing company. It was first published on the 5/9/1934 as an insert to Radio Retailer, with 16 pages but after several months was sold as a separate publication, at 6d per copy. The cost was later raised to 1/- per copy or 10/- p.a. for 52 issues, by which time it was 20 pages, then to 15/- p.a. but that included a copy of the BROADCASTING BUSINESS YEAR BOOK. The contents were mainly news and technical information specific to the commercial and National broadcast stations and their personalities. From Vol.8 No.1 of 6/7/1939 it was renamed COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING incorporating BROADCASTING BUSINESS and was published fortnightly with a more substantial cover with red print and white paper instead of the blue paper with black headings used previously. The price remained at 6d each or 10/- p.a.. With Vol.15 No.10 of 28/11/1946 the name reverted to BROADCASTING BUSINESS incorporating COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING. Then with Vol.17 No.1 dated 1/4/1948 it became ADVERTISING BUSINESS incorporating BROADCASTING BUSINESS and continued till Vol.17 No.3 of 29/4/1948 when it ceased publication.

 BROADCASTING BUSINESS QUARTERLY.
Yet another Mingay publication, it first appeared in October 1938 and provided information on advertising costs, statistics on listeners' licence numbers etc. for use by commercial stations and their sales staff. It cost 2/6 per issue of 48 pages or 7/6 for four issues. It became COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING RATE BOOK in 1939, costing 5/- per copy.

BROADCASTING BUSINESS YEAR BOOK of AUSTRALIA.
Also known as the BROADCASTING BUSINESS ANNUAL this Mingay publication contained a great deal of reference material intended for commercial stations, including lists of advertising agents and their client advertisers. In previous years such information had been in the RADIO TRADE ANNUAL AND SERVICE MANUAL (see entry) which also included technical data. Mingay split it into two publications, to suit the different markets. It was issued free with a subscription to BROADCASTING BUSINESS or cost 10/- separately, was first published in mid-1936 with 170 pages and had a soft cover whilst later issues had a hard cover. It continued to 1940 but probably ceased then due to wartime difficulties. The 1940 issue was titled the YEAR BOOK OF COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING and was free with a subscription to COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING, or 10/-.

THE BROADCAST YEAR BOOK and Radio Listeners Annual of Australia.
The first edition in 1934 was compiled and edited by C.C. Faulkiner and J.D. Corbett and published by The Harbour Newspaper and Publishing Co., Sydney. It cost 1/6 for 194 pages in A5 size. It appears to have been published up to 1939, and then again after the war in June 1946 as the "enlarged post-war edition - 1946-1947", consisting of 200 pages for 1/6. It is not known whether there were later editions. The contents included lists of commercial and amateur stations, statistics relating to licences and broadcast stations, and biographical notes on radio personalities of the times.

BY WIRELESS.
In 1910 Honorary Lieutenant G.A. Taylor and other military personnel plus several wireless enthusiasts set up 2 military wireless posts near Heathcote, south of Sydney and exchanged the first Army wireless messages in Australia. Taylor wrote about the event and included a number of photographs in this booklet published about 1912. A plaque stands in a park at Heathcote to commemorate the event.

A COMPLETE COURSE OF WIRELESS FOR PROFESSIONAL OR AMATEUR STUDENTS.
Written by Walter M. Sweeney and published in 1920 by the E.W. Coles Book Arcade for the Commonwealth of Australia as a text book, this book is interesting because it contains details and circuit diagrams for the Government wireless systems being used at that time in Australia.

CONCISE RADIO HANDBOOK.
Written in March 1933 by R.C.V. Humphries, of the Radio Engineering staff of AWA and published by White Bros & Parsons, this A5 size book of 146 pages is a manual for home set builders, starting with radio theory and proceeding to construction of a basic 6 valve electric receiver. Humphries lost his life in 1944 while serving as a radio operator on the steamer "Tanda", when it was sunk by the Japanese, in the Indian Ocean.

CQ.
In October 1927, following problems within the WIA, NSW amateur radio operators formed "The New South Wales Radio Transmitters League". The NSWRTL published its own monthly magazine, CQ, from December 1927. It was free to members, and edited by J.M. Bristow. CQ started with 12 pages containing technical and gossip items, and grew to 16 pages. It was small, about 20cm x 13.5cm, and professionally printed with a 2 colour cover.

The cost of the magazine was funded by Philips Lamps (A'sia) Ltd. because they were not getting the publicity that was being accorded to other wireless component manufacturers by various publications. Each issue of CQ featured data on Philips products, or construction details of amateur gear using Philips parts. The funding from Philips was quite generous for the times.

The August, '28 issue of CQ was subtitled "The Acting Official Journal of the Australian Radio Transmitters League" because of support from the other states. The magazine now included notes from the other member states and a fair smattering of news from New Zealand, where the magazine had a strong following. Also in August, the "Australian Radio Transmitters League", or ARTL was officially formed with Queensland as its Headquarters.

Despite the growth of the ARTL, there was confusion of identity and some animosity between this group and the stalwarts of the WIA. Moves were made to re-amalgamate the ARTL and the WIA and eventually a merger was accomplished. The September '29 issue of CQ proclaimed that it was now "A Magazine Issued by the NSW Division of the Wireless Institute of Australia."

At the Federal Convention of the WIA in Brisbane during September 1929, NSW proposed that CQ be adopted as the official organ for the WIA, and Philips agreed to publish the magazine for a period of at least 12 months, and would issue up to 1500 free copies of CQ each month to all Institute members and nominees. The Institute was to provide a capable editor and all subject matter, but Philips was to be privileged to publish at least one article in each issue describing Philips products.

As this represented a "donation" worth at least 500 pounds per annum, the offer was accepted. Mr. Leo Feenaghty, who was the editor of the Queensland RTL publication QTC, agreed to relinquish publication of QTC, but was instructed by the delegates to approach Philips and the NSW Division to put to them the desire that CQ be re-named QTC, as a mark of appreciation to Leo, and that he continue as editor of the magazine. In the event that Philips would not concede, then the Convention would accept CQ as it stood, with Leo as the editor and Phil Renshaw, the Secretary of the WIA NSW Division, as the assistant editor.

Philips were opposed to changing the name and intervention by the WIA Federal Executive in Melbourne then caused Philips to retract its offer completely and withdraw funding from CQ. Without financial support CQ could not continue, and ceased either in December 1929 or in early 1930, after 3 years of publication. See the entry for QTC.

 ELECTRICAL & RADIO HANDBOOK.
Published by the Electrical Trades Union of Australia, Federal Council, apparently between 1940 to 1962. The National Library in Canberra lists a holding from 1956 to 1962.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
This magazine was first published on 15/4/1924 by the Tait Publishing Company of Melbourne. Tait had been producing the COMMONWEALTH ENGINEER which included electrical news items and eventually it was decided that a separate magazine was justified. The new magazine cost 6d and had about 40 pages. It was mainly concerned with the electricity supply industry but included many small and interesting news items related to broadcasting and broadcast stations and information on amateur wireless. The Tait family was heavily involved in entertainment and commercial broadcasting so the editorials tend to reflect their views and opposition to government restrictions. From Vol.8 No.1 of 15/4/1931 the name was changed to ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND MERCHANDISER and the wireless content diminished. Then with Vol.34 No.1 of 15/4/1957 it became just ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.

ELECTRICAL TRADER OF AUSTRALIA.
Published monthly by Simmons Ltd. in Sydney and costing 6d per issue of about 38 pages, this magazine was the official organ of the Electrical Manufacturers' Association of NSW and the Contractors' Association of NSW. The editor was George W. Stewart. The first issue was in February 1931. The name was changed to ELECTRICAL & RADIO TRADER OF AUSTRALIA to reflect an emphasis on radio but by 1938/39 there was very little on radio and by then it appears to be virtually a trade magazine of the above electrical associations. It is believed to have ended with Vol.11, during 1942.

ELECTRICITY HOUSE CATALOGUE.
This is a catalogue that appears to have been issued, free, as an annual over several years (although not dated) and contains interesting instructions, data and illustrations of early wireless and electrical components for home set constructors. Electricity House was a well known Sydney retailer of radio parts for experimenters and wireless constructors in the 1920's. Known only by the circa 1922 edition of 34 pages.

ERDA.
The official organ of the Electrical and Radio Development Association of NSW, and published by that organisation in Sydney. The association was formed in 1925 as the Radio Broadcast Bureau to disseminate publicity on behalf of the members. The name was changed to the Electrical and Radio Development Association of NSW sometime after 1928. It was the publicity branch of the Electrical and Radio Association of NSW which was a manufacturers organisation formed back in 1911 as the Electrical Employers Association of NSW. The original purpose of the employers group was to counter wages claims by the electrical unions, but it became a general employers' and manufacturers' forum. The magazine had an editor appointed by the ERDA and backed by an editorial committee consisting of representatives from manufacturers and dealers. ERDA magazine commenced in January 1930 and had a circulation of around 2500 retailers, electrical authorities and builders and cost 6d per monthly copy. Naturally the contents were items of interest to retailers and the promotion of manufacturers' products in the radio and electrical appliance fields, with basic explanations of wireless technology. Originally just called ERDA, the magazine became the ERDA JOURNAL from the issue of Volume 38, No.3 in April 1966. It ceased publication with the issue of Vol.42 No.7 of Jan/Mar 1971. See also the entry for RADIO BROADCAST BUREAU BULLETIN.

EVENING NEWS WIRELESS HANDBOOK.
The Mitchell Library lists it as the SYDNEY EVENING NEWS WIRELESS HANDBOOK. This A5 booklet was written by A. Mitchell and published in 1924 by S. Bennet of the Evening News newspaper group in Sydney. It cost 1/- and its 132 pages contained amateur call sign lists, technical data and helpful hints for home builders of wireless sets. It has an interesting gallery of photos of prominent Sydney wireless experts.

EXPERIMENTAL RADIO and BROADCAST NEWS.
This magazine is listed under RADIO BROADCAST in the Mitchell Library. The first issue of this monthly was 1/8/1924 and it carried the sub-title: "Official Organ of The Wireless Institute of Australia." It sold for 1/- and contained 50 pages of amateur and listeners news and technical articles. The editor was H. K. Love, the President of the WIA, Victorian Division, with Ross Hull as the Associate Editor. It was published by Wireless Publishers of Australia at 443 Little Collins St. Melbourne, which happened to be the same address as the WIA, Victoria. Wireless Publishers was a private company controlled by 37 WIA shareholders, mostly committee members of the Victorian WIA, which body also held shares in trust. No shareholder could hold more than 5 shares, each of £5.

During the first Federal Convention of the Wireless Institute in Melbourne in 1924, this magazine had been chosen as the official organ of the Convention. Perhaps someone pointed out that this did not entitle it to claim to represent the WIA as a whole, because the second issue of the magazine was sub-titled : "Official Organ of the Wireless Institute (Federal Convention) of Australia (Victorian Division). That must have seemed a mouthful because the phrasing was tidied up from issue No.9 with a new sub-title of: "Official Organ of the Wireless Institute of Australia (Federal Convention Victorian Division).

The January '25 editorial page revealed that Love was Managing Director, whilst Hull was now the Managing Editor, with a Miss D.M. Mycroft as the Secretary. Vol.1 No.8 of March, '25 featured a new cover design and the name became simply RADIO BROADCAST. In April the cover design changed again.

Later, from the August '25 issue, the editorial page added "with which is incorporated the Radio Experimenter and Broadcaster", which had been a contemporary magazine of the time (see entry on RADIO EXPERIMENTER). The August issue was marked as Vol.2 No.13, but they changed their minds about the sequence by calling the following issue Vol.2 No.2. The price was reduced to 6d from August.

The Second Federal Convention of the WIA was held in Perth during August 1925 and B. Jerym Masters, representing Victoria, moved that RADIO BROADCAST become the official organ of the WIA. The controlling company offered to sell 4000 shares to the divisions so that they could share in the profits of the journal and to sell the magazine to members at 3/6 per year, post free. The Convention accepted the proposal (although I have found no confirmation that any Divisions took up shares) and the magazine, from the October 7th issue, could fairly claim to be the "Official Organ of the Wireless Institute of Australia". The editorial offices moved to Sydney to reflect the fact that the newly elected and first Federal Council of the WIA was resident in NSW. The magazine was printed in Sydney and strangely it was now published on the 7th of the month, instead of the 1st. Ross Hull was still Managing Editor, although he relinquished that position when he moved to Sydney around October '25 to join "Wireless Weekly".

Jerym Masters became Editor and Secretary and with the February 1926 issue printing was transferred back to Melbourne. However there appeared to be a problem as the magazine slowly went down hill. Vol.2 No. 5 was listed as the December/January combined issue, but then the February issue was printed with "January 1st" and overstamped "February" with a rubber stamp! The cartridge paper cover was changed to a cheaper grade and the number of pages dropped to 34.

The magazine struggled on for another year but the last issue in this format was Vol.3 No.5 of 1/1/1927. The decline continued and there was no February '27 issue and March and April were reduced in format and size.

It appears that the WIA effort petered out then and individual states printed their own news in the period from mid 1927 to 1929. It was during this period that dissatisfaction with the WIA led to the formation of the ARTL, with publication of CQ in NSW and QTC in Queensland. The WIA (NSW Division) journal during this period of unrest was RADIO JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, between November 1927 and March 1928.

On June 3, 1927 a weekly tabloid newspaper of the same name, RADIO BROADCAST appeared but with a totally different format and appearance, consisting of 8 pages of wireless programs and station news, but it appears to have only lasted a few weeks. The publisher is not identified so it is hard to be sure if this was a last ditch effort by those mentioned above to stay in the magazine business, or a totally different publication. The Victorian State Library includes it as a "New Series" along with the other magazine but I am not so sure.

THE GULCHVIEW GAZETTE.
(QLD) 1928-'30. Nothing else known.

HEALING RADIO GUIDE, 1932.
From A.G. Healing Pty. Ltd., Adelaide, the well known retailer and manufacturer of home appliances.

HOBBIES ANNUAL.
See POPULAR HOBBIES.

HOBBIES ILLUSTRATED.
Although HOBBIES ILLUSTRATED catered mainly for craft and model making it did feature simple radio and electronic projects from authors such as Don Knock VK2NO, under the guidance of Tom Thorpe VK2LT as the adviser on radio and electronic articles. The magazine's first issue was Vol.1 No.1 of April 1946 and it continued into the mid-1950's. Price was 1/- for 48 pages as a bi-monthly, later increased to 2/- for 64 page monthly issues. It was published initially by Dunvegan Publications, then by Hobbies Illustrated Pty. Ltd. of Sydney and still later by the Mirror Newspapers group, and was edited by Arthur Neville. Whilst a number of magazines are available for study it is difficult to establish any meaningful volume and number sequence as they seem to alter without logic. Initially a volume covered 6 months but that seems to have varied later.

THE HOME CRAFTSMAN.
This magazine was called the "Amateur's Magazine - of Special Interest for Home Decoration and Wireless Enthusiasts", but included hobbyists in many other fields as well. It commenced in September 1923, cost 6d per 26 page monthly issue and included the "Home Gardener", with a little information on wireless and the WIA Victorian Division, as well as hints on furniture making etc. The last issue was Vol.1 No.10 of June 1924 and from July it was absorbed into another journal, the re-named Real Estate and Home Journal. That magazine had been running from September 1923 as Real Estate for the Home Builder. It was published by Mitchell and Casey, printers, of Melbourne.

THE HOMECRAFT MAGAZINE.
The Homecrafts hobby and toy shop in Melbourne was a large and popular source of wireless and model parts and the proprietor, P.H. McElroy, initiated this magazine as a service to customers. It began in June 1925 as a small 20 page journal costing 3d per month, with a two colour cover. As well as good construction articles on wireless it catered for those interested in fretwork, photography and model engineering. However from the issue of Vol.1 No.10, March 1926 several sections were deleted to concentrate on radio and electrical sections as well as model engineering and fretwork. The front cover design was altered and featured a larger logo in red ink with a blue border. THE HOMECRAFT MAGAZINE ceased with the October 1926 issue, but was replaced by a new and enlarged magazine titled POPULAR HOBBIES in November 1926. THE HOMECRAFT MAGAZINE had no connection with the similarly named THE HOME CRAFTSMAN. See above.

HOW TO BUILD A DUAL WAVE SUPERHET.
This is a quality A5 publication on good paper printed by the Bridge Printery for Radiokes Pty. Ltd., a supplier of wireless components in the 1920's and 30's. The booklet cost 6d and was of 52 pages. The contents are a very detailed description of the construction of a 6 valve battery or electric wireless receiver based on a kit of parts from Radiokes and include good quality photos of the steps in assembly. The booklet is not dated but is probably early 1930's vintage.

INTERNATIONAL RADIO NEWS.
Issued monthly by the International Radio Co. of Sydney who were manufacturers of electrical components and distributors of National Union Valves from USA. The company commenced in 1921 and claimed to have been the first commercial broadcaster in New Zealand as well as responsible for the formation of radio station 2BL in Australia. (Credit for starting 2BL is normally given to W.J. Maclardy, publisher of Wireless Weekly, so it is assumed that the company probably sold some equipment used in the construction of 2BL). Their magazine was a substantial publication, generally 24 pages in A4 size and included spot colour and large photos of products such as speakers, valves and components, along with technical data. Later, domestic appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines were included in what became virtually a monthly catalogue. It was issued free to companies in the electrical, automotive, radio and theatre equipment markets. The issues were not numbered so it is difficult to determine the first date of issue. The first issue held is March 1933 and the last is November 1946, with indications that it continued well past that date. International Radio expanded rapidly and commenced the manufacture of PVC coated electrical cable in the 1940's. Whilst strictly a trade publication, it has been included here because it seems to have enjoyed a large circulation, including to the general public.

LEVENSON'S RADIO "A PORTFOLIO OF PHOTO-CIRCUITS".
A booklet of simple crystal sets and valve amplifiers for the home builder done in a photographic style representing the physical layout of each design. It cost 2/6 and featured two crystal sets, two single valve and eleven multi-valve circuits.  Published about 1930.

LEVENSON'S RADIO-HANDBOOK.
Incorporating the 1930 Wireless Catalogue. A substantial booklet of wireless circuits and products. Price 1/-.

LEVENSON'S RADIO "THE BUYERS GUIDE".
Issued in 1934 with 224 pages and costing 2/- this was another radio buyers guide and assembly chart with many illustrations to help home set builders.

LEVENSON'S RADIO "RADIO CIRCUITS".
In 1941 Levenson's published a book of circuits and articles taken from the Radio and Hobbies magazine.

LINKING AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND WITH THE PACIFIC ISLANDS BY RADIOTELEGRAPHY.
This is an 8 page booklet published in late 1909 by the Pacific Radiotelegraph Company, of England, explaining its proposal to establish radio stations on Fiji and Ocean Island to interlink with other stations to be built in Australia, New Zealand and other English, French and German possessions in the Pacific. On an enclosed map the company showed stations at Southport, Queensland and Doubtless Bay, NZ, which it listed as "Proposed Government stations ..... (which) company may possibly be asked to erect." In fact the Australian Government rejected this proposal and in October 1909 awarded a contract to the rival Australasian Wireless Company for stations at Pennant Hills and Applecross (WA), to be taken over and run by the government. The Australasian Wireless Company also won tenders for stations at Doubtless Bay and Bluff (South Island of NZ).

 LISTENERS' WEEKLY & SCREEN NEWS.
A Queensland weekly, published by King Publicity Service in Brisbane at 2d per issue or 8/6 per annum. It was printed circa 1935-36 and was the official organ of the Queensland Listeners' League.

THE LISTENER IN.
The first issue was on 10/1/1925. Published by Edgar Baillie for United Press, Melbourne. Sub-titled "The Wireless Journal of Australia" and selling for 3d in A4 size, this weekly became very popular and often had a print run of 52,000 per issue. To cater for NSW interest a special edition titled THE NSW LISTENER IN was printed. In June 1929 it absorbed POPULAR RADIO AND AVIATION. The Listener-In continued to Vol.31 No.37 of 10/9/1955, then changed name to LISTENER IN TV, whilst continuing the volume sequence. In April 1976, Vol.49 No.16, it became simply TV SCENE, commencing with a new Vol.1 No.1.

THE LISTENER IN HANDBOOKS.
The publishers of The Listener In magazine also produced a series of books of wireless circuits and helpful hints each year from 1928 to at least 1947. The early issues were small books of up to 130 pages and costing 2/6 each. Later books were quarto size and of between 76 to 90 pages and covered topics of interest to home constructors and listeners. There were no transmitting circuits or projects for amateurs. The known issues are listed below.

                No. 1                     ??
                No. 2                    1929        "Calls"                                                            ?