Radio Call
Radio Call was a weekly magazine in South Australia published by The News, devoted to radio programs and associated artists, personalities, technology, gossip and news.
This was at a time when radio was the country's prime source of entertainment, and information and a great variety of content was being produced for the medium both "live" and on transcription discs.
The magazine also contained articles of more general interest and serial stories.
History[edit]
The first issue appeared on the newsstands 15 July 1937, price 2 pence. Its editor was Donald Leslie Stevens (died 27 March 1953), who became editor of The News in 1949.[1] He was succeeded by Robert "Bob" Paton.
Its only competition in the State was the ABC Weekly with a circulation of 2,000 in 1949 compared with Radio Call's 24,000. (Victoria's Listener In had a similar advantage, at 75,000 against that State's ABC Weekly with 7,000).[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Death Of Editor Of "News"". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 95, no. 29, 472. South Australia. 28 March 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 12 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Queries on A.B.C." The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 11 February 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 12 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia. This situation would be echoed ten years later with TV Week up against the ABC's TV Times
External links[edit]
- "Find My Past" genealogy service has searchable .pdf copies of every Radio Call from 1937 to 1956. Access to the service is by paid subscription.