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242 Showbeat Monthly
Publisher
Town and Provincial Enterprises Ltd, London for Radio Scotland.
First issue April 1966
Final issue
Frequency Monthly
Language English
Additional Information
Radio Scotland was the only British offshore radio station to produce its own magazine. Contents included news about Radio Scotland and its DJs as well as general music and entertainment news and features.
DJ and Radio Monthly
Publisher
BC Enterprises, Hitchin, Herts
First issue October 1972
Final issue October 1973
Frequency Monthly
Language English
Additional Information
Became a tabloid newspaper with content more focused on DJs and equipment, with some limited radio coverage.
Beatwave
Publisher
Beatwave Ltd, London
First issue November 1966
Final issue May 1967
Frequency Only two issues published
Language English
Additional Information
Contents featured the 1960s British offshore stations and their DJs
Now Radio
Publisher
Now Radio Communications, Kettering
First issue ?
Final issue ?
Frequency Fortnightly
Language English
Additional Information
Radio News
Publisher
Brittain Press Ltd, London
First issue January 24th 1967
Final issue 14th March 1967 (transferred to Time and Tide magazine)
Frequency Weekly
Language English
Additional Information
The only newspaper format publication devoted exclusively to offshore radio. It was a publication covering news and programme schedules of all the 1960s British offshore stations, and appeared as a 4 page (later reduced to 3 pages) supplement to the National Advertiser/London Weekly Advertiser When publication ceased in March 1967 offshore radio content was transferred to Time and Tide
Sound
Publisher
Free Radio Association (FRA), Rayleigh, Essex
First issue February 1970
Final issue (3) October 1970
Frequency Quarterly (approx)
Language English
Additional Information
A successor publication to the FRA’s Free Radio Times. Content included offshore radio, record reviews and entertainment features.
Radio Magazine
Publisher
Independent Radio Publications, Great Bookham, Surrey later Goldcrest Broadcasting Ltd, Kettering, Northants
First issue November 1971
Final issue
Frequency Monthly, later Fortnightly
Language English
Additional Information
Contents covered all aspects of radio -
Time and Tide
Publisher
(From 1962-
First issue 1920
Final issue 1986
Frequency weekly
Monthly (from 1970) Quarterly (from 1984)
Language English
Additional Information
During the 1960s the magazine published articles and programme schedules for the British offshore stations. Time and Tide took over coverage of the offshore stations when Radio News ceased publication in March 1967.
Radio Guide
(Formerly Script)
Publisher
Script Publications, Kings Langley, Herts. From January 1976 TV Times, London
First issue May 1975 (actually issue 20 of Script)
Final issue
Frequency Monthly
Language English
Additional Information
Content covered all independent radio (including offshore). Gradually became more focused on Independent Local Radio (ILR) stations and separate editions were published for the initial 19 ILR stations.
After becoming part of the TV Times group it was published separately for a time then became absorbed in a new quarterly publication, Tune-
Script
Publisher
London Free Radio Campaign, later Script Publications Ltd, Kings Langley, Herts
First issue August/September 1972
Final issue Issue 20 -
Frequency Monthly
Language English
Additional Information
Content included coverage of offshore radio, landbased pirates, BBC local radio and, increasingly, the new Independent Local Radio (ILR) stations.
Television Mail
Publisher
First issue
Final issue
Frequency Weekly
Language English
Additional Information
Television Mail was the ‘trade’ publication for the British television industry and from April 1964 -
Offshore Echos Magazine
Publisher
Offshore Echos (originally France Radio Club)
First issue 1974
Still in publication
Frequency Quarterly
Language English (originally French, then some English pages were introduced. From issue 45 in December 1982 two separate editions were published -
Additional Information
Content exclusively offshore radio news and information.
Free Radio Times
Publisher
Free Radio Association (FRA), Rayleigh, Essex
First issue 1969
Final issue only one issue produced
Language English
Additional Information
Became Sound
Free Radio (and TV) Magazine
Publisher
Free Radio Magazine, Amsterdam
First issue ? 1973
Final issue ?
Frequency 10 issues per year
Language Dutch
Playback
Publisher
Playback Magazine, Sheffield
First issue February 1994
Final issue (34) ?1997
Frequency Monthy
Language English
Sound
Publisher
Free Radio Association (FRA), Rayleigh, Essex
First issue 1970
Final issue (3) October 1970
Frequency
Language English
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Veronica Magazine
Publisher
Originally Radio Veronica, Hilversum, Holland
First issue 30th September 1971. Still in publication
Frequency Weekly
Language Dutch
Additional Information
Launched to promote Radio Veronica in 1971. Continued to be published after offshore Radio Veronica closed and is still published as a general entertainment magazine, under licence by SBS Broadcasting BV
Wavelength
Publisher
Script Publications, Kings Langley, Herts
First issue October 1975
Final issue January 1978 (issue 18/19)
Frequency Monthly
Language English
Additional Information
After Script became Radio Guide in May 1975 and started to focus more on Independent Local Radio (ILR) Wavelength was launched specifically to cover offshore radio news.
Publication was suspended in January 1978 due to increased costs and the magazine never re-
Magazines and Newspapers were publications produced commercially or for commercial sale to a wide market.
Newsletters and Fanzines
were generally produced by organisations and supporters’ groups for circulation within their membership.
There may have been some overlaps, but we have tried as far as possible to put each publication in its correct category.
