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Radio Call

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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
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