[HCDX] WRTH web site

["Mike Terry" <michael.terry1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This site is worth a visit at http://www.nwlink.com/~kc7ldp



"A comprehensive web site about the history of the world's premiere
broadcasting reference source."

    Hopefully, this web site will turn into one of the most detailed and
accurate sources for information about the World Radio-TV Handbook in all
its forms.

    The World Radio Handbook has been published every year since 1947. The
winter edition or first edition for 1947 was released in November; the
second edition, May-November 1948, was completed in May 1948 and the third
edition was printed for November 1948-May 1949 and was released in November.
The fourth edition seems to be the first full-year edition printed, although
there is still some confusion on this. The fifth edition covers both
1950/1951.

    If information contrary to this presents itself, I will immediately
update this site to reflect the facts.

    The World Radio Handbook appears to have had quarterly updates from 1954
until 1959 known as the World Radio Bulletin. These continued until 1991,
different only in name; the Bulletin, Newsletter and Downlink.

    From 1960 until 1971, the WRTH also published its Summer Supplement;
which in 1967 and 1969 reached 184 pages! Half again the size of the yearly
WRTH. Site link below.

    Another publication by the WRH/WRTH was 'Listen To The World'. These
books contained various articles about DXing and SW listening and appears to
have been published since 1950 until 'Listen To The World' was incorporated
into the WRTH in 1976. In 1978 another publication made its debut, 'World DX
Guide', which was in the exact size and format as LTTW. A site link to
'Listen To The World' is included.

Terry Palmersheim

kc7ldp@xxxxxxxxxx





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