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Radio Times
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| Categories | TV and radio listings magazine |
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| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 497,852 (July–December 2020)[1] |
| First issue | 28 September 1923 |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | London, England |
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| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0033-8060 |
Radio Times is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in September 1923 by John Reith, then general manager of the British Broadcasting Company, it was the world's first broadcast listings magazine.[2] In September 2023 it became the first broadcast listings magazine to reach and then pass its centenary.[3]
It was published entirely in-house by BBC Magazines from 8 January 1937[4] until 16 August 2011, when the division was merged into Immediate Media Company.[5][6][7] On 12 January 2017, Immediate Media was bought by the German media group Hubert Burda.[8]
The magazine is published on Tuesdays and carries listings for the week from Saturday to Friday. Originally, listings ran from Sunday to Saturday: the changeover meant 8 October 1960 was listed twice, in successive issues. Since Christmas 1969, a 14-day double-duration issue has been published each December containing schedules for two weeks of programmes. Originally this covered Christmas Day and New Year's Day, but on some occasions those have each appeared in separate editions due to the two-week period ending just before the New Year.
- ^ "ABC Certificates and Reports: Radio Times". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Currie, Tony (2001). The Radio Times Story. Kelly Publishing. ISBN 978-1903053096.
- ^ "Radio Times at 100: Magazine still 'highly profitable' fuelled by subscriptions". Press Gazette. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "The history of Radio Times". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (16 August 2011). "BBC Worldwide agrees £121m magazine sell-off". The Guardian.
- ^ Preston, Peter (11 March 2012). "What price the Radio Times? Only private equity can tell us". The Guardian.
- ^ Chapman, Matthew (11 April 2012). "Radio Times hires Hello! ad director". Media Week.
- ^ "German media group buys Radio Times". 12 January 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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