Radio World

{{short description|Trade newspaper covering radio broadcasting technology and operations}}

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|editor = Paul McLane

|editor_title = Managing Director, Content

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|frequency = Biweekly

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|publisher = Future US

|firstdate = 1977

|country = United States

|based = Washington, D.C.

|language = English

|website = {{URL|http://www.radioworld.com/}}

|issn = 0274-8541

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Radio World is a trade journal published by Future US targeted at radio broadcast executives and operations personnel worldwide.{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=John Nathan |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203078143/radio-digital-dilemma-john-nathan-anderson |title=Radio's Digital Dilemma: Broadcasting in the Twenty-First Century |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York City, New York |series=Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies |pages=10–11}} Multiple editions have been published for the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.{{cite web|url=http://www.skippizzi.com/articles_rw.html|title=Articles: Radio World newspaper|first=Skip|last=Pizzi|date=December 20, 2009|access-date=July 24, 2016}} Columnists range from broadcast industry consultants to legal counsel specializing in the broadcast industry.{{cite web|url=http://www.pillsburylaw.com/siteFiles/Publications/D2DFB5FD06A582CD214E340B300E1C00.pdf|title=Memorandum to Broadcast Clients|date=January 22, 1999|work=Fisher Wayland Cooper Leader & Zaragoza L.L.P.|access-date=July 24, 2016}}

Radio World was founded in 1977 by IMAS Publishing and was privately held until IMAS was acquired by NewBay Media in 2007.{{cite news|url=https://www.foliomag.com/newbay-media-buys-imas-publishing/ |title=NewBay Media Buys IMAS Publishing |author= |date=5 July 2007 |magazine=FOLIO |access-date=4 September 2018}} Future plc acquired NewBay in April 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/future-publishing-acquires-us-content-business-newbay-media |title=Future Publishing Acquires US Content Business NewBay Media |first=Tom|last=Butts |date=4 April 2018 |work=TV Technology |access-date=4 April 2018}}

Sister publications include Radio, TV Tech, Videography, Government Video, TVB, and DV.com.

An unrelated Radio World magazine was published by Hennessy Radio Publications Corp. from 1922 to 1939.{{cite news|title=Roland Hennessy, Retired Publisher|date=February 3, 1939|work=The New York Times|page=20|url=https://nyti.ms/3w2KveC|access-date=June 7, 2021}}