Wireless World 1911 - ??

In April 1911 the Marconi Company published the first issue of the journal The Marconigraph. It was the first journal written especially for wireless communication and circulated largely among engineers and operators. In 1913 the Marconi Company wanted a broader audience, so the name was changed to The Wireless World and in April the first issue was seen in the news-stands. From April 1922 another name appeared on the title page, The Radio Review. This journal was first published October 1919 and ended as part of The Wireless World. The Wireless World has always reflected the use of electronics, beginning with the wireless sets used for gunnery spotting in 1916, reporting Lorenz instrument landing systems in 1935, gathering a whole mass of newly released radar information immediately post-war and continuing to report on air communication and navigation when the information is of use and interest to the readers. Besides this, the journal has always been dedicated to radio and television broadcasting and reception, and the high-quality reproduction of sound. Coverage of television began with Baird's first crude experiments, and many still remember the publication of designs for Williamson's valve amplifier just after World War II, which set a standard to judge the rest by. From the very beginning the journal was published by The Wireless Press (Marconi Company) but in 1925 the publication of The Wireless World was taken over by Iliffe and sons, Ltd. and the February issue was the first from the new publisher. The publisher have since changed name to I.P.C. Electrical-Electronic Press Ltd., (April 69) and in Marts 1987 to Reed Publishing. The name was changed twice from October 1983 it became The Electronics and Wireless World and later in 1990 it was Electronics World + Wireless World. I have no information of the name of the first editor but the editor from 1920 was Hugh S. Pocock. His successor in 1941 became H. F. Smith. In June 1957 he stopped and F. L. Devereux became the new editor. The row of editors after him was H. W. Barnard (June 1965 - May 1973), Tom Ivall (June 1973- Jan. 1982), Philip Darrington (Feb. 1982 - Jan. 1989) and Frank Ogden (Darrington became consulting editor). In October 1994 became Martin Eccles editor for The Electronics World + Wireless World.