Radio Times (1923-)

Radio Times is a British weekly magazine which provides radio and television listings. It was the world's first broadcast listings magazine when it was first issued on September 28, 1923, carrying details of BBC radio programmes.

In 1928, Radio Times announced a regular series of 'experimental television transmissions by the Baird process' for half an hour every morning, which began on September 30, 1929. The launch of the first regular 405-line television service by the BBC was reflected with television listings in the Radio Times edition of October 23, 1936.

When Britain declared war on Germany in 1939, and television broadcasting ceased, radio listings continued throughout the war for a reduced service. After the war television resumed and the Radio Times expanded too. Regional editions were introduced.

Until the deregulation of television listings in 1991, the Radio Times carried programme listings for BBC radio and television channels only, while the ITV-published magazine, TVTimes, carried television programme listings for ITV and, from November 1982, Channel 4. Today both publications carry listings for all major terrestrial, cable and satellite television channels in the United Kingdom.

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