{"id":6907,"date":"2013-07-25T21:16:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T01:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2013-07-26T09:16:13","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T13:16:13","slug":"monitoring-times-magazine-ceases-publication-december-2013-will-be-last-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/monitoring-times-magazine-ceases-publication-december-2013-will-be-last-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring Times Magazine ceases publication: December 2013 last issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MTlogo\"<\/a>I just noticed the following statement on the Monitoring Times<\/a> magazine’s website:<\/p>\n

After 33 years of service to the radio community,\u00a0Monitoring Times<\/i>\u00a0will cease publication with the December, 2013 issue.\u00a0 Subscriptions and renewals for the remaining months can be made by calling (800) 438-8155.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[Update] I also received this message from MT<\/em>:<\/p>\n

After 33 years of publishing the most informative and lauded magazine on monitoring the radio spectrum, Judy and I are finally going to retire. We are grateful for the dedicated efforts of our fine staff of writers for the excellent work which has kept MT alive for all these years. While we know the discontinuation of MT, with our December issue, will be a disappointment to our readers and writers alike, we realize that a combination of a poorly performing economy, as well as the ready availability of free listening and technical information on the Internet, has reduced sales and subscriptions throughout the market place. I would like to thank you personally for your knowledge, your dependability, and your professionalism in making MT the publication that is most often referred to in the radio monitoring hobby. It is a legacy that we have all inherited.<\/p>\n

Warmest regards to all our writers, Bob and Judy Grove<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is sad news, indeed. I’ve been a regular reader for many years, and more recently, a regular contributor for Monitoring Times<\/em>. I only have very positive things to say about the MT<\/em> staff: they’re friendly, professional and honor their word in every<\/em> respect.<\/p>\n

I’ve had articles in the past three issues–this month, there will be two that I wrote following the 2013 Dayton Hamvention. With any luck, maybe I’ll get a couple more articles in before MT<\/em> closes shop.<\/p>\n

Monitoring Times<\/em> will be sorely missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just noticed the following statement on the Monitoring Times magazine’s website: After 33 years of service to the radio community,\u00a0Monitoring Times\u00a0will cease publication with the December, 2013 issue.\u00a0 Subscriptions and renewals for the remaining months can be made by calling (800) 438-8155. [Update] I also received this message from MT: After 33 years of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[1953,2038,2037],"class_list":["post-6907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-monitoring-times","tag-monitoring-times-ceases-publication","tag-monitoring-times-closing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Np","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7604,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/the-spectrum-monitor-a-new-radio-magazine-finds-a-home-in-the-digital-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":6907,"position":0},"title":"The Spectrum Monitor: a new radio magazine finds a home in the digital world","author":"Thomas","date":"October 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm happy to announce that there is a new radio magazine on the horizon: The Spectrum Monitor (TSM). 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