{"id":8416,"date":"2013-12-26T19:34:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T23:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8416"},"modified":"2013-12-26T19:36:35","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T23:36:35","slug":"popular-communications-to-end-print-publication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/popular-communications-to-end-print-publication\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Communications to end print publication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2012_11_pc_cover_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8417\" alt=\"WR FEB2012. Cover.qxd\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2012_11_pc_cover_small.jpg\" width=\"228\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2012_11_pc_cover_small.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2012_11_pc_cover_small-77x100.jpg 77w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>As of February 2013, the magazine <em><a title=\"Pop Comm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.popular-communications.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Popular Communications<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>will become a digital supplement to <em><a title=\"CQ Amateur Radio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cq-amateur-radio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CQ Amateur Radio<\/a><\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Pop Comm<\/em>&#8220;&#8211;together with its sister publications\u00a0<em><a title=\"CQ VHF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cq-vhf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CQ VHF<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0<a title=\"WorldRadio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldradiomagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WorldRadio<\/a><\/em>&#8211;will now be digital only.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ARRL News\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/cq-to-realign-publications-launch-digital-supplement\" target=\"_blank\">Check out this ARRL News article for details<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of February 2013, the magazine Popular Communications\u00a0will become a digital supplement to CQ Amateur Radio magazine. &#8220;Pop Comm&#8220;&#8211;together with its sister publications\u00a0CQ VHF\u00a0and\u00a0WorldRadio&#8211;will now be digital only. 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