(November 30, 1950) With this issue, after 26 years
of publication, Heinl Radio News Service
discontinues, following the death of its founder and
editor, Robert D. Heinl, on November 26th. Mr.
Heinl's obituary appears elsewhere in this issue.
The pioneer service of its kind in the United
States, HNS was founded in Washington in 1924,
initially as a news service for
newspapers interested in exploiting the novelty of
radio. Its original
subscribers included The New York Times, Cleveland
Press, St.
Louis Globe-Democrat, and The Chicago Tribune. In
1926, as radio began to grow out of the novelty
stage, Mr. Heinl, who was in close touch with the
Radio Commission -- predecessor of the Federal
Communications Commission -- realized the need of
the burgeoning industry for trade information and
for coverage of Washington's actions and trends in a
field dominated from its outset by the Government.
As a result, the Heinl Radio Business Letter came
into being as a trade newsletter. |
