Popular Communications was first published in 1982, succeeding the CB radio oriented magazine
S9, published from 1962 to 1982. The magazine was published by CQ Communications, publishers of
CQ Amateur Radio,
CQ VHF Magazine, and
WorldRadio. The magazine featured articles covering a broad spectrum of radio topics, regular columns by recognized leaders within the hobby, product reviews, schedules of shortwave stations, and logs of radio communications, including
pirate radio, AM, and military aviation transmissions. In addition to these traditional aspects of the radio hobby, the magazine also highlighted more modern facets such as
software-defined radio, scanning software, live station streaming, podcasting, and emerging technologies. In late-December 2013, CQ Communications announced that they would cease publication of the printed version of
Popular Communications along with
CQ VHF. These two magazines were combined with WorldRadio in a single digital publication to be called
CQ Plus starting in February 2014. ==References==