# Wayne Green

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**Wayne Sanger Green II** (September 3, 1922 – September 13, 2013)[1][2] was an American publisher, writer, and consultant. Green was editor of *[CQ](/source/CQ_Amateur_Radio)* magazine before he went on to found *[73](/source/73_(magazine))*, *[80 Micro](/source/80_Micro)*, *[Byte](/source/Byte_(magazine))*, *[CD Review](/source/CD_Review)*, *Cold Fusion*, *[Kilobaud Microcomputing](/source/Kilobaud_Microcomputing)*, *[RUN](/source/RUN_(magazine))*, *InCider*, and *Pico*, as well as publishing books and running [Instant Software](/source/Instant_Software).[3]

## Biography

In his editorial in the inaugural issue of *80 Microcomputing* he said, "The first magazine I published was in 1952 about amateur radio Teletype. Later I became editor of *CQ*, a ham radio magazine. I started my own magazine for hams in 1960, that was *73* magazine. *73* is now the world's largest ham publication, with subscribers in over 200 countries. When MITS put the first microcomputer kit on the market in 1975 I organized and did most of the work to get *Byte* magazine started. When I felt there was a need for a magazine aimed at beginners in computing, I started *Kilobaud Microcomputing* in January 1977."[4]

In the early 1980s, he assisted in the creation of the Brazilian [microcomputing](/source/Microcomputing) magazine, *[Micro Sistemas](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revista_Micro_Sistemas)* (in Portuguese).[5] He sold five of his magazines to [CW Communications](/source/CW_Communications) in 1983,[6] and his publishing company Wayne Green, Inc. subsequently merged with them.[7]

Licensed by the [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) in the [Amateur Radio](/source/Amateur_Radio) Service with the callsign W2NSD,[8] he was involved in a number of controversies and disputes in the Ham Radio world, notably with the [ARRL](/source/American_Radio_Relay_League) and CQ magazines.[9] Such controversies also occurred in the computer world; an advertisement for *80 Micro* began "You may love Wayne Green ... you may hate him ... but you have to admit he has vision". It promised that the magazine would "tell you the truth" because "Wayne Green has never been one to mince words", adding "of course, 80 Microcomputing has the editorial fireworks from Wayne that the industry has come to expect".[10] In his editorial in the inaugural issue of *80 Microcomputing,* he said, "My outspokenness aggravates a lot of people, but...if I don't kick ass...I don't get results."[4]

He used the [backronym](/source/Backronym) "Never Say Die" for the NSD in his amateur callsign.[2] As of 2011 he lived in his wife's farmhouse in [Hancock, New Hampshire](/source/Hancock,_New_Hampshire) and maintained a website with content from his online bookstore.[3]

## See also

- [Art Bell](/source/Art_Bell)

## References

1. Wayne Green (ed.). ["Wayne's World – News"](http://waynegreen.com/wayne/news.html). Retrieved 2013-09-15.

1. Doug Grant. ["Wayne Green has left the building"](http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/a-ham-s-eye-view/4421325/Wayne-Green-has-left-the-building). Retrieved 2013-12-04.

1. Robert L. Mitchell (August 15, 2008). ["Tech Visionary and Byte Magazine Founder Wayne Green on Changing the World"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131208072133/http://www.cio.com/article/444065/Tech_Visionary_and_Byte_Magazine_Founder_Wayne_Green_on_Changing_the_World). cio.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.cio.com/article/444065/Tech_Visionary_and_Byte_Magazine_Founder_Wayne_Green_on_Changing_the_World) on December 8, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

1. Green, Wayne. ["80 Microcomputing, page 8, "80 Remarks""](https://archive.org/details/80_Microcomputing_Issue_01_1980-01_1001001_US/page/n7/mode/2up). *archive.org*. 1001001 Inc. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

1. ["Micro Sistemas – a primeira revista brasileira de microcomputadores (de verdade !)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061222154136/http://www.mci.org.br/historia/ms/ms.html) (in Portuguese). mci.org.br. February 6, 2002. Archived from [the original](http://www.mci.org.br/historia/ms/ms.html) on December 22, 2006. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

1. Needle, David (June 13, 1983). ["Wayne Green Sells Computer Magazines to CWCI"](https://books.google.com/books?id=zS8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1). *[InfoWorld](/source/InfoWorld)*. Vol. 5, no. 24. p. 1.

1. Bartimo, Jim (April 9, 1984). ["Q&A: Wayne Green"](https://books.google.com/books?id=jC4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76). *[InfoWorld](/source/InfoWorld)*. Vol. 6, no. 15. p. 76.

1. Bob Green (2006). ["W2NSD/1 Wayne Sanger Green II"](http://oldqslcards.com/w2nsd.pdf). QSL Cards from the Past. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

1. ["73 Magazine says '73 and QRT'"](http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2003-10-10). ARRL. October 10, 2003. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

1. ["80 Microcomputing advertisement"](https://archive.org/stream/kilobaudmagazine-1980-09/Kilobaud_Microcomputing_1980_September#page/n207/mode/2up). *Kilobaud Microcomputing*. September 1980. p. 211. Retrieved 23 June 2014.

## External links

- Official website archived at [Internet Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20140103181334/http://www.waynegreen.com/)
- [73 Magazine archive](https://archive.org/details/73-magazine)
- [Byte Magazine archive](https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine)
- [80 Micro Magazine archive](https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine)
- [Kilobaud Microcomputing Magazine archive](https://archive.org/details/kilobaudmagazine)
- [inCider Magazine archive](https://archive.org/details/incidermagazine)

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