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From: sdroppers@pbs.uucp (Seton Droppers)
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Subject: Re: a newsgroup for the discussion of non-commercial radio
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Date: 18 Jan 90 13:43:10 GMT
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In article <9001171735.AA13398@prism.gatech.edu>, dsrekrg@prism.gatech.edu (Rob Gibson) writes:
> This is a call for discussion on the creation of a new newsgroup
> to provide a forum for the discussion of non-commercial radio.
> 
> Subjects discussed might include
> - non-commercial AM/FM radio of the college and NPR variety
> - carrier current and cable based radio
> - do trade journals such as CMJ and Rockpool manipulate or aid?
> - upcoming conventions such as the Nat'l Assoc. of Broadcasters/BEA
>   meeting in Atlanta and the Intercollegiate Broadcasters Society in NY
> - the newly released "Public Radio in the 1990s" report by The Public
>   Radio Expansion Task Force
> - the FCC and its regulations
> -  obtaining and managing non-commercial grants
> 
> Rob Gibson, General Manager, WREK 91.1 MHz
> Georgia Tech, Atlanta Georgia, 30332             404/894-2468
> uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!dsrekrg
> ARPA: dsrekrg@prism.gatech.edu

Sounds like a good idea to me.  What sort of people are out there, might we
want to also include the full range of public broadcasting, both radio and TV? 
I present the expansion as an idea, I am not sure if it makes sense or not,
what do others think?
-- 
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