Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!halley!watson
From: watson@halley.UUCP (William Watson)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: a newsgroup for the discussion of non-commercial radio
Summary: Suggest rec.radio.college (?) or some such
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Date: 19 Jan 90 19:11:33 GMT
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Reply-To: watson@halley.UUCP (William Watson)
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Rob Gibson writes:
>
>Subjects discussed might include
>- non-commercial AM/FM radio of the college and NPR variety
I would suggest that the bulk of interest would come from folks affiliated
with college radio stations, and that the NPR type issues that arise
might only be contrasting examples.

>- carrier current and cable based radio
Good!  These are frequently the way college stations start out, at least in
my experience.  Cable radio, however, is becoming more popular amongst other
groups as well.

>- do trade journals such as CMJ and Rockpool manipulate or aid?
This might also be covered to a large extent by the nm-list from UF.
Actually, all of these topics might already be covered there.  I'm
not on nm-list, because I don't *always* have the time to spend on
these topics.

I would be in favor of such a group.  I would suggest that someone on nm-list
comment on their activity, and whether they would expect to be lost on the flood
of activity on such a group.  I suspect that this group would belong in the
soc. heirarchy, except that there are various rec.tv.xxx and rec.arts.wobegon
groups.  I would suggest either soc.radio.college or rec.radio.college,
although xxx.radio.noncom might work as well.  I'm not sure about the 
distribution such a group should receive, as broadcasting in other countries
differs substantially from that in the US.

I'm not sure of the interest in this group, but I expect it would be high.
I know of eight former general managers of ktru (Houston) on the net,
and expect that other college stations may be similarly represented.
If the interest is high enough, perhaps xxx.radio.conferences, xxx.radio.fcc,
xxx.radio.licensing, xxx.radio.staff, or some such might be reasonable.

I guess that we'll all see.

William J. Watson
1980-1983 Chief Engineer, and continuing consultant
ktru-fm
Rice University
Houston, TX 77251-1892
-- 
William J. Watson
(cs.utexas.edu!halley!watson, watson@halley.mpd.tandem.com, watson@halley.uucp)