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From: dsrekrg@prism.gatech.EDU (Rob Gibson)
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Subject: Re: creation of a newsgroup focusing on non-commercial radio
Keywords: radio non-commercial WREK
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Date: 20 Jan 90 00:36:41 GMT
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>>This is a call for discussion on the creation of a new newsgroup
>>to provide a forum for the discussion of non-commercial radio.
>>POSSIBLE NAME:    rec.radio.non-comm
>
>I would, however, prefer to see the name something like rec.radio.public -
> rec.radio.noncom

I agree that abbreviations are not always clear, but I feel "public"
is strongly associated with NPR radio only.  Another suggestion was
xxx.radio.college.  Again that suggests only college affiliated stations.
I would like to see input from both types of stations and their listeners.
Perhaps a hierarchy would grow out of one radio group - but I would like
to see it to begin as one group and then group decide from there.

william - were you referring to the mailing list mentioned earlier or a 2nd one?

watch out: I inadvertently got two threads started on here.  

Rob Gibson, General Manager, WREK 91.1 MHz
Georgia Tech, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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