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From: ralph@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: a newsgroup for the discussion of non-commercial radio
Message-ID: <3527@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>
Date: 21 Jan 90 07:38:26 GMT
References: <386@dbase.A-T.COM>
Reply-To: ralph@lzfme.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi)
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In article <386@dbase.A-T.COM> dveditz@dbase.A-T.com (Dan Veditz) 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.

>Some of this might be interesting to the the rec.radio.shortwave folks;
>their original charter was quite broad.

>Some of it might be interesting to the rec.arts.wobegon (de facto 
>rec.arts.npr) folks.

>Of the rest, is it of broad enough interest that, as the default, it is
>propagated to all hosts?  Have you thought about a mailing list?

I would tend to agree with this.  What the original poster seemed to
be proposing was a kind of coffee klatch of people involved in
college radio to discuss common concerns.  That's kind of an elite
group (in the sense that there isn't a general population interested
in the subject).  That said, I wouldn't mind seeing a group with a wider
charter of the type that some of the discussion seems to be heading
in, with discussion of all aspects of public broadcasting, from the
original proposal to the opinions of viewers/listeners.

I would, however, be interested in a group or a mailing list with
either focus.

>I haven't seen any name proposals.  How 'bout rec.radio.public?

That sounds like a good name to me.  

Ralph Brandi
ex-WDFM (Penn State student radio, 1981-1985, Program Director 1984)
ex-WPSX-TV (PBS affiliate, central PA, 1983-1986)
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