Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!chaph.usc.edu!alcor.usc.edu!komatsu From: komatsu@alcor.usc.edu (-----> Dave) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: creation of a newsgroup focusing on non-commercial radio Message-ID: <7573@chaph.usc.edu> Date: 23 Jan 90 09:11:41 GMT References: <653@halley.UUCP> Sender: news@chaph.usc.edu Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 34 In article <653@halley.UUCP> cs.utexas.edu!halley!watson (William Watson) writes: > >soc.radio.noncomm for discussions by people involved in the operation > of non-commercial broadcast stations. The abbreviation > should no be opaque to anyone with such contacts, as > the term "non-commercial" comes from the FCC. > > Discussions here might include licensing, equipment, > record reviewing policies, DJ freedom, and the wonders > of block programmed schedules :-). Program matter > discussions would (idealy?) focus on censorship, > obscenity, and public decency matters, rather than > "did you hear Car-Talk last week". >Comments? I an definitely for this one. Working at a non-comm station KSCR (Los Angeles, USC) we have many of those problems and I feel that our station along with other college and no-comm stations could discuss problems. We ran into a big problem with a cable company that gave a verbal agreement to put us on FM cable but backed out thousands of dollars later leaving out station dying out... As a part of the music staff I think a group like this can help stations get together and break new MUSIC. Magazines like RockPool and CMJ and WARD are great but they are not QUICK enough. A newsgroup like this could reach other stations INSTANTLY. ---------------------- komatsu@alcor.usc.edu -----> Dave ---------------------- KSCR: The Underground 530 AM ----------------------