Subject: Introduction to rec.radio.boadcasting (7-29-93)
Date: 13 Sep 1993 02:54:18 GMT
Greetings:
Rec.radio.broadcasting (r.r.b) is a Usenet newsgroup which
was founded in April of 1992, in order to provide a forum for
discussion of topics pertaining to 'domestic broadcast radio'.
Already in existance was rec.radio.shortwave, which centers around the
International radio scene, and rec.radio.noncom who's focus is,
obviously, non-commercial radio. Rec.radio.broadcasting was intended
to 'fill the gap' between these groups.
The Internet Radio Journal is a periodic email digest consisting,
mainly, of articles found in the newsgroup. It is intended for people
who either cannot access the newsgroup from their system or for some
reason perfer a digestified format for reading. Subscriptions to IRJ
are free, and available to anyone who wants one, and who is equiped
with some form of email service.
-=*=- DOMESTIC BROADCAST RADIO -=*=-
By domestic, we mean broadcasts which are intended, primarily,for
reception in the same country/nation in which they originate. R.r.b
is an international newsgroup, though, and the term 'domestic' should
not be taken to imply 'USA' or even North American. Readers in other
nations are encouraged to participate.
-=*=- SUBJECTS -=*=-
If it has to do with broadcast radio, and not _specifically_ international
shortwave, it is welcome here. Occasionally an article which IS
primarily about shortwave will be posted if the subject seems broad
enough that the readership of r.r.b might be interested, or be able
to assist the poster in some way.
Generally, if a subject 'seems' like it would be of interest to the
broadcasting community (which includes those involved in creating,
transmitting or listening to broadcast radio) will be published.
These subjects include (but are not limited to)..
1) Formats and programming.
2) Engineering & technical matters and interests.
3) DXing (long distance reception) on the standard broadcast bands
4) Community broadcasting (including non-commercial and clandestine stations).
5) Pirate broadcasting (especially non-shortwave, domestic pirates).
6) Legislation affecting the industry, and its 'offspring' industries.
7) Technologies affecting the industry, and its 'offspring' industries.
8) General station information. Who is going on and off the air, and why.
9) Radio's historical and cultural significance.
10) Radio's current and future trends.
11) Political and news coverage and its impact.
12) Job openings and help to those seeking work in the industry.
13) Information on equipment and techniques involved in transmission and
reception of broadcast radio signals.
14) The International Scene and how broadcast radio is shaping up in the
various nations of the world.
15) Gabfesting and all matters of general interest to those involved
in, or interested in, the general subject of domestic radio broadcasting.
-=*=- POSTING -=*=-
1) Post to rrb as you would any other Usenet group. The software does
the rest.
2) Email your article directly to rrb@airwaves.chi.il.us. Using other
addresses to post will needlessly delay your article. You might
consider installing an alias in your mailer for emailed articles,
especially if you post a lot of stuff. See the end of this file
for all applicable addresses.
-=*=- POSTING GUIDELINES -=*=-
* If you post a question that is of potential interest to others in
the group, ask that replies be posted, instead of emailed to you.
We all would like access to the answers If you do receive email
replies, post a summary to the group. This forum is only as good as
it's posters and readers. Keep the info flowing.
* If you email an answer to a question, send a Cc: to the group's
submission address, rrb@airwaves.chi.il.us, so we can all learn from your
knowledge. When id doubt... POST POST POST! :-).
* PLEASE edit quoted text to a minimum! Most users of this
group are fairly regular readers and do not need, or want, to read the
entire text of a recent article in every reply. Of course, if the
thread is less current, more quoted text may be appropriate. Use
your brains (and your editor :->).
* If your message is basically a one or two line "Me Too" or "I disagree"
post, consider emailing it to the poster. However if you go into
some details as to WHY you agree or disagree, then please post it.
* If you are replying to an article in the Internet Radio Journal,
simply use your mailer's reply feature, and again, edit the text to
ONLY the article you are replying to, and include the article's name
in the Subject field. Subjects of "Re: Internet Radio Journal" are
confusing and may result in needless delays.
* If you post about a local radio station or personality, realize that
95% or more of the readers will know little or nothing about it.
Offer a little background, like location, station format, type of
music played etc.
* Last but not least, avoid flames and personal insults. R.r.b has a
high percentage of broadcast professionals among it's readers. We
try to maintain a reasonably high brain to bulls*it ratio here.
It is perfectly fine to say "I think that what you said is the
stupidest bunch of crap I have ever heard", instead of "YOU are the
stupidest jerk I have ever heard". If you *must* make personal
attacks, do it in email.
-=*=- MODERATION -=*=-
R.r.b is a _very_ loosely moderated group. Normally, all legitimate
articles will be posted to the group. Matters that may cause an
article to be rejected by the moderator include...
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* Articles which are not on (or reasonably near) the stated charter and scope
of the group (domestic radio broadcasting) or pertain to 'non-broadcast'
radio services, such as cellular, two-way, ham, citzens-band, and such.
* Articles that are too long for submission as-is. If your article is
longer than 10k (10,000 bytes), consider splitting it into two parts, or
better yet, edit it down to a more reasonable size. Check to see if you
can eliminate any quoted text. If you believe that your article is of an
especially urgent or inforamative nature, and you also feel that you cannot
reduce the size without damaging the content, let me know and I will try to
work with you.
* Articles which are merely multiple repetitions of an identical answer which
has already been offered several times. Often these will be bundled
together into a single article to conserve bandwidth and increase
readability.
* Articles which contain 'miles' of quoted and multiple quoted text followed
by a few lines or less of original text. Please edit quoted text to a
minimum and try to adhere to the *50% rule*, that is 51 (or more) percent of
original text to 49 (or less) of quoted text. If the thread is not curent,
more quoted text is appropriate. Only the worst offenders are omited,
usually I will edit quoted text myself, when I have time.
* Articles that solicit for funds or contain blatant commercial
content. (see next section on this)
* Articles which are unwarrantedly offensive, abusive or contentious for the
sake of contention. Personal attacks and ridicule are considered such.
Discussion, even argument, of issues and opinions are welcomed and
encouraged. Flame-wars and such are not. We have discussions here, not
shouting matches.
Note: Since most articles are used, we do not send out confirmations.
If your article *is* rejected, you WILL receive a note explaining why
the action was taken. If you do not receive such a note, and you do
not see your article in the group, notify the moderator at once and
include a backup copy if you have one.
-=*=- NO SOLICITATION POLICY -=*=-
Rec.radio.broadcasting and the Internet Radio Journal maintain a
non-solicitation policy. Articles which appear to contain substantial
'commercial content' or which appear to blatently solicit funds from readers
for a 'cause' or a 'project' are generally rejected. I generally do accept..
Product reviews: ... provided they are objective and informative and contain
little or no 'motivational' language. Prices should be reduced to a
price 'range' and all inqiries must be directed to the poster -or- an
address of the manufacturer/distributor.
Personal items: Such as old time radio tapes, a specific piece or two of
equipment etc. sold at a low, hobbiest price.
Radio-related items for barter/trade: Self explanatory.
Announcements for non-commercial workshops, conventions, radio related
flea-markets, etc. Pricing <other than small admission charge> and other
specifics (like 'we take your credit card') are considered commercial
content. If you want to publicize here, then you must deal with the
followup mail/calls yourself.
Personal recomendations of a product/company that appear legitimate.
Especially when it is in response to another poster's inquiry.
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In general I will take an 'err on the side of permissiveness' approach to
this. In other words, if you are credible, informative, reasonably
intelligent, broadcast related, and have something to offer, I will do what
I can to pass it along to the readers. I will only reject the worst of the
lot. the rest I'll try to edit as necessary.
-=*=- ARCHIVES -=*=-
Archives of past Internet Radio Journals are kept for anonymous FTP at
deja-vu.aiss.uiuc.edu . They can be found in the directory
/misc/rec.radio.b-cast. In that directory you will find a file called
INDEX, which contains the issue numbers of all Journals, and the
title of each article contained within. The archives are updated
every week or so. To determine when the last update was, look at
the date on the file called "<-Archive Last Updated At".
If you need help with FTP, write me.
The Journals are arranged in sub-directories of about 100 issues each,
and are in compressed (.Z) format. Remember that compressed files
should always be sent using the "binary" mode. If you have trouble accessing
anything, or if you have any questions about the archives, send email
to rrb@deja-vu.aiss.uiuc.edu. If you appreciate the archives, send
your notes of appreciation to the site admin, C. Lance Moxley
<lance@deja-vu.aiss.uiuc.edu>. He has been very gracious in his
willingness to store our archives on his machine.
* Please do not bother the system admin with problems, direct those to me. *
-=*=- ENJOY THE GROUP! -=*=-
I hope you enjoy the group. Remember, it is only as good as it's
contributors. So don't be shy :-). If you have a question, or answer,
even if you are not sure, post - post - post.
I am open to suggestions on how to improve this group. Send them via e-mail
to wdp@airwaves.chi.il.us -or- rrb@deja-vu.aiss.uiuc.edu.
Thanks to all who have, and continue to, participate.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled newsgroup :-).
William Pfeiffer
Moderator - rec.radio.broadcasting - Internet Radio Journal
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