Xref: news.cs.tut.fi rec.radio.broadcasting:3620 rec.radio.info:3025 Path: news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!sunic!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!deja-vu.aiss.uiuc.edu!rrb From: wdp@airwaves.chi.il.us (R.R.B Moderator) Newsgroups: rec.radio.broadcasting,rec.radio.info Subject: Introduction to rec.radio.broadcasting (11-1-93) Followup-To: rec.radio.broadcasting Date: 27 Nov 1993 23:38:08 GMT Organization: Airwaves Radio Journal Lines: 286 Approved: rrb@airwaves.chi.il.us Distribution: world Message-ID: <2d8od0$qcf@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deja-vu.aiss.uiuc.edu Originator: rrb@deja-vu.aiss.uiuc.edu 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.noncomm who's focus is, obviously, non-commercial radio. Rec.radio.broadcasting was intended to 'fill the gap' between these groups. The Airwaves Radio Journal (Formerly 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 prefer a digestified format for reading. Subscriptions to Airwaves are free, and available to anyone who wants one, and who is equipped 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 Airwaves 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: Airwaves 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 -=*=- AIRWAVES and rec.radio.broadcasting, are _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... --------------------------- * 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, citizens-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 informative 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 current, more quoted text is appropriate. Only the worst offenders are omitted, 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: All articles are auto-replied to as they arrive, to indicate that we have received them. Each piece of mail to the submission address(es) will generate a separate auto-reply message. Most articles which appear reasonable and on topic are published in the Journal/newsgroup. However the Editor/Moderator reserves final judgment on matters of acceptance or rejection of submitted material. When possible, rejected submissions will be returned with a note explaining why the submission was rejected. -=*=- NO SOLICITATION POLICY -=*=- Rec.radio.broadcasting and the Airwaves Radio Journal maintain a non-solicitation policy. Articles which appear to contain substantial 'commercial content' or which appear to blatantly solicit funds from readers for a 'cause' or a 'project' are generally rejected. I generally * DO * accept.. o 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 inquiries must be directed to the poster -or- an address of the manufacturer/distributor. o Personal items: Such as old time radio tapes, a specific piece or two of equipment etc. sold at a low, hobbiest price. o Radio-related items for barter/trade: Self explanatory. o Announcements for non-commercial workshops, conventions, radio related flea-markets, etc. Pricing 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. o Personal recommendations of a product/company that appear legitimate. Especially when it is in response to another poster's inquiry. --- In general I will take an 'err on the side of permissiveness' approach to this. In other words, if your article is credible, informative, reasonably intelligent, broadcast related, and has 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 Airwaves 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 several sub-directories. They are plainly labeled INTERNET_RADIO_JOURNALS (which contains issues through 300) and AIRWAVES_RADIO_JOURNAL which contains issues 400 to present. The Journals are arranged in sub-directories of about 100 issues each. In each main sub-directory is a file called 00-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. Journals are in gzip (.z) format. Gzip is the GNU zip format and can be 'unzipped' using the command 'gunzip '. The gzip and gunzip utilities are available free from many FTP sites for Unix, DOS and Macintosh platforms. 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 . 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. * -=*=- EMAIL SERVER -=*=- We are in the first stages of building an email archive server for AIRWAVES. Currently you may obtain this help file at the INDEX files for either the Internet Radio Journal, -or- the AIRWAVES RADIO JOURNAL. You can also send for the file -COMMANDS-, which is updated as new features are added. To access these servers, send email ti the archive site address with one of the following commands as the SUBJECT of your message. The body of the letter is ignored by the server. ** COMMANDS ** HELP - - - - - - - - Sends the latest version of the file you are reading now. INDEX IRJ - - - - - Sends the 00-INDEX file for the Internet Radio Journal. INDEX AIRWAVES - - - Sends the 00-INDEX file for the AIRWAVES Radio Journal. COMMANDS - - - - - - Sends out a list of commands which the server will accept. Soon we will be expanding this service to permit email access to the entire archive site. Stay tuned for further developments. Remember that only mail addressed to the archive address will be processed by the server. - rrb@deja-vu.aiss.uiuc.edu - -=*=- 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 :-). 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