Nan:2025-01-18-result-rec.radio.broadcasting
From Usenet Big-8 Management Board
From: Tristan Miller <tmiller@big-8.org>
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,rec.radio.broadcasting,news.groups.proposals
Subject: RESULT: rec.radio.broadcasting will be removed
Followup-To: news.groups.proposals
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 15:34:09 EST
Message-ID: <vmh36a$1404d$2@dont-email.me>
Archive-Name: rec.radio.broadcasting
Result:
rec.radio.broadcasting will be removed.
The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 2025-01-03 initiated a five-day
period for final comments. Following this comment period, the Big-8
Management Board has decided by a vote to remove the group
rec.radio.broadcasting. The vote was 3 in favour of deletion and 1
not voting.
Newsgroups Line:
rec.radio.broadcasting Discussion of global domestic broadcast radio.
(Moderated)
Distribution:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
rec.radio.broadcasting
Proponent: Tristan Miller <tmiller@big-8.org>
Charter:
Rec.radio.broadcasting (r.r.b) will be for discussion of a wide
variety of subjects pertaining to the general arena of
entertainment/information radio. While not specifically limited to
North American broadcasting, r.r.b will avoid dealing with
international (shortwave) broadcasts because this topic is already
being handled in rec.radio.shortwave.
Valid subjects for discussion might include (but not be limited to);
1) Programming and formats
2) Technical and engineering matters
3) Concerns of smaller market stations
4) Innovations and legislation affecting the medium
(and those attempting to enter it)
5) Radio's historical & cultural significance
6) Radio news coverage and it's impact on our nation and our world.
7) Audience input and ideas for improving the state of radio
broadcasting.
Since rec.radio.noncommercial is the only Usenet group pertaining to
domestic broadcast radio, r.r.b would provide a forum for those
individuals who's interest in the medium is not limited to the
non-commercial arena. I believe this group would be of great interest
to Usenet participants because ...
1) Everybody listens to, and is affected by, radio broadcasting. It
is the only mass media in which one can fully participate, while
engaged in another activity.
2) Colleges and universities currently train, and graduate, thousands
of potential radio professionals every year. These individuals
would be very likely to participate in such a forum to discuss and
compare notes on their chosen field of endeavor.
3) The face of radio is always changing. Satellite feeds, automation,
and other influences are molding the future of the medium. This
newsgroup would be a link between interested parties from all
corners of the industry, keeping one-another up to date on the
latest trends impacting radio broadcasting in America an beyond.
Rationale for removal:
On 2021-10-02 the remaining moderation team of rec.radio.broadcasting
announced that the newsgroup would no longer be active due to low
newsgroup activity and their belief that Usenet is obsolete. The
announcement was posted to the newsgroup itself and to several related
venues, including the Radio Discussions blog and several broadcast
radio-related Facebook groups. None of the replies to this
announcement suggested that any replacement moderators were likely to
step forward. The moderation system was therefore shut down a few
weeks after the announcement and no new articles have been approved
since then.
It was suggested that there be a two-year "cooling off" period before
initiating any public discussion to formally remove the group from the
Big-8 hierarchy via an rmgroup, in part to allow extra time for any
replacement moderators to come forward. However, in the last two
years, no prospective moderators have approached the the Big-8
Management Board.
Formally removing the group from the ISC active list will provide
wider public notification that it is no longer active. This will
reduce the chance of people inadvertently posting to the group (and
possibly becoming confused about why their posts never pass
moderation). It will also help ensure that the group is removed or
marked as read-only by news servers and gateways.
Discussion so far:
In response to the first RFD, Steve Bonine expressed concern that
removing the group would result in its historical posts being deleted
from news servers, since he had never heard of admins reacting to
rmgroups by marking groups as read-only. Tristan Miller and Jesse
Rehmer gave examples of two news servers that do handle rmgroups in
this way. Steve and Jesse indicated that such examples were rare.
Marco Moock asked whether anyone had read or posted to the group in
the past two years, and Tristan confirmed that there had been no
successful posts.
No comments were received in response to the second RFD.
In response to the original Last Call for Comments on 2024-01-15, the
Board received an e-mail from someone volunteering to take over as
moderator for the group, and so the voting process was suspended. The
Board's discussions with the prospective moderator have since fallen
through.
History of the Group:
1992-02-24: 1st RFD (create)
1992-03-30: 1st CFV
1992-04-09: 2nd CFV
1992-04-20: 3rd CFV
1992-05-01: Result: rec.radio.broadcasting passes 234:34
History of this RFD:
2023-12-01: 1st RFD (remove)
2023-12-22: 2nd RFD (remove)
2024-01-15: Final RFD / Last Call for Comments
2025-01-03: Final RFD / Last Call for Comments (redux)
2025-01-18: Result:
rec.radio.broadcasting to be deleted
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