From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sun Jan 17 07:15:34 2021 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 07:15:34 -0500 Subject: Little Walter passes on Message-ID: Boston DJ Little Walter De Venne has passed on. New England Broadcasting History: Former Oldies 103 DJ Little Walter DeVenne has passed away from Covid-19 on his 73rd birthday. >From 1987-2002, he hosted the Doo-wop show Little Walter's Time Machine on Oldies 103. He got his start at WTBS-FM ( now WMBR ) in 1967 He will be missed From markwats@comcast.net Sun Jan 17 09:02:07 2021 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:02:07 -0500 Subject: "Little Walter" DeVenne Has Passed Message-ID: <00f701d6ecd9$5880e930$0982bb90$@comcast.net> Saddened to share the news that "Little Walter" DeVenne has passed away from COVID on his 73rd birthday, as announced on his Facebook page. Walter's oldies & doo-wop show first aired on WTBS Cambridge, then aired on several stations including WBCN, the 98.5 incarnation of WROR, WCGY, WODS and the last station his show aired on was WBOQ Gloucester when they were oldies a few years ago. He also hosted oldies dances in nightclubs and lounges in the Boston area. May he Rest In Peace. Mark Watson From wollman@bimajority.org Sat Jan 23 18:26:36 2021 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 18:26:36 -0500 Subject: Small list changes Message-ID: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Hi, all, It's been a long time since we've had a lot of discussion on the list, but I wanted to mention that I've made a couple of changes on the server that runs the list that will hopefully improve mail deliverability. If you find that mail from the list keeps getting misfiled to "spam", some of those changes may help. Unfortunately, the list is run on GNU Mailman 2 software, which is written in the Python 2 programming language. Python 2 is no longer supported, and Mailman 2 is not compatible with Python 3. GNU Mailman 3, which is, is an incompatible, feature-incomplete, ground-up rewrite of Mailman, so there may be some hiccups in the future as I figure out how best to keep the list operational for what traffic it does still see. -GAWollman From kvahey@gmail.com Sun Jan 24 03:33:16 2021 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 03:33:16 -0500 Subject: Small list changes In-Reply-To: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: Thanks Garrett for all you do Many of our members have passed on and radio in Boston is a shell of what we knew growing up. Thank you for keeping the list alive On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 7:33 PM Garrett Wollman wrote: > Hi, all, > > It's been a long time since we've had a lot of discussion on the list, > but I wanted to mention that I've made a couple of changes on the > server that runs the list that will hopefully improve mail > deliverability. If you find that mail from the list keeps getting > misfiled to "spam", some of those changes may help. > > Unfortunately, the list is run on GNU Mailman 2 software, which is > written in the Python 2 programming language. Python 2 is no longer > supported, and Mailman 2 is not compatible with Python 3. GNU Mailman > 3, which is, is an incompatible, feature-incomplete, ground-up rewrite > of Mailman, so there may be some hiccups in the future as I figure out > how best to keep the list operational for what traffic it does still > see. > > -GAWollman > > From billohno@gmail.com Sun Jan 24 07:37:14 2021 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 12:37:14 +0000 Subject: Small list changes In-Reply-To: References: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>, Message-ID: Thank you, Garrett. This list has prevailed through the entry of and all of the subsequent twists and turns of social media. Perhaps it shall outlast? I think I have been a member since the mid-90s and greatly appreciate the resource. Bill O?Neill ________________________________ From: Boston-Radio-Interest on behalf of Kevin Vahey Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2021 3:33:16 AM To: Garrett Wollman Cc: (newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest Subject: Re: Small list changes Thanks Garrett for all you do Many of our members have passed on and radio in Boston is a shell of what we knew growing up. Thank you for keeping the list alive On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 7:33 PM Garrett Wollman wrote: > Hi, all, > > It's been a long time since we've had a lot of discussion on the list, > but I wanted to mention that I've made a couple of changes on the > server that runs the list that will hopefully improve mail > deliverability. If you find that mail from the list keeps getting > misfiled to "spam", some of those changes may help. > > Unfortunately, the list is run on GNU Mailman 2 software, which is > written in the Python 2 programming language. Python 2 is no longer > supported, and Mailman 2 is not compatible with Python 3. GNU Mailman > 3, which is, is an incompatible, feature-incomplete, ground-up rewrite > of Mailman, so there may be some hiccups in the future as I figure out > how best to keep the list operational for what traffic it does still > see. > > -GAWollman > > From wilkinsmg@hotmail.com Sun Jan 24 09:30:29 2021 From: wilkinsmg@hotmail.com (Michael Wilkins) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 14:30:29 +0000 Subject: Small list changes In-Reply-To: References: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>, , Message-ID: I can only add my thanks to what Bill, Kevin, and others have said, for all you do, Garrett. It is? appreciated! Mike ________________________________ From: Boston-Radio-Interest on behalf of Bill O'Neill Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2021 7:37 AM To: Kevin Vahey ; Garrett Wollman Cc: (newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest Subject: Re: Small list changes Thank you, Garrett. This list has prevailed through the entry of and all of the subsequent twists and turns of social media. Perhaps it shall outlast? I think I have been a member since the mid-90s and greatly appreciate the resource. Bill O?Neill ________________________________ From: Boston-Radio-Interest on behalf of Kevin Vahey Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2021 3:33:16 AM To: Garrett Wollman Cc: (newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest Subject: Re: Small list changes Thanks Garrett for all you do Many of our members have passed on and radio in Boston is a shell of what we knew growing up. Thank you for keeping the list alive On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 7:33 PM Garrett Wollman wrote: > Hi, all, > > It's been a long time since we've had a lot of discussion on the list, > but I wanted to mention that I've made a couple of changes on the > server that runs the list that will hopefully improve mail > deliverability. If you find that mail from the list keeps getting > misfiled to "spam", some of those changes may help. > > Unfortunately, the list is run on GNU Mailman 2 software, which is > written in the Python 2 programming language. Python 2 is no longer > supported, and Mailman 2 is not compatible with Python 3. GNU Mailman > 3, which is, is an incompatible, feature-incomplete, ground-up rewrite > of Mailman, so there may be some hiccups in the future as I figure out > how best to keep the list operational for what traffic it does still > see. > > -GAWollman > > From dave@skywaves.net Sun Jan 24 16:18:31 2021 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 13:18:31 -0800 Subject: Small list changes In-Reply-To: References: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>, , Message-ID: <006801d6f296$782e8860$688b9920$@skywaves.net> Hear, hear! -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Michael Wilkins Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2021 6:30 AM To: Bill O'Neill ; Kevin Vahey ; Garrett Wollman Cc: (newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest Subject: Re: Small list changes I can only add my thanks to what Bill, Kevin, and others have said, for all you do, Garrett. It is? appreciated! Mike ________________________________ From: Boston-Radio-Interest on behalf of Bill O'Neill Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2021 7:37 AM To: Kevin Vahey ; Garrett Wollman Cc: (newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest Subject: Re: Small list changes Thank you, Garrett. This list has prevailed through the entry of and all of the subsequent twists and turns of social media. Perhaps it shall outlast? I think I have been a member since the mid-90s and greatly appreciate the resource. Bill O?Neill ________________________________ From: Boston-Radio-Interest on behalf of Kevin Vahey Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2021 3:33:16 AM To: Garrett Wollman Cc: (newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest Subject: Re: Small list changes Thanks Garrett for all you do Many of our members have passed on and radio in Boston is a shell of what we knew growing up. Thank you for keeping the list alive On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 7:33 PM Garrett Wollman wrote: > Hi, all, > > It's been a long time since we've had a lot of discussion on the list, > but I wanted to mention that I've made a couple of changes on the > server that runs the list that will hopefully improve mail > deliverability. If you find that mail from the list keeps getting > misfiled to "spam", some of those changes may help. > > Unfortunately, the list is run on GNU Mailman 2 software, which is > written in the Python 2 programming language. Python 2 is no longer > supported, and Mailman 2 is not compatible with Python 3. GNU Mailman > 3, which is, is an incompatible, feature-incomplete, ground-up rewrite > of Mailman, so there may be some hiccups in the future as I figure out > how best to keep the list operational for what traffic it does still > see. > > -GAWollman > > From dlh@donnahalper.com Sun Jan 24 17:44:02 2021 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 17:44:02 -0500 Subject: Small list changes In-Reply-To: <006801d6f296$782e8860$688b9920$@skywaves.net> References: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <006801d6f296$782e8860$688b9920$@skywaves.net> Message-ID: Many of us have been around for a long time and we appreciate your efforts to keep the list functioning, Garrett. You're a rock star! -- Donna L. Halper, PhD Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies Lesley University, Cambridge MA From ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu Sun Jan 24 18:27:14 2021 From: ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 18:27:14 -0500 Subject: Small list changes In-Reply-To: References: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <006801d6f296$782e8860$688b9920$@skywaves.net> Message-ID: What Donna says ? even if you STILL are anti-top posting. (I?m kidding. I just gave up the fight when Gmail came along.) I?ve learned a lot from this place, even chiming in when I shouldn?t have as a clueless young one. Thank you, Garrett. On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 6:21 PM Donna Halper wrote: > Many of us have been around for a long time and we appreciate your > efforts to keep the list functioning, Garrett. You're a rock star! > > -- > Donna L. Halper, PhD > Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies > Lesley University, Cambridge MA > > -- Sent from my iPhone From joe@attorneyross.com Mon Jan 25 00:18:52 2021 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:18:52 -0500 Subject: Small list changes In-Reply-To: References: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <006801d6f296$782e8860$688b9920$@skywaves.net> Message-ID: <3cd417e9-7c80-e6a7-d3f5-525707473a87@attorneyross.com> What they all said.? Even though the list has become a lot less active of late, I value it. On 1/24/2021 6:27 PM, Sean Smyth wrote: > What Donna says ? even if you STILL are anti-top posting. > > (I?m kidding. I just gave up the fight when Gmail came along.) > > I?ve learned a lot from this place, even chiming in when I shouldn?t have > as a clueless young one. Thank you, Garrett. > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 6:21 PM Donna Halper wrote: > >> Many of us have been around for a long time and we appreciate your >> efforts to keep the list functioning, Garrett. You're a rock star! >> >> -- >> Donna L. Halper, PhD >> Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies >> Lesley University, Cambridge MA >> >> -- > Sent from my iPhone -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From brian_vita@cssinc.com Mon Jan 25 07:14:17 2021 From: brian_vita@cssinc.com (Brian Vita) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 07:14:17 -0500 Subject: Small list changes In-Reply-To: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <006f01d6f313$9e6cffc0$db46ff40$@cssinc.com> Thank you for keeping the list going. While I miss the amount of traffic that it once had, I still look forward to the posts in my mailbox. Brian Vita -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest On Behalf Of Garrett Wollman Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2021 6:27 PM To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org Subject: Small list changes Hi, all, It's been a long time since we've had a lot of discussion on the list, but I wanted to mention that I've made a couple of changes on the server that runs the list that will hopefully improve mail deliverability. If you find that mail from the list keeps getting misfiled to "spam", some of those changes may help. Unfortunately, the list is run on GNU Mailman 2 software, which is written in the Python 2 programming language. Python 2 is no longer supported, and Mailman 2 is not compatible with Python 3. GNU Mailman 3, which is, is an incompatible, feature-incomplete, ground-up rewrite of Mailman, so there may be some hiccups in the future as I figure out how best to keep the list operational for what traffic it does still see. -GAWollman From gspatola@gmail.com Sun Jan 24 21:32:38 2021 From: gspatola@gmail.com (Glenn Spatola) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 18:32:38 -0800 Subject: Small list changes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks Garrett. I've been part of this group for about 26 years now. Much of the news in recent years has concerned broadcasters passing away, but I suppose that's to be expected. Glenn Spatola https://VoiceGlennSpatola.com > > Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 18:26:36 -0500 > From: Garrett Wollman > To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org > Subject: Small list changes > Message-ID: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi, all, > > It's been a long time since we've had a lot of discussion on the list, > but I wanted to mention that I've made a couple of changes on the > server that runs the list that will hopefully improve mail > deliverability. If you find that mail from the list keeps getting > misfiled to "spam", some of those changes may help. > > Unfortunately, the list is run on GNU Mailman 2 software, which is > written in the Python 2 programming language. Python 2 is no longer > supported, and Mailman 2 is not compatible with Python 3. GNU Mailman > 3, which is, is an incompatible, feature-incomplete, ground-up rewrite > of Mailman, so there may be some hiccups in the future as I figure out > how best to keep the list operational for what traffic it does still > see. > > -GAWollman >