Fwd: Shutdown of boston-radio-interest list

[A Joseph Ross]

I sent this a couple of hours ago, but it hasn't appeared, so far as I 
can tell.  So I'm re-sending and hoping it will go through this time.


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Subject: 	Re: Shutdown of boston-radio-interest list
Date: 	Sat, 9 Dec 2023 16:26:41 -0500
From: 	A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com>
Organization: 	Law Office of A. Joseph Ross, J.D.
To: 	boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org



I haven't commented yet because I've been spending all my spare time for 
the last week+ trying to migrate my email configuration to my new 
computer.  That finally done, I'm able  to comment.

Most of what I would say has already been said.  Thank you, Garrett, for 
this list over the years.  I can't say as I'm surprised, since the 
activity on the list has been largely nonexistent lately, but it's at 
least been a good way to learn when people in our community pass on.  I 
was both surprised and sad at Bob Bittner's passing, but it was 
comforting to read all the discussions about it, including on Facebook, 
and to hear the announcements on WJIB about efforts to keep the station 
going.  It was also through this group that I learned of Arnie 
Ginsburg's passing.  Since one of my high school classmates maintains an 
email list of our classmates, I passed that info along there, which 
produced more reminiscences.

And thank you Bob DeMattia for starting a new list, which I have just 
joined.
On 12/4/2023 5:56 PM, Mark Watson wrote:
> Thank You Garrett for starting the list and keeping it going all these years. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. As many have mentioned in their comments, a lot has changed in the industry since this list started and social media and other group chat sites have become more of a way to share opinions than a mailing list. I too recall the group gathering we had at Gary’s Ice Cream followed by the live broadcast of his WCAP Saturday Night Sock Hop show from the parking lot in his trailer that you could say brought back memories of the WBZ Sundeck Studio trailer. A lot of information, opinions, technical talk, remembrances of and tributes to radio folks (both members of this list and non-members) who passed on were shared here.
>
> I hope to continue sharing news and thoughts on the industry on the new groups.io site that Bob DeMattia has graciously offered to set up (Thank You Bob for doing so). And Thank You to all on this list who contributed to many informative and fun conversations.
>
> Mark Watson
>
>
>
>
> From: Garrett Wollman
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2023 2:31 PM
> To:boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Shutdown of boston-radio-interest list
>
> Hi, all,
>
> This mailing-list was originally created in 1997, at a time when both
> radio and the Internet were in a very different situation than they
> are now.  Broadcasting was experiencing paroxysms of consolidation,
> which has largely now ended, but was still quite vibrant and the
> medium through which many if not most people were exposed to news, new
> music, and political views.  In the Internet, it was still reasonably
> possible for anyone to operate public services like web and mail
> servers on pretty much any machine that had a full-time network
> connection.
>
>

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A. Joseph Ross
Brookline, MA

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-- 
A. Joseph Ross
Brookline, MA

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“Books, minds, and umbrellas only work if they’re open.”
/– Anonymous/