Shutdown of boston-radio-interest list

[Tim Gordon]

Well put! Ditto!!
Y'all will be missed.
--Tim


On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 3:23 PM ~Bill <ecps92@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hold on till 30 yrs, only 4 more to go :)
>
> A nice run, considering some of the other venues that hosted List-servers
> have been bought, sold, retired
> E-List, One-List, YahooGroups.
>
> As an outsider, the list was fun to watch and the few times I did
> participate, was welcomed.
>
> Each and Everyone left, Stay/Keep Safe
>
>
> Bill - N1KUG
> Boston, Mass
> Cruise Ship Frequencies
> http://scanmaritime.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boston-Radio-Interest
> [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
> 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.
>
> We no longer live in that world, and people no longer view mailing-lists
> like this one as an easy and low-effort way to exchange news and views.  So
> too has local radio largely gone by the wayside, as consolidation has led
> to
> more national programming and a continuous push to cut expenses like
> staffing (both on-air and behind the scenes).  Many of the industry pros
> who
> joined this list have retired; several are deceased, including Bob Bittner,
> whose "Let's Talk About Radio" show was one of the inspirations for this
> list.  Traffic here has dwindled to a trickle, with six months this year
> seeing no legitimate submissions at all.  It's time to hang up the cans.
>
> The archives will remain publicly accessible on bostonradio.org for as
> long
> as I'm able to keep it going, but this mailing-list, which depends on the
> unmaintained GNU Mailman 2.x, will be shut down on December 31, 2023.  I am
> sending this advance notice to allow those who wish to post any final words
> or reminiscences.  It's been nice knowing you all; do keep in touch.
>
> -GAWollman
>
>
>