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            Articles in this issue include:

South African Pirates                    (Bruce Girard)
SA Political Update October 5  1993            (S. Africa Partnership)
RaqdioAction Alert                    (Bruce Girard)
Seeking    Radio Station calls                (Neil Parks)
Need help with station id                (Neil Parks)
Dream Job                        (Neil Parks)
FCC Authority (was: FCC action    against    Micro Broadcast    (John Higdon)
Re: FM/Ozone                        (John Higdon)
Highwater #6, final programme                (San Francisco Fract)
Highwater Freelander #6                    (San Francisco Fract)
Kansas City follow-ups                    (Mark Roberts)
Re: RADIR review                    (David Hygh)
Re: Rebuttal/ Talk radio: Pulpit of the    ultra-right    (ALAN T    WILLCOX)
Re: How    to decode RDS-data?                (Gerben    Vos)
Sally Spitz in Cleveland                (Steven    J. Sobol)
Howard Stern Radio List    -                (Neil Parks)
Re: Where is WEVD?                    (Mark H    David)
Were to    get a good FM antenna?                (James H. Haynes)

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Subject: South African Pirates
From: [e-mail] (Bruce Girard)
Organization: Unknown



The following is from the weekly political update produced by
the South Africa Partnership Project and posted in the APC
conference reg.safrica.

As the author notes, the fact that the right-wing Radio Pretoria
was broadcasting illegally and was rewarded with a license contrasts
sharply with the decision to prosecute the progressive community
station, Bush Radio.

If you missed the posting about the latest harassment of Bush Radio,
send an email message to [e-mail] and we will forward it to
you.

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From: Southern Africa Partnership Project <sapp>
Subject: SA Political Update October 5  1993

SA POLITICAL UPDATE  October 5, 1993

by Laurie Adams
US-SA Sister Community Project
PO Box 5328 Johannesburg 2000
tel [phone]  *  fax [phone]

        2 - Right Wing Station Given License

Rebel Radio Pretoria, which has been broadcasting illegally
since September 20, has been given a temporary license to
broadcast "cultural events" for the month of October.  The
station's "cultural" events include promoting a shooting
match commemorating guns used in the Boer War and the
birthday of right-wing hero Paul Kruger.  The licensing
contrasts sharply with the action taken against Bush Radio, a
community radio collective in Capetown, which had its
transmitters sealed and confiscated after broadcasting for
four hours in April.



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Subject: RaqdioAction Alert
From: [e-mail] (Bruce Girard)
Organization: Unknown

/* Written  6:11 pm  Oct  4, 1993 by resystom in web:amarc.radio */
/* ---------- "RaqdioAction Alert" ---------- */

4 October, 1993

AMARC Solidarity Action Network received this urgent demand today
from Bush Radio, a community radio project in Cape Town, South
Africa.

An Action Alert was first issued in support of Bush Radio when its
equipment was seized in May. For a copy of that Alert, send a request
to [e-mail].

Please distribute it to interested parties and please send a fax
in support of Bush Radio.

Thanks.

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                       b u s h  r a d i o
                          PO Box 13290
                         Mowbray, 7705
                            Cape Town
                          South Africa
                     Tel: +(27-21) 448 5450
                     Fax: +(27-21) 448-5451

30th September, 1993

OPEN LETTER RE:  PROSECUTION OF BUSH RADIO

To Bush Radio's Members, Users Friends and Supporters

Bush Radio is being prosecuted for starting a community radio
station. We are charged on three counts:
     1.   illegal broadcasting
     2.   illegal possession of broadcast apparatus, and
     3.   obstructing the course of justice.

These charges are being levelled at two of our members, who face
stiff penalties: R10,000 and/or 3 years imprisonment each on the
first two counts alone.

The first court appearance is set for October 13. We now need
your support to stop the victimisation of genuine community radio
before it even gets going.

Bush radio is a community radio initiative, owned and controlled
by its membership, a wide range of organizations and individuals.
For more than two years we planned and talked about going on air.
Our attempts to get a broadcasting license from the Ministry for
Home Affairs were repeatedly frustrated, and our membership
eventually decided that we should go ahead without one.

So from 4 - 8 pm on Sunday April 1993, listeners on the Cape
Flats heard a mix of programmes produced and presented by our
"networkers" (volunteer producers from the community). Scores of
other people were there, and all of them had a chance to go on
air, most of them for the first time in their lives.

In the week that followed the state seized our transmission
equipment, effectively silencing us on the eve of our second
broadcast, scheduled for May 1st. About six weeks later we were
warned that the state was considering laying charges against us.
Last week charge sheets were served on our lawyers, to appear
before a regional court on October 13th.

For the state to take such action at this time seems to
contradict their professed commitment to a more open South
Africa. We are being charged in terms of laws inspired by
apartheid at the very same time that new legislation passes
through parliament - including bills for the transitional
Executive Council and an Independent Broadcasting Authority,
drawn up by parties at the negotiations.

The enforcement of these charges could have serious consequences
for us at Bush Radio. For an organization which employs a staff
of only two people, we do a disproportionate amount of work, and
can ill afford to be spending time on defending unnecessary legal
action. Bush Radio runs a range of training programmes aimed at
bringing new voices into the broadcasting environment. We work
with a number of organizations, producing programmes that are
distributed either on audio-cassette or on other radio stations.
Substantial time and energy is invested in building up a network
of volunteers, the backbone of a truly participatory community
radio. A lot of time is spent providing support to others who
want to start radio stations in their own communities.

Despite our modest resources, Bush radio has become something of
a "flagship" for the emerging community radio sector in South
Africa. For us to be criminalised could weaken the growth of this
new sector which holds such real potential for communities
wanting to control their own development.

We were always open and peaceful in our methods, and feel that
this treatment is misplaced. To drag us through the courts is a
waste of time and money, not only for Bush Radio but also for the
taxpayer who foots the bill.

We hope the charges might be dropped, and seek your support in
making our case. What can you do?

At this stage we ask that you write letters. They should be:
     "To whom it may concern,"

The content of your letter would depend on your relationship with
Bush Radio.

If you are a member, we'd like you to say why you think it's
inappropriate for us to be prosecuted, and include a statement of
solidarity.

If you are a client, we'd like you to say why you think it's
inappropriate for us to be prosecuted, and include a statement of
solidarity.

If you are a client, we'd like to hear about the value of service
you have derived from Bush Radio, and we would like you to be
specific about what we did together.

If you are a friend, or supporter, please write whatever you feel
is appropriate, and we'd appreciate comments on how this kind of
action undermines confidence in the nature of change in our
country.

Please send these letters to:
                     BUSH RADIO at fax no.:
                        +(27-21) 448-5451

                     and send originals to:
                         P.O. Box 13290
                         Mowbray, 7705
                    Cape Town, South Africa

We should receive these letters by Friday 8th October, or as soon
as possible thereafter.

Thanking you in anticipation,

JEANNE DU TOIT
Secretary for the Coordinating Committee


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Subject: Seeking Radio Station calls
From: [e-mail] (Neil Parks)
Organization: PC-OHIO PCBOARD - Cleveland, OH - 216-381-3320

 -=> Quoting [e-mail] to All <=-
 Al> p: rec.radio.broadcasting
 Al> Paul Phillips
 Al> Amy L. O'Toole  N8XDL                                     Greetings

 Al> WPHR Cleveland (Now long defunct)  We Play Hit Records

Not that long.  Less than a year.

 Al> ANy Others?

WGN Chicago:  World's Greatest Newspaper.
WACO: Waco, Texas.
WARE: Ware, Mass.
KING Seattle:  King County
KFAY:  <FAY>etteville, Arkansas
WSLR Akron:  Whistler
(old) WGTC Bloomington, IN:  We've Got The Country
(old) WNBC New York:  NBC
KCBS San Francisco/WCBS New York:  CBS
KABC Los Angeles/WABC New York:  ABC
WFAN New York:  The Fan (all sports)
KMOX St. Louis:  originally went on the air from <K>irkwood,
      <MO>, on <X>mas
KCMO:  <K>ansas <C>ity, <MO>
WOBL:  <OB>er<L>in, OH
WMRN:  <M>a<R>io<N>, OH
KLOU:  St. <LOU>is
KSTL:  <ST> <L>ouis
KEZK St. Louis:  EZ listening
WKCR New York:  King's Crown Radio
WFUV New York:  <F>ordham <U>ni<V>ersity
WASH:  WASHington, DC
WIOD Miami:  Wonderful Isle Of Dreams


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 ■ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 ■


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Subject: Need help with station id
From: [e-mail] (Neil Parks)
Organization: PC-OHIO PCBOARD - Cleveland, OH - 216-381-3320

 Ma> Message-ID: <27o1gq$[e-mail]>
 Ma> Newsgroup: rec.radio.broadcasting
 Ma> I need help identifying a station: BBC World Service on 1160 kHz.
 Ma> Doug Martin      [e-mail]

Just a guess, but wonder if this might be one of VOA's medium
wave transmitters in Florida.

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 ■ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 ■


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Subject: Dream Job
From: [e-mail] (Neil Parks)
Organization: PC-OHIO PCBOARD - Cleveland, OH - 216-381-3320

 -=> Quoting [e-mail] to All <=-
 49> Message-ID: <27llmm$[e-mail]>

 49> Is it possible to get a radio announcing job without
 49> having experience on radio? Let me explain.
 49> All my life Ihave always wanted to be on radio

There are always small market stations willing to hire an
apprentice at minimum wage.  Check the trade journals, and send
out audition tapes.

[Moderator's Note:  While I would heartily concur that one should send out
tapes and even physically beat on the doors of small stations seeking that
entry-level position, I would also suggest developing a rapport with station
personal and laying a lot of groundwork.  I would not concur whole-heartedly,
though, with your contention that "...There are always small market
stations willing to hire an apprentice...".  With the proliferation of cheap,
slick satellite formats, there are fewer and fewer stations using local air
talent(especially the tiny markets where one would be most likely to find
such a break) .  Of course, the topic of satellite formats and why they are
(IMHO) killing local radio, has been discussed here before, but it applies in
this case.  Essentially, if you are one who "MUST" be in radio, and you re
willing to go "anywhere" and do "anything", format wise, are willing to make
less than the local Taco Bell employee (for a while anyway) and can deal with
non-existent job security, then you WILL make it... eventually.  Keep trying
and trying.  However if you are one who insists on working in a certain small
geographic area, doing only "your favorite" format(s),  requiring a salary in
excess of minimum wage, and you want to be an instant "Star", you might as
well give it up now and go get a day job.  In this business it is the
flexible, persistent, self-motivated and talented (or one willing to
cultivate talent) individual who will break through that invisible barrier
between listening to, and creating, radio.  Bill]

... Blue Wave - World Tour - 1993
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 ■ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 ■


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Subject: FCC Authority (was: FCC action against Micro Broadcaster)
From: [e-mail] (John Higdon)
Organization: Green Hills and Cows

[e-mail] (William A. Goldsmith) writes:

> Correct me if I'm wrong, but FCC employees are *not* peace officers,
> have no power to *enforce* anything except the conditions of licenses gran-
> ted by the FCC. And the regulations in question are *not* laws, they are
> *regulations*, and are enforceable only by having the FCC seek a court
> order (at least when they are applied to ordinary citizens).

No correction necessary. When and if the FCC needs to take physical
enforcement action, federal marshals are taken along to provide the
legality. An FCC field engineer is just exactly that: an engineer who
works for the FCC, fancy badge notwithstanding. He has no power to
forcibly question, detain, or otherwise compel any physical action. Of
course, he could come back with some marshals, or call for the local
gendarmarie (who, in this case, probably got really pissed).

My first encounter with this person (the FCC engineer) was in 1970.
David Doon, on what just had to be one of his first field inspections,
came to KRPM (now KOME). No amount of classroom training could have
prepared him for what he found. The studio operations were carried out
on a kitchen table set up in an abandoned dental office. A single rack
contained the Belar monitor and some home made amplifiers as well as
the Moseley WRC10T remote control.

He spent a considerable amount of time watching the Belar frequency
meter and then pronounced that it did not meet FCC specs. "The rules,"
he explained in moderate Asian accent, "require the meter to be
able to be read within fifty Hertz. This meter wobble around several
hundred Hertz. It cannot be accurately read."

I had to explain to him that the 1946 vintage RCA exciter ("The Iron
Fireman" as Ben Dawson called it) used a Singer motor connected to a
variable cap as the AFC. Even though it was viscous damped, there was
still some instability that could be observed on the monitor. And that
was what he was seeing: the AFC gyrations of the exciter--not monitor
ambiguity. Mr. Doon scoured the rules to find some applicapable
violation, but he was unable to save face. So he wrote it up anyway!
The answer given for the citation was the same one I had given in the
field.


--
 John Higdon        |   [phone]     |       FAX:
 [e-mail] | 10288 0 700 FOR-A-MOO | [phone]


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Subject: Re: FM/Ozone
From: [e-mail] (John Higdon)
Organization: Green Hills and Cows

Bolt <[e-mail]> writes:

> One of my Radio Broadcasting students recently asked the question about
> certain FM radio signals having a negative effect on the Ozone. That was
> news to me. Has anyone else any input?

EMR at FM frequencies is non-ionizing and should have absolutely no
effect on upper layer ozone levels. Of course, if the antenna is shot
and is experiencing corona discharge, it might be actually generating
ozone. But that would have no effect on "the ozone", assuming you are
talking about the "ozone layer".

Maybe they meant that if Rush Limbaugh were to appear on FM, it would
be bad for "the ozone". :-)

[Poster's Note: Oh, brother!]

--
 John Higdon        |   [phone]     |       FAX:
 [e-mail] | 10288 0 700 FOR-A-MOO | [phone]


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Subject: Highwater #6, final programme
From: [e-mail] (San Francisco Fractal Factory)
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

:00   music,  John 'Blackdog' Ridnell, Spread the News
:15   World Bank is bad news
5:00  ProNAFTA environmental groups
5:45  UFW Boycott St. Michelle Wines
6:55  Freedom of Information in Russia DENIED
8:55  phosdrin pesticides
10:05 Somalia Protest Oct 29
12:00 Gay and Lesbian platform
13:45 FCNL - Nuke Tests, unilateral testing ban
15:00  out

We've a second high speed dubbing deck, so things
are rolling.  If you get a tape, please COMMUNICATE
with me so I keep sending them. :)

-a


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the part of Food Not Bombs, Fractal Factory or any
combination of Aaron, Andrew, Keith, Scott or others.
Unless otherwise specifically mentioned. [e-mail]



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Subject: Highwater Freelander #6
From: [e-mail] (San Francisco Fractal Factory)
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)


This weeks headlines
available in ~ftp/pub/andyrose/Oct93/Oct5  (note new directory structure)
by anonymous ftp to netcom.com

object: FCNL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE -- [10/01/93] | Religion and Nukes
subject: SUPPORT LEFT-WING RADIO | you betcha
subject: Somalia Protest Oct 29-30 | International Day of protest
subject: Somalia Protest Oct 29-30
subject: pn.announcements: INT'L. PROTESTS VS. US WAR IN SOMALIA
subject: CROSSROADS "youth" article not printed | Gay/Lesbian rights
subject: US Commission on Drug Policy    |  New gommint look at drugs
subject: US Commish on Drug Policy, HR3100
subject: Rachel's HW News Sept 30 | TOXICS TOXICS TOXICS
subject: PAN: Washington State Suspends Pesticide | Farm Worker Rights
subject: Report from UN Forest Extravaganza | UN giveaway to Corporate
subject: Free Forests for Developed Countries
subject: Wine Boycott for UFW | Boycott US Tobacco for labor
subject: Russian Info Blockade |  Information black-out Moscow
subject: ENVIRO GROUPS WHO SUPPORT NAFTA | Turncoats and sellouts
subject: EFF RESPONDS TO PGP CASE | Pretty Good Protection software
subject: Micro Radio News | Dunifer,etc.
subject: Fast Action Valley D'Apse (Brussel) |  Save European Brown Bears
subject: valley of the aspe fast
ubject: Harvest Moon 38 arrests, FNB tops 115 | Food Not Bombs making history
ubject: ADAPT in Nashville | 100 cops arrest handicapped people
ubject: Soc.feminism: Sexist Sony ad and their response
ubject: Ron Brown Lied; ADMITS meeting Viet agent | Yet Another Crook
ubject: US Contra Scandals Continue | more bullshit from USG
ubject: Cannabis Action Network - Colorado Schedule
ubject: FREEDOM WRITERS APPEALS - 10/93 | Amnesty International

Tapes go out Tuesday morning, mail me your snail address IF YOU
CAN BROADCAST



In our efforts to uncover and reveal news, we've run into many
lies, coverups, deceits, propaganda, and manipulations.
The more we read from alternative sources like In These Times,
the Progressive, the Nation, Public Citizen, Z magazine,
CAIB, and electric sources like misc.activism.progressive
and alt.org.food-not-bombs, the less the news in The New
York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco
Chronicle/Examiner, and electronic sources like CNN,
ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, etc seem true.

I am greatly disheartened that what I felt to be "all the
news fit to print" has become a sham in my estimation.  I
used to live and breathe the NYT and now I can't.  But do
I dispare?  No way.
            -Buck

Would people prefer 30 minute shows over the current 15?
These would give us some room for a little extra.

Would people prefer a daily headline service?
NOT
                                clari.news.cast


     1  The UPI Afternoon Report [Sep 20 2 pm       [e-mail] (  +
     2  About the briefs and newscasts              [e-mail] (Brad   +
     3  The UPI Afternoon Report [Sep 21 2 pm       [e-mail] (  +
     4  The UPI Afternoon Report [Sep 22 2 pm       [e-mail] (  +
     5  The UPI Afternoon Report [Sep 23 2 pm       [e-mail] (  +
     6  The UPI Afternoon Report [Sep 24 2 pm       [e-mail] (  +
     7  The UPI Afternoon Report [Sep 24 5 pm       [e-mail] (  +
     8  The UPI Morning Report [Sep 27 7 am P       [e-mail] (  +
     9  The UPI Afternoon Report [Sep 27 3 pm       [e-mail] (  +
    10  The UPI Afternoon Report [Sep 28 2 pm       [e-mail] (  +
    11  The UPI Afternoon Report [Sep 29 2 pm       [e-mail] (  +
    12  The UPI Afternoon Report [Sep 30 12 p       [e-mail] (

Call-in show? Satellite? How do we do it?
mail comments, answers, suggestions, and reviews to [e-mail]


Broadcasters in these cities are airing Highwater/Freelander news:

Wayne, NJ
WPFW Washington DC 20001
WEOS Hobart & William Smith Geneva, NY
Hamilton Ontario
Amsterdam The Netherlands
Spring Valley CA
Peace Radio Int'l Miami FL - Costa Rica
Salt Lake City UT
La Honda, CA
Los Altos Hills, CA
Hoboken NJ
College St, TX
Free Radio Berkeley ' 1442 A Walnut St. #406 ' Berkeley, CA 94709
Grahamstown,  South Africa
San Francisco Liberation Radio
Ragged Mountain Liberation Radio, Southington CT
WZRD Chicago, IL
Petaluma, CA
NY Transfer News  NY NY
Tucson AZ
Student Union ' U Idaho ' Moscow ID
SUNY Stoneybrook  Stoneybrook NY

This is a great start and we'd love to hear from you if
you'd like to know how to tune in,
you'd like a tape (and you will broadcast)
you have have suggestions for stories or format
you've already received tapes

-a



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the part of Food Not Bombs, Fractal Factory or any
combination of Aaron, Andrew, Keith, Scott or others.
Unless otherwise specifically mentioned. [e-mail]



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Subject: Kansas City follow-ups
From: [e-mail] (Mark Roberts)
Organization: Unknown


Here are follow-ups to some items I posted over the past few weeks:
---
   KNHN(AM) says its experiment with triple-synchronous broadcasting
is going well.
   At noon Sept. 31 (last Thursday), the one-kilowatt station at 1340 kHz
began synchronous broadcasting with transmitters in Amoret, Mo., and
Pittsburg, Kansas.
   According to the Kansas City Star, this is the first time in the
United States that an attempt has been made to synchronize three
transmitters on the same frequency with the same programming.
   The station's general manager, William Johnson, is quoted by the
Star as saying, "everything is going better than anticipated."
---
   Control of WHB(AM) is now officially in the hands of nearby Carrollton
farm broadcaster KMZU(FM).  WHB(AM) appears to be simulcasting KMZU,
under the slogan "Missouri's Farm Voice."
   The Kansas City Star reported that a delay occurred in transferring control
of WHB from its former owner, Shamrock Broadcasting, to Kanza, Inc.
   Control was to be transferred midnight Sunday (Sept. 26), but did not
occur until late Tuesday morning (Sept. 28).  In the meantime, WHB
continued to broadcast oldies without announcers or commercials.
---
   In the process of forming a duopoly involving Kansas City talk stations
KCMO and KMBZ form a duopoly, Bonneville Broadcasting has dismissed a
KMBZ morning talk show host.
   Tom Leathers was relieved of his duties Sept. 31 (Thursday), according
to the Kansas City Star.  Leathers is the publisher of the "Squire"
newspaper of Johnson County, Kansas.  Leathers was replaced by KCMO sports
talk show host Jon Hart.
   Hart has been filling in on the afternoon sports talk show on KCMO since
Bonneville took KCMO over from Gannett under an LMA.  Bonneville is buying
KCMO-AM/FM for a price estimated between $7 and 8 million.
   Leathers had been with KMBZ for two years.  KMBZ management said the
change is being made to replace someone that has multiple outside interests
with a full-time station employee.
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Mark Roberts   [e-mail]  [e-mail]
"I may be cool, Beavis, but I can't change the future." --
Noted social scientist and animated MTV icon Butt-head
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Subject: Re: RADIR review
From: [e-mail] (David Hygh)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA




>[Information on M-Street directory]

>I've used M-Street myself, but if I want to look up data on my PC I
>use a program called RADIR from BBH Software.  It has most of the
>broadcast radio stations in the US, and can do searches on calls,
>formats, freq., address and about 300 markets.   It lists the mailing
>address, phone #, and some faxes as well.  They have the program for
>both IBM-PCs and Macs.

>[Moderator's Note:  Tell us more about this product.  Price, updateability?
>You overall opinions of its operation??? Bill]

Well, it's hard to be objective on this; I work as a consultant for the
company.  I do think that it's easy to use though.  It can print mailing
labels and generate reports on the stations (although I think it's a
little weak in this area).  You can export all the data into a comma
delimited ASCII file, and then use it in another database program.
BBH software updates the data quarterly, and it cost $99.95 for a
years worth (4 issues).



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Subject: Re: Rebuttal/ Talk radio: Pulpit of the ultra-right
From: [e-mail] (ALAN T WILLCOX)
Organization: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS at AMHERST

In <28vc55$[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:

> familiar with.  Her problem seems to be that the right wing, and more
> specifically, CHRISTIANS (aaack! get 'em away!  folks with morals!!) have
> found a voice that had been reserved for liberals for decades, and she's
> scared to death.  That's right, listeners, I said SCARED TO DEATH!!

I don't want to start a thread on this, but I would like to point out that I
am a CHRISTIAN (yup, a real-life, Bible-thumpin born-again type), and NOT a
CONSERVATIVE.  There are huge numbers of Christians, who, like myself, want to
avoid the stereotype this person is encouraging.

I have also had the experience of encountering "folks with morals" who were not
Christians.

God bless,

Al.

[e-mail]

"The Bible doesn't say God is a Republican, or a conservative.  He's not white,
nor is he European.  He doesn't favor Laissez faire or socialism.  Jesus was
a Palestinian Jew.  Over 75% of Christians today live outside of North America
and Europe.  God cannot be so easily pigeon-holed.  The Bible does say that
GOD is LOVE (not to be confused with love is god)."


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Subject: Re: How to decode RDS-data?
From: [e-mail] (Gerben Vos)
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam

David Vrona writes:

>What is RDS data?

The Radio Data System is a way to send digital out-of-band information
together with the radio signal. The information includes things like
station name, type of transmission, traffic information indicator (so a
car radio can switch on automatically), time and date, frequencies of
nearby transmitters of the same network, frequencies of nearby
transmitters which carry traffic information, etc.

I think it can only be used on FM. I don't know if it is used outside
Europe.

[e-mail] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G e r b e n   V o s   <><
Claimer: These are not opinions, these are facts.
NOTE THE CHANGED EMAIL ADDRESS: [e-mail]


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Subject: Sally Spitz in Cleveland
From: [e-mail] (Steven J. Sobol)
Organization: The Tiny Software Company, Cleveland

[e-mail] (Drews, Mark  ) writes:

> Anyone have an email address for Sally Spitz/Fahringer in Cleveland? She's
> an old friend working the morning drive shift on Power 108? 104? I'm not
> sure of the station. Just thought I'd check.

Works at Q104.

Sally Spitz
WQAL-FM
1621 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115    No e-mail address, as far as I know.

I'm mailing this to you, Mark, and mailing a copy to Bill Pfeiffer
in case he decides he wants to post it.

Regards,
 Steve

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Subject: Howard Stern Radio List -
From: [e-mail] (Neil Parks)
Organization: PC-OHIO PCBOARD - Cleveland, OH - 216-381-3320

 -=> Quoting Charles Kunz to All <=-
 CK> Message-ID: <27lo4f$[e-mail]>
 CK> Newsgroup: rec.radio.broadcasting

 CK> Welcome to the Howard Stern Radio Network list - short form!  Here's
 CK> New stations in the past 30 days: -None-
 CK> Possible new markets mentioned in the past 30 days: -None-
 CK> WLUP-Chicago has given Howard the big axe and dropped him from their

Apparently the novelty is wearing off.  Which station will be the
next to engage in addition by subtraction?  <G>

... The OFFICIAL tagline of the 1996 Olympics!
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 ■ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 ■


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Subject: Re: Where is WEVD?
From: [e-mail] (Mark H David)
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

WEVD 1050 AM is in New York City.  And it is true that the call
letters were originally intended to be the initials of, and in honor
of, Eugene V. Debs.



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Subject: Were to get a good FM antenna?
From: [e-mail] (James H. Haynes)
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz


I'd like to get a good Yagi antenna for FM reception - a recent Don Lancaster
column in  "Electronics Now" (or whatever Radio-Electronics calls itself
these days) mentioned how he is getting long-range FM reception with a
Winegard model something antenna.  But I don't know where to go to buy one.
--
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