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Re: A new newsgroup for Talk Radio 77 (WABC)

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From: Ralph Yozzo
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:17
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In article <1992Oct13.170103.17415@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> europa@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (r.j.capik) writes:
>From article <1992Oct13.151657.4647@Princeton.EDU>, by vnend@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (D. W. James):
>> In article <1992Oct09.153944.109173@watson.ibm.com> yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo) writes:
>> )What are people's opinion about creating a newsgroup to discuss
>> )WABC Talk Radio 77?
>> 
>>     Well, the folks in South Jersey aren't going to find it too useful.
>>  
>> Vnend 
>> vnend@princeton.edu, vnend@pucc.bitnet, or {backbone}!princeton!nudity!vnend        
>  News_Group: nj.talk-radio-77  ???   Why be SO specific?
>Just about every listening area has a talk radio station or two.
>Why not have a more generic nj.talk-radio news group. Then the
>people in 'South Jersey' can talk about [the somewhat infamous]
>WKXW, New Jersey 101.5 FM, from Trenton.
>But then too, from the net traffic I've seen, I wonder if anyone
>even wants to discuss talk-radio...
>
>Ron Capik

A generic talk-radio newsgroup sounds good to me.

And if 'alt.fan.rush-limbaugh' can be used as any indication,
then internet users certainly do discuss talk-radio.
One person actually posts a transcript of the entire 
Rush Limbaugh radio show. (Wow!)

-- 
Ralph Yozzo (yozzo@watson.ibm.com)  
From the beautiful and historic Mid-Hudson Valley area of NY state
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Subject: Re: A new newsgroup for Talk Radio 77 (WABC)
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