[grc] Will you indulge me this one appeal? New program!

[John Grebe]

People do not know how to self-restrain, for even once per year postings. Some producers are 
super-promoters, and it doesn't equate to quality of programming.

Only after subscribing for 6 months should a list member be allowed to send a 
promotion/announcement of their program. 

This is not a producers' or program directors' email list specifically. It's a general radio issues list for 
grassroots radio stations. (I'm a producer-reporter host and radio technician.) I would subscribe to a 
separate list for producers and/or program directors among the GRC members.

In case three producers of one show are all list members:  ONLY one program announcement or 
description PER SHOW (not per producer) may be sent per year, signed with the full name of the 
poster and all producers involved. Violating that year-long term results in expulsion from the GRC 
list. I'd want any annual limit enforced harshly. No slippery pushing at the limits by sliding program 
content into emails ostensibly on other subjects. Frankly, a web link in email is enough promotion so 
interested "targets" can find weekly descriptions on a web page.

If the wrong change is made to list rules, super-promoters and replies to them will burden this 
general purpose list.

There are separate spaces for that elsewhere. If necessary, start a separate email list--perhaps 
GRC-Programs--to accommodate us producers' show descriptions or announcements.

Traffic on the GRC list surges and recedes at times. That's not a reason to flood it with program 
announcements, where the biggest self-promoters take up the most space. This list is a wonderful 
resource (and a great reference archive) to learn about obscure important radio knowledge from 
decades-experienced GRC'ers--information that's not found elsewhere. Program content 
announcements, however, can be found on producers' own sites and upload sites (like Radio4All, 
Pacifica's AudioPort, PRX, Content Depot, etc.).

The worst effect of regular program announcements or descriptions on this GRC list would be that 
people like me would stop reading it for all the rest of the content. I watched a local Boston area 
independent radio list get smacked with programs' (an excellent program, but that's not the point)  
announcements. It stanched discussion, and diluted the original purpose of the list.

How many list member producers are we? Do we want that number of show announcements per 
week, month or year?

Best regards,
John
-
WZBC-FM Boston-Newton



On 20 Mar 2017 at 12:27, David Klann via grc wrote:

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Date sent:	Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:27:26 -0500
Subject:	Re: [grc] Will you indulge me this one appeal? New program!
From:	David Klann via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org>
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> As the current "list cop" I support this idea! Occasionally promoting
> a program seems like a reasonable idea and might help spread the word
> for producers. I would hope that people know how to self-restrain. :)
> 
>   ~David Klann
> 
> 
> On 03/20/2017 12:22 PM, Maria Gilardin via grc wrote:
> > Hi Jama, I remember that the prohibition was for producers like
> > Frieda and I who put out weekly shows not to flood the list with
> > each release - but I also would like to see who else is distributing
> > and it was fun to read about Dave. Once a year seems fair and
> > whenever something goes into distribution for the first time, like
> > Sound and Fury.
> > 
> > Maria Gilardin/TUC Radio
> > PO Box 44/Calpella, CA, 95418
> > (707) 463-2654
> > http://www.tucradio.org
> > 
> 
>