Re: [Swprograms] Why does this list exist?

["Scott Royall" <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Me? I'm just sitting here in the local Walmart literally cooling my heels
waiting for my dog to recover from heat exhaustion. At home, I have a
Flex-1500 and not much left on HF worth listening to. :(

What was Global 24

-----Original Message-----
From: Swprograms [mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Richard Cuff
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 14:17
To: Shortwave programming discussion
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Why does this list exist?

Yeah...ain't that the truth...so how is everyone's spring doing (if you're
north of the Equator) or autumn (if down under)...?


A shame about Global 24:  They actually were something worth talking about
on the list, but, alas, they either underestimated the amount of work (and
dollars) required to feed transmitters 24/7, or they overestimated how much
people were willing to pay to have them on the air.

R

On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Scott Royall <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> And now, I guess we return to our regular non-content. :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Swprograms [mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Richard Cuff
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 14:03
> To: Shortwave programming discussion
> Subject: [Swprograms] Why does this list exist?
>
> Hi -
>
> Thanks, Mark, for the response.
>
> Sending this in response to Paul Walker's comment earlier.
>
> When this list was created, perhaps, what, 15 years ago (egad), its 
> focus was on programming content available via shortwave -- what was 
> interesting listening, new programs on air, programming reviews.  Many
"classic"
> shortwave-related lists didn't care about content, so this list served 
> a unique purpose.
>
> Conversely, the list wasn't designed to be a loggings or QSL list, 
> because there were (and are) many good examples of those already very 
> popular.  My own personal favorite is the ODXA list.
>
> NASWA's list is good as well, but one has to be a NASWA member to 
> belong there.
>
> There are likely other good lists -- such as Glenn Hauser's DXLD list
> -- but I am not as familiar with these other.
>
> Over the years, as we all know, "rocking chair" - quality shortwave 
> listening, at least in most of North America, has significantly 
> declined -- North America was one of the targets many broadcasters 
> identified as not being worth the investment in transmitter time, in 
> part because we're online so much, and because broadcasters felt 
> (rightly or wrongly) we weren't a priority target for them.
>
> For that reason, posting traffic to this list has been very infrequent 
> for several years.  For a while, we were using this list to post links 
> / reviews of content available via download / streaming / podcast, and 
> also used this list for discussing broadcaster strategies regarding 
> delivery platform choices -- i.e. shortwave vs. Internet vs.
> smartphone app vs. local rebroadcast.
>
> I also maintain a list that focuses on Internet-delivered radio, and 
> again focuses on content and technology (since QSLs really aren't that 
> much of an issue for Internet-delivered radio).
>
> I've been happy to see Paul's enthusiasm and postings, just because 
> such enthusiasm hasn't been all that prevalent here recently!
> However, I suggest, Paul, that you might get a more lively discussion 
> going over on the ODXA list or one of these others when it comes to 
> signal ID, QSLs, etc...
>
> Any other questions?  Let me know via e-mail (suggest you don't reply 
> to the entire list).
>
> Thanks -- Richard Cuff / list owner
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