[78-L] Facebook for 78'ers, was Re: Sirius/XM cancels 40s channel

[Cary Ginell]

There's also 78 Quarterly, in which collectors get to show off the rarest of pre-war 78s. Great way to find out who's got what. Moderated by Russ Shor and Eric Simkin. 

Cary 

> On Apr 4, 2014, at 12:34 PM, "David Lennick" <dplennick at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Lots of holdouts to Facebook but that's also where much of 78-L's membership has migrated. There are a few groups devoted to 78s, plus the ability to post pictures and (legal) music links.
> 78 rpm records & cylinders fan group
> Shellacrecords 78rpm
> Classical Music & Opera (1877-1950)
> 
> dl
> 
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> From: "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com" <neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com> 
> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 3:24:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Sirius/XM cancels 40s channel
> 
> 
> I'm not on Facebook but this may be an incentive to throw me over to the 
> Dark Side.
> 
> joe salerno
> 
>> On 4/4/2014 2:14 PM, Elizabeth McLeod wrote:
>> We use XM as background walk-in music at the theatre I manage, and this
>> Billy Joel debacle is the latest in a series of interruptions of the Channel
>> 4 programming. They tell us it's temporary until June 26th, which is a bit
>> much even for people who actually like Billy Joel. I'm using the Sinatra
>> channel in its stead, but it's a weak substitute. A little Frankie goes a
>> long way for me.
>> 
>> There's a campaign going on on the Sirius XM Facebook page to get the
>> channel restored -- if not on 4 then on an alternate channel. Supporters of
>> the 40s channel have essentially hijacked the page for the past ten days,
>> and thousands of people have cancelled, called, and otherwise protested. Any
>> 78-L SXM subscribers with views on the matter might feel free to add them.
>> 
>> Elizabeth
>> 
>> On 3/27/14 9:23 PM, "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com"
>> <neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Well, that would be good news, thanks!
>>> 
>>> js
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 3/27/2014 5:39 PM, David Breneman wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>      From: "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com" <neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> I turned it on last night, just 5 days into my paid up subscription, to
>>>>> find that "40s on 4" is now the Billy Joel channel.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Very disappointing. It was one of the reasons I decided to subscribe.
>>>>> That leaves just 3 or 4 channels out of 239 that I will listen to.
>>>> 
>>>> They have been running ads all week saying that the Billy
>>>> Joel Channel is a "limited engagement."
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