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6th Aug 2022, 8:25 pm | #1 |
Tetrode
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Cheshire, UK.
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Radiophile
Has anyone heard anything about what’s happening to the Radiophile?
Everyone I’ve spoken to seems as at a loss too. I saw a few old faces at Golborne but nobody seems any the wiser. Shame really, we used to forward to Chas‘s do’s at Wetwood & Gnosall. It was getting too much for them though. |
6th Aug 2022, 9:01 pm | #2 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK.
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Re: Radiophile
Sadly - and I'll stand corrected - I think the fat lady has sung and it's all over now that dear Chas has passed away. I recall there was some talk of someone taking up the cudgel, but to my knowledge that hasn't happened. I doubt if Chas's wife Jo would be able or even prepared to take it all on. Radiophile was Chas's baby.
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7th Aug 2022, 10:40 am | #3 |
Administrator
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Location: Cardiff
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Re: Radiophile
One of the BVWS committee members who knew Chas and Jo has tried a couple of times to contact Jo but been unsuccessful. The Radiophile website is mostly closed too.
Any opportunity for events to have continued after Chas passed away would have been scuppered by Covid restrictions. So as Steve says, sadly but not surprisingly it looks as though Radiophile is no more. |
7th Aug 2022, 12:29 pm | #4 |
Nonode
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Location: Tintinara, South Australia, Australia
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Re: Radiophile
I do hope that all the archived pdf's of Radio Bygones and Radiophile can be saved, it would be a pity for all that information to be lost.
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23rd Aug 2022, 3:19 pm | #5 |
Octode
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Owston Ferry, North Lincolnshire, UK.
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Re: Radiophile
At the risk of being shot at dawn, would it be possible for this site to host copies of the Radiophile and Radio Bygones? I could do some of the scanning from my own collection of magazines if it would help. I expect that this would be a lot more involved than it appears on the face of it, I just wanted to ask the question.
Dave
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23rd Aug 2022, 3:37 pm | #6 |
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Re: Radiophile
I could be wrong but I thought Jo still owns the copyright for her own and Chas's work.
Cheers Mike T
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23rd Aug 2022, 4:35 pm | #7 | |
Dekatron
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cottingham, East Yorkshire, UK.
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Re: Radiophile
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It would have been/still could be, a nice legacy and lasting memory of Chas if it were bequeathed to the World Radio History archive, which is a splendid not for profit resource, and unlike RMORG, there are no hoops to jump through, and no hint of 'givers and takers', but I don't think this is the place to that to be debated. As things are, it seems to me that there is a real likelihood - as with other similar sites, that it will disappear by default, which would be a great shame. It ought not to be overlooked that much of the content of Radiophile was provided by enthusiasts, including membership of this forum.
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23rd Aug 2022, 4:45 pm | #8 |
Dekatron
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Location: W.Butterwick, near Doncaster UK.
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Re: Radiophile
I am pleased to say, I proof read the last copy of Radiophile, it was an honour to help Chas. I do think copyright belongs to the originator, a minefield I understand.
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23rd Aug 2022, 6:33 pm | #9 |
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Re: Radiophile
Many of the issues are still available for sale as PDFs on the Radiophile website (although I don't know if the whole process is still working). On that basis it would be inappropriate and probably illegal to offer scanned copies for free.
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