Lovely historical Christmas Chart tribute.

This board brings something fun and exciting to a great many people. I am not sure who owns or operates it, but thank you and all the best for the season.

RadioActive wrote:

jughead jones wrote:

This board brings something fun and exciting to a great many people. I am not sure who owns or operates it, but thank you and all the best for the season.

To answer your question, no one really owns this place, per se. It's provided by Boardhost, which is a service that allows users to start their own message boards for free. A long time ago, Dale Patterson, the genius behind "Rock Radio Scrapbook," started it as an adjunct to his other site. 

But it got to be too time consuming, so he wound up handing it off to others to run. People like the late, great Craig Smith kept it going, and while it had several admins. after he passed, it disappeared one day. It was resurrected by Iain Grant of CFRB, who ran it for a while. 

But when he got too busy to give it the attention it needed (it takes up far more time than you'd think) he noticed that I was a constant poster and contacted me to see if I wanted to keep it going, or else he was going to shut it down again. After some careful thought, (including a whole bunch of people who warned me not to do it and that I'd regret it!) I agreed to take it on.

I've been doing it ever since for the fun and challenge of it, since it doesn't pay anything (and indeed costs me a yearly stipend to keep it ad free.) 

So that's the history up until now. Hopefully, it has more in front of it than behind it! And it's nice to see that Iain occasionally still shows up here all these years later. And so do so many interested posters who have a lot of interesting things to say. It would not be the same without any of you. 

Whatever hapend to a gentleman known as Phil? I forget his last name, but he gave the board a blue look for a short while. There was also a Robert something, I think?

Radioactive - Well, I, for one, thank you very much for your volunteering. I am sure at times it feels like a thankless job but it makes my life more interesting. I do not work in radio, and have never worked in radio. I am just a kid who grew up in the 1970s idolizing Jim Brady, Tom Rivers, Mike Cooper, Bill Hayes, John Majhor, Roger Ashby, Rick Hodge, John Rode, and the many other voices who came through my AM radio. So, this board is a chance for me to offer my opinions on what I hear today. So, on the days where it feels like more work than you would like, just know people like me check here daily and appreciate it more than you know.

Really Appreciate the way RA manages to keep the big yellow board from going off the rails especially since the events of the past few years and the tectonic shift in civil and kind behavior the world seems to be trying to endure and respond to..

I learn lots of cool and interesting stuff reading the posts people share.

I wish you all a safe and happy holiday and as Tiny Tim certainly never said "God bless us every pun."

You're making me blush! Thanks for all the kind words. I like this little corner of the Internet. I appreciate all who come to visit it!

I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas and holidays.  We are now entering a New Year and I want to wish everyone good health, happiness and let's hope Peace in this world!
Thank you RA for all you do to keep this board going!