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NPR Meets the Internet
From: Carl Malamud <carl () malamud com>
Date: Mon, 31 May 93 09:44:25 EDT
Station: Internet Multicasting Service Channel: Internet Town Hall Program: National Public Radio meets the Internet Release: May 31, 1993 (Recording Date 5/21/93) Content: Talk of the Nation: Science Friday Thanks to the kind assistance of Frank Christel of KWGS at the University of Tulsa, we are pleased to release a rebroadcast of the May 21 edition of NPR meets the Internet. This historic program combined the Internet Town Hall with Talk of the Nation: Science Friday. Live national radio met the MBONE, allowing people sitting in front of computers to ask questions of host Ira Flatow. The MBONE gateway was operated by Ron Frederick and his able assistant Steve Deering, both of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. In addition to the MBONE gateway, the program featured an Internet Treasure Hunt, designed by Rick Gates of the University of California at Santa Barbara. Things were hectic enough in the studio that we didn't get to read the questions and answers on the air, but we hope that those of you that participated in the hunt enjoyed the experience. Write to Rick at lb05gate%ucsbuxa () hub ucsb edu to join in the monthly treasure hunts he produces. Live audio coming in from the Internet was one of the demonstrations on the show, but we also wanted to show that you can participate in the Internet Town Hall with a simple 2400 bps modem. E-mail accounts were set up for Ira Flatow and we received record numbers of messages. During the one hour of the show, Ira received over 150 messages in the studio on a RadioMail terminal. Internet Town Hall includes regular rebroadcasts of the National Press Club Luncheon series plus special events. Each special event brings together a broad consortium from government and business to help show the world what the Internet is and how it can be used. Previously, we helped coordinate the Global Schoolhouse Project which allowed students around the U.S. and England to brief government officials on the results of their research into the environment. The next Internet Town Hall special event will take place on July 26 when we help coordinate the first-ever Congressional Hearings to be held over the Internet. Witnesses testifying before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance will be remotely located, testimony will be placed in WAIS databases, special Gopher menus will be constructed, e-mail addresses will be opened, and a variety of other tools will be used to show how to apply the Internet to the process of government. The subject of these hearings will be "The Role of Government in Cyberspace" and the hearings will be headquartered in the Grand Ballroom of the National Press Club, one of the project sponsors. Support for NPR Meets the Internet was furnished by O'Reilly & Associates, Sun Microsystems, WAIS, Inc., and Xerox PARC. Network connectivity for the Internet Town Hall is provided by UUNET Technologies. Internet Town Hall Program Files Size Name Description 12,823,486 053193_spec_01_HALL.au NPR Meets the Internet, Part 1 13,616,639 053193_spec_02_HALL.au NPR Meets the Internet, Part 2 053193_spec_HALL.readme (This File) For information about Internet Talk Radio, send mail to For information about Internet Talk Radio, send mail to info () radio com. For a listing of some distribution sites, send mail to For a listing of some distribution sites, send mail to sites () radio com.
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