The hackers of 2600 and Off The Hook are off the air
After 24 years, the hacker radio show, Off the Hook is going off the air, at least for now. The show, hosted by Emmanuel Goldstein (not his real name) and a revolving group of 2600 members, discusses technology for both a techie and non-techie audience. It has been heard on a listener supported radio station here in New York City since 1988.
They were not done in by the usual suspects, bad ratings or poor fund raising. Instead, it was a combination of Hurricane Sandy and management decisions at the radio station that brought them to a breaking point.
Although the term "hacker" has come to be synonymous with "bad guy", Mr. Goldstein and his crew are anything but. I've heard a lot of their shows and met some of them. I judge them to be good guys. In that light, they wanted to help during and after the hurricane, but they couldn't. Assorted situations at the radio station kept them off the air.
