Archive
21 Feb
WDBM (88.9-FM): 20 years of Impact
WDBM’s history is discussed an article as the station celebrates a birthday. The article offers some interesting perspectives on college radio.
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KTRU requests support for blanket tax
KTRU, the student radio station at Rice University is requesting an increase in the “blanket tax” collected by the University. The blanket tax is a fee collected by the University and forwarded directly to the student organization. The current student blanket tax is $5.50 per student. KTRU is asking the student body to vote to […]
READ MORE21 Feb
Perfomance Rights Act & Webcasting Update
As posted a few days ago, both the House and Senate saw the introduction of the Performance Rights Act, again after failing to come to a vote in the 110th Congress. The bill would require FCC licensed non-commercial stations to pay an annual fee of $1000 and subject them to new recordkeeping regulations, likely similar […]
READ MORE5 Feb
New Fees Proposed for ALL Licensed Broadcasters
Both the House and the Senate have seen the introduction of new legislation that would impose a new fee on all broadcasters that play copyrighted sound recordings. The new fees are in addition to the fees already paid to ASCAP, SESAC and BMI for the musical works (for the underlying compositions). It appears that the […]
READ MORE30 Jan
Webcasting Developments 2009
On December 30, 2008, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking . The notice contained at least three substantial changes to the current recordkeeping procedures used college and high school webcasters that do not pay any more than the minimum fee to SoundExchange. One of these changes include a switch from […]
READ MORE22 Jan
Lake Forest Internet College TV
According to the The Stentor, an initiative at Lake Forest College will result in a new campus TV station that will run exclusively over the Internet. It appears from the article that programming will initially be comprised of movies via a contract with Swank. The movies could be supplemented with student programming. The article mentions […]
READ MORE16 Jan
CBI and WHRB ask Copyright Royalty Board to Extend Deadline to File Comments on Expanded Webcasting Rules
Washington, DC – January 16, 2009 – College Broadcasters, Inc., (CBI) a national membership association of non-profit, student-staffed radio stations and electronic media outlets and Harvard Radio Broadcasting Co., Inc., the student-operated FM broadcast station WHRB 95.3FM, based on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, filed a joint motion for additional time to […]
READ MORE12 Jan
Webcasting Developments January-2009
There are a number of big things on the horizon for college stations that webcast soundrecordings either as a simulcast of their broadcast or as their sole means of reaching an audience, including those who want to start a webcast. 1. 2009 royalty payments to SoundExchange are due by 1/31/2009. Many, but not all stations […]
READ MORE2 Jan
Utica College’s WPNR fined by FCC
Via cnyradio.com: Utica College has entered into a “Consent Decree” to settle the public file violations for the non-commercial station. Rather than being ordered to pay a fine, the decree says Utica College agrees to make a $10,000 “voluntary contribution” to the United States Treasury. The decree also stipulates that WPNR will maintain a “Compliance […]
READ MORE2 Jan
ABC’s Charlie Gibson to speak at Spring College Media Convention in New York
A hallmark of the Spring National College Media Convention is the appearance by some of the tops in the media world for keynote addresses. Byron Pitts, CBS News national correspondent, will be giving his unique take on national issues in what may have been a transformational year during a convention keynote address. This year ABC […]
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