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19 May
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Latest: National Student Production Awards Finalists Congratulations to the following finalists in the CBI 2014 National Student Production awards! More finalists will be announced every weekday through Aug. 29, so check back. Winners will be announced in Seattle at the 2014 National Student Electronic Media Convention. Seattle Pre-Convention Workshops announced Interested in coming to […]
READ MORE6 Mar
College Radio Survival News 3-6-2009
CBI considers the developments concerning webcasting and the Performance Rights act to be critical to the survival of radio and web stations at educational institions. There is a lot happening that you need to be aware of so that you can support the survival of your station. 1. The performance rights act, as proposed by […]
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 MORE17 Dec
KTXT – Gone apparently w/o warning!
KTXT, the student station at Texas Tech University went silent as it was announced that “Control of the radio station’s FCC license, which is maintained by the university, is being shifted from the Student Media department to Texas Tech’s other educational radio station, KOHM-FM”, according to http://www.ktxt.net/home/, as of this writing. From reading various sources, […]
READ MORE30 Oct
Reports of Use/Recordkeeping for Webcasters
Recordkeeping & Reports of Use for College and High School Stations (nonsubscription transmission services) Be sure you understand your options by looking at the CBI 2016 Guide. Most student stations can avoid the requirement to submit these reports by paying a $100 annual fee. For details, again, see the CBI 2016 Guide. Content 1. The […]
READ MORE29 Oct
Copyrights Basics for Radio Stations & Webcasters
The issues surrounding copyrights can often be confusing, particularly for college and high school radio stations. This website and its content, unless otherwise indicated, is created by CBI volunteers, not attorneys. Our organization, however, has been intimately involved with the process of establishing copyright rates and terms through negotiations and participation in the rate setting […]
READ MORE26 Oct
KCOU “Ownership” Change
According to themaneater.com the Missouri Students Association (“MSA”) “would also gradually give up ownership of the radio station” after it agreed to fund a new tower for its transmission facilities. It appears that this means that the MSA will gradually stop funding the radio station operations, because the station license is actually held by the […]
READ MORE11 Oct
Major $$$$ for EAS replacement?
As discussed on the CBI email list, there are changes coming to EAS. This article outlines many of the potential outcomes and problems with how the new emergency alert system will be implemented. As the article discusses, the required time frame for FCC licensed stations to acquire and install the required equipment is also problematic. […]
READ MORE27 Aug
Take a sneak peek at CBI’s Kansas City conference session topics
CBI is offering more than 80 educational sessions at the National College Media Convention in Kansas City. Want a taste? Check out some of these top titles: Using Social Networking Sites to Promote Student Video News Excuses… A Humorous Look at Excuses Give By Student Deejays for Not Showing Up For a Shift And What […]
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