CBI Conference Registration Now Open
Posted by Will R
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The largest and best student media convention is now accepting registrations for its annual fall conference! ~2,250 students and advisers get it! They will converge in Louisville this October for the National College Media Convention! Register now and order a CBI T!
This is not about homogenization, rather learning about our differences, sharing our plights, sharing and most importantly learning from each other. You will come back re-energized and with lots of new ideas and a few new friends. See the convention page for details.
MANAGER OF WEBSITE SERVICES at WSOC-TV
WSOCTV.com seeks a person to manage the content for the website. This person will work closely with News, Marketing, Sales and Corporate and will lead a 4-5 person content team in support of both local news content and non-news content. The ideal candidate is someone who is collaborative, proactive and a champion for all WSOC-TV platforms.
Candidates should respond in writing with the rest of the ad – tell us exactly what qualifications, background, experience and technical, managerial, and media skills the Manager of Site Services needs in order to perform at a consistently high level. Please send all correspondence to WSOC Television, Inc., Attn: HR Dept., 1901 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28206. EOE M/F
College radio station KVTI a victim of budget cuts, drops Top 40 format
Posted by Erick Lauber
Read about KVTI’s new format and how the change in format impacted the students at Clover Park Technical College.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/06/26/1242160/college-radio-station-a-victim.html
New Facebook Fan Page!
Announcing the New CBI Facebook Fan Page! LINK
Some may ask, “Don’t we have a group already?” That is true, however, Fan Pages are different than “groups” in many ways.
Pages can be thought of in much the same way as normal profiles on the site – brand or celebrity Pages have the ability to have friends, they can add pictures, and they have walls that fans can post on. Pages communicate by “updates” which show on the update tab or a person’s wall if they’re a fan and have allowed the page to show updates. Pages can host applications, so a Page can essentially be more personalized and show more content. Groups can’t do this.
Groups are a bit different than Pages. You can set join permissions on groups so that they are either open to anyone, closed (where users must get administrator approval to join) or secret (invite only). Groups have administrators that manage the group, approve applicants or invite others to join. Administrators can also appoint “officers” who are nominally in charge – however, being an officer doesn’t mean the person has the ability to administer the group.
Because of these privacy settings, Facebook’s groups are analogous to clubs in the offline world.
Both Groups and Pages allow you to create related Events, which show up under the users’ Request (and later in the upcoming events page on the sidebar of their dashboard if they’ve RSVPed). Neither have any added functionality beyond the generally available Facebook Events application.
The Bottom Line
Groups are great for organizing on a personal level and for smaller scale interaction around a cause. Pages are better for brands, businesses, bands, movies, or celebrities who want to interact with their fans or customers without having them connected to a personal account, and have a need to exceed Facebook’s 5,000 friend cap.
FCC COMMENCES 2010 EEO AUDITS
The Federal Communications Commission has mailed the first of its Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) audit letters for 2010 to randomly selected radio and television stations. The FCC annually audits the EEO programs of randomly selected broadcast licensees and multi-channel video programming distributors (MVPDs). Each year, approximately five percent of all radio and television stations and MVPDs are selected for these EEO audits. See a copy of the letter, or the list of radio stations or TV Stations on the recipient list.
Commercial Ownership Reports Due July 8
For those members that have a commercial license, the FCC has once again issued a deadline for filing Form 323. Forms are now due July 8, 2010. These forms must be filed electronically. Don’t expect another delay in the deadline for submitting this form. The FCC has put together a page that provides resources designed to help stations complete the new form at .
Again, this is relevant to licensees of commercial AM, FM, and full power television broadcaststations, as well as Licensees of Class A and Low Power Television stations.
Non-Commercial stations file their ownership reports on the anniversary date of the station’s renewal application filing date and every two years
thereafter. Don’t forget that the license renewal process begins again next year for a number of states. A copy of the schedule is available at http://www.fcc.gov/localism/radio-dates.html
FCC first quarter reports due
A gentle reminder: FCC licensed stations that the 2010 first quarter Issues & Programs report is due in your Public File by April 10th-two weeks from this Saturday.
WIPZ Shutdown for FCC Violation
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According to JSOnline WIPZ 88.5 FM (the college radio station at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside) was shut down for broadcasting at power levels that exceeded the FCC guidelines for unlicensed stations. The article and the station web site offer little details. Student operated radio stations, licensed or unlicensed will learn what it takes to avoid such problems at the CBI annual fall convention. CBI offers a number of resources to help stations remain in compliance with the FCC regulations throughout the year!
College stations, FCC licensed or not, should join CBI to avoid the problems reported by JSOnline. CBI even helps non-members through its free email list. List members post questions and receive information from peers and industry professionals.
While we take this event, as reported by JSOnline to highlight the benefits of membership and attending the CBI annual fall conference, we again point out that CBI members offer support to all college stations, regardless of membership status.
CBI is now accepting session proposals for the Fall Conference!
Galt House - Home of the 2010 Fall National College Media Convention with CBI, CMA and ACP
CBI is a member driven organization that provides learning opportunities for its members through various means including two annual conferences, email lists, twitter, facebook and legal initiatives before the FCC, Copyright Royalty Board, and US Congress in matters relating to broadcasting, cable, and Internet (including webcasting) on behalf of its members and future members.
The next (and largest) conference will be held in late October in Louisville! For anyone involved with electronic student media, this is a must attend event as CBI partners with College Media Advisers (CMA), and Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) to produce the 2010 National College Media Convention.
CBI handles the electronic (broadcast, cable, unlicensed station, and Internet) media portion of sessions and events. As the coordinator of these sessions and events, CBI now accepting proposals for sessions. CBI is also accepting proposals for “Track Chairs” who will volunteer to coordinate a series of sessions of concern to members in specific areas. The general call for proposals can be viewed by clicking here.
To submit a session proposal or to become a Track Chair, click here.
To see general information about the convention and the great hotel rates, click here.
CBI is also collecting submissions for its annual Nation Student Production Awards! Details to be posted soon!
If you are interested in exhibit space or other sponsorship opportunities, please contact willr@rice.edu or call 713-348-2935.
Cal State San Marcos students start Internet Radio
According to an article in the North County Times, after a two decade struggle Cal State San Marcos finally has a student radio station, CSUSM. The article states that the station currently has one live program and the rest of the programming is “compiled in advance”.
The audio stream appears to be hosted by ustream.tv. The service appears to be a free/ad supported streaming service backed by venture capital. It also appears to provide a means to allow “members” to interact with facebook and twitter.
The story on CSUSM says little about their funding source. From the small amount of information provided by the by article we can only speculate that funding is fairly nominal. My non-objective review says that this station needs to secure a funding source as I suspect that ustream may not be around long and the station will need to either secure free streaming services from Cal State (which should not be hard to do) or pay for streaming services from a commercial provided.
It would also appear that the station is the vision of two students. It would be wise for them to rapidly expand the stations DJ and management staff and develop a means of providing the fledgling organization with continuity. Note that the article says the current President, Rosario Vizcaino is a senior. Far too many fledgling student stations fail due to a lack of continuity.
Congratulations to Rosario, Ryan and the students for getting this station off the ground! CBI and its members stand ready to offer CSUSM assistance and encourage its members to join the CBI free email list!
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