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Archive February 2009

26 Feb

South Dakota newspaper story examines webcasting at area college stations

The Argus Leader newspaper in Sioux Falls, SD reports on the area college stations in “Rules complicate webcasting efforts” by Bryann Becker. “Noncommercial broadcasting stations such as college radio already pay copyright fees for musical works to three different national organizations, according to College Broadcasters Inc. A separate set of webcasting fees to cover the […]

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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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21 Feb

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 […]

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21 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 […]

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5 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 […]

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