CBI Member Station Profile: Cable 8 Productions at Washington State
This is the first in a continuing series of station profiles by Kate Rath of the University of Pittsburg, student representative on the CBI Board of Directors. In this installment, Kate interviews Scott Shigeoka, vice president of marketing communication and alumni affairs at Washington State.
Station Name: Cable 8 Productions
Station City and State: Pullman, WA
Institution: Washington State University
Describe the programming on your station:
Our programming is amazing and well-rounded. Three new shows which just made it on to our programming are “Against All Odds” (a fighting/Street Fighter scripted show), “Behind the Mic” (a stand-up comedy/reality show), and “WAZZU Cribs” (similar to MTV Cribs, we take a look at Pullman houses/apartments and explore them!). Returning to the programming line up: “Always on the Movie” (a movie/dvd critique show), “Get Hooked Up!” (a funny college dating game show), “Inside the Lines” (our sports show which features local, Cougar and national sports), “Taking on the Issues” (a political talk show featuring issues on the college, local and national levels), “The Mix” (a talk show similar to “The View” but featuring a co-ed cast), and “Video Underground” (a music video show which brings in bands from all over the Northwest area to showcase). Read more
Spring 2009 CBInsight newsletter now available
The latest edition of the CBInsights newsletter has been mailed to member stations. The publication includes articles on CBI and CBI member station responses to the proposed webcasting rules, new fees proposed for ALL licensed broadcasters and a the entry form for the 2009 National Student Production Awards. Click here to download in .pdf format.
It’s time to enter the 2009 National Student Production Awards
Entries are now being accepted in the College Broadcasters Inc. National Student Production awards. Click here to download an entry form in Word. Entry is free to all CBI member stations. Non members may enter by paying an entry fee. All entries must be postmarked by May 15, 2009
Shorter radio station gets upgrade
College Radio stations exist in many various forms. The station at Shorter College is no exception, the station “SC 49″, is broadcast through local channel 49 and is available to students on campus. It recently gained “a professional 13-channel audio mixer board thanks to the generosity of several local individuals”, according to an article .
WSOE uses webcasting to reach wider audience
The Pendulum article discusses the webcasting or WSOE, but none of the headaches that come with the addition of the new audience, nor any discussion of the additional costs or how these costs are covered.
Gift or solicitation?
College students are given cameras in order to provide news. Is this a gift or a request for free content? Read the story from AP.
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 MusicFirst, would require all FCC licensed non-commercial radio stations to pay $1,000 per year for playing music sent to you by the labels who beg you to play their music. Further, the performance rights act would require your station to submit to recordkeeping requirements that would likely require you to submit data concerning every single song you play, including the artist, the song title, the album name and the record label. Congressmen Green and Conaway have introduced a bill to stop the performance rights act. We encourage stations to support LOCAL RADIO FREEDOM ACT by visiting Free Radio Alliance. Well over 100 representatives have already signed on to this bill, but more are needed. Call your representative today and tell them that they need to sign on to the LOCAL RADIO FREEDOM ACT.
2. The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which determines rates and recordkeeping requirements for webcasters has issued a proposed rule that would effectively kill all college webcasters using music (see http://www.askcbi.org/?page_id=207 ). Your input to the rule creation process is essential.
3. Right now, Educational stations can webcast to a small audience of 218 concurrent listners on average before exceeding the minium fee. A rate setting process is currently underway that could substantially raise the minimum fee and lower the average concurrent listeners before exceeding the maximum fee to a low of one half a listener!
It is essential to the survival of college and educational radio and webcasting that all stations start paying attention and start telling Congress and the CRB that we won’t sit quietly while our survival is at stake. In order to be a part of the solution, you need to be informed. Join the CBI email list, RSS feed, Twitter or Facebook group and stay informed and stay active against corporate greed and regulators who don’t understand.
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