Webcasting survey even for those not webcasting!
CBI is conducting a survey of college and high school stations in response to a proposal, by the Copyright Royalty Board, to increase the burdens stations face when webcasting. We are seeking input from all stations, even if they are not currently webcasting. The survey is available at http://tinyurl.com/CBI-recordkeeeping-survey .
The proposal seeks to implement census reporting, which would mean keeping track of all songs played (for which a release has not been obtained from the copyright owner) including the song title, artist, album and record label. The data gathered would need to be submitted monthly.
In addition, stations are currently allowed to report the size of their audience by using Aggregate Tuning Hours (ATH) covering the current reporting period of 8 weeks per year, but under the proposal, stations would no longer be able to use ATH, which is a measure of all listening. Instead they would be required to count each and every connection to each and every song, regardless of thelength connection, even if it happens through automated ‘bots’.
We believe that these proposed changes will have a strong impact on the ability of stations like yours whether you are currently webcasting sound recordings think you may want to sometime in the future.
We know this is a busy time of year for you, so we have kept the survey as short as possible while still gathering the needed information.
Please take a few minutes to take the survey at http://tinyurl.com/CBI-recordkeeeping-survey
For more background information on this issue, see our previous posts.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask by calling 713-348-2935.
REQUIRED Webcasting Reports
As detailed here, proposed new regulations would webcasting stations to submit monthly reports about each song webcast on a 24/7/365 basis. This is a dramatic shift from the current requirements to submit reports for two-seven day periods each calendar quarter. This is known as Census reporting. In addition, these reports would be required to be submitted within 45 days after the end of each month.
As if that weren’t enough, the proposed regulations would also require that webcasters report count each and every connection to each and every song, regardless of length. This is known as Actual Total Performances (“ATP”). As detailed in the referenced link above, CBI and a number of college and High School stations staffed by students filed comments protesting the proposed regulations. In response, the Copyright Royalty Judges (“CRJs”) issued a Notice of Inquiry, which asked a number of questions.
In order to help the CRJs understand how these proposed changes will impact your station, CBI is developing a survey to gather information from all educational, even if they are not currently webcasting. The survey should be released by the end of the week and a link will be posted to the site, to the CBI email lists and sent via email to stations across the nation. CBI knows that this is a very busy time of year, so we have kept the survey as short as possible in order to gather as many responses as possible. If you do not receive email by the end of the week with a link to the survey, please come back to the site for the link!
Student-produced video provides inside look at New York college media convention
Dan Sprumont, a junior communications media major at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (in Indiana, Pa.) has produced a terrific look at the 2009 CBI/CMA College Media Convention. He is currently the promotions coordinator for WIUP-TV (Chan. 20) which reaches over 70,000 homes in the Western Pennsylvania region. Sprumont filmed the video while attending the CBI/CMA convention in New York city recently. Click on the image above to view his work.
CBI National Production Award winner now up for Jim Nantz Award
Adam Cavalier of Marshall University is continuing his award-winning ways as a finalist for the Sportscasters Talent Agency of America Jim Nantz Award.
The STAA All-America program recognizes the most outstanding collegiate radio sportscasters in the country and encourages collegiate sportscasters nationwide to strive to achieve their best. Each June, the nation’s most outstanding collegiate sportscaster will be presented the Jim Nantz Award.
KALX GM Profile
Sandra Wasson
Sandra Wasson, the GM of KALX is profiled in the The Berkeleyan. In the article, ”
What are the challenges of depending on volunteers?
There’s a high turnover of volunteer staff. A lot of people come through the station, and a small percentage of them actually stay. We constantly have to orient and train new people, whether they’re students, community members, or campus staff who volunteer. On the plus side, I get to see lots of new volunteers exposed to radio who learn to love it, whether they are working in sports, DJ’ing, or involved with some other department at the station.”
Sandra has been the GM at KALX for 20 years. Read the entire item.
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