FCC Ownership Reports Due
February 1 noncommercial radio stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and New York, and noncommercial television stations in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma must prepare and file electronically a biennial Ownership Report with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) using the current noncommercial FCC Form 323-E.
For more details, see the Broadcast Law Blog.
Radio Survey Results
Thank you to all of you that responded to the recent survey request. Jim Hayes of Vanderbilt University recently provided the results of the survey in PDF form for those that are interested.
1/31 Deadline for Webcasting Fee Payments and No/Reduced Recordkeeping Option Deadlines
If your radio station is webcasting sound recordings without having obtained royalty waivers, your station must make some decisions and pay the annual minimum fee prior to January 31, 2010.
Royalty Fees for the webcasting of sound recordings are paid on an annual basis each January. The minimum fee is $500.
Stations also need to make a decision as to whether they want to opt-in to the CBI negotiated settlement that offers an option to pay a fee instead of submitting the required reports of use or submit reports that don’t require ATH or ATP data. For many broadcast stations, this option makes is a great choice. For unlicensed (those without an FCC broadcast license) stations, opting into the CBI negotiated settlement may be the only viable option as the new recordkeeping regulations require your station to submit reports of use (artist, song, album, label and listeners to each song played) on monthly basis for the entire month. By opting into the CBI settlement, these stations can, in most cases, either pay $100 and report nothing or report some data and not pay the fee.
More in depth information is available on the 2010 CBI guide to webcasting for Educational Stations page. Use our contact page for questions.
CBI Spring 2010 Convention Sessions Announced!
The preliminary list of sessions and speakers for the Spring 2010 convention is now available! The Spring 2010 convention is coming up quickly and so are the early bird deadlines for registration and the reserved hotel block. Details are available on the convention page.
The convention is a product of College Media Advisers with the broadcast sessions brought to you by CBI. The sessions tap the talent and resources of those working in the Big Apple to teach students and their advisers about the work environment and the skills necessary to succeed. You will hear from recent graduates and seasoned professionals. You will also learn about software for editing, station management issues and more! The NYC event is scheduled for March 14-16 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Visit the Spring 2010 convention page for details.
In order to make each convention better, we ask that you complete our feedback forms either on-line or on-paper at the sessions.
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