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21 Nov

Student Media in the News

Suffolk County Community College launches internet radio station “It’s been an incredible experience,” said Joseph Panzarino, 19, a second year radio and television major from Sayville. “We built a radio station from scratch.” Panzarino and about 100 other students working toward an associate degree will spend 150 hours staffing the station as part of a […]

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29 Dec

Student Media in the News

University of Hawaii radio to double power, expand reach in January The University of Hawaii at Manoa’s student-run radio station will install a new transmitter and antenna on Tantalus on Oahu in January. The new equipment will increase the station’s power from 3,000 watts to 7,000 watts and extend its reach to more than 870,000 […]

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3 Mar

Student Media in the News

Wofford students start campus radio station Wofford College students are bringing their love of radio and communications to the Internet with the launch of a new campus radio station. WOCO Radio officially launches at 7 p.m. Sunday, at www.woffordradio.com. The station, in partnership with online radio company Live365, will feature a variety of music, talk […]

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11 Nov

Comments on Webcasting Settlement Due 11/26/2014

The statutory license for “Non-commercial Webcasters” (like you, quite likely) is due to expire at the end of 2015. CBI has negotiated a settlement with SoundExchange that would largely keep the same rates and terms of the statutory license in place for the next five years after that (from 2016 through 2020). For this to […]

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20 Mar

Station Spotlight: Ohio Northern University’s WONB

Tell me a little history about your station and where your station is now? The precursor to WONB-FM was WONU. WONU was a carrier current station using an AM signal and was only heard in the afternoon. In 1991, the FCC granted a non-commercial FM license to Ohio Northern University. The WONU call letters were […]

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23 Jan

Webcasting Rates for 2011-2015 Almost Final (Again)

Rates and terms for webcasting are set in five year increments through a federal rate setting process. CBI negotiated a settlement which was available to any student station and asked the Copyright Royalty Board to adopt those rates and terms as applicable to all student stations and it did.  Another organization objected to many facets […]

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11 Jul

Appellate Court Rules on Webcasting Appeal

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (court) has made a ruling in the case of Intercollegiate Broadcasting System, Inc. (IBS) v. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) and the Library of Congress (LOC). CBI made an appearance in this proceeding in order to comment upon the validity of its settlement with SoundExchange […]

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28 Feb

Article: “The Case for College Radio”

Olivia Yankey from CollegeMagazine.com wrote an article asking “When was the last time you listened to your campus radio station?” and stating that “College students are a part of the age group that’s abandoned radio faster than anyone else in the U.S. With iPods, music-enabled smart phones and websites like Pandora and 8tracks, it isn’t […]

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28 Jan

Internet streaming/webcasting annual fee due 1/31

January 31 is the last day to pay webcasting fees for those already licensed.  Remember, CBI negotiated to allow student radio stations to be able to pay a $100 fee in lieu of reporting to SoundExchange any of the must you play, if your ATH is low enough.  If you have questions about webcasting fees, […]

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25 Jan

iHeartRadio Adds College Radio Stations

  Clear Channel Media and Entertainment announced this week that it will add college radio stations to the New iHeartRadio. In the official press release from Clear Channel Media and Entertainment the President and CEO, John Hogan said, “Bringing college radio stations to iHeartRadio is a great source of local and independent programming that offers […]

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