http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.1 2012-02-11T17:00:56-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/radio/20771.html 2010-02-02T15:29:00-06:00 2010-02-02T15:29:00-06:00 Dave Seyler The recording industry believes it is cutting small noncommercial student-run college radio stations a huge break by allowing them a reduced rate on performance royalties. http://www.rbr.com/radio/20771.html 2010-02-03T08:35:13-06:00 2010-02-03T08:35:13-06:00 Marshall Your "RBR-TVBR Observation" is 100% correct... College Radio has been such a help over the years to entry-level bands and artists - a fact that seems lost on the get-it-while-we-can twits in the recording industry... Some college stations, such as U.C. Berkeley's KALX-FM, are programmed from the bottom up - the djs decide what gets played based on their knowledge and interest and passion for music... this independent research is something the recording industry people should be paying for! http://www.rbr.com/radio/20771.html 2010-02-03T10:52:59-06:00 2010-02-03T10:52:59-06:00 CW Pathetic is correct. Internet broadcasters find themselves in the same, in may respects worse, predicament. Countless potential streamers are not firing up because of the fees. Once again an onerous and ridiculous rule will cost America a big piece of a new industry as it develops off-shore. http://www.rbr.com/radio/20771.html 2010-02-04T06:30:38-06:00 2010-02-04T06:30:38-06:00 Dennis The people running the music licensing groups have list their way. I've been in broadcasting for 45 years, and I remember when the scandal was music groups trying to bribe DJ's to get their music played, because they understool the value of the exposure. It's time for stations to refuse to play any music licensed by ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC. BMI was formed to stop the abuses of ASCAP but have now become just as bad. The music licensing people often take more money out of small market commercial broadcasting stations than the owners or employees. Composers and performers: Don't use music licensed by the above named organizations, send an authorization to each broadcast outlet to use your compositions and performances for only identification to get exposure, and sell it directly from your own website. http://www.rbr.com/radio/20771.html 2010-02-04T10:22:47-06:00 2010-02-04T10:22:47-06:00 TRUTH In reality, under the present House and Senate versions of the PRA bill, a non-commercial station making less than $50,000 in revenue, such as the described college radio stations, would only pay $100 for all the music they play for the year! Someone doesn't have the facts right, and should definitely read the bill before commenting on its effects. Just another scare tactic employed by the broadcasters -- by putting the small guys out front to save big radio.