Topic 'Re: Only have seen two stations...' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18568624 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:18:42 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:18:42 EDT Re: Only have seen two stations... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18573018 »www.blowmeuptom.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18573018 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:44:11 EDT Re: Only have seen two stations... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18572455 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18572455 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:00:06 EDT Re: Irony http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Irony-18571116 said by disc:

The second point is noble, but the first one certainly hits their bottom line. I would think it would hit all college stations that webcast too.Not really. The station's rate card is based on OTA listeners, not the Internet listenership. Some advertisers might pay a token fee for the extra exposure from webcasts, but nothing compared to what they pay for the Nielsen and/or Arbitron rated coverage.

Up until now, streaming has been an inexpensive way to promote your station. If and when it stops being inexpensive, terrestrial broadcasters will simply stop streaming. That means that you'll no longer be able to listen to your favorite hometown radio station when you're on vacation, but it's no real loss for the station itself.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Irony-18571116 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:02:30 EDT Re: Irony http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Irony-18570860 said by Time4aNAP:

As a licensed terrestrial radio broadcaster, WFMU is exempt from the back-breaking royalty rates. It's nice to have their support, but ironic since they have nothing to lose.
Good point. I followed one of their links and they had this to say:


WFMU believes in compensating artists. We currently pay webcasting royalties to SoundExchange and will continue to do so, but we are protesting the new rate scheme for a number of reasons:

1. Under the new rates, non-commercial webcasters only get a break on the commercial royalty rate if they maintain small listenership numbers. In order to afford the astronomical new rates, WFMU may have to cap online listenership on our streams, limiting our accessibility to music fans.

2. SoundExchange has not been dutifully distributing webcasting royalties to artists, claiming on their website that they are unable to locate thousands of artists including Kraftwerk, The Replacements, Pizzicato Five, The Muffs, and even Warren G!


The second point is noble, but the first one certainly hits their bottom line. I would think it would hit all college stations that webcast too.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Irony-18570860 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:17:07 EDT Irony http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Irony-18570738 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Irony-18570738 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:53:00 EDT Re: Only have seen two stations... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18570719 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18570719 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:49:50 EDT Re: Only have seen two stations... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18570177 said by PhoenixDown:

Digitally Imported is not broadcasting and they have some of the top stations on shoutcast.
I agree there some of the stuff I listen too is digitally imported. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18570177 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:15:36 EDT Re: Only have seen two stations... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18570022 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18570022 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:51:17 EDT Re: Only have seen two stations... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18569723 said by disc:

said by N10Cities:

... doesn't look like many stations are interested... :hmm:
WFMU is "on air", and they're pointedly only playing material not from the RIAA/SoundExchange catalog. In WFMU's case, that's probably not hard. Other stations may be doing the same.

The WFMU DJ is talking the issue up between songs too.
Ah! That may be it! My mistake :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18569723 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:54:08 EDT Re: Only have seen two stations... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18569199
Just go to the website to see the list of who's participating...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18569199 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:22:46 EDT Re: Only have seen two stations... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18569110 said by N10Cities:

... doesn't look like many stations are interested... :hmm:
WFMU is "on air", and they're pointedly only playing material not from the RIAA/SoundExchange catalog. In WFMU's case, that's probably not hard. Other stations may be doing the same.

The WFMU DJ is talking the issue up between songs too.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18569110 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:07:39 EDT Re: Only have seen two stations... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18568990
It's a lot more than two stations. People at work, normal everyday non-nerds who just stream music in the office are talking about this now. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18568990 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:43:32 EDT Re: Only have seen two stations... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18568700 --
Mass Transit Sucks!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18568700 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:41:41 EDT Re: Only have seen two stations... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18568649 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Only-have-seen-two-stations-18568649 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:28:16 EDT Only have seen two stations... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Only-have-seen-two-stations-18568624 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Only-have-seen-two-stations-18568624 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:19:28 EDT