The Federal Communications Commission has issued an Order creating “rules of the road” for the Internet. They require transparency and prohibit the blocking of content. They also ban “unreasonable discrimination” for wireline providers, but give wireless broadband a free pass. The Commission says it will give the hairy eyeball to “pay for priority” deals and […]
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College Radio Gets Break from Copyright Royalty Board on Webcasting Rates and Reporting
College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) is reporting that they’ve achieved an important milestone after their settlement with SoundExchange on copyright royalty fees for music played by educational radio webcasters was preliminarily adopted by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB). CRB’s “Initial Determination of Rates and Terms” (PDF) was released on December 14 and outlines the payment terms […]
Can the Internet save classical music? An interview with KUSC’s Brenda Barnes
It’s hard to believe, but once upon a time classical radio was ubiquitous. Most cities had at least several popular classical music radio stations, and many had three. I remembering setting my clock alarm to a New York City based classical FM signal back in the late 1970s. One morning I woke up at six […]
At Last.fm, Glitter Puke rules
The Last.fm Best of 2010 list is out, and as is so often with these lineups, the top prize reaches into the bottom of the barrel. Congratulations to Kesha, 23 years of age and from Los Angeles (she sounds like she’s from Long Island, NY). She has replaced 2009’s number one winner Lady Gaga as […]
What the Comcast – Level 3 conflict means for radio
In a textbook example of the abusive power of a near-monopoly, the ‘net was set ablaze yesterday upon the news that major internet backbone provider and content distribution network (CDN) company Level 3 called out cable-modem internet service provide Comcast for demanding additional fees for delivering video and other content to Comcast customers. Comcast’s demands […]
Move over Pandora? TuneIn radio introduces song search
I am enjoying the heck out of RadioTime’s TuneIn radio, which is just about the best online radio station aggregator I’ve ever used. It lets you search for local radio stations, national radio stations, international radio stations. You can even use to it pick up police and fire signals across the country. I’m currently listening […]
Listening to FM radio on the HTC EVO smartphone
I very reluctantly just retired my Palm Pre smartphone due to abysmal battery life and a series of hardware issues. In its place is now a HTC EVO, which sports faster 4G connectivity on Sprint and the Android OS instead of Palm’s WebOS. So far I like WebOS better, though there are more apps for […]
Pandora starts to sound like a radio station (everywhere but on the radio)
The celebrated Austin City Limits music festival has come and gone, and Pandora streaming radio was there “soaking in the sounds and talking with the artists,” as Pandora blogger Kevin Seal put it. The online service did a lot of interesting, chatty interviews with various ACL artists. They’re fun conversations, conducted by Pandora staffer Ryan […]
Behind the Scenes at Radio Valencia
I’ve been sharing the progress of San Francisco’s newest community radio station, Radio Valencia, from inception to its launch in August; so was happy to see DJ Tony DuShane’s first-person account of what it was like for him to be at the station from the beginning. Currently an Internet-only station, there are rumors that Radio […]
Pandora offers fix for Droid X glitch (it works, too)
The other day I tried to fire up Pandora on my Droid X, and to my dismay, I got dialogue box saying that the feature was experiencing “unexpected technical difficulties.” When I clicked the “OK” button, it came up again. So I wound up force quitting Pandora from the “settings” feature. But to my double […]