Cindy Baucom, host of Knee-Deep In Bluegrass, has just announced the addition of two new affiliate stations which are now carrying the show. WAYA 93.9 FM in Spring City, TN and WXLR 104.9 FM in Harold, KY have both added
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Big show on WDVX March 30
Blue Plate Special has a special 90 minute edition of the program on tap for Friday (3/30) on WDVX. It's a triple bill featuring live (in studio) performances from The Jerry Douglas Band, Kenny & Amanda Smith and Missy Raines and
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Goin’ Across The Mountain Live Volume 2
We just received a note from Dennis Jones of WNCW, letting us know about their latest efforts in fundraising for the station. They are holding their spring pledge drive this week. With the recently increased royalties for internet broadcasters, supporting
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Into The Blue: 200 Affiliate Stations
Terry Herd first began his bluegrass radio show, Into The Blue, on KUMA in Pendleton, Oregon. That was in May of 1992, now in March of 2007 Into The Blue has added it's 200th affiliate station, making Into The Blue
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RealNetworks on the new royalty rates
If you've not yet tired of the discussion about the newly announced royalty rates for Internet radio (now apparently being reconsidred), you might be interested in this post from Wired magazine's blog. It contains the full text of the testimony that
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Claire Lynch on WFDU Friday morning
Claire Lynch and her talented band will be the guests on Friday morning (3/23) with Carole Beaugard on Lonesome Pine RFD. The show airs from 10:00 a.m. until noon (eastern) on WFDU FM, broadcast from the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson
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Copyright Royalty Board agrees to rehearing
The recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) to restructure the way royalties are calculated for internet broadcasters, has lead to heated discussion here on Bluegrass Today as well as in the halls of Congress. It appears as if
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Musician’s union responds to webcasters’ backlash
Hal Ponder, the Legislative Director for the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), circulated a message by email yesterday to the union membership with regard to the brewing controversy over the recent Copyright Royalty Board rate structure. It presents the union's take
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Satellite Radio merger in the Senate
We've told you before about the proposed merger of the two satellite radio providers, Sirius and XM. Previously the House of Representatives had inquired into the deal, now the Senate is doing so. The main objection to the action is
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NPR motion for rehearing on new online royalty rates
The topic of the newly reconstituted royalty rates for cybercasting - Internet radio - has been covered here on Bluegrass Today a good bit, and generated some discussion in the reader comments to one of these posts as well. For those