Bluegrass Radio

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the continuing fight over royalty rates for internet broadcasters, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) is now coming under legal assault as the webcasters begin to fight back against what many see as an unwise ruling. The CRB recently changed

Save Our Internet Radio is a new blog launched this week in response to the proposed royalty rates recently announced by the US Copyright Royalty Board. The site is managed by Bill Goldsmith, who started the popular online station ParadiseRadio

As we've discussed previously here and here, the recent rate hike by the Copyright Royalty Board could spell the end of internet radio stations. As a recap, here's the story from Wired News. In the old, percentage-based fee system, webcasters paid SoundExchange

That is a powerful statement, suggesting an ominous and most unwelcome scenario. It was shared by Clyde Scott, who manages 24/7 bluegrass cybercaster bluegrassradio.org, as a comment to Brance's post yesterday on the proposed new Copyright Roaylty Board fee