 RAIN 10/3: Chicago LPFM group to launch webcast while continuing push for license ·Oct 3, 10:39 AM CHIRP TO LAUNCH WEBCASTThe Chicago Independent Radio Project (CHIRP), a non-profit organization originally formed with the objective of creating a low-power FM community station in Chicago (RAIN coverage here), has announced plans to launch a webcast sometime between November and January. While CHIRP is still pressing for a low-power FM station, they see webcasting as a viable alternative. “We think that being on the web as a service of its own is completely viable,” said CHIRP president and founder Shawn Campbell in speaking with RAIN. “We’d love to have both the broadcast and the web element… In an ideal situation we’d have both components because then you don’t leave anybody out.” Campbell also cited the recent passage of The Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 (H.R. 7084) (RAIN coverage here) as further encouragement for starting an Internet radio broadcast. “If we’re able to negotiate fees, there’s a lot more likelihood that small non-commercial webcasters will have a flat rate or a percentage of income rate rather than this per-song, per-listener, per-play fee structure that exists right now,” she said. For more, read CHIRP’s announcement here. HANSON, ALL-STARS OF WEBCASTING TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF NET RADIO IN ONLINE PANELAccuRadio founder and RAIN publisher Kurt Hanson will participate in an online discussion panel on the Webcaster Settlement Act and the future of webcasting, hosted by Edison Media Research. Other panelists include Pandora founder Tim Westergren, Alan Levy of BlogTalkRadio and industry attorney and RAIN contributor David Oxenford. Edison Media Research VP Tom Webster will moderate the discussion, which takes place online Monday at noon eastern. Listeners can call in with questions or submit them beforehand. The discussion will be broadcast live online by BlogTalkRadio. Find a link to tune in, and read more info, at Edison Media Research here.
CNET OFFERS WIMAX PRIMERYesterday, Sprint launched their WiMax network in Baltimore (RAIN coverage here). If you’re confused about what exactly WiMax is, CNET has your answers. They explain that WiMax can be, “embedded into laptops, tablet PCs, smartphones, and consumer electronic devices…so they can connect to the Internet via WiMax while in motion.” This could increase the portability of Internet radio, even bringing webcasts to cars. CNET goes on to explain the differences between Wi-Fi and WiMax, what speeds can be expected and who exactly is developing this technology. Read the full article here.
DEL COLLIANO’S 5 REASONS TO “PRAY” FOR FAIR WEBCAST ROYALTY RATES “Don’t miss this opportunity to help webcasters help you,” industry analyst Jerry Del Colliano writes to broadcasters, in listing why radio should “pray” for lower webcaster royalty rates. He says a lower rate would help broadcasters, writing, “Unless radio companies get into the Internet other than simply posting their terrestrial streams, they will have nowhere to turn to attract young audiences…The fair royalty rates would benefit them as well.” Read his 5 reasons at his Inside Music Media blog here.
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