Industry-wide
Challenge to Radio Internet
Streaming
Submitted
by: DearMyrtle@aol.com
ANNOUNCEMENT:
An
Industry-wide Challenge to
Broadcasting Music &
Advertising Through Internet
Streaming Affects Radio
Broadcasters in the
US
DearREADERS,
Before agreeding to broadcast The
SEEKER & DearMYRTLE
weeknightly, we were aware that
the US Copyright Office is
working to determine how to best
regulate the internet streaming
of radio broadcasts. However, an
unanticipated directive issued
January 9, 2002 brought some big
challenges. Radio stations are
scrambling to understand what to
do next.
Clear
channel stations such as WHNZ
have elected to broadcast with
dead air. From , we
read:"Dead Air: You may
experience brief periods of
silence while you're listening
live. This is intentional because
we're not allowed to play local
commercials. There's too much
legal stuff to put down here,
just know that this is normal and
the stream isn't
broken."
The
WTMY station group has chosen to
discontinue internet streaming
until this matter is resolved. I
tend to agree with this decision,
because 6 minutes of local
advertising on the radio
translates to 6 minutes of
silence for internet listeners.
This would be a confusing
situation at best when attempting
to tune into our Sarasota
station's web
streaming.
A
third alternative would be to
utilize streaming software that
would only allow 20 internet
listeners at a time -- definitely
not a viable
option.
The
value of The SEEKER &
DearMYRTLE's radio show is in our
ability to reach folks throughout
the country, indeed throughout
the world via internet streaming.
Limiting our broadcast to the
greater Sarasota area does not
meet the goals we have in mind
for the show.
We
appreciate the support and
enthusiasm from listeners, and
that fact that virtually every
person invited to appear as a
guest replied affirmatively. (OK,
one was to be out of the country
on a trip to Bali, but her
appearance was
rescheduled!)
Regretfully,
we have made the decision to
table the radio broadcast until
further notice.
Myrt
DearMYRTLE,
Daily Genealogy Columnist
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www.DearMYRTLE.com
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