A2IM Announces Radio Rules Of Engagement
Indie label trade group A2IM has unveiled the new Radio Rules Of Engagement that it has negotiated with four major radio owner groups as an unofficial part of the pending. Continue reading
Major Broadcasters Settle Payola Probe With $12.5M And Promises to Indies
Four major radio broadcast groups have apparently agreed to pay $12.5 million in fines and provide 8,400 half-hour segments of free airtime for indie music to settle an FCC probe. Continue reading
Broadcast Radio Risking Irrelevance
Media consultant Jerry Del Colliano is calling on broadcast radio to get involved aggressively and creatively in internet broadcasting or risk becoming dinosaurs when universal WiFi becomes available. "They’ve lost. Continue reading
KCRW Gets $500K To Experiment Online
LA’s KCRW-FM has been awarded a $500,000 grant from The Annenberg Foundation to develop business models to sustain webcasting activities and further its innovative online music service. The station has. Continue reading
Who Needs Broadcast Radio? Microsoft To Unveil Sync
Both General Motors and Ford will unveil a deal with Microsoft in the coming months that will put the software company’s technology into some automobiles, The Wall Street Journal reported. Continue reading
Futurist Watts Wacker On Radio
"People are looking to find people like themselves and coming together in almost a neo-tribal orientation of living. And there’s a tremendous opportunity for all media, particularly broadcast media, to. Continue reading
Can Alt Rock Save AM Radio?
In addition to better sound quality, HD radio means more channels and thus more opportunity for innovative programming. But so far little innovation has surfaced. But Philly’s Skin Radio is. Continue reading
FCC Seriously Considering Indie Music Requirement
An FCC staff proposal to the Commissioners reportedly would resolve the ongoing payola investigation of broadcast groups by requiring that stations play some independent music. It is unclear what is. Continue reading
FCC May Licence More Community FM’s. It Could Save Music Diversity.
Our friends of at DubMC report that rumors are circulating that for the first time in way too long "the Federal Communications Commission is going to open a new application. Continue reading
Real Growth Predicted For Digital Radio As Receiver Prices Drop
The conversion from analog radio to digital radio is well under way around the world and gaining momentum rapidly according to tech market research firm In-Stat. Worldwide, the market for. Continue reading
