From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2001 #256 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Tuesday, August 21 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 256 The Official Joni Mitchell Homepage, created by Wally Breese, can be found at http://www.jonimitchell.com. It contains the latest news, a detailed bio, Original Interviews, essays, lyrics and much much more. The JMDL website can be found at http://www.jmdl.com and contains interviews, articles, the member gallery, archives, and much more. Information on the 4th "Annual" New England JoniFest: http://www.jmdl.com/jfne2001.cfm ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Subject: Radio VLJC ["Brenda J. Walker" ] Radio Daze ["William Waddell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:37:59 -0700 From: "Brenda J. Walker" Subject: Re: Subject: Radio VLJC Kate Bennett wrote: > Sybil asked "Aren't some of the listmembers here involved in the music biz, > albeit > perhaps not directly in radio. Perhaps someone can enlighten me." > > I am sure Brenda has a much more intelligent response but my answer is two > words: Clear Channel, the corporatation that has bought up the majority of > commercial radio stations & is now venturing into the concert promotion > business which I do not think is a positive thing. In addition to owning SFX (one of the largest music promoters in the country - check out this list of venues which they control - http://sfx.com/national_venues.asp), Clear Channel owns a radio research company, an airplay monitoring system (which they used to force the trade R&R, Radio & Records to change which stations report playlists for charts, thus giving themselves more chart power and squashing smaller stations) and more than 700,000 billboards worldwide. They have used this "vertical integration" to extort artist deals for concerts by threatening to drop records from their stations across the country if an artist refuses to make a deal to play their venue on the terms they want. > > that is unless there are some regulations passed that put the small digital > radio > folks out of business...i just learned of something that was recently passed > that could mean trouble for digital radio...don't have the details maybe > Brenda does... > Sad to say that I do have some thoughts on this. Unfortunately, statutory licenses for internet broadcasting are being setup in such a manner that there won't be any small broadcasters because they won't be able to pay the license fees and operating costs. And so-called interactive or "listener-influenced" broadcasts (like Sonicnet and LaunchCAST) will only truly work for organizations who don't have to pay the performance license fees - in other words, the major labels who own the recordings and don't need to license to themselves. Although DiMA (Digital Media Association) is putting up a good public fight, privately most people involved have already said that the game is over. There was a bipartisan bill introduced by Chris Cannon and Rick Boucher, titled the Music Online Competition Act which could help the situation for webcasters. Check the DiMA web site for more info: http://www.digmedia.org/ If the bill is something you feel you can support, write your representative. Brenda still playing: Groovetech - Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 01:48:19 -0500 From: "William Waddell" Subject: Radio Daze Brenda, I have just read and read and reread this snippet of your post and well, I am ... speechless! "Animals to be killed live on air"!!!!! What is this? A Howard Stern Hitler Youth what's-wrong-with-this-picture corporation? What's that Joni line? I think from DED about everything getting sicker. Oh and deep in the night ... Willy the Shaken to ... Contact me off line with more info. I am on a mission! xxx _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2001 #256 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she?