[BC] "all new" format

[Cowboy]

On Friday 27 January 2006 10:02 pm, Harold Hallikainen wrote:

>It might be interesting to do on a national basis. Accept submissions
>nationwide and build a few 24 hour per day formats around the formats. It
>could be distributed by satellite and internet. Make it available to
>stations for free by selling national ads and leaving openings for local
>ads.

 Almost exactly the same idea I floated some years ago, when internet
 streaming was first gaining popularity.
 The general consensus was that if it worked at all, it would be a very
 narrow "sliver".
 The Librarian of Congress, and the pay for play streaming rules at
 the time pretty much killed it before it ever made it to the launch pad.

 There would be no royalties if done right, but the interpretation of the
 rules at the time were very much a guilty until proven innocent approach,
 so the record keeping just to prove that one was not in breach of RIAA
 was overwhelming.

 Another similar idea, was to do a "live" show from a local club, much
 like the origins of the original Dance Party. ( now the Grand Ole Opry )
 But, there's always ASCAP/BMI even if done by a local group already
 good enough to actually be playing a club.

 Although I almost never disagree with Rich Wood on anything, methinks
 its true that if this local group wasn't playing hits, the idea wouldn't fly,
 and if they were, there's ASCAP/BMI and RIAA.

On Friday 27 January 2006 11:46 pm, WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:

>There was one submission (given with sincerity) that was so bad it was 
>positively laughable. It sounded like it was recorded on a $19.95 K-mart special 
>(with the noisy, built-in microphone) at the lady's kitchen table. 

 How many of you have ever heard the spoof
 "Lester Moran and his Cadila-k Cowboys" ?

>The hardest part, for me, is *How* do you tell them they absolutely *stink*, 
>without being insulting? That is the dilemma! 

 You could ask Simon Cowell to do it for you !     ;-)

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