[BC] Re: [BC The END of Internet Radio?

[Glen Kippel]

Yes, I read the latest on streaming fees, and KWXY had been thinking of
streaming -- I have a new computer set up and ready to go -- but now we are
going to hold off.  Talk about killing the goose that lays golden eggs!
They think that stations are going to pay ourtageous fees?  No way!  Better
to have 10,000 stations each paying $100 a month than nobody paying
$10,000.  I think it's just greed, but that's my opinion.

On 3/7/07, Steve Newman <shnewman at alaweb.com> wrote:
>
>
> And quite honestly Kevin, I don't think even the big guys are going to
> think
> it's worth the bucks to stream. In fact, I'll bet you broadcast companies
> are happy with this decision as it will bring people back to terrestrial
> radio. I have a feeling some radio types might have been in the background
> on this one. (Kill it before it spreads) Watch streaming companies die and
> at the same time (and this is where greed gets you) the record companies
> and
> artists as they will not get the money they thought they might. It's a
> Lose
> Lose situation.
>
> If they only believed that "half a loaf is better than none". This had to
> do
> with killing Internet streaming/broadcasting and that (unless their hand
> is
> forced otherwise) it will do.
>
> Steve
>
> Steve Newman
> Steve Walker Productions
> Opp, Alabama
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Trueblood" <kevint at aaabloomington.com>
> To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 1:13 PM
> Subject: [BC] Re: [BC The END of Internet Radio?
>
>
> > I'm still confused here, and perhaps somebody could point me in the
> right
> > direction.
> >
> > Over the air stations that stream, already have to pay royalties to the
> > RIAA via Soundexchange.  These are the fees dramatically increasing.
> > Smaller market stations that stream, like us, are now going to be facing
> > fees that are somewhere along the line of a tenfold increase?  If so,
> that
> > instantly takes us out of the streaming market since we can get clients
> to
> > cover the cost of the fees now, but any higher than that it's out of our
> > range.
> >
> > What I see for Internet broadcasters, is more conglomeration.  Same for
> > every other business in existence it seems.  The little guys are
> > completely priced out of the market.  It used to be easy for Ma Kettle
> to
> > buy a radio station.  Today you have to cough up millions for even the
> > smaller market stations.  Satellite radio was supposed to be the "savior
> > of choice" and bring a bigger variety.  While offering more music
> choices,
> > it's proposed to become one big company.  No competition in existence.
> >
> > Internet radio was the final frontier.  A chance for the little guy to
> > still have his voice.  These rates take them out of the running and make
> > it so the largest companies are the only ones who can afford to continue
> > operating. Survival of the fittest, indeed.
> >
> > -Kevin
>
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