Unfortunately, even its "higher quality" webcast is full of digi-swish and hiss. Unlistenable to my ears. I just can't do digital noise and distortion. It's like hands scraping on the blackboard to me. Others don't seem to mind it as much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Hamm" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Community Radio > My local favorite is KSDS - Jazz 88.3 broadcast from the campus of San Diego City College. They > have been broadcasting jazz (yes, real jazz) 24/7 for the past 30 years or so. Every Tuesday > evening since 1977 they have broadcast a live performance show called "Jazz Live". On July 25, the > show will feature pianist and singer Floyd Dixon and will honor my friend Lou Curtiss who has > hosted his Sunday evening radio show "Jazz Roots" for 20 years now. By the way, they webcast 24/7 > also at http://www.jazz88online.org/ > > Just click on the "Listen Now" link. > > Russ > > <><><><><><><><><> > > >>There might very well be one. They are scattered all over, tiny little >>stations with low watt transmitters generally, although some have fairly >>strong signals - you can pick up WAIF on the outskirts of Cincinnati even a >>little better than in the city. There is WFMU in NYC, which is by no means a >>small player in the game. The politics of many of these stations tend to >>veer to the left, which is one reason why they don't get listened to as much >>as maybe they should. Music programming is all over the map, and you might >>tune in one time and hear something you really, really hate, but on the same >>station there might be some old timer spinning records from the 1920s, say, >>on a Sunday afternoon. >> >>Jerry Fabris, on this list, has an excellent show on WFMU, which plays >>records from the Edison National Historic Site. I love it and listen to it >>when I can. >> >>I was hoping to find some single listing of all the various "community" (i.e >>as opposed to "public") radio venues, but there isn't one. There is a >>listing at the NFCB (National Foundation of Community Broadcasters) site, >>but not all stations are necessarily members of this organization - WCBN and >>WFMU are not, for example. It doesn't matter now as to low wattage - if you >>have a web-stream, that levels the playing field, as anyone with a computer >>can listen to the programming. >> >>These stations, in a lot of cases, have been around for decades, a leftover >>from the 60s and 70s approach to expanding access to media in the public >>interest. The RIAA have not come after us full-bore quite yet - I don't know >>the details, but right now a decision as how to collect from stations like >>WCBN is tabled. We're such small potatoes, raising our own money from >>donations and a slim amount of underwriting, that it isn't a priority. And >>it is a problem in terms of enforcing the DMCA; a fair number of community >>stations are based on Indian Reservations, and to pay to the RIAA the >>equivalent of what they want could consume the entire revenue stream for an >>Indian station for a calendar year, and he government didn't want to do >>that. So now the decision is on hold. >> >>We have set up a system whereby we record every music track played into a >>database, so if they come calling, we're ready. So far as I know, no one has >>shown up from the RIAA or any other concern at WCBN just yet. Is there >>anyone else on this list who volunteers on community radio? >> >>By the way, my show airs every other Thursday morning from 6-9am ET at >>www.wcbn.org >>I do it next week, my collaborator Keith Larsen does it this week, and he >>also plays a lot of obscure stuff. I'm hoping to sign him up with ARSC this >>year as he is very interested in attending the Wisconsin conference. >> >>David N. Lewis >>Assistant Classical Editor, All Music Guide >> >>My life is the clearest proof that if you have talent, determination and >>luck, you will make it in the end: Never Give Up. - Sir Georg Solti >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List >>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Fine >>Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 10:37 PM >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Mercury co-founder Irving Green passes >> >>How do these stations afford to pay the yearly royalties to ASCAP and BMI? >>Very curious -- and sure >>wish there was one in this neck of the woods! >> >>-- Tom Fine >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "David Lewis" <[log in to unmask]> >>To: <[log in to unmask]> >>Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 3:29 PM >>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Mercury co-founder Irving Green passes >> >> >>I'm a community volunteer radio programmer on WCBN-FM 88.3 in Ann Arbor, >>based out of the University of Michigan. Many might feel that this is "there >>for the grace of God go I" type radio, but I have been on community radio, >>off and on, for a period of nearly 28 years - I was on WAIF-FM Cincinnati >>for many years before I joined WCBN. >> >>If you show up, have a broadcast license and can operate the gear, then they >>don't worry about what you play, as long as there's no foul language. >>Musically you can play practically anything. We do play a lot of classical >>music on the station, it takes up roughly half of my bi-weekly three-hour >>program, and others will even mix it in with the pop, jazz and other things >>that they play. >> >>My program is on the web, and I have listeners both locally and abroad. I >>get fan email from places like Taiwan and Scotland. >> >>David N. Lewis >>Assistant Classical Editor, All Music Guide >>1168 Oak Valley Dr. >>Ann Arbor, MI 48108 >>734 887 8145 >> >>My life is the clearest proof that if you have talent, determination and >>luck, you will make it in the end: Never Give Up. - Sir Georg Solti > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > > Russ Hamm > Ed Tech Specialist > National School District (http://nsd.us) > San Diego County, California > tel. (619) 336-7752 > FAX (619) 336-7551