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By the way, not an indictment of that individual station. Almost ALL webcasts are too bad quality for me to stand listening to. I don't do AM radio either, but for different reasons. Actually, I do very little FM, either, because it sounds mostly terrible due to bad content and bad processing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Community Radio > 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