From cwt9s at eservices.virginia.edu Mon Sep 7 12:35:05 2009 From: cwt9s at eservices.virginia.edu (Taylor, Charles (cwt9s)) Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 15:35:05 -0400 Subject: [NFCB] Turning off streams because of Sound Exchange/DMCA? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4E353F2B0068F14394833345F3AF1F333CC16FA72E@MCCLANE.eservices.virginia.edu> Hi Matt...and all, Answer 1: During the NFCB webinar on this topic, the overwhelming message I heard was that every station was expected to make progress toward full compliance by the deadline date. I had the same question as you and was told "NO", you do not have to turn your stream off...yet. Note too, that the smaller the station (and more particularly your online presence), the less pressure is being exerted toward instant compliance. However, once full compliance is required...I believe that is January 1, 2012...then the answer is "YES". As for your other questions: that will ultimately have to be each station's prerogative. We have several people at WTJU who don't even know how to type. And we have several people who like to do special shows featuring one artist. Once the final date for compliance is reached then WTJU will determine a way to selectively shut down the stream during shows that choose to play one of the verboten "theme shows". Answer 2: I DON'T object to the basic principal of what Sound Exchange is doing...and particularly, if it eventually means that the musical artists we care about in community radio will get compensated for the airplay. I do object to the rigmarole of "no more than 3 songs", no this and no that. THAT is in the realm of programming and is somewhat integral to what we do...and neither I nor my announcers like THAT. As far as individual announcers requesting that their stream be shut down in protest? I view that as "cutting off your nose to spite your face". If enough people at the station believe that's the way to go then it will hurt the STATION and confuse the listeners. The result will be that you hurt listenership to your shows online...something we don't need to be doing at this time. It would seem much better to STATE your opinion of the requirements during the show while broadcasting it online. Message achieved and you have listeners! The future at WTJU: If a current announcer has no typing skills to complete his playlist we have no intention of saying he or she has to do it or leave. BUT we will be recruiting future announcers with the understanding that minimal typing skills and the ability to complete the online playlist entry will be a requirement...just like telling someone they have know various FCC rules and etc. Astoundingly, many of the people we thought would be the most difficult to convert have taken to the playlists like otters (we have about 60% compliance at this point). Plus, I've emphasized the direct listener engagement part of it. A true music geek's primary purpose in life is to share cool music. If you want to see music geek ne plus ultra engagement just visit WFMU's website. We've also discovered that those who just don't feel like learning how to compile their playlists in real time are succumbing to pressure from listeners who are quickly coming to expect the playlists after less than a year. Our playlist program can be either pre-loaded (but not visible to the public till live), entered live or post-loaded. Those options will still be available but may have limited usage when trying to match time of day/song played/ simultaneous listeners which requires real-time entry. Answer 3: WTJU has a standard banner that simply states that the stream is down for technical reasons: this allows us to quickly get the message up rather than sweating over what it should say. Last week we were OFF AIR (a squirrel bit through our T-1 line taking us off-air for four hours!) but our stream could have been available. We are currently reconfiguring the main console feed so that the stream will stay up even if the transmitter is down...allowing us to retain some audience and tell them what's going on. Chuck Chuck Taylor General Manager 91.1 WTJU-FM University of Virginia Charlottesville 434-924-0885 cwt9s at eservices.virginia.edu Listen online at http://wtju.net From: nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net [mailto:nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net] On Behalf Of Matt Murphy, WERU-FM Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 4:07 PM To: NFCBListserv; grc at peak.org Subject: [NFCB] Turning off streams because of Sound Exchange/DMCA? Hi All, At WERU we are wondering what other stations have for policies/procedures with regards to: 1. Programs that do not comply with the content restrictions - are those programs simply not streamed, either all the time or just once in a while when the host is doing a special tribute program? 2. Does each programmer have the option of either having their program streamed or not streamed, either because they don't want to comply with the streaming content restrictions (all the time or occasionally) or as a matter of principle to personally protest the DMCA? 3. If your station stops streaming at times due to one of the reasons above, does it have an announcement on the stream or banner on the website stating why the stream is off at that time? Thanks for any insights. Matt Murphy General Manager WERU Community Radio P.O. Box 170 East Orland, ME 04431 (207) 469-6600 matt at weru.org www.weru.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Kevin ________________________________________ Kevin Murphy Station Manager 88.1 FM WYCE www.wyce.org kevin at wyce.org voice: (616) 459-4788 x111 fax: (616) 742-0599 711 Bridge St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 WYCE is a proud service of the Community Media Center -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.lmi.net/pipermail/nfcb/attachments/20090908/3f7935db/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 39985 bytes Desc: image001.jpg Url : http://mailman.lmi.net/pipermail/nfcb/attachments/20090908/3f7935db/attachment-0001.jpe From kevin at grcmc.org Tue Sep 8 10:39:15 2009 From: kevin at grcmc.org (Kevin Murphy) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:39:15 -0400 Subject: [NFCB] FW: PTFP future? Deadlines? Message-ID: Here is the response from Walter Sheppard. In short: no news yet, but they are on the chopping block. Also, does anyone else appreciate the monumental understatement here? "We have no idea when that will be done. Not until after the conclusion of work on health care reform, I'm pretty sure." As I said to Walter, "Oh, well that just seems to be flying through Congress, so it could be any day now." :) Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Walter Sheppard [mailto:wsheppard at ntia.doc.gov] Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 1:31 PM To: Kevin Murphy Subject: Re: PTFP future? Deadlines? Kevin, PTFP's fate is in the hands of Congress. The program is included in the "draft" appropriations bills in both houses, but the decision will be in the appropriation sent to the president. We have no idea when that will be done. Not until after the conclusion of work on health care reform, I'm pretty sure. We'll set the application deadline for the next grant round as soon as we can, but we can't do that until the appropriation process is completed because we can't commit to awarding funds we don't yet have! The law requires that applicants have at least 30 days between the time a grant round is announced and the deadline for applications. We make that interval as long as we practically can. If the appropriation process is greatly delayed, we have to compress it in order to allow time for all the steps that have to be completed before the end of the fiscal year, when grants MUST be awarded. Regards, Walter Walter Sheppard Program Officer NTIA/PTFP U.S. Department of Commerce Room 4812 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20230 phone: 202-482-1949 fax: 202-482-2156 >>> "Kevin Murphy" 09/08/09 1:08 PM >>> Walter, I've heard mixed messages about the potential demise of the PTFP program. I wrote our representatives pleading that they keep the funding program alive. Is it being discontinued? If not, when will the deadline for next year's grant cycle be? I know that two years ago it was in February, then it was moved up to December last year. Please fill me in. Thanks, Kevin ________________________________________ Kevin Murphy Station Manager 88.1 FM WYCE www.wyce.org kevin at wyce.org voice: (616) 459-4788 x111 fax: (616) 742-0599 711 Bridge St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 WYCE is a proud service of the Community Media Center From Carol at nfcb.org Tue Sep 8 12:40:26 2009 From: Carol at nfcb.org (Carol Pierson) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:40:26 -0700 Subject: [NFCB] FW: PTFP future? Deadlines? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <13935DD51733714D961F3DC1183FEE185B9D44@nfcb-core.NFCB.local> Funding for PTFP at $20 million is in both the House and Senate bills that are working their way through Congress. The President's budget did not include funding for PTFP but I don't think anyone expects that its inclusion would cause a veto. Since the House and Senate are in agreement and the amount is small, we feel fairly certain that it will pass. When, is another question but they actually seem to be moving faster than usual. I would plan for PTFP to be funded and for a December deadline, just in case it is that early again since it takes more than a month to put together an application usually. Carol Carol Pierson President and CEO National Federation of Community Broadcasters 1970 Broadway, Suite 1000 Oakland, CA 94612 510-451-8200 carol at nfcb.org -----Original Message----- From: nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net [mailto:nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Murphy Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 10:39 AM To: NFCB Subject: [NFCB] FW: PTFP future? Deadlines? Here is the response from Walter Sheppard. In short: no news yet, but they are on the chopping block. Also, does anyone else appreciate the monumental understatement here? "We have no idea when that will be done. Not until after the conclusion of work on health care reform, I'm pretty sure." As I said to Walter, "Oh, well that just seems to be flying through Congress, so it could be any day now." :) Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Walter Sheppard [mailto:wsheppard at ntia.doc.gov] Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 1:31 PM To: Kevin Murphy Subject: Re: PTFP future? Deadlines? Kevin, PTFP's fate is in the hands of Congress. The program is included in the "draft" appropriations bills in both houses, but the decision will be in the appropriation sent to the president. We have no idea when that will be done. Not until after the conclusion of work on health care reform, I'm pretty sure. We'll set the application deadline for the next grant round as soon as we can, but we can't do that until the appropriation process is completed because we can't commit to awarding funds we don't yet have! The law requires that applicants have at least 30 days between the time a grant round is announced and the deadline for applications. We make that interval as long as we practically can. If the appropriation process is greatly delayed, we have to compress it in order to allow time for all the steps that have to be completed before the end of the fiscal year, when grants MUST be awarded. Regards, Walter Walter Sheppard Program Officer NTIA/PTFP U.S. Department of Commerce Room 4812 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20230 phone: 202-482-1949 fax: 202-482-2156 >>> "Kevin Murphy" 09/08/09 1:08 PM >>> Walter, I've heard mixed messages about the potential demise of the PTFP program. I wrote our representatives pleading that they keep the funding program alive. Is it being discontinued? If not, when will the deadline for next year's grant cycle be? I know that two years ago it was in February, then it was moved up to December last year. Please fill me in. Thanks, Kevin ________________________________________ Kevin Murphy Station Manager 88.1 FM WYCE www.wyce.org kevin at wyce.org voice: (616) 459-4788 x111 fax: (616) 742-0599 711 Bridge St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 WYCE is a proud service of the Community Media Center _______________________________________________ NFCB mailing list NFCB at mailman.lmi.net http://mailman.lmi.net/mailman/listinfo/nfcb From kevin at grcmc.org Tue Sep 8 12:57:55 2009 From: kevin at grcmc.org (Kevin Murphy) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:57:55 -0400 Subject: [NFCB] FW: PTFP future? Deadlines? In-Reply-To: <70396E84A09B4F3AB9F8AC903B187DED@GRCMC.office> References: <70396E84A09B4F3AB9F8AC903B187DED@GRCMC.office> Message-ID: As Walter told me earlier, it's advisable to start working now on your application for this round -- using last year's materials (available online) and the assumption that the deadline will be at the same time (mid-December) as last year. Of course, this could all be in vain if the funding does get pulled, but Carol's reassurance is helpful for me, anyway, to feel confident about pulling my application materials together now and keeping my fingers crossed that Congress makes it happen. Thanks, Carol. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Carol Pierson [mailto:Carol at nfcb.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 3:45 PM To: Kevin Murphy; NFCB Subject: RE: [NFCB] FW: PTFP future? Deadlines? Funding for PTFP at $20 million is in both the House and Senate bills that are working their way through Congress. The President's budget did not include funding for PTFP but I don't think anyone expects that its inclusion would cause a veto. Since the House and Senate are in agreement and the amount is small, we feel fairly certain that it will pass. When, is another question but they actually seem to be moving faster than usual. I would plan for PTFP to be funded and for a December deadline, just in case it is that early again since it takes more than a month to put together an application usually. Carol Carol Pierson President and CEO National Federation of Community Broadcasters 1970 Broadway, Suite 1000 Oakland, CA 94612 510-451-8200 carol at nfcb.org -----Original Message----- From: nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net [mailto:nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Murphy Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 10:39 AM To: NFCB Subject: [NFCB] FW: PTFP future? Deadlines? Here is the response from Walter Sheppard. In short: no news yet, but they are on the chopping block. Also, does anyone else appreciate the monumental understatement here? "We have no idea when that will be done. Not until after the conclusion of work on health care reform, I'm pretty sure." As I said to Walter, "Oh, well that just seems to be flying through Congress, so it could be any day now." :) Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Walter Sheppard [mailto:wsheppard at ntia.doc.gov] Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 1:31 PM To: Kevin Murphy Subject: Re: PTFP future? Deadlines? Kevin, PTFP's fate is in the hands of Congress. The program is included in the "draft" appropriations bills in both houses, but the decision will be in the appropriation sent to the president. We have no idea when that will be done. Not until after the conclusion of work on health care reform, I'm pretty sure. We'll set the application deadline for the next grant round as soon as we can, but we can't do that until the appropriation process is completed because we can't commit to awarding funds we don't yet have! The law requires that applicants have at least 30 days between the time a grant round is announced and the deadline for applications. We make that interval as long as we practically can. If the appropriation process is greatly delayed, we have to compress it in order to allow time for all the steps that have to be completed before the end of the fiscal year, when grants MUST be awarded. Regards, Walter Walter Sheppard Program Officer NTIA/PTFP U.S. Department of Commerce Room 4812 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20230 phone: 202-482-1949 fax: 202-482-2156 >>> "Kevin Murphy" 09/08/09 1:08 PM >>> Walter, I've heard mixed messages about the potential demise of the PTFP program. I wrote our representatives pleading that they keep the funding program alive. Is it being discontinued? If not, when will the deadline for next year's grant cycle be? I know that two years ago it was in February, then it was moved up to December last year. Please fill me in. Thanks, Kevin ________________________________________ Kevin Murphy Station Manager 88.1 FM WYCE www.wyce.org kevin at wyce.org voice: (616) 459-4788 x111 fax: (616) 742-0599 711 Bridge St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 WYCE is a proud service of the Community Media Center _______________________________________________ NFCB mailing list NFCB at mailman.lmi.net http://mailman.lmi.net/mailman/listinfo/nfcb From kevin at grcmc.org Tue Sep 8 13:28:42 2009 From: kevin at grcmc.org (Kevin Murphy) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:28:42 -0400 Subject: [NFCB] Recent transmitter purchases? Message-ID: Hey fellow NFCBers, We're in the early stages of putting together a budget for a signal expansion project. I'm curious if anyone has recently purchased a 5kw, 7kw or 10kw analog transmitter*. If you have, I'd like to get some numbers from you. Also, if anyone has purchased a 4-bay circularly polarized directional antenna, I'd also like to pick your brains. Thanks, Kevin *My plan is to purchase an HD-ready or HD-upgradable analog transmitter of sufficient power to add the digital exciter/iBiquity/etc. when it becomes more apparent that it's worth our investment in the technology (and or a federal mandate comes along). ________________________________________ Kevin Murphy Station Manager 88.1 FM WYCE www.wyce.org kevin at wyce.org voice: (616) 459-4788 x111 fax: (616) 742-0599 711 Bridge St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 WYCE is a proud service of the Community Media Center -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.lmi.net/pipermail/nfcb/attachments/20090908/ba25eff8/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 39985 bytes Desc: image001.jpg Url : http://mailman.lmi.net/pipermail/nfcb/attachments/20090908/ba25eff8/attachment-0001.jpe From sally at kvnf.org Tue Sep 8 16:43:52 2009 From: sally at kvnf.org (Sally Kane) Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:43:52 -0600 Subject: [NFCB] PTFP thread Message-ID: <4AA6EC38.2030505@kvnf.org> One thing that I have noticed of late is that the PTFP program officers have a harder time getting managers to volunteer to review applications. Granted, its a time consuming proposition for people who are already plenty busy. On the other hand, I learned a great deal from reviewing PTFP grants. It helped me become a better grant writer and helped me understand what issues were facing other stations around the country. If the program officers can't get a handful of us to step up to review applications it can send a message that we take the funding for granted. That makes it pretty hard to maintain their motivation to wrangle for these critical funds on our behalf. Sally -- Sally Kane, General Manager KVNF Community Radio 90.9 Paonia 89.1 Montrose www.kvnf.org (970) 527-4866 Mountain Grown Community Radio for Western Colorado From Martina at nfcb.org Tue Sep 8 16:45:56 2009 From: Martina at nfcb.org (Martina Tran) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:45:56 -0700 Subject: [NFCB] NFCB Members Webinar on Social Networking Message-ID: <13935DD51733714D961F3DC1183FEE185C173A@nfcb-core.NFCB.local> If you haven't already signed up for this Friday's webinar, please take a moment to do so now. We'll be talking about the very basics of using Facebook and Twitter! Martina Tran Program Manager, NFCB 510 451-8200 ext. 307 ________________________________ From: nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net [mailto:nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net] On Behalf Of Ginny Z. Berson Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:36 AM To: nfcb; NATIVERADIO-L at LIST.UNM.EDU Subject: [NFCB] NFCB Members Webinar on Social Networking Facebook and Twitter: The Killer Apps of Social Networking Join us for a Webinar on September 11 If your station wants to take the next step in community-building around your website and stream, you should be social networking, and the killer apps to tackle first are Twitter and Facebook. Join NFCB in a webinar to learn strategic uses of social media and survey these two major apps. We'll cover why a community radio station should use both Twitter and FB, in what ways, and how to go about doing it. We'll demo the basics of each platform for those who are just beginning. Consider it a primer on how to use the two most commonly used and fastest-growing social networking programs out there. Title: Facebook and Twitter: The Killer Apps of Social Networking Date: Friday, September 11, 2009 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT Space is limited. 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I was a reviewer two years ago. If you're considering a PTFP grant in the future (may that possibility exist in the future...) being a reviewer is a great first step to acclimate yourself to the process. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net [mailto:nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net] On Behalf Of Sally Kane Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 8:00 PM To: NFCB Subject: [NFCB] PTFP thread One thing that I have noticed of late is that the PTFP program officers have a harder time getting managers to volunteer to review applications. Granted, its a time consuming proposition for people who are already plenty busy. On the other hand, I learned a great deal from reviewing PTFP grants. It helped me become a better grant writer and helped me understand what issues were facing other stations around the country. If the program officers can't get a handful of us to step up to review applications it can send a message that we take the funding for granted. That makes it pretty hard to maintain their motivation to wrangle for these critical funds on our behalf. Sally -- Sally Kane, General Manager KVNF Community Radio 90.9 Paonia 89.1 Montrose www.kvnf.org (970) 527-4866 Mountain Grown Community Radio for Western Colorado _______________________________________________ NFCB mailing list NFCB at mailman.lmi.net http://mailman.lmi.net/mailman/listinfo/nfcb From kevin at grcmc.org Wed Sep 9 06:26:47 2009 From: kevin at grcmc.org (Kevin Murphy) Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:26:47 -0400 Subject: [NFCB] Demographic surveys? Message-ID: Hey all, WYCE is preparing to do a demographic survey, to get a little clearer picture of who our listeners are. If any other station has done such a survey, I'd be interested to see what questions you used. Or, in other words, what information did you think it was important to gather to be able to have a better understanding of your listeners? 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Does this mean that in order to receive funds that one would have to be a CPB qualified station, or will they just administer ptfp-style funding under the existing criteria? Trampas Whiteman Chief Operator and Traffic Coordinator 90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio From kevin at grcmc.org Wed Sep 9 08:07:25 2009 From: kevin at grcmc.org (Kevin Murphy) Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:07:25 -0400 Subject: [NFCB] PTFP Question In-Reply-To: <80D1F7179FE643AF86081E457097D0AC@GRCMC.office> References: <4AA6EC38.2030505@kvnf.org> <80D1F7179FE643AF86081E457097D0AC@GRCMC.office> Message-ID: You don't have to be CPB-funded or CPB-qualified to get a PTFP grant. You just have to be a noncommercial station. For other non-CPB-qualified stations such as us, that's a big rationale for hoping that the PFTP program sticks around. If it is eliminated, though, I suppose we can lobby for some alterations to the similar grant programs through CPB so those of us who don't meet the current CPB qualification guidelines would have SOME chance at federal grant funds. Hopefully we won't have to cross that bridge... Kevin -----Original Message----- From: nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net [mailto:nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net] On Behalf Of Trampas Whiteman Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:01 AM To: NFCB Subject: [NFCB] PTFP Question We had a question come up regarding the PTFP grant. Does this mean that in order to receive funds that one would have to be a CPB qualified station, or will they just administer ptfp-style funding under the existing criteria? Trampas Whiteman Chief Operator and Traffic Coordinator 90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio _______________________________________________ NFCB mailing list NFCB at mailman.lmi.net http://mailman.lmi.net/mailman/listinfo/nfcb From jeff at kvnf.org Wed Sep 9 11:30:28 2009 From: jeff at kvnf.org (Jeff Reynolds) Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:30:28 -0600 Subject: [NFCB] Wednesday morning, Sept. 9 Message-ID: <4AA7F444.2000805@kvnf.org> Yep, I went for that one, ending at 9:09, followed by ID - "KVNF 90.9, it's 9:09:09, on 9/9/09... Here's another one from the new remastered Beatles collection..." & played "Revolution 9." Followed that with a Telluride Blues & Brews Fest ticket giveaway over Joe Cocker doing "Come Together," (he's playing the fest) and, you guessed it, the tickets went to lucky caller #9! Fun! Next year - is there a song for 10/10/10? Jeff Rick wrote: > "One After 909" > > Rick Anderson > General Manager > KZFR Community Radio 90.1FM > 341 Broadway #411 > Chico, CA 95927 > 530-895-0706 > > -----Original Message----- > From: nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net [mailto:nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net] On > Behalf Of Sial Thonolig > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 5:47 PM > To: 'jeff at kvnf.org'; 'Nfcb at mailman.lmi.net'; 'pubtech at lists.wduq.org' > Subject: Re: [NFCB] Wednesday morning, Sept. 9 > > Sorry before my time but what Beatles track > Jah Live, Jah Bless > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net > To: NFCBList ; PUBtech > Sent: Tue Sep 08 17:44:28 2009Subject: [NFCB] Wednesday morning, Sept. 9 > > Anyone doing anything on-air to commemorate this quirky event, other than > the obvious Beatles track? > > 9:09:09 am, 09/09/09 > > Jeff Reynolds > KVNF > Paonia,CO > _______________________________________________ > NFCB mailing list > NFCB at mailman.lmi.net > http://mailman.lmi.net/mailman/listinfo/nfcb > > _______________________________________________ > NFCB mailing list > NFCB at mailman.lmi.net > http://mailman.lmi.net/mailman/listinfo/nfcb > > From manager at kboo.org Wed Sep 9 12:06:55 2009 From: manager at kboo.org (Arthur Davis, KBOO Station Manager) Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:06:55 -0700 Subject: [NFCB] PTFP thread In-Reply-To: <4AA6EC38.2030505@kvnf.org> Message-ID: hello everyone, >From a different perspective. I have been turned down twice by PTFP for reviewing grants because I am not a "station manager." My previous credentials are things like: Grant reviewer for Missouri Arts Council Have co-written two PTFP grants for two stations (successfully) Have been a station manager at KBOO for 18 months. Served a cup of coffee to former Senator Gordon Smith at a meeting (cream, no sugar). And my sister lives in D.C. and I could save them hotel and stipend expenses. But alas, still not good enough to make the cut. -Chris Merrick Sulking at KBOO > -----Original Message----- > From: nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net > [mailto:nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net]On Behalf Of Sally Kane > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:44 PM > To: NFCB > Subject: [NFCB] PTFP thread > > > One thing that I have noticed of late is that the PTFP program officers > have a harder time getting managers to volunteer to review applications. > Granted, its a time consuming proposition for people who are already > plenty busy. On the other hand, I learned a great deal from reviewing > PTFP grants. It helped me become a better grant writer and helped me > understand what issues were facing other stations around the country. If > the program officers can't get a handful of us to step up to review > applications it can send a message that we take the funding for granted. > That makes it pretty hard to maintain their motivation to wrangle for > these critical funds on our behalf. > Sally > > -- > Sally Kane, General Manager > KVNF Community Radio > 90.9 Paonia 89.1 Montrose > www.kvnf.org (970) 527-4866 > > Mountain Grown Community Radio for Western Colorado > > _______________________________________________ > NFCB mailing list > NFCB at mailman.lmi.net > http://mailman.lmi.net/mailman/listinfo/nfcb From generalmanager at wojb.org Wed Sep 9 15:35:08 2009 From: generalmanager at wojb.org (General Manager) Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:35:08 -0500 Subject: [NFCB] Broadcast Liability Ins. In-Reply-To: <349134.18349.qm@web45102.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <731633E2589E644E85C80BAFBEA2BDBD0F7B871665@HQADAVXC02.int.chickasaw.net> <349134.18349.qm@web45102.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I don't believe that we have any type of broadcast insurance. Sid On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Chris Merrick wrote: > There's different types of insurance, KBOO has $500,000 worth of libel > insurance, also D & O (Directors & Officers) insurance, also the usual > liability if someone breaks a leg in the lobby, etc. > > -Chris Merrick > KBOO > > --- On *Thu, 9/3/09, Brian Brashier * wrote: > > > From: Brian Brashier > Subject: [NFCB] Broadcast Liability Ins. > To: "'nfcb at mailman.lmi.net'" > Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 9:06 AM > > > Do most stations carry some form of broadcast liability insurance, and if > so, in what amount? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brian Brashier*-*Manager > > *KCNP-FM* > > the Chickasaw Nation > > 100 East 13th St. Box 10 > > Ada, OK 74820 > > 580-272-5267 > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > NFCB mailing list > NFCB at mailman.lmi.net > http://mailman.lmi.net/mailman/listinfo/nfcb > > > > _______________________________________________ > NFCB mailing list > NFCB at mailman.lmi.net > http://mailman.lmi.net/mailman/listinfo/nfcb > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.lmi.net/pipermail/nfcb/attachments/20090909/46d5348e/attachment.html From Martina at nfcb.org Thu Sep 10 10:14:07 2009 From: Martina at nfcb.org (Martina Tran) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:14:07 -0700 Subject: [NFCB] NFCB Members Webinar on Social Networking Message-ID: <13935DD51733714D961F3DC1183FEE185C1744@nfcb-core.NFCB.local> Last chance to sign up for the members-only webinar on Facebook and Twitter! The show is tomorrow. Martina Tran Program Manager National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) 1970 Broadway, Suite 1000 Oakland, CA 94612 510.451.8200 ext. 307 510.451.8208 fax http://www.nfcb.org/index.jsp Facebook and Twitter: The Killer Apps of Social Networking Join us for a Webinar on September 11 If your station wants to take the next step in community-building around your website and stream, you should be social networking, and the killer apps to tackle first are Twitter and Facebook. Join NFCB in a webinar to learn strategic uses of social media and survey these two major apps. We'll cover why a community radio station should use both Twitter and FB, in what ways, and how to go about doing it. We'll demo the basics of each platform for those who are just beginning. Consider it a primer on how to use the two most commonly used and fastest-growing social networking programs out there. Title: Facebook and Twitter: The Killer Apps of Social Networking Date: Friday, September 11, 2009 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT Space is limited. Open only to NFCB Members. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/302540419 After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. 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Links to websites are useful and welcome. merci, jim ellinger AMARC VP for NA *http://www.amarc.org/* * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.lmi.net/pipermail/nfcb/attachments/20090910/c66b7f79/attachment.html From READ at hws.edu Thu Sep 10 15:26:09 2009 From: READ at hws.edu (Read, Aaron) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:26:09 -0400 Subject: [NFCB] Recent transmitter purchases? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If you're thinking HD is at least 10 years in your future, I'd humbly suggest that's too far in the future to try and plan for HD in any purchase today. Too many things can (and probably will) change that will make today's technology less-than-ideal to mate with tomorrow's HD gear. Just think about what a difference -20dB vs -10dB HD injection levels can/will make! We're having trouble finding a tower site, but if/when we ever do, I've got my eyes on a Nautel NV7.5, which is an HD Radio transmitter. I have never heard anything but very high praise for Nautel's good performance, design and dependability. That, to me, is worth almost any price. Talk to Gary Liebisch (http://www.nautel.com/usa.aspx) As for antennas, generally I am a Shively fan. I've used them for WZBC and our antenna on WEOS, although I didn't install it, is also a Shively. -------------------------------------------------- Aaron Read / General Manager read at hws.edu / (315)781-3811 www.flpr.org / www.whws.fm 300 Pulteney St / Geneva, NY 14456 WEOS 89.7FM Finger Lakes Public Radio WHWS 105.7FM Hobart & William Smith College Radio > -----Original Message----- > From: nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net [mailto:nfcb- > bounces at mailman.lmi.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Murphy > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:29 PM > To: NFCB > Subject: [NFCB] Recent transmitter purchases? > > Hey fellow NFCBers, > > > > We're in the early stages of putting together a budget for a signal > expansion project. I'm curious if anyone has recently purchased a 5kw, > 7kw or 10kw analog transmitter*. If you have, I'd like to get some > numbers from you. Also, if anyone has purchased a 4-bay circularly > polarized directional antenna, I'd also like to pick your brains. > > > > Thanks, > > Kevin > > > > *My plan is to purchase an HD-ready or HD-upgradable analog transmitter > of sufficient power to add the digital exciter/iBiquity/etc. when it > becomes more apparent that it's worth our investment in the technology > (and or a federal mandate comes along). > > > > ________________________________________ > > Kevin Murphy > > Station Manager > > 88.1 FM WYCE > > www.wyce.org > > > > kevin at wyce.org > > voice: (616) 459-4788 x111 > > fax: (616) 742-0599 > > 711 Bridge St. NW > > Grand Rapids, MI 49504 > > > > WYCE is a proud service of the Community Media Center > > > > From LIGGETT_B at fortlewis.edu Thu Sep 10 15:32:20 2009 From: LIGGETT_B at fortlewis.edu (Liggett, Bryant) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:32:20 -0600 Subject: [NFCB] Recent transmitter purchases? In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: <07462C5CB3C9F04998368BC5A22E135F0D6B2D7FEF@ore.fortlewis.edu> KDUR is weeks out from this venture. We have purchased a Nautel, and our new antenna is too a Shively. Nothing but decent things from the manufacturers so far....excited to get this thing installed. ________________________________________ From: nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net [nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net] On Behalf Of Read, Aaron [READ at hws.edu] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 4:26 PM To: Kevin Murphy; NFCB Subject: Re: [NFCB] Recent transmitter purchases? If you're thinking HD is at least 10 years in your future, I'd humbly suggest that's too far in the future to try and plan for HD in any purchase today. Too many things can (and probably will) change that will make today's technology less-than-ideal to mate with tomorrow's HD gear. Just think about what a difference -20dB vs -10dB HD injection levels can/will make! We're having trouble finding a tower site, but if/when we ever do, I've got my eyes on a Nautel NV7.5, which is an HD Radio transmitter. I have never heard anything but very high praise for Nautel's good performance, design and dependability. That, to me, is worth almost any price. Talk to Gary Liebisch (http://www.nautel.com/usa.aspx) As for antennas, generally I am a Shively fan. I've used them for WZBC and our antenna on WEOS, although I didn't install it, is also a Shively. -------------------------------------------------- Aaron Read / General Manager read at hws.edu / (315)781-3811 www.flpr.org / www.whws.fm 300 Pulteney St / Geneva, NY 14456 WEOS 89.7FM Finger Lakes Public Radio WHWS 105.7FM Hobart & William Smith College Radio > -----Original Message----- > From: nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net [mailto:nfcb- > bounces at mailman.lmi.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Murphy > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:29 PM > To: NFCB > Subject: [NFCB] Recent transmitter purchases? > > Hey fellow NFCBers, > > > > We're in the early stages of putting together a budget for a signal > expansion project. I'm curious if anyone has recently purchased a 5kw, > 7kw or 10kw analog transmitter*. If you have, I'd like to get some > numbers from you. Also, if anyone has purchased a 4-bay circularly > polarized directional antenna, I'd also like to pick your brains. > > > > Thanks, > > Kevin > > > > *My plan is to purchase an HD-ready or HD-upgradable analog transmitter > of sufficient power to add the digital exciter/iBiquity/etc. when it > becomes more apparent that it's worth our investment in the technology > (and or a federal mandate comes along). > > > > ________________________________________ > > Kevin Murphy > > Station Manager > > 88.1 FM WYCE > > www.wyce.org > > > > kevin at wyce.org > > voice: (616) 459-4788 x111 > > fax: (616) 742-0599 > > 711 Bridge St. NW > > Grand Rapids, MI 49504 > > > > WYCE is a proud service of the Community Media Center > > > > _______________________________________________ NFCB mailing list NFCB at mailman.lmi.net http://mailman.lmi.net/mailman/listinfo/nfcb From Carol at nfcb.org Thu Sep 10 17:28:32 2009 From: Carol at nfcb.org (Carol Pierson) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:28:32 -0700 Subject: [NFCB] World Food Day October 16 Message-ID: <13935DD51733714D961F3DC1183FEE185B9D7A@nfcb-core.NFCB.local> Dear all, We would like to remind you that AMARC covers again this year the World Food Day on October 16, 2009. This year's theme Imagine achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis. We invite you to produce radio programs and to send them to us to make the voices of our communities heard on the podcast in our World Food Day website and make them available to the radios of AMARC network. For further information or to access to some resources visit: http://www.amarc.org/index.php?p=World_Food_Day_2009 Please send your radio programs to your regional coordinator before October 9, 2009 or via "send it global" https://www.senditglobal.com If you have any question or commentary don't hesitate to contact-me Thank you Ricardo Costa secretariat at si.amarc.org ________________________________ ESPA?OL Hola a todos y todas, Esto es para recordarles que este a?o AMARC cubrir? nuevamente el D?a Mundial de la Alimentaci?n el 16 de octubre 2009. El tema de este d?a mundial de la alimentaci?n, es Imagina conseguir la seguridad alimentaria en ?poca de crisis. Solicitamos la colaboraci?n de las radios miembros para que se escuchen las voces de nuestras comunidades el Dia de la Alimentation, enviando sus programas para que sean difundidos por podcast y est?n disponibles para las radios de la red de AMARC. Para mayores informaciones y recursos visite el sitio http://www.amarc.org/index.php?p=Dia_mundial_de_la_alimentation_2009 Env?e los programas audio a su cordinador regional antes del dia 9 de octubre ou v?a send it global https://www.senditglobal.com Al correo electr?nico : secretariat at si.amarc.org Si tiene dificultades en el env?o de archivos y por qualquer otra informacion o coment?rio comunique conmigo Gracias, Ricardo Costa secretariat at si.amarc.org Carol Pierson President and CEO National Federation of Community Broadcasters 1970 Broadway, Suite 1000 Oakland, CA 94612 510-451-8200 carol at nfcb.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.lmi.net/pipermail/nfcb/attachments/20090910/f848c2d6/attachment-0001.html From ad202 at flintradio.org Thu Sep 10 21:36:53 2009 From: ad202 at flintradio.org (al davis) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:36:53 -0400 Subject: [NFCB] Recent transmitter purchases? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200909110036.53130.ad202@flintradio.org> On Thursday 10 September 2009, Read, Aaron wrote: > If you're thinking HD is at least 10 years in your future, > I'd humbly suggest that's too far in the future to try and > plan for HD in any purchase today. Too many things can (and > probably will) change that will make today's technology > less-than-ideal to mate with tomorrow's HD gear. Just think > about what a difference -20dB vs -10dB HD injection levels > can/will make! > I'm curious ... What percentage of NFCB member stations have HD? How is this correlated with attributes of your station? (NPR or not, CPB or not, big vs small budget, power .. high, mid, or LPFM) How many are making good use of it? (Good use would be something like using the extra channel for a student channel, or other unique programming.) How many have seen an increase in income resulting from it, not counting CPB or PTFP grants, sufficient to justify the expense from a business perspective? How many have trouble because of it? either your own or some other station's impact on you. Trouble could be technical, political, or economic. From Carol at nfcb.org Thu Sep 10 23:05:43 2009 From: Carol at nfcb.org (Carol Pierson) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:05:43 -0700 Subject: [NFCB] Fwd: articles on Glenn Beck lies, Lloyd, Sergant, etc References: <754FDCC3B8AEA142B9F7546F529DF6020240BA5BCB@ucc-exc-01.national.ucc> Message-ID: I thought some of you might be doing programs about this attack on progressives in the administration. Here are some sources. We have worked with Mark Lloyd and he is a very principled media democracy advocate. Carol Pierson President and CEO National Federation of Community Broadcasters 1970 Broadway Suite 1000 Oakland CA 94612 510-451-8200 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Aliza Dichter [Liza at mhcable.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:36 PM > To: Malkia Cyril > Subject: articles on Glenn Beck lies, Lloyd, Sergant, etc > > Hi folks, > > Here's a collected list of some articles about the Glenn Beck > witchhunts, the racist, left-baiting, inaccurate attacks on members > of Obama administration, and debunking some of the lies. > > ~Liza > The New Shape Of The Culture War :: Glenn Beck, Yosi Sergant, Van > Jones, and Hip-Hop > > http://cantstopwontstop.com/blog/the-new-shape-of-the-culture-war- > glenn-beck-yosi-sergant-van-jones-and-hip-hop/ > > > FACT CHECK: The Right-Wing Smear Campaign Against Mark Lloyd > http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/22/mark-lloyd/ > > Time for Beck's Bad-Asses to Back Off of Mark Lloyd > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-brodsky/time-for-becks-bad- > asses_b_282782.html > Glenn Beck's New McCarthyism? > http://mediamatters.org/blog/200909100022 > > More Scalps for Glenn Beck's Belt? > http://www.republicansforobama.org/?q=node/7390 > > Color of Change Glenn Beck campaign > > http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/ > > > > GRIT TV: Right-Wing Attacks on Obama Administration Continue (and why > aren't white liberals fighting this racism) > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTIsrmoiuxo&eurl=http%3A%2F% > 2Flauraflanders%2Efiredoglake%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded > > > > > Glenn Beck Blatantly Distorts Quote To Validate His Fear-Mongering > > http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=2700 > > > > > Broadcast Blues: Mark Lloyd and the Structural Imbalance of Talk Radio > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRAlfu5NXcA > > DC Protest against Glenn Beck > http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126495563777 > > Glenn Beck: Stop the Insanity > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/glenn-beck-stop-the- > insan_b_281047.html > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by UCC's Email Security System. > For more information please call the helpdesk at 216-736-2120. > ______________________________________________________________________ From LauraT at WMNF.ORG Fri Sep 11 10:47:21 2009 From: LauraT at WMNF.ORG (Laura Taylor) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:47:21 -0400 Subject: [NFCB] (PREM) Premium budget question for "smaller" stations Message-ID: Hi! When I say "smaller", I mean 1.2 million dollar operating budgets or less. How much of that is devoted to premium purchases? Thanks! Laura Laura Taylor WMNF Development Director 1210 E. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Tampa, FL 33603 (813) 865-8260 wmnf.org Leave a Legacy of Love...name WMNF in your will. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.lmi.net/pipermail/nfcb/attachments/20090911/1e4a446c/attachment.html From ad202 at flintradio.org Fri Sep 11 11:43:51 2009 From: ad202 at flintradio.org (al davis) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:43:51 -0400 Subject: [NFCB] (PREM) Premium budget question for "smaller" stations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200909111443.51915.ad202@flintradio.org> On Friday 11 September 2009, Laura Taylor wrote: > When I say "smaller", I mean 1.2 million dollar operating > budgets or less. If that is "smaller" .. what is "bigger"? To me, "smaller" means less than 100k. I'm curious .. what is the distribution among NFCB members? As a donor .. I always had the impression that stations obtained the premiums at far less than market, and that many were donated. What clever ways are stations using to get free or deeply discounted goods to use as premiums? From Rip.Robbins at skagit.edu Fri Sep 11 11:45:50 2009 From: Rip.Robbins at skagit.edu (Rip Robbins) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:45:50 -0700 Subject: [NFCB] Fwd: articles on Glenn Beck lies, Lloyd, Sergant, etc In-Reply-To: References: <754FDCC3B8AEA142B9F7546F529DF6020240BA5BCB@ucc-exc-01.national.ucc> Message-ID: There is a huge protest of Glenn Beck in our little town, on Saturday Sept 26th (after his appearance at Safeco Field in Seattle), where our mayor is giving Beck the key to our city. We will have the mayor on the air next week to explain again about his idea, as well as organizers of various protests regarding the event. One restaurant owner lost a $5000 wedding reception because the client won't "spend a dime in the city" because of the mayor's idea. Of course this is misplaced protest in harming an innocent business owner, but indicates the emotional level of this matter locally. I am trying to document the whole thing for a special to be released the week after his appearance here. We have over 10 people ready to record street audio. The supporters of Beck bought up all the tickets the very minute they went on sale at our local venue, so no protesters could get in. The tickets are being privately distributed. The proceeds are being donated to a local non-profit, which grudgingly is taking the money, but isn't very happy about the source. Voices in our documentary about the influence of media commentators and how they are tearing communities apart with spin and lies, will include Robert McChesney and Peter Hart, and I am waiting for replies from other media watch folks. Of course we will distribute on AudioPort and Radio4All. Rip Robbins Rip Robbins General Manager, KSVR 91.7 FM/ KSVU 90.1 FM Media Broadcasting Instructor / Journalism Advisor Skagit Valley College 360-416-7711 www.ksvr.org Member NFCB since 1995 Affiliate Radio Bilingue 1996 Affiliate Pacifica Network 1997 2405 East College Way Mount Vernon, WA 98273 From matt at weru.org Fri Sep 11 13:17:38 2009 From: matt at weru.org (Matt Murphy, WERU-FM) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:17:38 -0400 Subject: [NFCB] Streaming, SX and DMCA Message-ID: <0F7D5354-36CD-4351-AC71-6B1BE0C7E53E@weru.org> Hi All, Are any stations actually considering not streaming rather than comply with SX and DMCA? We have some volunteer programmers advocating for that. Thanks for any info you can share. Matt Murphy General Manager WERU Community Radio P.O. Box 170 East Orland, ME 04431 (207) 469-6600 matt at weru.org www.weru.org From READ at hws.edu Fri Sep 11 14:11:36 2009 From: READ at hws.edu (Read, Aaron) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:11:36 -0400 Subject: [NFCB] Streaming, SX and DMCA In-Reply-To: <0F7D5354-36CD-4351-AC71-6B1BE0C7E53E@weru.org> References: <0F7D5354-36CD-4351-AC71-6B1BE0C7E53E@weru.org> Message-ID: Yes, were seriously considering it before we realized that WHWS could qualify for the CBI deal, which doesn't have recordkeeping. Even so, I don't like the idea of dealing with reporting for WEOS, which is bad enough even with our comparatively small amount of music shows. -------------------------------------------------- Aaron Read / General Manager read at hws.edu / (315)781-3811 www.flpr.org / www.whws.fm 300 Pulteney St / Geneva, NY 14456 WEOS 89.7FM Finger Lakes Public Radio WHWS 105.7FM Hobart & William Smith College Radio > -----Original Message----- > From: nfcb-bounces at mailman.lmi.net [mailto:nfcb- > bounces at mailman.lmi.net] On Behalf Of Matt Murphy, WERU-FM > Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:18 PM > To: NFCBListserv > Subject: [NFCB] Streaming, SX and DMCA > > Hi All, > Are any stations actually considering not streaming rather than comply > with SX and DMCA? We have some volunteer programmers advocating for > that. > Thanks for any info you can share. > > Matt Murphy > General Manager > WERU Community Radio > P.O. Box 170 > East Orland, ME 04431 > (207) 469-6600 > matt at weru.org > www.weru.org > > _______________________________________________ > NFCB mailing list > NFCB at mailman.lmi.net > http://mailman.lmi.net/mailman/listinfo/nfcb