tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post4012358123500886903..comments2023-09-08T12:08:39.523-04:00Comments on WBAI: To be or not to beChris Albertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-85620049592658899142017-11-23T18:01:30.799-05:002017-11-23T18:01:30.799-05:00I know when the royalty rates changed, many online...I know when the royalty rates changed, many online stations and services (like Live365) stopped broadcasting. I was going to do an online station but changed my mind due to the changes.<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-47125962216070017992017-11-23T00:42:23.824-05:002017-11-23T00:42:23.824-05:00radio is flat fee, while streaming is per song/lis...radio is flat fee, while streaming is per song/listener. https://www.bmi.com/forms/licensing/radio/noncomrates.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-68550627506205186992017-11-23T00:38:40.204-05:002017-11-23T00:38:40.204-05:00I would estimate about $12-15K total a year for bm...I would estimate about $12-15K total a year for bmi/ascap/sesac for NY. Soundexchange is for streaming and based on number of listeners. $500 year minimum for up to ~149,000 listener hours a month, then .0017 cents per song per listener. As to whether BMI, etc had caught up with CPB loss at Pacifica is unknown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-64868552653943334162017-11-23T00:20:02.396-05:002017-11-23T00:20:02.396-05:00If it's per tune, there must be a growing musi...If it's per tune, there must be a growing music pile somewhere amid the others. They also rarely play a tune in full, which becomes wasteful under such an arrangement.<br /><br />Apropos thriving debt, I wonder when the landlady loses her remarkable tolerance?<br /><br />I am beginning to think that WBAI should pay reparations to the listeners, thereby creating the first radio-sponsored listenership! Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-12456994379642941502017-11-22T23:50:00.136-05:002017-11-22T23:50:00.136-05:00The changes in royalty payments was actually getti...The changes in royalty payments was actually getting rid of flat rate options for non-commercial stations, at least internet ones. As far as I know, you now have to pay per tune, even on radio, but I could be wrong about radio.<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-68357415821973653852017-11-22T23:40:14.638-05:002017-11-22T23:40:14.638-05:00In the audible sense, I suppose. However, it would...In the audible sense, I suppose. However, it would be more fun to get them in one room and see some blood flow.<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-90476203837500906722017-11-22T22:44:54.860-05:002017-11-22T22:44:54.860-05:00Thank you. We must be talking about fixed fees, ot...Thank you. We must be talking about fixed fees, otherwise Reimers would have severely limited the amount of music being broadcast. <br /><br />Maybe not, it could be that he is simply exercising his irresponsibility.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-84610808230200642782017-11-22T22:39:26.316-05:002017-11-22T22:39:26.316-05:00If you are CPB/CSG qualified, they cover BMI,ASCAP...If you are CPB/CSG qualified, they cover BMI,ASCAP,SESAC, Soundexchange and likely the new one Global Music Rights. Since Pacifica lost CPB funding they likely are now liable themselves for the payments.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-17706395106582651272017-11-22T22:25:09.352-05:002017-11-22T22:25:09.352-05:00Something like that is apparently still in place. ...Something like that is apparently still in place. Jim Freund mentioned it last week. Perhaps someone can post details—like cost.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-81832251783803321172017-11-22T20:35:14.474-05:002017-11-22T20:35:14.474-05:00From what I gather, I think that the PNB meetings ...From what I gather, I think that the PNB meetings might qualify as Grand Guignol.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923529377801599376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-12814684146761485252017-11-22T20:20:59.280-05:002017-11-22T20:20:59.280-05:00Forget theater of the absurd. They should be more ...Forget theater of the absurd. They should be more progressive and become a new Grand Guignol. <br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-32718837660532183492017-11-22T19:55:51.317-05:002017-11-22T19:55:51.317-05:00"These people are so full of shit, it isn'..."These people are so full of shit, it isn't even funny." I have to agree. At one point, their unwitting self-parody was amusing, in a theater-of-the-absurd kind of way. Now, it's just repetitive and boring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-41498949548296486352017-11-22T19:25:33.495-05:002017-11-22T19:25:33.495-05:00Good Question.
I know that when the royalty rates...Good Question.<br /><br />I know that when the royalty rates rules changed a couple of years ago, RPM was talking about a software WBAI had to use to log the songs they played for payment of royalties. I have no idea if they are actually paying said royalties, however. <br /><br />Another good question would be as to what bills are they actually paying in general.<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-41301643847065013412017-11-22T19:21:20.801-05:002017-11-22T19:21:20.801-05:00No, they won't move out of NYC because their p...No, they won't move out of NYC because their producers need to be able to access a studio to broadcast their shit. I guarantee you almost all use mass transit.<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-8772002752747035442017-11-22T17:16:13.338-05:002017-11-22T17:16:13.338-05:00I hear it as a commercial.I hear it as a commercial.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-25665648485529391822017-11-22T17:04:55.839-05:002017-11-22T17:04:55.839-05:00That African international film festival spot , su...That African international film festival spot , sure sounds like a commercial to me . <br /> If it's not a commercial , what is it? A p.s.a. for the "community". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-44177676469536042012017-11-22T14:50:52.347-05:002017-11-22T14:50:52.347-05:00Does anyone know if Pacifica is current with ASCAP...Does anyone know if Pacifica is current with ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC licensing fees?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-26753422534359171672017-11-22T14:42:42.473-05:002017-11-22T14:42:42.473-05:00Antartica?
Mimi's plantation?
The Faroe Island...Antartica?<br />Mimi's plantation?<br />The Faroe Islands?<br />Never Never Land?<br />Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-22806191171555100042017-11-22T14:36:21.918-05:002017-11-22T14:36:21.918-05:00"WBAI cannot afford to pay the Commons $5,000..."WBAI cannot afford to pay the Commons $5,000 per month rent - and I doubt if the money owed to the Commons and CUNY is carried on the Balance Sheet"<br /><br />With the changes in the FCC regulations, WBAI can move out of NYC and move to cheaper real estate elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-28320516584695336682017-11-22T11:09:32.782-05:002017-11-22T11:09:32.782-05:00Chris and Indigopirate,
There appears to be a dis...Chris and Indigopirate,<br /><br />There appears to be a disconnect from reality at Pacifica- and especially, WBAI. WBAI owes CUNY approximately $20,000 for past rent and the rent was $5,000 per month. WBAI cannot afford to pay the Commons $5,000 per month rent- and I doubt if the money owed to the Commons and CUNY is carried on the Balance Sheet. Nor have these amounts owed appeared on the Income Statement.<br /><br />Thus, for many years WBAI has not been able to afford to pay the rent of $5,000 per month- which is less than the salary of Andrea Katz, who is paid regularly. It is at this juncture that I must state that Mitchel Cohen boasted to me that Andrea Katz had been hired as interim Development Director so that the provisions of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act could be circumvented.<br /><br />Ergo, how does Pacifica expect to pay in excess of $2.2 million to the Empire State Realty Trust and pay the approximately $500,000, which is owed to pension plans and health care insurers?<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />Ed Manfredonia<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188739057515366200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-59968139790726329792017-11-21T22:55:49.266-05:002017-11-21T22:55:49.266-05:00I see it was an executive session one.
SDLI see it was an executive session one.<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-20821936771029311082017-11-21T22:23:55.787-05:002017-11-21T22:23:55.787-05:00I thank you, kind sir :)
~ 'indigo'I thank you, kind sir :)<br /><br />~ 'indigo'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-79086840892549459312017-11-21T21:54:56.207-05:002017-11-21T21:54:56.207-05:00Like everything else coming from him. This is not ...Like everything else coming from him. This is not a very smart man.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-40319659655582909392017-11-21T21:51:13.956-05:002017-11-21T21:51:13.956-05:00Well, you know that Reimers has the great plan of ...Well, you know that Reimers has the great plan of having former rich guests donate millions of Dollars to WBAI. It's a no-brainer. In fact, it IS a no-brainer...<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-6306692991100233472017-11-21T21:38:24.391-05:002017-11-21T21:38:24.391-05:00@~ ‘indigopirate’: "...and profoundly delusio...@~ ‘indigopirate’: "...and profoundly delusional folks with no meaningful ability to function in the world, or to cooperate in order to accomplish anything."<br /><br />You really nailed it with that. They are like the kids who wouldn't play, and would disrupt, unless you played the game they wanted to play.<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com