Monday, February 6th, 2012
CRAOL, the Irish community radio organization, has sponsored a survey investigating how the public views the mass media, and exploring their knowledge of community radio. Among the key findings (with both positives and negative implications for the sector):
Nearly 80% of all adults in the Republic of Ireland agree that news ...
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
For broadcasters, there can often be several different regulatory structures governing the same set of activities - which adds, of course, to the complexity of decision-making by managers and others.
I was reminded of this today when I saw this tidbit from Inside Radio (the story itself is behind a pay-wall):
AG: ...
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
The AFL-CIO has come out in favour of the Performance Rights Act, which would introduce performance royalty fees for broadcasters in the United States.
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
From RadioWorld:
"There are a total of 30,473 licensed U.S. broadcast stations. That’s as of June 30, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
Of that total, 14,355 are radio stations, breaking down as 4,789 AMs, 6,460 FM commercial and 3,106 FM non-commercial. Another 858 LPFMs are counted separately."
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
A short item, but a heart-warming one. There's now a community radio broadcast station in Antarctica. They're looking for donations of content, preferably by CD or CD-R (as internet access is limited for them).
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