Radio Group
Past
Future
What is currently going on....?
Radio Fairness Act 2012: Initiated by Chaffetz and Polis The Radio Fairness act is an act devised to lower the royalty rates that online radio internet workers pay. This would bring the cost of music around what cable and satellite already pay. As of right now Internet radio sources pay the most, cable and satellite are next and normal radio pays nothing. [7]
Royalty Rates: This is a way to assess the impact of a royalty commitment in a telecommunication contract to the business interests of the other consuming parties. Royalties are usually agreed upon a percentage of gross net revenues from the use of an advantage or a steady price per unit of an item or such. [6]
SoundExchange: Is a nonprofit performance rights organization that converges royalties over sound recording copyright owners and certain artists for non-interactive digital communication, including satellite and internet radio. [5]
Important Radio Figures
Martine Rothblatt: Founded in July 1990 as Satellite CD Radio Inc,was a satellite service company. It played a wide variety of genres, commercial free, and is uncensored. The name eventually was not working so it got switched to Sirius in 1999. Sirius XM Radio got its name when their main competitor XM Radio and Sirius combined and that is where there new name Sirius XM radio came to be in July in 2008. [8]
Howard Stern: Also known as the shock jock, is a very controversial radio personality. He is best known for breaking one of the biggest rules of radio, and that is censorship. The content he puts out over the air is very explicit. He has been censored many times over the years and has cost the broadcast stations he was a part of at least $4 million. He does this because he feels he can. He feels he has the right to express himself how he chooses. Stern feels very strongly on free speech. He believes so strongly in it that he signed a $500 million 5 year contract with Sirius (satellite) radio to avoid being censored. [2][3]
Digital vs. Analog Radio
Analog Radio: Also known as analog transmission,is a method to express voice, information, image, and signal. This uses a continuous signal which changes in amplitude. Their are three types of analog modulation: Frequency Modulation (FM), Amplitude Modulation (AM), or no modulation at all. Currently analog radio is still more popular then digital radio. [8]
Digital Radio:(Founded in 1980's) Also know as digital radio broadcasting, the analog signal is compressed into ways such as a mp2, and then is transmitted using a digital modulation layout. The idea behind digital radio is a wayto have improved audio quality, have less fading problems, increase the number of radio programs, and decrease the transmission power. [9]
* Almost 1 million people already listening to digital radio.
* Explaining what digital radio is & what it has to offer.
* Talks about how phones/tablets, etc. can now offer digital radio as well. [1]
Variety in Music Steaming
iHeartRadio is a radio network that offers over 800 different radio channels. Founded in 2008, iHeartRadio now is available on phones, and video games consoles as well.
Free internet radio site, that lets users stream music. Like well known Pandora, users can choose artists they like or dislike to get their channel to play what they what to hear.
Launched in December 1998, Rhapsody is an online music subscription. Currently it is only available in the United States.
Becoming Sirius XM Satellite Radio in July 2008, Sirius XM is an American broadcasting company. This broadcasting company offers options like Pandora which allows users to create many different channels. [4]
This is a Swedish music streaming option, which offers streaming to major and independent artists/labels. Launched in October 2008, even with charging a small fee to enjoy they have 15 million subscribers. Now as of May 2012 Spotify is available in several different countries.
Founded by Microsoft, Zune was a digital media player that offered the option to share songs wirelessly with others' whoowned a Zune as well (1st generation). As Zune tried to keep up with Apple by making other generations of this product touchscreen, high definition, radio stream capabilities, etc; they could not seem to keep up with the competing Apple products. This is what led them to confirm they plan to discontinue the Zune brand (June 2012).
Comparing Music Streaming Stations
| Music Streaming Station |
Cost |
Subscribers |
| iheartradio |
Free |
40 million |
| Jango |
Free |
7 million |
| Pandora |
Free/$3.99 (month) |
80 million |
| Rhapsody |
Trial/$5-10 |
2.5 million |
| Sirius XM Satellite Radio |
$12.95 (month) |
19 million [4] |
| Spotify |
Free/$4.99/$9.99 |
15 million |
Comments (3)
Aliss wen said
at 8:52 pm on Oct 16, 2012
Where is the Music Page?!?!
Andrew Schumacher said
at 2:40 pm on Oct 18, 2012
Fixed it. Either someone derped hard or they did that for fun
Amanda Wiggins said
at 5:37 pm on Nov 18, 2012
blaine if you see this you need to expand on censorship laws in the present thats what the sheet said and i just noticed and thought i would let you know
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