Radio Groups Susquehanna, Cox Join Webcast ‘Day Of Silence’
The radio groups are set to participate in the May 1 protest against the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel’s proposed webcast royalties by including in their web simulcasts short periods of silence and PSAs on the issue. Other streamers will shut down their streams entirely from dawn local time until late evening or stream a specially produced daylong talk show. A number of highly rated webcasters earlier agreed to take part in the protest, among them broadcast streamers Classical KING-FM/Seattle, owned by the nonprofit Beethoven group; Mapleton Communications’ KPIG-Monterey; and NPR affiliate KCRW/Santa Monica, CA. The CARP proposed per-performance royalties of .14 cents for Internet-only streams and .07 cents for AM and FM simulcasts; the Copyright Office must accept, reject or amend those rates by May 21.
