micro music is site completely dedicated to 8-bit and computer generated music.

“basically “musical research” is the most accurate description of the micromusic.net activities. even though music produced on low_budget equipment and retro computer games sounds was the focus at the beginning of the micromusic project we always had far more in our minds than that. the internet is still in its first years and topics like how to build up ’special_interest_communities’, advanced realtime communication tools and highly optimized interface design were also quite important to us.

the micromusic crew realised a multimedia_website which is unique on the worldwideweb within less than 2 years. the very active and rockin’ micro_community counts almost 3000 people now and the quality of the uploaded lowtech_tunes has reached a level which defines a new standard in the territory of low_tech music and online music communities.”

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The Dawn and Drew Show is quickly becoming one of the most listened to podcasts on the ‘net. Having recently reached the 50th show, looks like there will be plenty more to come.

New 24 hours nonstop 70’s disco radio! To check it out go to: www.70sdiscoradio.com

Big news for the future of webcasting: based upon the Recommendation of the Register of Copyrights (Marybeth Peters), the Librarian of Congress (James H. Billington) has issued an Order rejecting the Panel’s determination proposing rates and terms for webcasters.

The Librarian of Congress now has 30 days to issue his final determination (June 20, 2002).The details below were excerpted from “U.S. Copyright Office NewsNet Issue 161″ newsletter:

Librarian of Congress Rejects CARP Determination on Webcasting Rates and Terms
The Librarian of Congress has rejected the determination of the Copyight Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) recommending rates and terms for the statutory license for eligible nonsubscription services to perform sound recordings publicly by means of digital audio transmissions ("webcasting") under 17 U.S.C. §114 and to make ephemeral recordings of sound recordings for use under the statutory license set forth in 17 U.S.C. §112. The Librarian’s final determination on rates and terms will be due on June 20, 2002.
The text of the Librarian’s Order may be found on the Copyright Office website at:
http://www.copyright.gov/carp/.

Resources:

• Order from the Librarian of Congress/Recommendation from the Register of Copyrightsopyright.gov/carp/webcasting-rates-order.html)
• U.S. Copyright Office NewsNet
  (http://www.copyright.gov/newsnet/subchange.html)
• U.S. Copyright Office Announcement of the rejection
  (http://www.copyright.gov/carp/webcasting_rates-new.html)

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.

@see Impending Death of Internet Radio?

Here is a listing of black radio stations in and around the Chicago area. If webcast is available, usually Real Audio is required to listen over the web.

Chicago WCRX 88.1 FM - Columbia College - Hip Hop , R&B, Reggae ; Various music at different time blocks. , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Chicago WGCI 107.5 FM R&B , Hip Hop, House , Dr. Luv , Gospel , Old School, Funk ; Sunday Morning Gopsel; Sunday Afternoon Old School, Funk and R&B , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Chicago WHPK 88.5 FM - University of Chicago - Jazz , Hip Hop, Blues , Old School ; Wednesday 9:00PM-12:00AM - Rap show with DJ Natural; Saturday afternoon - Blues Excursion with Arkansas Red; Old School Thursday nights from 9:00PM-midnight , (1) , FCC Information , Phone Listing
Chicago WKKC 89.3 FM - Kennedy King College - Hip Hop , R&B, Blues , Gospel , R&B ; Mike Brown Saturdays 8:00PM-10:00PM , (1) , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Chicago WNUA 95.5 FM Jazz , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Chicago WOUI 88.9 FM - Illinois Institute of Technology - R&B , Hip Hop, House ; The MAC-DIESEL SHOW - Saturday 8:00PM-1:00AM. Specializing in R&B, Hip-Hop, and House Mixer “Rude Boy Rod” , (1) , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Chicago WPWX 92.3 FM - Power 92 - R&B , Hip Hop, The Doug Banks Show ; Doug Banks in the morning; Mike Brown 5:00AM-8:00AM , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Chicago WVAZ 102.7 FM - V-103 - The Tom Joyner Morning Show , R&B, Soul , Old School , Gospel ; Gospel on Sundays till noon , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Chicago WYBA 102.3 FM - 102 The Groove - Old School , R&B , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Chicago WGCI 1390 AM Gospel , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Chicago WVON 1450 AM Talk , (webcast) , (2) , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Chicago WWHN 1510 AM Gospel , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Decatur WDZ 1050 AM Adult Urban , Old School , FCC Information , Phone Listing

East St. Louis WESL 1490 AM R&B , Old School, Talk , (2) , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Gary WWCA 1270 AM Urban , (2) , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Harvey WBEE 1570 AM Jazz , Blues, Gospel , (webcast) , (2) , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Peoria WZPW 92.3 FM - Power 92 - Hip Hop , R&B, House , (webcast) , (2) , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Springfield 1690 AM - WHAT1690 wy2k - Old School , R&B ; A Low Power station. , (2)

Sterling WSDR 1240 AM News , Talk , (2) , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Champaign WPCD 88.7 FM Hip Hop , R&B ; Urban format Monday-Friday 6:00PM-5:00AM , (1) , FCC Information , Phone Listing

Champaign WBCP 1580 AM - University Of Illinois - R&B , Old School, Gospel , The Tom Joyner Morning Show , The Doug Banks Show , Jazz, Blues , (2) , FCC Information , Phone Listing

A friend directed me to the MP3 streaming site at SomaFM. I checked it out and they’ve got some really really good programming. They also post their playlists for your perusing pleasure. The main show listings with links are as follows (all streaming format):Groove Salad - A tasty plate of ambient beats and grooves. Takes the edge off work.
(128k) http://somafm.com/groovesalad.pls
(56k) http://somafm.com/groovesalad56.pls
(24k) http://somafm.com/groovesalad24.pls

Drone Zone - Served best chilled, safe wth most medications. Droning atmospheric textures with minimal beats.
(128k) http://somafm.com/dronezone.pls
(56k) http://somafm.com/dronezone56.pls
(24k) http://somafm.com/dronezone24.pls

Secret Agent - The soundtrack for your stylish, mysterious, dangerous life. For Spies and P.I.’s too!
(128k) http://somafm.com/secretagent.pls
(56k) http://somafm.com/secretagent56.pls
(24k) http://somafm.com/secretagent24.pls

Squidradio Downtempo
(128k) http://somafm.com/squiddowntempo.pls
(56k) http://somafm.com/squiddowntempo56.pls
(24k) http://somafm.com/squiddowntempo24.pls

Squidradio Drum’n'Bass
(128k) http://somafm.com/squiddnb.pls
(24k) http://somafm.com/squiddowntempo24.pls

go to: http://somafm.com/