Crazy Ed has a long history of not paying bills. It'd be the same ol same of for creditors who weren't part of the lawsuit that resulted in a receiver putting most of his stations up for sale. And what happens to VCY and all the money they've shelled out so far for technical deficiencies? If the ruling goes against Crazy Ed, then another appeal and another and another.....
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I was on my phone the whole week, Wasn't on my PC I But I did looked it up on my phone
Crazy Ed's current counsel wants off the job, citing irreconcilable differences. And of course, they haven't been paid by him either. Now he's on attorney #5 and still tilting at windmills. Ed Stolz Pays $1.7 Million To Music Companies As Plug Is Pulled On His Music FMs.
Here is the latest FCC filing.
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There are 1 attachments associated with this application.| File Name | Attachment Type | Description |
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| 165 Statement 9th cir 06282021 as filed.pdf | Pleadings | 1.65 Statement |
Apologies if this was answered in one of the previous posts but we’re these license fees incurred because he streamed his stations over the internet?
I ask because a lot of radio stations didn’t have ASCAP/BMI licenses in the pre-streaming era (80s & 90s). I recall that record companies would send singles and promote songs for airplay because it was a primary medium for reaching their audience.
I ask because a lot of radio stations didn’t have ASCAP/BMI licenses in the pre-streaming era (80s & 90s). I recall that record companies would send singles and promote songs for airplay because it was a primary medium for reaching their audience.
The fact that he was sued by record labels rather than PROs indicates it was for internet streaming, not on air. But in the past, he was also sued by ASCAP & BMI.
Since the 40's it was almost impossible for an over-the-air broadcaster to not have a BMI license; ASCAP was needed even prior to that time as they had a virtual monopoly on performing rights fee collections.
Those organizations protect Authors and Composers (The C, A, P in ASCAPS's name) but not the labels or the artists. So labels wanted songs played and sometimes even offered "incentives" to station staffers to do so. That has nothing to do with the authors and composers.
The late-comer is SESAC, which got some traction with the British Invasion and then more with the growth of Beautiful Music, where a lot of material was from Europe, the "E" in SESAC.
A late comer is Irving Azoff's GMR. Global Music Rights | Simple Licensing. Your Favorite Music.
Even talk stations had to have licenses to cover music in commercials, bumpers and the like.
ASCAP, BMI, SESAC are the three main agencies today.
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it's not about that. EMI bought WPLJ in New York and no one is listening but seems no one else is interested in buying radio at the moment. Wonder if fm will eventually end up brokered and religious programing with some ethnic stations thrown in...
A new filing on this matter:
Wow! Patrick sounds pretty pissed. "There is simply no justification for further delay."
Next Legal Battle For Ed Stolz’s Efforts To Regain His FM Trio May Be A Stack Of Unpaid Bills.
The ownership fate of the former CHRs “92.7 The Revolution” KREV San Francisco, “104.3 Now” KFRH Las Vegas, and “Hot Hits 97.7” KRCK-FM Palm Springs, CA may depend on whether
Absolutely the death of fm radio streaming will eventually finish off commercial fm radio. It will soon be all k love and air 1 all the time on fm.
Why not???Family radio does.
Family Radio (610 AM) and KFAX (50kw at 1100 AM) both have great signals, and both have been airing religious programming in the Bay Area for decades. So, I'm not sure how little Class A VCY can compete.
Hardly "death". The SF station covers just a few square miles, and the Palm Springs one only covers the mostly Hispanic SW part of the Coachella Valley... no loss.
They are on AM and the VCY station is on FM.
But the FM has very, very limited coverage. The 65 dbu contour reaches about 15% of the market population. KEAR and KFAX reach in excess of 90% of the market with their 5 mV/m contours..
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Update the FCC has issued a notice of violation to the disputed VCY and Ed Stolz translators in Palm Springs.
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