HUGE internet radio broadcaster since 2001 signs off at 12am EST. Jason Stone, Music Director, Sunny NG, Program Director, and DJ G-Stir, afternoons is taking requests and running calls all day.
Sad sad news.
Sad sad news.
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HitzRadio.com signs off
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Being Music Director of HitzRadio.com, it was tough to let go. Thanks for all the support.
Sorry to hear your run has come to an end, never like to see an established online station go dark...
What would you say was the leading factor in the decision to flip the switch? We are always looking for any tidbits of advice that might help us as feel our way through our first year as an online station.
I think my biggest hurdle right now is finding live bodies who want to fill our day parts...
What would you say was the leading factor in the decision to flip the switch? We are always looking for any tidbits of advice that might help us as feel our way through our first year as an online station.
I think my biggest hurdle right now is finding live bodies who want to fill our day parts...
From listening to the final hour, it seems part of why it was shut down was because the owner was just ready to move on to the next phase in his life. You have to respect that. It will leave a big void though. They played the biggest hits, but were not afraid to jump on the new music.
We didn't really give a detailed reason, but I'll say this. SoundExchange is coming after everyone. If you do Internet Radio, be prepared to pay if you plan to be big. Even if you don't, it's best to be ready. I have a few friends that have been getting letters from SoundExchange. They are prepared to shut down anybody who isn't licensed.
Yes, Sunny was losing interest and it's hard to keep up a station and pay a large licensing fee when you already are losing interest.
Thanks for the comments about the music. I programmed HitzRadio.com from July 2009 - July 2010
Yes, Sunny was losing interest and it's hard to keep up a station and pay a large licensing fee when you already are losing interest.
Thanks for the comments about the music. I programmed HitzRadio.com from July 2009 - July 2010
It's really up to the "enforcers" as to how far they want to go with any station. At $150,000 a play, times 16 plays an hour, the money's in the millions. The fine may be a civil penalty - I'm not sure. But I think copyright infringement is also a felony, meaning - I suppose - that they could press criminal charges if they wanted to bother with it. Depending on the priors and severity of the infringement, jail time might not be out of the question.LowPayDJ said:
LCJohn said:
Maybe I should just say F*** it with streaming and fire up a real transmitter. I've done Part 15 before and I can do it again. Of course, ASCAP and BMI now want yearly fees for that too. Greedy bastards.
who are the stream police looking at ? live 365,loudcity, shoutcast ?? are they watching all the other streaming services like ustream etc ?? there seems to be so many outlets for anyone to stream anything i don't see how they can be everywhere looking at every little guy sitting in a bedroom or basement just having a little fun at his own expense and not making a penny for it . i guess i'm wrong in thinking "you had to be in a commercial situation where you actually made money"...thus you paid a percentage of accounts receivable to the shake downers. i remember way back in the 70's at radio stations, we had to fill out a log sheet once per year for BMI..we wrote down every song and artist for the time the station was on the air..even a little 1k watt daytimer like us did it..but as a radio station we were a commercial venture...didn't play the tunes just for the hell of it..i always thought, that you only had to pay if you made money off the music yourself..
deltas69 said:
I think in the case of small streamers who's path the BMI's & ASCAP's cross they understand the little guys isn't making money, and doesn't have money per say so they are happy to use Cease & Desist orders and things of that nature to shut the streams down, the ones not smart enough to comply or repeat offenders are the people headed for stormy legal waters. They simply do not want John Q Public giving away for free something they license which is understandable.
I personally feel that if they made the fee structure more simple and reasonable to the small indie streamers that they would have far better compliance. Most indie streamers don't comply because unless you have been in the business it is almost impossible to understand.
I know there have been lots of challenges recently because the Internet has so much gray area regarding how media is distributed. If I make my music collection accessible via the Internet so I can stream it to myself am I liable if somebody else stumbles upon the stream? All kinds of what ifs regarding transport of media these days
Small streamers have a better chance of getting away not being covered, but SoundExchange is going after everyone these days. It is difficult to make any money or get a large amount of listeners with net radio with all the competition. HitzRadio had a lot of listeners, but not making any money except a few clicks through Google Ads that Sunny had to pour back into the station to pay for the toll free number. It sucks! :-\
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I am very interested in taking over HITZ RADIO and hitzradio.com ... I will pay all of the costs, run the station the way the owner(s) and give them all the money. I honestly love radio so much!
I currently run a small Internet group I just started and am looking to expand. I don't want to make money, just to give back to listeners. I have implemented monetization ideas that have and will work and all I'd ever want is some $ to cover the cost, but not for me. I want the owners to keep.
Please email/message me as I have been trying to get in contact with the owner!
-aj
I currently run a small Internet group I just started and am looking to expand. I don't want to make money, just to give back to listeners. I have implemented monetization ideas that have and will work and all I'd ever want is some $ to cover the cost, but not for me. I want the owners to keep.
Please email/message me as I have been trying to get in contact with the owner!
-aj
Ajsonnick said:
Didn't these guys go dark way back in June or July? It would seem to me you could just as easily at this point start from square one and build your own brand, and have an even better sample of how well your monetization ideas pan out...
Shoot I have half a dozen defunct domain names used for radio what kind of station do you want?
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