Because the union, AFTRA, believes that the webstream is a second stream of revenue for the broadcasting company. In other words, the union believes announcers should be paid twice, in the form of a royalty, for something they did once. Clear Channel and all of the other broadcast companies believe they shouldn't have to pay twice for a job done once. I'm sideing with the Clear Channel and the rest of the broadcast companies on this one.
> >Could someone please explain to me why on-air commericals
> aren't allowed to air over the web-stream....I know there is
> leagality involved, but not being in radio, I don't
> understand the whole thing.... There is one station during
> the morning show that plays the actual on-air commercials
> and then the rest of the day plays "fill music" I don't
> want to reveal the station b/c then they will probably
> stop!!
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> Well, as long as we're bursting bubbles: Sunny's fill
> > category is filled with one Christmas instrumental which
> > pre-empts every commercial break (except for the breaks
> > where it never kicks in and the spots actually make it on
> > the stream--but, shhh! don't tell anyone about that).
> This
> > was not the fill music. This actually played along with
> the
> > spots at one point and then along with a Bing Crosby(?)
> song
> > about ten minutes later.
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> > BURST!
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> > > Hate to burst your bubbles...here;s the explanation:
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> > > Somehow Nickelback found it's way into Sunny's "Fill
> > > Category" on NexGen. The songs/spots in that category
> are
> > > what play during the commercials on the stream. It's set
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> > > this way because commercials aren't legally allowed to
> air
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> > > on radio station's internet streams.
> > >
> > > They probably should fix that and put some Xmas music
> (and
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> > > Sunny-ish music) in their fill category, and take the
> > stuff
> > > Q would play out.
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