Yeah, I didn't realize the artist was paid royalties for their airplay on FFR. How do you make that happen? Do you have to look up the publishing information, or is it a service Live 365 provides? I'm curious too!
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First, it's just a room in my home, although it's pretty much dedicated to the station.
We've got five computers.
One is running the software that actually manages the station and provides the database for the request system. The software was purchased from a 3'rd party company and was a bit of an investment for just a hobby, but it was worth every penny. It's very professional stuff. In fact, I'll try to throw a picture in of what our console looks like.
Another computer is dedicated just to recording what we do using cool edit (another software program). That one was down for awhile because the network was screwed up. But now that it's running again we use it to record the shows that JD does, and the T10 when I do it. That way we have a selection of reruns available in case someone needs a day off.
Another computer is used just to tune into the station using four different players to make sure that they're all operating properly (we don't really need to do this, but I like to see how it's coming through on everyones system).
The fourth computer is the one I'm typing on now. It's used for email, surfing the web, and running the web site.
The fifth computer is just for show :)
We have four microphones, but only one is on a swing arm. I should really get a second swing arm since I'm in here during JD's show a lot.
There are two broadband connections, the station sends out it's signal on a cable modem because that has proven to be the most reliable. That's the only thing that broadband is used for.
The Phone Companies DSL is used for all the other computers.
We have a couple of nice SONY speakers, so we get good sound here while the music is playing.
Other than that, it's just another home office, nothing real fancy. The broadcast software has so much built into it, it's really like a poor mans version of a fance studio.
JD & I haven't even messed with probably 95% of it's capabilities.
Yes, the artists get a royalty that the RIAA has set specifically for web play.
Live365 charges us a monthly fee, and they track how many listeners were tuned in for EVERY song that was played. They then combine the info with all the other stations and send the appropriate royaltie fees to the RIAA.
At some point we may add our own streamcast, independant of Live365, and if we do that we would have to pay a flat rate of $2000 per year to the RIAA which will cover us up to a certain amount of total listener hours.
