WOU Internet Radio Station

A non profit student radio system

The Idea

• A low cost student ran Internet radio station

• In streaming webcast

Internet radio station

With radio station equipment

and a server we will beable to reach:

students,faculty, and interested public, with entertaining and informational material.

Webcast system needs• Minimum System Requirements• CPU 1.0 GHz• Windows server 2003• 1 GB RAM • DSL Internet connection• A direct IP connection. • 500 GB Hard drive• We Recommend: • A dedicated machine for broadcasting; broadcasting can be CPU intensive • Dual ISDN Internet connection or better • Full duplex, medium to high end sound card • 2GB RAM or more • CPU 2.0 GHz or faster• Mid to high end quality microphone• Clean source audio• Sufficient hard drive space for a collection of audio files if you intend on

broadcasting from your hard drive.• 2 one TB hard drives

Webcast software needs

•Both streaming technologies are similar in how they work and neither seems to be a better choice over the other. They both use MP3 format for their music files.

•Media for broadcast and simulcast in MP3 format

Content Licensure for Radio Stations

• Regular multicast (Radio and internet) broadcasting licensure

• Licensing through the BMI• BMI is a performing right organization: It

collects license fees on behalf of its songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.

Content Licensure requirements

All campus radio stations under the non-commercial compulsory rate will furnish BMI weekly lists of each station’s performance of all musical works. These lists will include information as to whether or not the station’s performances were transmitted over the Internet. The compositions performed will be indicated by title and composer upon written request by BMI with not less than two weeks notice. Such lists need not be furnished for more than two weeks for each contract year.

Content Licensure requirements cont.

• The Two-tier Option is for colleges with lower full-time enrollment and fewer musical attractions than larger institutions. This option requires that each musical attraction (that is, those only promoted by the school) be reported separately.

• This option consists of a two-part license fee:(A) The first part is an annual payment, calculated by multiplying the Per Student Fee times the full-time equivalent (FTE) student enrollment in the fall academic term. There is a minimum fee for this option for each contract year.(B) The second part of the fee structure for the two-tier option is a fee for any musical event presented on the college premises and promoted only the institution itself and where the entertainment costs total $1500 or more. This fee is determined by two factors:

• - the seating capacity of the facility; and - the gross ticket revenues.

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• requires the payment of an annual CPI-adjusted fee. This compulsory fee is charged for each campus radio broadcasting station which does not receive revenue from the sale of air time and which is not licensed under the terms of any license agreement between BMI and NPR.

• On an annual basis, you will be asked to submit an updated Exhibit A to assist BMI in identifying web sites affiliated with your college or university that use music so that BMI will know to exclude them for its routine Internet licensing sales efforts.

-BMI

Cost projection

• $2500 for station equipment• $3500 for server• $4000 software / media• $500-1000 a year in Royalty licensing• $2000 labor for initial setup.• $UNK student upkeep & Mgmt (funded?)• Total= Under $20,000 and the yearly cost of

BMI.