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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2018 1:10:18 GMT
About Podcasts
Podcasts are essentially radio programs intended for bypassing the radio station by direct download by the listener.
Many podcasts are used for broadcast by radio stations, and KDX Worldround Radio was pioneer in scheduling podcasts since the earliest days.
The first podcast wave had a rise and fall... they were the thing, but many early podcasters lost interest because of poor returns.
Then the way people are, a new generation of people "discovered" podcasting and now almost everyone is producing them, there would be no way to listen to all of them.
Only today I discovered two new ones but I'm already overbooked so unless I start 8 more radio stations I can't use any more.
So I want to learn what other ALPB radio stations think about podcasts... do you schedule any of them? Do you listen to any? Have you produced one? Do you think the fad will die a second death and perhaps return all over again some day?
This can't be reduced to a YES or NO type poll... I'm asking for wordy opinions about podcasting.
Here are some question marks to get things started.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2018 21:31:45 GMT
Back to the PresentIt's pretty much as I thought. No one here has anything to say. I'm sure no one even wonders, either about this issue or anything else. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would consider this proof that her policy is working. (her policy is simple: avoid education) But let's try to focus on podcasts... what am I getting to? We are in a time when almost everybody is expressing themselves in podcasts. The contents of their minds is pouring out over carefully selected microphones with just the right compression/limiter ratios with equipment manufacturers are on the rise. Meanwhile book burning is fueling some power plants so we have enough energy to remain logged in while still housed somewhere. The growing horde of homeless are dispossessed for having no wallets, and walls are being built with them on the other side. In the boring past people with thoughts concentrated them in books, a medium requiring no batteries. But the podcast is so much more efficient the way it completely bypasses wrist-cramp by allowing ideas to implant themselves straight from mouth to digital cloud where they evaporate. Long story long, human knowledge is dissipating. By now you are asking, "What are you trying to say?" And I respond, if you don't know why do you think I would? Bill Gates weighs in
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2018 22:48:03 GMT
Still Talking About Podcasts
To some degree it's disappointing to discover more good podcasts than I have room to carry on my station.
But quite often the job becomes easier when I encounter otherwise good podcasts overflowing with foul language, like the "Bantercast" from the Daily Banter news website. In the first minute there were more than ten S_words and it wasn't long before the F_word started getting flung around. When a C_word got said I knew that Bantercast needed to be rejected by KDX.
Those words don't matter to me, but there's purportedly an anti-smut attitude in the "community" by people who strive to keep their off-spring in life-long childhood. To me the problem of "banned words" isn't important enough to take a stand about... there are better causes to protest about, such as womans right to choice in reproductive decisions or U.S. complicity in crimes against humanity.
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Post by mark on May 25, 2018 23:18:29 GMT
About PodcastsPodcasts are essentially radio programs intended for bypassing the radio station by direct download by the listener. Many podcasts are used for broadcast by radio stations, and KDX Worldround Radio was pioneer in scheduling podcasts since the earliest days. The first podcast wave had a rise and fall... they were the thing, but many early podcasters lost interest because of poor returns. Then the way people are, a new generation of people "discovered" podcasting and now almost everyone is producing them, there would be no way to listen to all of them. Only today I discovered two new ones but I'm already overbooked so unless I start 8 more radio stations I can't use any more. So I want to learn what other ALPB radio stations think about podcasts... do you schedule any of them? Do you listen to any? Have you produced one? Do you think the fad will die a second death and perhaps return all over again some day? This can't be reduced to a YES or NO type poll... I'm asking for wordy opinions about podcasting. Here are some question marks to get things started. ?_?_?_? To answer your questions, for me, the answer is no,no,no,no. You want more than that....according to this definition of a podcast: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/podcast.....this doesn't even apply to me as I just do on the air radio. If I have ever used a podcast that I downloaded for broadcast, no I haven't done that. OH I am wrong!! ONCE I ran something that was put on part 15.us by Atrain(not sure if the name was right) which I downloaded in an MP3 file and ran on my station for a couple of weeks which was a rant about the argument for looser hobby radio rules. If I did more programs maybe I would use podcasts more. I was thinking of downloading some Goules moldie oldies(don't have the name right I know) but haven't done that yet.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2018 23:43:56 GMT
Good Comments from Mark
Thinking about your experience, Mark, with Atrain's Rant and possibly Goule's Moldy Oldies, I don't think those are podcasts...
I believe those are two examples of radio programs that were produced for broadcast on radio stations.
Of course the two types of program can be interchanged... a radio program can be downloaded and listened to on an mp3 Player without a radio station, and podcasts can be put on a radio station, but the legal definitions are different and here's why that matters...
The producer of a radio program is not responsible for paying any performance royalties for any music used on the radio program. It is each station that becomes responsible for paying music royalties for programs used on that station.
On the other hand a podcaster, who offers an audio program for download by listeners, is responsible for payment of royalties for music on the podcast, the rates based on the number of listeners.
For example, I cannot use Goule's Moldy Oldies because I don't want to incur the expense of paying for the music.
But many podcasts use private library music for the themes on their talk shows, so no one pays any royalties.
The programs I produce, for example, are not podcasts. They are all radio programs intended to be carried on radio stations, which makes each station responsible for any music I use.
I do believe everything I'm saying here jives with guidelines previously expressed by Tim in Bovey.
Oh, and I also carried one of Atrain's Rants, but it contained music that I could not legally carry, so I mentioned that to him at a meeting and he said he'd stop using music on his rants. But on the next Rant he used music again so I dropped the Rants.
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Post by Boomer on May 25, 2018 23:44:15 GMT
My programming is loose, and I tend to run most things that come my way, if I feel I'd be interested in them, or learn something myself. I'd tend to go for shows about radio, communications, the internet, music shows with a host, especially in genres they know about, and free thinking shows.
I'll play most anything though, it's enough of an endorsement that if I took time to download it, it will probably get aired.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2018 23:48:46 GMT
Free Form Radio is the Best
Boomer: "I tend to run most things that come my way."
Sounds like you have a free form station, a style that I think always becomes super popular.
In the 1980s we had a free form station in town and I listened to it a lot.
Now KDX is the only station that has interesting programming in my area.
If Boomer's station was here I would listen to it a lot.
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Post by mark on May 26, 2018 4:49:19 GMT
Here(Canada) I'm not sure if a podcast would be "legal" for on air as the rule says programming must originate with me. But wouldn't Goule's Oldies be considered a podcast? It's something as in the definition of a podcast, on the internet available for download.
As for the music rights thing, here, only if you stream do you have to pay fees for rights and it's not that much. On air, they don't care about BETS-1 unless it's a business or a commercial station.
So I could run Goule's moldie oldies as I have permission from him to download the show and air it.
But I downloaded a segment once and the sound quality was bad so I scrapped it.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 7:57:03 GMT
Which Is It?
Mark wonders: "But wouldn't Goule's Oldies be considered a podcast?"
Whether Goule's Oldies is a podcast depends on how he distributes it and how he describes it in the fine print.
If he calls it a podcast he may not realize he's sticking his neck out and may be hit for royalties based on how many listeners download it.
Tim in Bovey and I are very particular to frame our programs as "for radio stations only" and "not for public access" and "not a podcast".
My personal opinion is that very low power radio stations are exempt from royalty payments, but like Mark describes, stations with a visibility in the community or being run as a business might want to sign up for music licenses.
My radio station broadcasts only to myself but since I also stream I have to avoid playing licensed music.
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Post by Admin on Jun 6, 2018 1:51:43 GMT
Carl, The program Life Underground that I carry originates as a podcast. About PodcastsPodcasts are essentially radio programs intended for bypassing the radio station by direct download by the listener. Many podcasts are used for broadcast by radio stations, and KDX Worldround Radio was pioneer in scheduling podcasts since the earliest days. The first podcast wave had a rise and fall... they were the thing, but many early podcasters lost interest because of poor returns. Then the way people are, a new generation of people "discovered" podcasting and now almost everyone is producing them, there would be no way to listen to all of them. Only today I discovered two new ones but I'm already overbooked so unless I start 8 more radio stations I can't use any more. So I want to learn what other ALPB radio stations think about podcasts... do you schedule any of them? Do you listen to any? Have you produced one? Do you think the fad will die a second death and perhaps return all over again some day? This can't be reduced to a YES or NO type poll... I'm asking for wordy opinions about podcasting. Here are some question marks to get things started. ?_?_?_? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 21:54:48 GMT
While We're On the SubjectWhile we earlier made the point that there is a significant legal difference between podcasts and radio programs, we also realized that podcasts can be aired as radio programs. With that in mind, this is an interesting write-up on the subject... The Interesting Write-Up
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