Archived News and Articles - August 2007
Archive Date - August 31, 2007
TEENAGE SPENDING HITS $179B
Jeffrey Yorke – Radio and Records
The spending power of teenagers reached a stunning $179 billion in 2006 as the 13-19-year-old crowd lead the way on trends in fashion and cutting-edge technology, according to a report by TRU -- a subsidiary of Research International -- released as a part of An Industry White Paper by the RAB.
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Archive Date - August 31, 2007
CAB FILES OBJECTION ON SOCAN TARIFFS
Broadcaster
On Wednesday (August 22), the CAB filed its objections with the Copyright Board with regard to the SOCAN proposals for 2008 for Commercial Radio Tariff 1.A, and Internet Tariff 22.
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Archive Date - August 31, 2007
PIRACY TUNE GETS OLD
Barrie McKenna – Globe and Mail
The end of summer means back to school for millions of college students across North America.
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Archive Date - August 30, 2007
PROGRAMMERS VOICING CONCERNS ABOUT PPM
All Access
On the heels of the most well-attended Arbitron Consultant Fly-In in its history, and extensive facts and presentations from Arbitron designed to add to radio's knowledge base of the new ratings gathering technology, there are a number of programmers who still have some unanswered questions, and who have a desire to share their questions at-large, in an effort to help radio have a clearer understanding of the PPM and its formulas.
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Archive Date - August 28, 2007
DIMA, SOUNDEXCHANGE STRIKE DEAL
Daniel McSwain – RAIN
SoundExchange and a number of webcast services have reached a deal to cap the contentious $500 per-channel minimum fee for large webcasters.
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Archive Date - August 28, 2007
BOOMER MEDIA CONSUMPTION
Bridge Ratings Release
A just-released Bridge Ratings study of the media habits of Baby Boomers - or those consumers born between 1946 and 1964 - reveals how important traditional radio remains with this group and their remarkable ability to adopt new media into their busy lives.
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Archive Date - August 27, 2007
SOME SMALL WEBCASTERS SNUB OFFER
All Access
Reservations about SoundExchange's royalty offer to small webcasters seem to be growing louder, as several webcasters have already gone on record to reject the proposal. The San Jose Mercury News' siliconvalley.com quoted several longtime small webcasters who allege that the offer is geared to separate the tiny webcasters from the up-and-coming ones whose inevitable growth will subject them to much larger -- they would say prohibitive -- royalty rates.
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Archive Date - August 27, 2007
CRANK UP THE DIGITAL VOLUME
Ted Needleman – Investor's Business Daily
It wasn't so long ago that 8-track cartridges faded into obscurity in the shadow of cassette tapes, which in turn gave way to compact discs and, more recently, digital music players such as the iPod.
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Archive Date - August 24, 2007
ENERGY 99.3 FM LAUNCHES
Energy 99.3 Release
CHUM Radio announced today the launch of Energy 99.3 FM, the newest radio destination serving Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Energy 99.3 FM hit the air at 12 noon today, delivering Peterborough's only adult contemporary format featuring the hottest songs and artists of today.
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Archive Date - August 24, 2007
ARBITRON DATA ERROR
All Access
Updating our ongoing story about Houston PPM intab declines, Arbitron SVP/Press And Investor Relations Thom Mocarsky has released the following:
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Archive Date - August 23, 2007
REDUCED RATE TO SMALL WEBCASTERS
All Access
Music industry Internet proxy SoundExchange has begun sending formal performance royalty offers to "qualified small webcasters" that are essentially the same rates as had been in effect since 1998. While current rate negotiations between SoundExchange and Net broadcasters of all stripes are ongoing, this new offer purportedly will keep small webcasters afloat until a new rate is jointly agreed upon.
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Archive Date - August 23, 2007
DIGITAL MEDIA PROJECTIONS
Internet Radio Growth Booming – Satellite Radio On Track to Hit 2007 Bridge Targets – HD Radio Growth Revised Down Again – New Category Gaining Momentum: Cell Phone Audio Listeners
Bridge Ratings Release
As part of Bridge Ratings' on-going study of audience attrition of traditional radio and subscriber and user growth of alternative digital media, we now publish quarterly insight comparing projected use and growth. Included here is an update to our findings published since March of 2005
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Archive Date - August 22, 2007
CC CITES GROWTH IN SHORTER ADS
Sue Zeidler – Reuters
Miniature radio ads, spanning just a few seconds in length, are a hit in Hollywood, says market leader Clear Channel Communications Inc., which launched the spots known as blinks and adlets last year.
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Archive Date - August 22, 2007
THERE’S GOLD IN THOSE HILLS!
Jeffrey Yorke – Radio and Records
People are going on the Internet and listening to terrestrial radio streams in droves. It’s hot, it’s happening and it’s now. And if you think that’s coming from some radio company-hired flack, think again.
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Archive Date - August 21, 2007
OPEN SEASON ON RADIO?
Peter Smyth – CEO, Greater Media
It seems these days that lots of people with personal agendas have decided to pick on American radio. Radio's ongoing symbiotic love/hate relationship with the music industry has turned confrontational. First, the CRB decision on internet royalty rates has provoked a face-off about the proper formula and dollar value of performance rights for internet streaming. Now, the Music First Coalition has raised the volume on their demand that radio pay a performance tax on every song we play on the air.
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Archive Date - August 21, 2007
JOSÉE VERNER NEW HERITAGE MINISTER
'She's got her work cut out'
CBC
Quebec MP Josée Verner will replace Bev Oda as federal heritage minister, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday.
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Archive Date - August 21, 2007
HERITAGE MINISTER INHERITS FULL PLATE
Val Ross – Globe and Mail
When Josée Verner, 47, was named yesterday as Canada's latest Minister of Canadian Heritage, she inherited rocky and contested terrain. While many red-meat Conservatives, especially from Stephen Harper's Alberta heartland, want to see culture turned over to the market, polls show that plenty of voters in Quebec and urban Canada still like the idea of federal support for the CBC, museums, ballet tours and galleries.
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Archive Date - August 21, 2007
CBS AND IMUS SETTLE DIFFERENCES
Jacques Steinberg – New York Times
The voice of Don Imus could resurface somewhere on the radio dial as soon as this fall, after Mr. Imus and CBS announced that they had settled the remaining differences about his firing in April over remarks deemed insensitive to women and blacks.
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Archive Date - August 20, 2007
WI-FI NETWORKS ARE FLOUNDERING
Faced with weak user demand, AT&T and other telecoms are vowing to tear up their muni Wi-Fi contracts if cities don't foot more of the bill
Olga Kharif – BusinessWeek
The static crackling around municipal wireless networks is getting worse. San Francisco Wi-Fi, perhaps the highest-profile project among the hundreds announced over the past few years, is in limbo. Milwaukee is delaying its plan to offer citywide wireless Internet access. The network build-out in Philadelphia, the trailblazer among major cities embracing wireless as a vital new form of municipal infrastructure, is progressing slower than expected.
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Archive Date - August 15, 2007
XM ALL-NEW RADIO
XpressRC, first-ever satellite radio featuring full-color split-screen display, 60-minute replay and song storage, will be music to subscribers' ears
CNW
XM Canada, the nation's premier satellite radio company, today unveiled an all-new radio that provides the richest possible listening experience, allowing listeners to fully immerse themselves in XM's impressive breadth of dynamic content. The XpressRC features advanced browsing capability with a real-time programming guide displaying multiple channel information, artist names and song titles. The XpressRC will redefine the music lover's listening experience with a vibrant full-color split-screen display, 60-minute pause and replay, and the ability to save up to 10 favourite songs to listen to later.
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Archive Date - August 15, 2007
SAT MERGER NOT IN PUBLIC INTEREST
Jeffrey Yorke – Radio and Records
Jim Bohannon and Tom Joyner both tell their audiences that they are the "hardest-working" guys in radio. And both are. But someone has to wonder if the lawyers at the NAB aren't the hardest-working legal eagles on the planet.
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Archive Date - August 15, 2007
BROADCASTING PUBLIC NOTICE CRTC 2007-95
Call for applications for a broadcasting licence to carry on a radio programming undertaking to serve Vancouver, British Columbia
CRTC Release
The Commission announces that it has received an application for a broadcasting licence to provide a commercial radio service to Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Archive Date - August 15, 2007
THE EARLY READ ON PPM
Ken Tucker – Radio and Records
It may be a little early to come up with hard-and-fast rules about how Arbitron's Portable People Meter will affect the programming and selling of radio, especially since it's been the ratings currency in Philadelphia for only four monthly reports and in Houston for one. But the learning process has nonetheless begun, and industry experts are poring over the data and beginning to draw some early conclusions.
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Archive Date - August 14, 2007
PRIVATE RADIO BROADCASTING
StatsCan Release
In 2006, private radio's advertising revenue increased 5.3% to $1.4 billion. That growth rate is slightly lower than the average of 5.7% over the last five years and much lower than the rate of 8.7% observed in 2005. The radio industry had a particularly prosperous year in 2005, posting its largest gain in advertising revenue since 1988.
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Archive Date - August 14, 2007
PATTISON ACQUIRES GIANT FM PENTICTON
Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Release
The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group is delighted to announce it has agreed to acquire radio station CIGV-FM (Giant FM) in Penticton, BC from Great Valleys Radio Ltd.
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Archive Date - August 13, 2007
NEWCAP Q2 RESULTS
CNW
Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited, one of Canada's leading radio broadcasters, today announces its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007.
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Archive Date - August 13, 2007
CRTC COMMISSIONER APPOINTED
CRTC Release
The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, today announced the appointment of Michel Morin, of Montréal, as commissioner of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
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Archive Date - August 13, 2007
CWC AWARDS NOMINATIONS
CWC Release
The CWC Annual Awards honour the outstanding contributions women make to the communications industry and those who support their advancement.
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Archive Date - August 10, 2007
TWIN CITIES RADIO SWINGS INTO ACTION
Kevin Carter – Radio and Records
As recovery efforts continue in Minneapolis following Wednesday night's (Aug. 1) catastrophic bridge collapse, local radio, as expected, is leading the charge to keep the public informed of the latest developments.
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Archive Date - August 10, 2007
YELLOWBIRD SNAGS 5 CCMA NOMINATIONS
Cassandra Szklarski – Canadian Press
Established country-music stars including George Canyon, Emerson Drive and Paul Brandt have racked up multiple nominations for this year's Canadian Country Music Awards, but upstart singer Shane Yellowbird stole the spotlight Wednesday with an impressive five nods for a debut disc.
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Archive Date - August 10, 2007
TIME WITH RADIO ON THE DECLINE
Grant Robertson – Globe and Mail
Canadians are spending less time listening to radio, but the number of stations across the country is rising.
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Archive Date - August 9, 2007
AD RATES DOUBLE AS AUDIENCE DECLINES
Jeffrey Yorke – Radio and Records
Despite a two-year-price dip from 2002 to 2004, the cost of buying radio advertising has doubled in the 10 years since the Telecom Act of 1996 was signed, according to the just-released “Review of the Radio Industry, 2007” by the FCC.
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Archive Date - August 9, 2007
BATTLE OVER PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES
All Access
Some of the NAB's worst fears about radio paying performance royalties to artists and labels were realized in the form of Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA). According to a report in Hollywood Reporter.com, the chairman of the House Intellectual Property Subcommittee began a hearing on the performance royalty issue by declaring that he wants to create a bill that would pay performers and the record labels a royalty for music played on terrestrial radio.
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Archive Date - August 9, 2007
GUIDELINES AIM TO ACHIEVE BEST PRACTICES
ACA/ICA/PMAC/AAPQ Release
A research paper that identifies how client marketers, procurement officers and advertising agencies can work together to best advantage is now available as a free download from the websites of four industry associations: the Association of Canadian Advertisers (ACA), Institute of Communications and Advertising (ICA), Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC) and Association of Quebec Advertising Agencies (AAPQ).
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Archive Date - August 9, 2007
THE NEW INFLUENTIALS
Bridge Ratings Release
As the world around us changes and technology has its affect on just about everything we touch, media and those that want to reach those who consume it are finding greater challenges than ever before.
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Archive Date - August 2, 2007
ROGERS Q2 RESULTS
CNW
Rogers Communications Inc. today announced its consolidated financial and operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007.
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Archive Date - August 2, 2007
BCE Q2 RESULTS
CNW
Bell Canada's focus on profitability in both its wireline and wireless segments led to steady EBITDA growth as BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada's largest communications company, today reported results for the second quarter of 2007.
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Archive Date - August 2, 2007
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2007-265
CKFU-FM Fort St. John – Technical change
CRTC Release
The Commission denies the application by 663975 B.C. Ltd. to change the authorized contours of the radio programming undertaking CKFU-FM Fort St. John by increasing the effective radiated power from 23 watts to 20,000 watts, by increasing the antenna height and by relocating the transmitter.
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Archive Date - August 2, 2007
SIRIUS REPORTS 51% Q2 REVENUE JUMP
AllAccess
Sirius Satellite Radio second-quarter revenue jumped 51% to $226.4 million, as the company's net loss narrowed from $237.8 million to $134.1 million (17 to 9 cents'share) and the service's subscriber count rose 53% year-to-year to 7,142,538 at the end of the quarter. Sirius added 561,493 net subscribers, 431,650 of those from the OEM auto sales channel, and captures 62% of the satellite radio segment's market share. Ad revenue stood at $9.2 million.
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Archive Date - August 2, 2007
CRTC REPORT ON CANADIAN BROADCASTING
CRTC Release
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today released, for an eighth consecutive year, its Broadcasting Policy Monitoring Report. The report reveals that this industry is continuing to expand and that new media are becoming an increasingly important part of Canadians’ lives.
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Archive Date - August 1, 2007
CHRISTIAN STATION FORCED TO AIR OTHER FAITHS
Ottawa's CHRI rails against CRTC's 'ridiculous' balance policy
Jennifer Green – Ottawa Citizen
When is a Christian radio station not a Christian radio station? For the hour or so a day that it must air the views of other faiths to satisfy the CRTC's "balance" policy.
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Archive Date - August 1, 2007
PROPOSAL FOR NATIONAL DO NOT CALL LIST
CRTC Release
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today issued a Request for Proposal to find an operator to develop, implement and manage the National Do Not Call List (National DNCL).
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Archive Date - August 1, 2007
BROADCASTING PUBLIC NOTICE CRTC 2007-89
Call for comments on the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ proposed Equitable Portrayal Code
CRTC Release
In this public notice, the Commission calls for comments on a proposed Equitable Portrayal Code filed by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (the CAB). The Equitable Portrayal Code proposes standards for the portrayal of all identifiable groups. This code would replace the CAB’s Sex-role Portrayal Code, which was approved by the Commission in Public Notice 1990-99.
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Archive Date - August 1, 2007
NONTRADITIONAL REVENUE RAMPS UP
Ken Tucker – Radio and Records
You see it every month when the RAB releases revenue figures: Local and national revenues are flat or down, but non-spot is up by double digits.
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