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Volume 9, Issue 1 AskCBI.org Fall 2012 College Broadcasters, Inc. CBI hosts National Student Electronic Media Convention College Broadcasters, Inc. will host more 80 interactive sessions and events Convention registration rates in the country’s only national convention Early registration rates through Sept. dedicated exclusively to the interests of 30, 2012: student TV/video outlets, radio stations • Early Member Students – $100 and webcasters. The inaugural National • Early Member Advisers – $100 Student Electronic Media Convention is • Early Non-Member Students – Oct. 25-27 at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel. $170 Sessions will cover a wide variety of • Early Non-Member Advisers – topics, including station management, pro- $180 duction how-to, and starting and manag- • Early All Others – $200 ing a news operation. As a follow-up to last year’s special track Standard registration rates starting on safeguarding student radio stations, the Oct. 1, 2012: convention will feature the double-length • Standard Member Students – session “Together We Stand – Strategies $125 for Promoting and Protecting College and Visit us online for convention • Standard Member Advisers – High School Radio Stations.” College Ra- registration and information $125 dio Day founder Rob Quicke of CBI mem- • Standard Non-Member Students ber station WPSC-FM at William Paterson AskCBI.org/Atlanta – $195 University and Pete Bowers, founder of to find copyright-free material, and how • Standard Non-Member Advisers High School Radio Day and adviser to CBI to safely manage reader comment boards – $205 member station WBFH-FM at Andover without getting burned. • Standard All Others – $300 High School, will talk about their efforts LoMonte and Greg Newton of CBI to bring stations together to celebrate member station All Campus Radio Net- Convention Hotel the importance, and raise the profile of, work at Ohio University will co-present • Sheraton Atlanta, 165 Courtland non-commercial radio in America. They “That’s indecent! Or not?” on the issues Street NE will be joined by Kenya Lewis, Save KUSF before the Supreme Court in FCC v. Fox, • $139 per night, plus 8% sales and volunteer, and Jennifer Waits, college radio efforts by SPLC and CBI to help safeguard hospitality tax and culture editor for RadioSurvivor.com. the interests of college broadcasters, the • Overnight self parking, $22 per Social media is a hot topic at the still-open questions regarding indecency night convention, with sessions on audience and broadcasting, and what it all means for • Complimentary Wi-Fi for group engagement from professionals at the At- college station programmers. • Rates valid until Oct. 10, 2012 or lanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Public Stations using or looking to switch room block is filled Broadcasting, CNN and Cardinal Web to WordPress can learn more about the Solutions, an Atlanta-based Search Engine content management system in a begin- Register Optimization (SEO) Company. You’ll also ners and intermediate session hosted by • Online at AskCBI.org/Atlanta hear how other schools are using Face- representatives from WordCamp Atlanta. • Check or purchase order regis- book, Twitter and other platforms to reach There are also plenty of options for trations must be postmarked by their listeners and viewers. video enthusiasts. Sessions start with the Sept. 30, 2012 With so much discussion on online video basics to learning the advanced media, Frank LoMonte, executive director features of a professional video camera It pays to become a member. Not only of the Student Press Law Center, will be and demonstration of Adobe Premiere Pro do you receive discounted registration on hand for the session “Keeping it Legal Stephany Fisher, evening news anchor for rates, but you also gain free entries in Online: What to Know Before You Post.” CBS’s Atlanta affiliate, will talk about how the CBI annual National Student Pro- Stay on the right side of copyright and libel to get a job in television broadcasting. duction Awards. Station and associate law by learning when it’s okay to borrow The complete program is online as memberships run Sept. 1 - Aug. 31. someone else’s photos or videos, where AskCBI.org/Atlanta. Page Two CBInsights Appellate court rules on webcasting appeal On July 6, 2012 the U.S. Court of Ap- remand will likely result in various parties, SoundExchange]. As a matter of proce- peals for the DC Circuit released its ruling including CBI, filing proposals concerning dure, all parties now have an opportunity in the case of Intercollegiate Broadcasting the conduct of the proceeding and what to seek “rehearing” before the court’s System, Inc. (IBS) v. Copyright Royalty issues are ripe for consideration and even decision becomes final. All the current Board (CRB) and the Library of Congress potentially some parties filing an appeal rates and obligations remain in effect. In (LOC). In the appeal, IBS challenged to the court or even the Supreme Court. the event the D.C. Circuit does not change the CRB webcasting decision for the Regardless, the CBI-SoundExchange its decision, and vacates and remands the rate period of 2011-2016 on the rates set settlement under the Webcaster Act of case to the CRB, SoundExchange plans to for non-commercial webcasters and the 2009 (with nearly identical terms to the request that the CRB reissue the same rates constitutionality of the Copyright Royalty CRB adopted regulation) is NOT subject and terms without any further proceed- Board. Specifically, IBS argued because the to review by the CRB and still stands. The ings.... In the meantime, all licensees are judges serving on the CRB were appointed adoption of that settlement by the CRB required to continue to make payments by the Librarian of Congress, the CRB vio- (with minor changes) could, however, be under the established rates as they have lated the Appointments Clause of the U.S. called into question. been.” Constitution. The Court of Appeals agreed, According to a statement issued by CBI will keep its members informed of self-correcting the issue by invalidating a SoundExchange on its website, “The D.C. dvelopments as they arise. Watch AskCBI. portion of the statute that restricts the abil- Circuit’s decision does not have any imme- org, the CBI listserv, and CBI’s Facebook ity of superiors (in this case, the Librarian diate effect [for webcasters working with and Twitter feeds for updates. of Congress) to remove judges in order have the board be constitutional consti- tuted. The court also vacated – or voided FCC license renewal dates – the decision and sent it back to the CRB Filing Date Expiration Date State/Territory for further consideration. On Aug. 20, Aug. 1, 2012 Dec. 1, 2012 Illinois, Wisconsin 2012, IBS filed an appeal of the Court’s Oct. 1, 2012 Feb. 1, 2013 Iowa, Missouri ruling challenging the Court’s solution. So what does this mean for CBI mem- Dec. 3. 2012 April 1, 2013 Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota ber stations? For those who opted-in to the Feb. 1, 2013 June 1, 2012 Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma CBI Noncommercial Educational Web- April 1, 2013 Aug. 1, 2013 Texas caster (“NEW”) settlement (the one with June 3, 2012 Oct. 1, 2013 Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming the reporting waiver), it doesn’t immedi- Aug. 1, 2013 Dec. 1, 2012 California ately mean anything. That settlement was Alaska, American Samoa, Connecticut, Delaware, Guam, Hawaii, not directly impacted by the Court’s rul- Oct. 1, 2013 - Maine, Mariana Islands, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 2014 ing. It is possible, however, that the ruling Aug. 1, 2014 New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Saipan, Vermont, could ultimately call into question every Washington decision the CRB has ever reached. The Information from fcc.gov/guides/license-renewal-applications-radio-broadcast-stations CBI Board of Directors Secretary & CBInsights editor Important Contacts President Jamie Lynn Gilbert Executive Director Greg Weston WKNC-FM, North Carolina State Will Robedee WPTS-FM, University of Pittsburgh University KTRU and RTV5, Rice University © 2012 College Broadcasters, Inc. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CBInsights is the official newsletter of College Broadcasters, Inc. The Vice President IT Content Director Immediate Past President/ opinions expressed herein are not Herbert Dunmore Jessica Clary Awards Coordinator necessarily those of CBI or its board GreyComm Studios, Loyola University SCAD Atlanta Radio, Savannah Warren Kozireski of directors. Maryland College of Art and Design Atlanta WBSU-FM, College at Brockport [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Questions? Comments? 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