Volume 8, Issue 1 www.askcbi.org Fall 2011 College Broadcasters, Inc. Sun and sessions in Orlando When the National College Media ize attendees with FCC rules and regula- and ways to increase revenue for existing Convention last met in Orlando in 2002, tions and provide invaluable resources, programs. Planning on-air fundraisers and VHS sales and rentals outpaced DVDs, especially as stations begin to renew their applying for federal funding will also be Facebook was more than a year from its FCC licenses. Pre-registration is required. covered at the convention. launch, and the term “wardrobe malfunc- Informative sessions start on Thursday, “Final Cut Pro Inside and Out” is one tion” wasn’t in anyone’s vocabulary. The Oct. 27. The growing trend of colleges of the video/television-focused sessions media landscape has changed a lot since and universities selling their broadcast offered by CBI. Convention attendees can then, and College Broadcasters, Inc. has licenses will be addressed with the aptly learn about producing for public televi- continued to help student broadcasters and titled “The College Radio Crisis (and sion, investigative reporting and producing advisers adapt. The 90th annual National How to Survive).” In this session, Jennifer for TV and best practices for video editing. College Media Convention, October 26-30 Waits, college radio and culture editor at CBI is also hosting a session on how the at the Renaissance SeaWorld, reflects the RadioSurviver.com and founder and editor organization can better serve its video/ changing landscape with scheduled ses- of SpinningIndie.com, along with repre- television members. sions on social networking, online brand- sentatives from KUSF at the University of Other conference highlights include ing and web design for broadcasters. There San Francisco and WRVU at Vanderbilt the national student production awards are plenty “oldies but goodies” mixed in, University, will talk about the current presentation (see the list of finalists in this offering advice on news writing, station landscape while sharing strategies on how newsletter). For those who have never management and getting industry intern- to help protect college radio stations. attended the National College Media Con- ships and jobs. Funding student media is another hot vention, make this the year. Will Robedee, Anyone managing a FCC-licensed radio topic. June Fox, a nationally recognized CBI executive director, sums it up best: station should attend CBI’s pre-convention underwriting and sales consultant for “You can’t get this kind of education, workshop “FCC-101” on Wednesday, Oct. DEI, will be back with sessions on start- experience or knowledge from any one day 26. This fast-paced workshop will familiar- ing underwriting programs from scratch conference.” Earlybird registration rates until Oct. 10 Earlybird rates, through Oct. 10, 2011: Regular rates, Oct. 11, 2011 and later: • $90 Associated Collegiate Press, • $110 Associated Collegiate Press, College Broadcasters, Inc. or Black College Broadcasters, Inc. or Black Inside... College Communication Association College Communication Association member students member students • $115 Nonmember students • $140 Nonmember students Get Ready to Renew: • $110 CMA, CBI, or BCCA member • $135 CMA, CBI or BCCA member Ownership Report advisers and non-students advisers and non-students Page 2 • $155 Nonmember advisers/ • $185 Nonmember advisers/ non-students or non-vendors non-students, non-vendors • $250 Vendors who are not exhibitors • $300 Vendors who are not exhibitors CBI Names National Student or advertisers in program or advertisers in program Production Award Finalists • $40 Spouse/partner/family member • $50 Spouse/partner/family member Pages 3-5 not in journalism not in journalism Convention Hotel: Register online: • Renaissance SeaWorld • register.studentpress.org/orlando2011 • $179/night, plus 12.5% city/state tax • On-site event self-parking, $15/night • Book by Sept. 27, 2011 Page Two CBInsights Get Ready to Renew: Ownership Report All radio broadcast station ship report should then be filed broadcast stations held by the its ownership reports. Stations licenses are scheduled to expire every two years by the anniver- station licensee or its owners.” may also be owned by the between 2011 and 2014. With sary of the station’s application College radio station licenses school’s student media board the first set of licenses set to filing date. For stations in Flor- are typically issued in their or an independent organiza- expire Oct. 1, 2011 and the ap- ida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin name of their school. What tion. The FCC maintains an plication for renewal due four Islands, for example, who must that means, though, can differ online Consolidated Database months prior, FCC-licensed file for license renewal by Oct. among institutions. System (CDBS) for public college radio stations need to 3, 2011, their ownership report WYBF-FM, for example, searches, which will have a sta- begin readying for the renewal must be filed by Oct. 1 in 2013, is licensed to Cabrini College tion’s ownership reports filed process. Renewal applications 2015 and 2017. in Radnor, Penn. and lists its since the early 2000s. for stations in the first two According to the FCC’s Pub- owners as members of the Stations should work with groups – those located in Dis- lic and Broadcasting, ownership school’s board of trustees. their licensee to ensure that all trict of Columbia, Maryland, reports, among other things, KJHK-FM at the University of steps and deadlines are met. Virginia, West Virginia, North “disclose the names of the Kansas is licensed to the Uni- More information is available Carolina and South Carolina – owners of the station licensee versity of Kansas but is owned at fcc.gov/mb/audio/renewal/ should have already been filed. and their ownership interests, by the Kansas Board of Regents with a list of exact deadlines The third group of stations – list any contracts related to rather than the UK Board of available at fcc.gov/mb/audio/ those in Florida, Puerto Rico the station that are required Trustees. KSDB-FM at Kansas renewal/renewal-dates-by-date. and the Virgin Islands – must to be filed with the FCC, and State University also lists the doc. file a license renewal applica- identify any interests in other Kansas Board of Regents on tion by Oct. 3, 2011. The FCC has indicated it will not mail License State/Territory postcard notices to licensees, Expiring but will send a courtesy email Oct. 1, 2011 District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia notice to those licensees with a valid email address on file. The Dec. 1, 2011 North Carolina, South Carolina Commission has also stressed Feb. 1, 2012 Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands failure to receive a notice does not excuse a licensee from April 1, 2012 Alabama, Georgia timely compliance with the Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, 2012 license renewal requirements. Wisconsin Noncommercial stations Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Montana, Nebras- 2013 must file a Biennial Owner- ka, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming ship Report (FCC Form 323-E) Alaska, American Samoa, Connecticut, Delaware, Guam, Hawaii, Maine, Mariana Islands, along with their renewal ap- 2014 Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, plication. The biennial owner- Saipan, Vermont, Washington CBI Board of Directors Advisory Board President Development Director Executive Director Candace Walton Mark Maben Will Robedee University of Phoenix Seton Hall University Rice University © 2011 College Broadcasters, Inc. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CBInsights is the official newsletter of College Broadcasters, Inc. 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Secretary & CBInsights Editor UPS - Hershey Square Center Jamie Lynn Gilbert Cybercast Coordinator 1152 Mae Street North Carolina State University Dave Black Hummelstown, PA 17036 [email protected] University of Wisconsin-Madison [email protected] CBInsights 6 CBI Names National Student 2 Production Award Finalists Close to 600 entries were submitted for CBI’s annual national student production awards, celebrating outstanding student-pro- > duced work from across the country and world. To better reflect the converging nature of student media operations, CBI has added best podcast and best vodcast awards for audio and video programming intended for an online audience. Best community involvement and best station imaging are new combined catego- ries open to both radio and television stations. All finalists are listed in alphabetical order by school. Winners will be announced Friday, Oct. 28 at the National College Media 3