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R.I.P. Tom Petty
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(Via TMZ) Tom Petty was rushed to the hospital Sunday night after he was found unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest … law enforcement sources tell TMZ. EMTs rushed to his Malibu home and were able to get a pulse. He was rushed to the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital and our sources say…
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Phil Collins Quickly Recovering
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For those unaware, Phil Collins (“Against All Odds (Take A Look at Me Now),” “Sussudio,” “Another Day in Paradise”) launched his “Not Dead Yet Tour” (named after his autobiography) on June 2nd in England. If you missed that, you may have also missed that on June 7th he fell in his hotel room after getting…
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Political Assassination Attempts
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Yesterday’s shooting of congressmen practicing baseball got me to thinking about attacks on politicians in the 1980s. For most of us, if there’s an attack on a politician in the 80s that leaps to mind, it’s likely the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan on March 30th, 1981. Reagan was shot in the left lung…
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Why Do We Need A Video Card?
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I told you yesterday that we need a video card to begin streaming BlackLight Radio again. A reasonable question would be, “why do you need a video card to stream radio?” YouTube does not provide us a way to stream only audio to them; if we’re going to stream to YouTube, we’re going to have…
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The Forty Dollar Question
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I mentioned yesterday that there was an option for BlackLight Radio to begin streaming again, though YouTube. Today, I thought I would detail what that would look like, and what we need. The reason we don’t stream audio anymore is because the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the related laws that were later passed, require…
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We’re back! (Well, the website is.)
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For those of you who have been following us on Facebook, you already knew we were changing web hosts, but if you hadn’t heard, let me explain what has happened: For the past 15 years, we have been extremely blessed to have hosting provided by Jerry Rose and Aidan Internet Solutions. The service and hosting…
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Goodbye.
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It is with the deepest regret that I write you to let you know that BlackLight Radio will cease streaming effective midnight Sunday night. We have been on life support since January when the new webcasting rates went into effect. Today, I lost my “day job” and can no longer afford to pay to keep…
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Why Is BlackLight Radio Silent?
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Starting today, Wednesday, March 16th, BlackLight Radio will not be playing any music or announcements of any kind for an hour each day starting at noon east coast time (9 AM west coast time). We are doing this because the CRB and SoundExchange have not yet agreed to a deal with StreamLicensing and other small…
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Please Save Us!
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If you listen to BlackLight Radio, chances are you’re doing so because you’ve discovered something that you can’t find on the commercial airwaves… but this radio station, and thousands of other small internet broadcasters, are currently in the fight for their life. The music royalty fees we must pay for 2016 have much more than…
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Call to Action to Regain Reduced Fees
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Call to Action Newsletter # 1 Please act to help reduce your fee. Hello Gene (This email is sent to all who were Affiliates as of a few days ago.) The first step in moving forward to regain reduced fees by bringing back the Small Webcasters Agreement is here and the time has arrived. While…
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Licensing Update
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Another quick update to let you know our licensing rates, which already doubled in January, are going up again in February. As a result, we are looking at several ways to control costs which disrupts the least number of listeners. One option may be disconnecting from a listener after a certain length of time (for…
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Royalty Rates Update
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In my previous update, I told you that the new royalty rates for 2016 didn’t include a small webcaster’s agreement, effectively pricing us out of the industry. Although much is still up in the air, I wanted to update with what I know now. First, negotiations continue behind the scenes to get SoundExchange to agree…