New Technologies, New Music
ADVANCED LEVEL

Audio
Module 1: Introduction and History Time    33:32  
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Module 2a: Payola/Plugola Segment with Melodie Virtue Time    31:41  
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Module 2b: Play MPE and File Formats Time    32:25  
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Module 2c: Exercise #2 - Be the DJ Time    09:11  
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Module 3a: Building a Digital Library Time    41:21  
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Module 3b: Exercise #3 - Creating a Playlist Time    06:50  
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Module 3c: Copyright, Streaming, DMCA Segment with Melodie Virtue and Ken Freedman Time       52:32  
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Module 3d: Exercise #4 - Editing and Tagging Audio Files Time    05:58  
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Module 4a: Building a Digital Infrastructure Time    28:49
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Module 4b: Broadening Musical Options Time    03:16  
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Instructors:

Ken Freedman
, General Manager, WFMU. Ken is an early adopter and leader in using new technologies in public radio. He is the director of wfmu.org and is currently developing a social music website of rights-cleared music called the Free Music Archive.

Melodie Virtue is a communications attorney with the law firm of Garvey Schubert Barer in Washington, DC.

PowerPoint
The PowerPoint Presentations for Advanced Level Students can be downloaded here

Additional Seminar Materials


NEW!
February 24, 2010
NFCB files testimony
with the Senate in support
of PTFP for FY2011.
[Click here to read the Testimony]

NEW!
February 4, 2010
More info on and registration for the 35th Annual Community Radio Conference is now available.
[Click here to Register Online]

NEW!
February 3, 2010
The FCC established a Tribal Priority in broadcast licensing for Native America.
[Click here to view the press release]

November 16, 2009
Maxie C. Jackson III is NFCB's new President and CEO
[Click here to read press release]

NFCB and NPR announce the Station Action for Emergency Readiness (SAFER)
[Click here to read Press Release]

DEI
DEI-NFCB Collaboration
Website Now Launched
[Read the press release here]

Digital AudioCraft Available Now
[Click here]

Streaming Copyright Basics
from Melodie Virtue at
Garvey Schubert Barer
[Click here (121kb PDF)]

Keynote speech and other select materials from the 2009 NFCB Community Radio Conference is now available.
[Click here]

Results of the WMMT Audience Research Study
[Click here]

New Technologies,
New Music
If you missed NFCB's seminar series on independent music and digital platforms, we have all the content available now on demand.
[Click here to access all the files]

NFCB Participant Members covered by CPB Sound Exchange Agreement
CPB has reached an agreement with Sound Exchange around royalties for webcasters which covers NFCB participant members.
[Click here to learn more about this]

NFCB’s Strategic Plan
[Click here to view the Word document]

Basic Radio Station Website Strategies
See the PowerPoint presentation on listeners’ use of station websites and tips for designing yours.
[View Now]

Music Licensing Information
Includes fee schedules and links to licensing applications.
More information on Broadcast Licensing for Stations

Check Your Indecency IQ
Attorney John Crigler of Garvey Schubert Barer has an indecency quiz. Take the quiz and see how much you know about current FCC indecency rulings. John has also written an indecency primer. Download and read the Primer.

 

 
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