tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927785.post3117751580585405975..comments2023-09-17T04:20:48.417-07:00Comments on Jaye Albright's Breakfast Blog: Spins And SpinAlbright and O'Malleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933457732458275539noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927785.post-56742285048760500382009-10-20T01:08:55.358-07:002009-10-20T01:08:55.358-07:00Actually, the first commercial stations were owned...Actually, the first commercial stations were owned by department stores whose business model for radio was to use it to sell...radios! In today's (Monday, 10-19) Radio Business Reprort or Broadcasting & Cable morning electronic newsletter was an article about Spanish Broadcasting System stations already taking orders for pay for spins from 10 or 11 pm to 6 am (depending on the day of the week). It has always been legal as long as the song is announced as sponsored. When I was at KJR in Seattle (1976), Columbia Records bought tons of time to advertise the latest Chicago album. A :60 with some music in it and probably co-op from Tower Records. Everything old is new again. Record companies (and artists') obsession with airplay makes the case against the performance tax. We still need to continue the advocacy on behalf of local broadcasters. [ Full disclosure, I'm the Pres/CEO of the WA St Assn of Broadcasters and their congressional lobbyist on this and lots of other issues.]Mark Allenhttp://www.wsab.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927785.post-58222357943422304632009-10-19T07:23:27.444-07:002009-10-19T07:23:27.444-07:00"Label Partnerships: How to Achieve the Resul..."Label Partnerships: How to Achieve the Results You Want for Your Station" is going to be a session at CRS, 2010. More info: http://www.crb.org/artman/publish/article_414.shtmlAdrian Michaels VP Promotion Curb Recordshttp://www.crb.org/artman/publish/article_414.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927785.post-74529385705570715532009-10-19T07:20:17.934-07:002009-10-19T07:20:17.934-07:00We all know that paying radio to play records isn&...We all know that paying radio to play records isn't a new concept! If the record companies pay a single penny to buy airplay, that's a clear admission that radio promotes their product, and that should be the end of the "performance tax" debate. If radio stations are forced to pay the artists, the artists should also be forced to pay the radio stations for the airtime. After all, what's fair is fair, right? Besides, wasn't it record companies who FOUNDED and OWNED the first radio stations and networks? I have a basement full of old 78 RPM records on labels like Victor (aks RCA, RADIO Corporation of America) and Columbia (aka CBS, Columbia BROADCASTING System)Joe Knapphttp://www.mmwin.comnoreply@blogger.com