High School Radio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_school_radioNational Organizations
http://www.ibsradio.org
http://www.askcbi.org
http://www.nab.org
State Organizations
http://www.maeb.org
High School Radio Competition
John Drury High School Radio Awards (www.wonc.org)
•Munn-Reese Inc., Coldwater Michigan (Munn-Reese.com) Offers a broad spectrum of RF engineering services with the heaviest emphasis on the broadcast media, including AM, FM, TV, and LPTV
Grants
•Corporation for Public Broadcasting cpb.org
•Perkins Grants
Underwriting/Fundraising
•Public radio and TV stations are permitted to legally conduct over-the-air pledge drives to raise money to pay operating expenses (listener supported).
•They may also receive financial support in the form of underwriting. Announcements for underwriters must meet strict FCC rules.
FCC Attorney
•Putbrese Hunsaker
& Trent P.C.,
–$250 an hour
–E-filing of FCC applications, Ownership reports, etc.
–Also needed to
counter attack attempts by people who want to share time with your station
(like RB Schools) or religious broadcasters who file a Petition To Deny your
FCC license
Broadcast Equipment
•BSW bswusa.com
•Radio Systems Inc.
•Inovonics Inc.
•Many other
vendors…go to NAB Show in
•Towers: Great Lakes Tower & Antenna Co., Flat Rock MI
Audio Delivery Software
•ENCO DAD Pro 32. enco.com (WBFH road tested)
•AudioVault (BE) Bdcast.com
•Google (Scott Systems)
•Prophet Systems
Computers
•For running Dad Pro32, I recommend buying computers from ENCO. They build the computers to their specifications (memory, sound cards, etc.)
•Dad Pro32 has Adobe Audition loaded into it.
•If streaming, one computer must be dedicated to sending audio to host
Internet Hosting
•Live365.com (WBFH road tested)
•Shoutcast.com
•Cannedradio.com
•Webmasterradio.fm
•RealAudio
•Youcastr.com\
•Backbone Internet Radio Network Hosting
Audio Editing Software
•Adobe Audition. Adobe.com (bought out Cool Edit Pro) $348.99 at Amazon
•Pro Tools
•Audacity
Music Acquisition
•iTunes (Apple.com)
•Amazon.com
•Newmusicserver.com
•YahooMusic
•Napster
•Last.fm
•MySpace.com
•Kyte.tv
•iLike.com (Facebook connection)
•Imeem.com
•Mog.com
•Pandora.com
Music Licensing*
•ASCAP $287 a year
•BMI $287 a year
•SESAC
*Must be paid whether it’s an internet station or NCE FM
•SoundExchange ($500 a year)
National Organizations
•Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) $125 a year
•National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) $360 a year
•Broadcast Education Association (BEA) $100 a year
•Radio & Television News Directors (RTNDA)
State Organizations
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Personnel
•General Manager or Station Manager
•Chief Engineer/Technical Director
•Night Manager (High School)
•Remote Supervisor?
Remote Broadcasts
•Comrex Access. Comrex.com
•Telos (Zephyr)
•Luci Live (voip)
Teaching Radio: Textbooks
•Exploring Electronic Media: Chronicles and Challenges Orlik, Anderson, Day & Patrick (Blackwell Publishing)
•The Radio Station: Broadcast, Satellite and Internet Michael C. Keith
•Other reference books available at NAB.org (NAB Store).
Budget
•WBFH annual operating budget last year not including personnel salaries and benefits: $26,232.
Putting it all together…
•Computer runs audio software which can run automated 24/7/365
•Run that computer into dedicated webcasting computer. Our bit rate is 128. If it’s a NCE FM, run output from Optimod 8500 to Lexicon Lambda usb audio device, then into webcasting computer.
•Run webcasting computer through high speed cable modem to company like Live365.com
•Have link on school district website and create radio station website with link
•Publicize the heck out of the fact that station can be heard online
Difference between NCE FM and internet station
•On an internet station, one “f” word that “airs” gets an “Oops!”
•On a Non-commercial Educational FM station, one “f” words gets a potential $325,000 FCC fine. If the “f” word is in the chorus of the song, it becomes a story problem: 4 X $325,000 = $1,300,000 fine
