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Very nice.  I'm morning crew, I'll add some GBS-FM jingles during air time when I have the chance.
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Sep 17, 2013 09:48
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Isn't GBS-FM only quasi-legal? Are we sure we want this kind of attention?
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Farquar posted:Isn't GBS-FM only quasi-legal? Are we sure we want this kind of attention?
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Farquar posted:Isn't GBS-FM only quasi-legal? Are we sure we want this kind of attention? This is partially why I'm somewhat reserved about making a huge deal out of it. My interest is in seeing whether the idea flies, because has anyone ever had an actual radio station playing only what the listeners want to hear? (Or maybe in this case forcing the listeners to hear what they don't want to hear because the people programming it aren't even in the same city?) I don't think so. That idea alone is pretty captivating to me. Anyway, how about a pros vs. cons why this is either a good or bad idea? Pro: Interesting way of programming a radio station. Con: Legal grey area. Pro: Only goons can program the music so it's not like the backend is going to be revealed to everyone all willy nilly. Con: Is GBS behind a paywall right now? No? Should we move this discussion to the GBS.FM forum just in case? Pro: It's probably going to be pretty drat great to listen to. CaptainYesterday posted:Here's a demo. This pretty much rules and I have no problem with using it whatsoever. Van-KYOOOO-ver. XYZAB fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Sep 17, 2013 |
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Sep 17, 2013 19:58
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Handen posted:Pro: It's probably going to be pretty drat great to listen to. That's certainly one way to put it.
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Sep 17, 2013 20:24
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If you get any listener responses make sure to share them!
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Sep 17, 2013 21:06
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This is probably a terribly naive question but, uh, do radio stations have to pay royalties for the songs they play normally? I mean, I assume a radio station just has gobs of CDs and records and whatnot and they just play whatever the gently caress they feel like it, but do they have to provide some kind of comprehensive list of everything they have to the RIAA and get permission or pay a fee or something? Because if not, then the only quasi-legality to GBS-FM is the MP3 storage itself. If a legit radio station is piping our bullshit out through its own infrastructure, that basically bypasses the issue, and nobody is going to care if the radio station stores its music on physical media, or via a particularly weird externalized repository that certain goons happen to have access to as well, purely for private internet radio consumption. Right?
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Sep 17, 2013 21:33
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This is going to last exactly one night. Post rave is just too much for most people.
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Sep 17, 2013 21:41
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If your listeners manage to make it through a night of post rave/eurovision/L: Cats Yowling R:Good Shooting/Ultra Relax/Government Alpha, more power to them. And yes, you absolutely have to share listener responses to this.
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Sep 17, 2013 22:02
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Leperflesh posted:This is probably a terribly naive question but, uh, do radio stations have to pay royalties for the songs they play normally? I mean, I assume a radio station just has gobs of CDs and records and whatnot and they just play whatever the gently caress they feel like it, but do they have to provide some kind of comprehensive list of everything they have to the RIAA and get permission or pay a fee or something? Here in Canada we have the CRTC, and (as far as I know how it relates to campus community radio stations) the royalty system here is more or less broken... Or at least counter-intuitively operated. The way it works (for NCRA stations anyway, not sure about commercial radio) is that the only time artists are paid royalties is during a surprise week-long period when the CRTC decides "Hey, we're going to audit your campus community radio station this week!" During that week we have to keep meticulous logs of exactly everything that was played (and we mostly do that anyway, but during an audit there's a bit more that has to be considered), and then only those artists who are played that week and who are members of SOCAN--the Canadian version of ASCAP/BMI (I'm not sure if the CRTC pays ASCAP/BMI artists or not)--will get a small royalty cheque. But only if they are played during the audit period at whatever radio station is being audited. My own personal opinion is that it's somewhat disingenuous to the artists to only get a royalty cheque for one week's worth of a radio station's broadcast year (or two years in some cases, since the audits are always random). Why not do it all the time? That being said, some campus community stations are a lot worse off than we are, and as of yet there is no codified/systemized method available for every station to produce and keep standardized logs for reporting purposes, so if it ever occurred where audits were taken out of the equation and every NCRA station was on permanent audit, many of them likely wouldn't be able to do it. (This all to the best of my knowledge and may not be worded correctly.) Edit: All of that stuff only applies between regular broadcast hours of 6am to midnight. Anything from 12am to 6am does not apply as regular broadcast hours soooo  All of the above considered, I don't believe the ground rules have been laid yet for playing streams over the airwaves [edit: I'm told it's categorized as a syndicated show, which still isn't exactly correct so there's room form improvement]. This is actually a great question to bring up at the next NCRA conference. I'll do some digging and asking around, because it brings up a lot of valid points. XYZAB fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Sep 18, 2013 |
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Sep 17, 2013 22:41
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Handen posted:Con: Is GBS behind a paywall right now? No? Should we move this discussion to the GBS.FM forum just in case? Yes. Accounts are tied to an SA account, so no pubbies can add songs to the playlist.
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Sep 18, 2013 08:19
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Peachstapler posted:Soon everyone's gonna knowsy. 
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Sep 18, 2013 18:26
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Goon radio rocks! Been listening for almost a week now, it's opened my eyes to artists and groups / genres that I would never have known about before. For that reason alone, it's a big +1 from me. As for the legalities.. meh.. reminds me of the old pirate stations that used to be all the rage 30 years ago 
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Sep 18, 2013 22:40
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So, is tonight the night GBS-FM goes on the actual, physical air?
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Sep 19, 2013 19:21
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CaptainYesterday posted:So, is tonight the night GBS-FM goes on the actual, physical air? If everything goes as planned, yes. We've never programmed a webstream into our automatic DJ system so there's a small chance that we got the event command wrong, in which case our auto DJ will revert back to regular programmed music and we try again next week. We tested it off-air a few days ago and it worked, so I'm not too concerned. I'm not sure if our own stream is fixed yet, I'll find out and post the link in the hour leading up to air if I get the green light that it's working. 
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Sep 19, 2013 19:58
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Just about an hour to go!
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Sep 20, 2013 06:01
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 It begins. (Not broadcasting yet, but we're getting ready)
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Sep 20, 2013 06:32
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The current playlist is truly this station at its finest moment.
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Sep 20, 2013 06:35
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[01:38:00] <Kilonum> @length [01:38:01] <shoes> Current playlist length: 2 hours, 24 minutes, 20 seconds, in 27 dongs. [01:38:03] <CaptainYesterday> It is complete [01:38:15] <Sunsetaware> It's a work of art.
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Sep 20, 2013 06:39
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 Our name is gbs-fm, station of stations. Behold our works, ye drunk/high college students, and despair. e: Keru insisted. 
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Sep 20, 2013 06:39
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No post from Handen, but regardless of the final outcome, I'm really happy staying up too late to listen to this.
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Sep 20, 2013 06:44
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This is the greatest thing that has ever happened and will ever happen to Alberta.
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Sep 20, 2013 07:03
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Sep 20, 2013 07:08
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Let it be known: Dote Up a Cat by 13cm was the first song broadcast on the air.
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Sep 20, 2013 07:08
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Followed by the rap version, of course. And then Kuuenbu.
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Sep 20, 2013 07:11
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Oh my god it's really happening. Go here to the bottom Winamp link. I realize it's redundant to listen to a stream of a stream, but that's what's going to air. I feel so proud. 
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Sep 20, 2013 07:17
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Handen posted:Oh my god it's really happening. Go here to the bottom Winamp link. I realize it's redundant to listen to a stream of a stream, but that's what's going to air. I feel so proud. Click here and join us!
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Sep 20, 2013 07:20
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Handen posted:Oh my god it's really happening. Go here to the bottom Winamp link. I realize it's redundant to listen to a stream of a stream, but that's what's going to air. I feel so proud. Why are you not on IRC to hang out with us live?
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Sep 20, 2013 07:21
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Adrinidad posted:Click here and join us!
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Sep 20, 2013 07:21
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Jesus Christ what have you guys done. Usually I'm the first one in the morning krew and the playlist is blank.   How many people did we inflict this on again? [edit] 09:00 <varl> wait wait what's going on RECAP PLZ 09:01 <Haifisch> varl: we are being BROADCAST LIVE to canada 09:02 <Merijn> varl: WE'RE LIVE ON THE AIR 09:02 <varl> Merijn: woah 09:02 <varl> @a !penis 09:02 <shoes> varl: added Excrementory Grindfuckers (Headliner Der Herzen) - Penispropeller Sywert of Thieves fucked around with this message at 08:07 on Sep 20, 2013 |
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Sep 20, 2013 07:56
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Merijn posted:[edit] I was just thinking: "Hmm, that's TAOC TEH WODNER DOG, DJ Magnetic Dozer, 'Get Ready For The Big Shoot-out' and Cats vs Joanna Newsom and Sunn O))). But something's missing." Excrementory Grindfuckers, that's what was missing.
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Are you kidding the next thing on the playlist is Creamy Lemon  [edit] Welp  09:23 <handen> program director just messaged me with a thumbs up to that last one 09:24 <handen> looks like we can do this again Sywert of Thieves fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Sep 20, 2013 |
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Sep 20, 2013 08:20
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Merijn posted:Are you kidding the next thing on the playlist is Creamy Lemon  Those last two hours were pleasantly excellent. Will report back with listener feedback and/or details on next show. I think we blew some unsuspecting minds tonight.
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Sep 20, 2013 09:22
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My friend is a lurker goon, and has a 12-2 am show in Ontario on another university radio station. He's thinking of streaming GBS-FM next week now.
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Sep 20, 2013 16:05
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Merijn posted:Are you kidding the next thing on the playlist is Creamy Lemon Glad I could help.
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Jewcoon posted:My friend is a lurker goon, and has a 12-2 am show in Ontario on another university radio station. He's thinking of streaming GBS-FM next week now. GBS-FM: Canada's Favorite Noise.
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Sep 20, 2013 17:29
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handen, some quick attempts at 15-second blasts:    Let me know if this kind of thing is desirable and I can beat on the levels somewhat, as these were quick recordings.
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Sep 20, 2013 17:42
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Got together with an old friend for this one:
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delfin posted:handen, some quick attempts at 15-second blasts: These are excellent! We can use these as Show IDs to be played during shows interspersed throughout the week. I'll put them in so our volunteer DJs can promote upcoming airings of GBSFM. I showed them to our PD and the first thing he said was "I wish our regular volunteer DJs were this enthusiastic about doing show promos!" I'll outline the three main varieties of clips that we could use: Sweepers: Show-specific 15 second spoken-word-only audio clips to be played on top of whatever show is being advertised for. These differ from Show IDs in that they must be worded to indicate what you are currently listening to. I.e., "You are currently tuned in to GBSFM on CKXU 88.3 FM - Lethbridge's TRUE alternative!" Feel free to preface that phrase with whatever witty banter you want. Only caveat is no profanity in the sweepers, even though I realize that it could very well be playing over top of a long stream of gently caress words. When we program AutoDJ to play sweepers, it fades the volume of our regular programming down to about half and plays the sweeper overtop. If the sweeper has music in the background, it clashes with the music that it just faded down and sounds mangled. Show IDs: Show-specific 15-30 second commercials available for all of our volunteer DJs to play throughout the week. Must contain the name of the show (GBSFM), day of week and time of air (Thursdays at midnight until 2am), and the phrase "On CKXU 88.3 FM - Lethbridge's TRUE alternative!" Again, feel free to get as creative as you want. Should contain music, creative commons preferred. Station IDs: Non-specific 30 second audio snippets played at the top of every hour. They're not meant to advertise for any specific show, but are just a reminder that you are tuned to CKXU. Station IDs have music in the background (creative commons preferred), and the phrase "You are tuned in/listening to CKXU 88.3 FM - Lethbridge's TRUE alternative!" Must contain no profanity or sexually suggestive content. So if anyone wants to take a crack at a couple sweepers or Show IDs for GBSFM, the more the merrier! And if you feel compelled to make a Station ID for CKXU, chances are that it will be used from now until eternity, so feel free to get goofy with it. Our current collection of Station IDs goes back about five years and is full of bizarre stuff. We managed to coerce Bill Nye into recording a couple for us when he did a public speaking event at the UofL a couple years ago, they're a favourite for DJs to play. Jewcoon posted:My friend is a lurker goon, and has a 12-2 am show in Ontario on another university radio station. He's thinking of streaming GBS-FM next week now. Hell yes. Is he willing to divulge which station? Peachstapler posted:Got together with an old friend for this one: Holy poo poo. This is perfect. Consider it added. As a side note, where can I find that 'Get Ready For The Big Shoot-out' track? Apparently it was a crowd favourite. XYZAB fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Sep 20, 2013 |
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