Globe editorial calls FM radio "outdated technology"

[Dave Doherty]

Absolutely right, Larry, but broadcasters *do* pay performance royalties on 
the streams that the devices connect to.  They just don't pay them on the 
OTA broadcasts that would be picked up by receivers in the devices.

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From: "Larry Weil" <kc1ih@mac.com>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 8:43 PM
To: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Subject: Re: Globe editorial calls FM radio "outdated technology"

>
> At 07:31 PM 8/23/2010, Dave Doherty wrote:
>
>>The wireless carriers have resisted carrying the radio stations in part, I 
>>think, because the stations don't pay performance royalties. The carriers 
>>feared - correctly - that the record companies would come after them.
>
> But they do (or at least can) carry radio stations.  I have an app on my 
> iPhone called Pocket Radio that allows it to get  most any station that 
> streams.
>
>
> Larry Weil
> Lake Wobegone, NH
>
>