CSB Notes for 3/7/07

Hey everybody. How was Holy Cow last week? Sorry I couldn’t make it, I'm excited about St Paddy's Day though. Don't forget to email Blake to get you and your friends on the guest list.

Internships/Jobs:

Greg told me about this job opportunity to be part of the FreeFM Street Team. It's a part-time, low paid gig, but it might be fun and it could help get your foot in the door. Send your resumes to:

KIFR-FM
ATTN: Promotions
865 Battery Street
San Francisco, Ca 94111-1503
cdenatale@1069freefm.com

I was also pretty inspired by Dejra Turley at this weeks meeting. She could use people ASAP. Check out www.astarforthenight.com to learn more.

FCC:

There’s been a recent payola settlement between the FCC, CBS, Clear Channel, Entercom and Citadel. The agreement would pay 12.5 million to the FCC. There’s also a settlement that s supposed to allow more independent music to be played on these stations between 6am and midnight. It seems like this could be a good thing for radio. Although these networks admit no wrongdoing, there's got to be a reason that they agreed to make all of these concessions.

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Kevin Martin is asking for a la carte cable television. The idea is this: instead of buying a cable package which includes asset of basic channels and special upgrade packages, you would be able to choose specific channels that you want, and pay only for those. The cable industry is not happy about this, and it seems like it might be a pipe dream. Either that, or there's something fishy going on and someone is looking for a quid pro quo. Read more about it here:

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Martin has also started asking questions regarding the testimony of satellite radio executives to congress. It looks like the merger might not be as good for consumers as it would be for the two companies involved. What a surprise.

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I’m actually glad to see Kevin Martin doing his job for a change and putting the welfare of American consumers over those of the corporations. Let’s hope this signals a real change, not just a whole lot of lip service. This might have something to do with vocal protests from consumer watchdog groups. If your interested in some of these grassroots efforts, check out this story:

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At the bottom there's a link to send a petition to the FCC.

CSB:

I’ve been talking to professors to serve us at Springtoberfest, so far Dina and Brent are willing, and I think I have Skye and my friend Bret on board as well. Feel free to ask your professors if they are free on March 28^th, and if they’re willing to come pour drinks for CSB members as a fund raiser. Tell them to contact me here if they're interested. I turned in my deposit for the LA trip, I'm really excited about it. We're still working out the details, but hopefully we can keep it cheap and easy for those of you who're coming.

Until next week, I'll be see'n ya.