Effective January 1, 2008

We are sad to announce we have discontinued  Internet Streaming of Christian 107.3

The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) successfully lobbied the US Government for strict and costly fees based on the simulcast performance of music.

Under the current laws, it is unlikely that we will resume our Internet broadcast.

What can you do?

Stop Greed Before You Lose Free Radio. A bill named the “Performance Rights Act” was introduced in Congress on December 18, 2007 that would impose a significant fee on Radio Broadcasters for the use of ANY music at all. The Bill, H.R. 4789, would require all radio broadcasters to pay a fee that would somehow be divided among all musical artists regardless of musical genre.

The proposed fee is backed by the recording industry, which will divide a full 50% of the billions of dollars generated annually. Artists will reportedly receive 45% of the take, and backup artists will spilt 5%. Among the questions this poses:

1) How will a Christian artist receive a fair share when pooled together with tens of thousands of secular artists?

2) How will ANY artist be properly represented and register to receive a “fair” share?

3) If this is a “Performance Right”, how did a starting flat fee of $5,000 come about?

Write Your Representatives. You can Keep Radio Free by asking them to vote NO on this unfair legislation.

Find your Representative HERE

Find your Senator HERE