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Internet radio charging residents?
Well, I've heard of stuff like this starting in 2007 and 2008 with some of the bigger stations. However, I've just got word of this from my own station. While I'm not affected (people who were already part of the station, and NOT new additions to the lineup), I still think it's absolutely preposterous.
Basically, for airtime, some trance radio stations are CHARGING their residents a monthly fee, from $10-20+, just to host their show. Last time I checked, anyone with a weekly internet radio show is spending several hours compiling new music, producing originals and edits to make their show as upfront as possible, and putting at least an hour recording the show, not to mention adding the vocal bits, interviews, etc.
I don't know any other business in the world that asks many hours of one's time a week, plus a weekly fee from the worker to put those hours and work in! I understand there's costs and a lot of work on the part of the internet radio owner to make it all happen. However, if these radio heads are resorting to demanding money of their residents, it's basically enough to say that they themselves have done something wrong, and should close up shop. Maybe they're wasting their time and energy doing internet radio?
I'm wondering what some of you feel about this. Some of you are DJs and can sympathize, and others not. While, like I said, my wallet is not affected, I find it hard to support and work for a station that is starting to demand a weekly fee for the resident's own hours of work into putting together the show.
Something's wrong there, right? Your thoughts....
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He'd just sit in there & moan about my mixing whilst not hearing it and knowing he couldn't do any better if he tried, so he didn't 
