HELP SAVE INTERNET RADIO

I'm a huge fan of internet radio, especially now that I'm back in NYC and don't have terrestrial access to my beloved KCRW.  I'm not sure how I would make it through the day without such great streams as those from SomaFM and KEXP Seattle.

Please take a moment to look at this site, and tell your friends, it's a big deal and the deadline is coming in two weeks:

The SaveNetRadio Coalition

The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger.  Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on May 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). If the increased rates remain unchanged, the majority of webcasters will go bankrupt and silent on this date.  Internet radio needs your help! The Internet Radio Equality Act has just been introduced by Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Donald Manzullo (R-IL ) to save the Internet radio industry. Please call your congressperson to ask them to co-sponsor this bill by clicking below.

 

(The site will help you find the names/phone numbers for your congressperson(s)...I called today, it took 30 seconds and the paige who answered the phone was very, very sweet.)

For those of us who cannot just discuss old shows on DVD all Summer:

OK this is a great idea...I'm in!

Found this via astolat:

Coming to you from the HBO panel discussion at muskratjamboree:

premium_blend is for those of us who love any of the awesome small-fandom shows on premium cable like HBO and Showtime. It's often hard for a fandom to coalesce around these shows because fewer people have easy access to them and because of those evil year-long hiatuses they like to inflict on us, not to mention the vast graveyards of shows canceled before their time because they were too expensive. And since there is a lot of overlap among fans of these various shows, we're looking to get a little cross-pollination going by centralizing. We hope this will give all these fandoms new life by giving fans an ongoing haven -- activity for one show may ebb and flow as it comes on the air or goes off, but there will always be something fun happening in this space.

This is a great thing to have up and running in time for the gazillion shows coming back (or preeming) on HBO this summer...