Comments on: HR 848 and Black Talk Radio: Ending Wackness In The Name Of Blackness http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/hr-848-and-black-talk-radio-ending-wackness-in-the-name-of-blackness/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:15:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: shabazz salam http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/hr-848-and-black-talk-radio-ending-wackness-in-the-name-of-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-4719 shabazz salam Thu, 19 May 2011 02:02:55 +0000 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/?p=671#comment-4719 Reggie Miles: remeber the airwaves are public, they have been hijacked by the big corps, even cathy hughes radio one, the same radio one that is going to be your only commercial radio source of so-called masked term---> urban radio. aka black radio, reggie there won't be any need to to obtain the so-called capitol that we already have in our communities to compete with radio one because once u are given the tag as the chosen one then that's it u are the only one, that's how american works on business, media etc. We will continue to fool ourselfs if thinking that if we play in the system then that's how we survive, we even have an african american in the white house now, but even he subscribes to the mandate of the american system. :ets wake up. Reggie Miles: remeber the airwaves are public, they have been hijacked by the big corps, even cathy hughes radio one, the same radio one that is going to be your only commercial radio source of so-called masked term—> urban radio. aka black radio, reggie there won’t be any need to to obtain the so-called capitol that we already have in our communities to compete with radio one because once u are given the tag as the chosen one then that’s it u are the only one, that’s how american works on business, media etc. We will continue to fool ourselfs if thinking that if we play in the system then that’s how we survive, we even have an african american in the white house now, but even he subscribes to the mandate of the american system. :ets wake up.

]]> By: Pedro Baez http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/hr-848-and-black-talk-radio-ending-wackness-in-the-name-of-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Pedro Baez Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:15:03 +0000 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/?p=671#comment-514 What is unfortunate Cedric, is that Black Radio could have on the cutting edge instead of the chopping block. Here is what I mean. When Talk Radio began taking over AM, Black Radio, should have done the same with its AM outlets. Some did like WOL (Washington, DC) others went to a all Gospel Format. What in essence happened was Black Radio missed the boat. Some went to an all talk format too late in the game. Regarding HR 848, both writers and performers should have shared the royaltys. Now their will be additional revenue that must be paid. Hopefully, this bill will be tabled. If not we can say goodbye to Black Radio as we know it. What is unfortunate Cedric, is that Black Radio could have on the cutting edge instead of the chopping block. Here is what I mean. When Talk Radio began taking over AM, Black Radio, should have done the same with its AM outlets. Some did like WOL (Washington, DC) others went to a all Gospel Format. What in essence happened was Black Radio missed the boat. Some went to an all talk format too late in the game. Regarding HR 848, both writers and performers should have shared the royaltys. Now their will be additional revenue that must be paid. Hopefully, this bill will be tabled. If not we can say goodbye to Black Radio as we know it.

]]> By: William Crockerham http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/hr-848-and-black-talk-radio-ending-wackness-in-the-name-of-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-401 William Crockerham Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:51:27 +0000 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/?p=671#comment-401 I wrote an article on examiner.com which took the position that 80 years of not paying the artist when their work airs on radio or television, is way too long. When the article was written it wasn't done from a black or white point of view. Cited were the example of Smokey Robinson and Barry Gordy. Together they co-wrote "Shop Around." Smokey gets paid as co-writer with Barry, the former Motown Owner, every time it gets air play. Smokey the artist, nor do the Miracles, receive any pay for air play. We're talking about a situation which has existed since radio, records and artists have been around. Taking this to the other side; Jack Ely and the Kingsmen recorded "Louie Louie" which continues to receive a lot of airplay. When recorded Ely says he was paid one check for $5,000. But the writer of the song, receives over $50,000 in royalties a year, which is left for his heirs. This is not a black versus white issue, what it is could best be described as Master getting over on his slave. Because artist who record under contract, receive expenses which take away from any profit their recording might get when its made. Then they never receive air play royalties, so they get screwed again. The Black radio stations are caught up in a bad situation, which they didn't make, but right now they are on the side of the Master, as far as the artist is concerned. The point here is that either you pay both the writer and the performer or you pay no one. We know how far paying no one is bout to go. The U.S. system of no pay to artist is followed in Iran and Iraq and North Korea. In France, they withhold royalties for air play from American artists because we withhold royalties for air play for their French artist, who have songs on our radio and television stations. When a rapper like Jay-Z gets air play there, the government takes his performance royalty payment and deposits it into their cultural affairs department, simply because we don't pay their performers over here. When songs are downloaded, that is retrieved digitally, those companies like I-Tunes do pay performance royalties for air play. So Black Radio is going to in up in a changed business model if HR 848 passes and it should be passed. 80 years of paying the writer and not the performer is going on far too long. After all, I doubt if most song writers could even begin to sound like a hit record. I wrote an article on examiner.com which took the position that 80 years of not paying the artist when their work airs on radio or television, is way too long. When the article was written it wasn’t done from a black or white point of view. Cited were the example of Smokey Robinson and Barry Gordy. Together they co-wrote “Shop Around.” Smokey gets paid as co-writer with Barry, the former Motown Owner, every time it gets air play. Smokey the artist, nor do the Miracles, receive any pay for air play. We’re talking about a situation which has existed since radio, records and artists have been around. Taking this to the other side; Jack Ely and the Kingsmen recorded “Louie Louie” which continues to receive a lot of airplay. When recorded Ely says he was paid one check for $5,000. But the writer of the song, receives over $50,000 in royalties a year, which is left for his heirs. This is not a black versus white issue, what it is could best be described as Master getting over on his slave. Because artist who record under contract, receive expenses which take away from any profit their recording might get when its made. Then they never receive air play royalties, so they get screwed again. The Black radio stations are caught up in a bad situation, which they didn’t make, but right now they are on the side of the Master, as far as the artist is concerned. The point here is that either you pay both the writer and the performer or you pay no one. We know how far paying no one is bout to go. The U.S. system of no pay to artist is followed in Iran and Iraq and North Korea. In France, they withhold royalties for air play from American artists because we withhold royalties for air play for their French artist, who have songs on our radio and television stations. When a rapper like Jay-Z gets air play there, the government takes his performance royalty payment and deposits it into their cultural affairs department, simply because we don’t pay their performers over here. When songs are downloaded, that is retrieved digitally, those companies like I-Tunes do pay performance royalties for air play. So Black Radio is going to in up in a changed business model if HR 848 passes and it should be passed. 80 years of paying the writer and not the performer is going on far too long. After all, I doubt if most song writers could even begin to sound like a hit record.

]]> By: Lamac66 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/hr-848-and-black-talk-radio-ending-wackness-in-the-name-of-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Lamac66 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:51:03 +0000 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/?p=671#comment-321 Brother Miles, you're on point. This is nothing more than a scam. This is out of charecter for Mr. Conyers to carry on like this. I agree that most of black radio is nothing more than the same tracks being played over and over again with little information for the masses. This 848 bill is supposed to help ripped-off artist of the past to get paid right? A sort of reparations right? Why are the artist getting less than 50% of the revenue for their music being played, while the record companies(who by the way ripped them off to begin with) get the bulk of the profits. The record companies are all foreign owned with the exception of one. To require a radio station to pay a royalty everytime they play an artists music is way out there. This will break black radio pretty much. I see this as politics as much as anything. Black radio did put out a lot of information during the last presidential election. I really believe this bill is being introduced to curtail that from happening again in 2012 for sure. It's a great strategy when you really think about it. Let's face it. Congressman Conyers wife has taken a good beating over they years from the black radio in Detroit! One of the biggest questions I have is why aren't these ripped off artist going after the record companies that ripped them off in the first place? Brother Miles, you’re on point. This is nothing more than a scam. This is out of charecter for Mr. Conyers to carry on like this. I agree that most of black radio is nothing more than the same tracks being played over and over again with little information for the masses.

This 848 bill is supposed to help ripped-off artist of the past to get paid right? A sort of reparations right? Why are the artist getting less than 50% of the revenue for their music being played, while the record companies(who by the way ripped them off to begin with) get the bulk of the profits.

The record companies are all foreign owned with the exception of one. To require a radio station to pay a royalty everytime they play an artists music is way out there.

This will break black radio pretty much. I see this as politics as much as anything. Black radio did put out a lot of information during the last presidential election. I really believe this bill is being introduced to curtail that from happening again in 2012 for sure. It’s a great strategy when you really think about it.

Let’s face it. Congressman Conyers wife has taken a good beating over they years from the black radio in Detroit! One of the biggest questions I have is why aren’t these ripped off artist going after the record companies that ripped them off in the first place?

]]> By: Yahya Sharif Shabaka http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/hr-848-and-black-talk-radio-ending-wackness-in-the-name-of-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Yahya Sharif Shabaka Sun, 31 May 2009 18:59:41 +0000 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/?p=671#comment-317 Knowedge is truly power. It's so ironic how we dismiss the importence of ourselves until we need each other. This banter back and forth is soooo un-neccessary,yet sooooo neccessary. The stench of slavery has made us a relentlessly hard headed and stiff necked people. However, we do our best work under a crisis mode. (thats unfortunate,but the truth nonetheless) It's no wonder why the prophet Hosea said "my people are destroyed because of the lack of knowedge" Mind you, not because of our skin color or our gender,but because we lacked knowedge .(of ourselves and others) For those of us who think that we will always refleck crabs in the basket, look out. The time and circumstances demands a change or die. Let the strong of our people join in with the strong of our people and remake the world of "NEWS" with renewed vigor and determinination. All of you who represent the diet of fear that all of us at one time or another have been nourished on. That time is up..We must stand up and be men and women and stand behind people like the "nation of islam" A fearless people who won't back down from the oppressor. Organize and back our black organizations. Get rid of our weak, knee bending shadow fearing leadership,and pick up the mantle ourselves..."Be the change you want to see" Ghandi. Thankyou bro.Cedric Muhammad. You are doing bang up job..Yahya P.S. Join all of our organizations and change them from with in.. Knowedge is truly power. It’s so ironic how we dismiss the importence of ourselves until we need each other. This banter back and forth is soooo un-neccessary,yet sooooo neccessary. The stench of slavery has made us a relentlessly hard headed and stiff necked people. However, we do our best work under a crisis mode. (thats unfortunate,but the truth nonetheless) It’s no wonder why the prophet Hosea said “my people are destroyed because of the lack of knowedge” Mind you, not because of our skin color or our gender,but because we lacked knowedge .(of ourselves and others) For those of us who think that we will always refleck crabs in the basket, look out. The time and circumstances demands a change or die. Let the strong of our people join in with the strong of our people and remake the world of “NEWS” with renewed vigor and determinination. All of you who represent the diet of fear that all of us at one time or another have been nourished on. That time is up..We must stand up and be men and women and stand behind people like the “nation of islam” A fearless people who won’t back down from the oppressor. Organize and back our black organizations. Get rid of our weak, knee bending shadow fearing leadership,and pick up the mantle ourselves…”Be the change you want to see” Ghandi. Thankyou bro.Cedric Muhammad. You are doing bang up job..Yahya P.S. Join all of our organizations and change them from with in..

]]> By: Reggie Miles http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/hr-848-and-black-talk-radio-ending-wackness-in-the-name-of-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Reggie Miles Sat, 30 May 2009 01:31:40 +0000 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/?p=671#comment-315 We should study the radio industry and understand the dynamics more before we make comments. The performance rights act is not about Cathy Hughes or what Radio One does with it's programming. African Americans who have the luxury of being at the that level in broadcasting have to play the game they way the majority plays the game at that level. Radio One is a publicly traded company and their emphasis is primarily on the financial bottom line. Black radio emulates the procedures of the majority. Radio is run by a few white males. What we should be arguing about is why so few minorities have access to get a broadcast property to compete against Radio One and others too. And the media is good but do not forgo the terrestrial stations. Why do you think the majority wants to own all of them? The radio industry is about to bottom out and this act will create another barrier to entry because we won't have the capital to compete. The FCC and other are now trying to get radio back to public interest standards. The performance rights act is a camouflage tactic. Some white folks have put it in the heads of a former black stars. man yall should be paid by radio cause they are making bank from the advertisers off of what you created. Advertiser aren't moving towards radio like they used to. And in the day when radio was king and they used live musicians in the studio. Then I could agree with a performance rights act. In the long run the performance rights act is going to force radio not to play music. We should study the radio industry and understand the dynamics more before we make comments. The performance rights act is not about Cathy Hughes or what Radio One does with it’s programming. African Americans who have the luxury of being at the that level in broadcasting have to play the game they way the majority plays the game at that level. Radio One is a publicly traded company and their emphasis is primarily on the financial bottom line. Black radio emulates the procedures of the majority. Radio is run by a few white males. What we should be arguing about is why so few minorities have access to get a broadcast property to compete against Radio One and others too. And the media is good but do not forgo the terrestrial stations. Why do you think the majority wants to own all of them?

The radio industry is about to bottom out and this act will create another barrier to entry because we won’t have the capital to compete. The FCC and other are now trying to get radio back to public interest standards.

The performance rights act is a camouflage tactic. Some white folks have put it in the heads of a former black stars. man yall should be paid by radio cause they are making bank from the advertisers off of what you created. Advertiser aren’t moving towards radio like they used to. And in the day when radio was king and they used live musicians in the studio. Then I could agree with a performance rights act.

In the long run the performance rights act is going to force radio not to play music.

]]> By: Wayne http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/hr-848-and-black-talk-radio-ending-wackness-in-the-name-of-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Wayne Tue, 26 May 2009 20:51:39 +0000 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/?p=671#comment-307 Well Stated Brother..Truly enjoy listening to your show..I see alot of folks following your model. Well Stated Brother..Truly enjoy listening to your show..I see alot of folks following your model.

]]> By: pieface19 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/hr-848-and-black-talk-radio-ending-wackness-in-the-name-of-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-306 pieface19 Tue, 26 May 2009 20:33:02 +0000 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/?p=671#comment-306 Greetings Everyone: I've enjoyed reading all of your positive posts and with what brother Patrick X's post (question), what can we do to support you and make you stronger and keep you that way? I assume he his talking about the Black Coffee Program. I will chim in and answer, spread the word and generate revenue for Brother Cedric's show buy buying advertising and or encouraging others to buy advertising. And no i was not paid to post this:) I love the program and beleive in its power and potential. Let's support the new, the now, our own. Greetings Everyone:

I’ve enjoyed reading all of your positive posts and with what brother Patrick X’s post (question), what can we do to support you and make you stronger and keep you that way? I assume he his talking about the Black Coffee Program. I will chim in and answer, spread the word and generate revenue for Brother Cedric’s show buy buying advertising and or encouraging others to buy advertising. And no i was not paid to post this:) I love the program and beleive in its power and potential. Let’s support the new, the now, our own.

]]> By: Patrick X http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/hr-848-and-black-talk-radio-ending-wackness-in-the-name-of-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Patrick X Mon, 25 May 2009 20:03:44 +0000 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/?p=671#comment-304 What can we do to support you and make you stronger and keep you that way? What can we do to support you and make you stronger and keep you that way?

]]> By: Patrick X http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/hr-848-and-black-talk-radio-ending-wackness-in-the-name-of-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Patrick X Mon, 25 May 2009 20:01:50 +0000 http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/?p=671#comment-303 I read the Take Over! I read the Take Over!

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