WDOA.com was an Internet Radio station that specialized in independent and unsigned recording artists. WDOA has ceased to stream due to draconian royalty payment requirements by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The RIAA effectively purchased Congress and handed them a royalty payment system that Congress rubber stamped. Despite the RIAA's claims that they are about compensating artists for their work, the RIAA is actually about complete control of the music distribution system. Ask 99% of people who have had recording contracts with major labels and see if they felt that the record companies were looking out for their best interests. WDOA was a non-profit Internet Radio station that was basically subsidized by a small group of all volunteer staff and listeners. No advertising was sold, no money was made by anyone associated with the station, however the RIAA's position that small operations like ours should still pay several thousand dollars a year in royalties, while also having to undertake onerous reporting requirements of what was played (not just what we played, but who listened (via IP address), at one times for how long and from what geographic areas.
Make no mistake the major labels way of doing business will fall, unfortunately at this time we cannot risk our homes and bank accounts should the RIAA take legal action. May they long rot in hell.
WDOA.com (no longer radio)'s Friend Space (Top 15)
WDOA.com (no longer radio) we were recently featured on the ABC network and we are trying to promote our first full length album self titled EVRO. Check out the video and leave a comment to tell us what you think. Just warning you that the sound on the video isn’t the greatest quality but you can listen to the same songs on our MySpace page. Tell others! Thank you and have a blessed day!
Janelle [vocals] Matt [guitar] Brian [bass] Chris [drums]
my new weekly 1 hour "radio timperley" show starts this sunday 14th june at 7pm uk time (2pm nyc etc) on - www.manchesterradioonline.com
thank you for being mymyspace ace radio friend,... and i'll try and keep you up-to-date with my fantastic semi-proffessional radio show-biz-ness career .
If you like true old school punk, come check out the return of Wormtown PunK legends THE COMMANDOS, live in Providence friday June 12th. You can also read about them in june's issue of The NOISE, in print and online. www.thenoise-boston.com
Just released the second part to my "Frozen Elements" mix. It contains tracks from Coldharbour Recordings and Electronic Elements. This is an all vocal progressive trance mix. Hope you enjoy!
***Smile*** Awwwww... So good to be back at work in Nashville. You know, I love my job as a Artist Promoter- I hope you are still loving yours! But more so I hope each day you are smiling!!!
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