[Dixielandjazz] Radio station budgets

[Stan Brager]

A lot depends upon the type of music played by the station and the music
played by a particular show. When I had a show on a public radio station,
the station played mostly modern jazz. My show featured early jazz and
contemporary New Orleans styles of music.  The station had a few CD's of
early jazz but the bulk (99 %) of the music came from my own collection.

The station purchased CD's from the major companies at greatly reduced
prices for the bulk of their shows. The hosts with niche shows such as mine
had to fend for themselves. I found that I could order CD's for my show
through the station at these same reduced prices. However, I also paid for
these out of my own pocket (my own choice).

I also used the small stipend from the station to reinvest in CD's so that I
could now purchase music especially for the show although I would not have
bought some of the CD's for my own collection. One example was a CD
featuring pianist Porter Grainger.

Many companies and musicians were quite generous and would send me copies of
their recordings gratis. Mat Domber's Arbors label was excellent about this.
When the Northridge quake made access to Bob Ringwald's recordings
impossible (the building where they were stored was off-limits), Arbors was
one of the first companies to respond with CD's for Bob's show. Other
companies also followed suit.

Several small companies would also allow me to buy their recordings directly
at low prices.

These experiences are from 2 different stations both in the Los Angeles
metro area. Your experience may differ.

Stan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Harvey" <brer.rabbit at tiscali.co.uk>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 6:26 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Radio station budgets


> Jim said......
> Uh, I get those kind of requests all the time!  I don't respond.  Seems to
> me a radio program should have some kind of budget to get their music.
> Dunno...always sounds a bit of a scam to me.
>
> It might sound that way but in my own experience you first have to
persuade
> the station to give you a show and then locate your own records. And
there's
> no pay! No budget - just getting the show on air is alone a major effort.
> For me this all means initially using my own collection which is fine as
far
> as it goes. If your aim is to publicise the music, new and existing bands
> then if you have no budget all you can do is ask bands and labels to pitch
> in and help. For me they have in general been great and we now have a show
> up and running - http://www.euroclubdejazz.com/jazznet/jazznet2472c.htm -
> with a wealth of material both new and old to choose from.
> And I am not alone - I know of a public radio station in Wales (that's
part
> of the UK) with a regular jazz show who pay their presenter zilch. He -
like
> me - does it for love of the music. Jim is too hard on us and if he
persists
> in his attitude then his band will probably never be heard other than at
> live gigs and that's sad. If he has any faith in his music he should be
> prepared to do some promotion via the jazz DJs.
> Brian Harvey
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