The Breeze

The World's Easy Listening Leader

The Sea Breeze
  • Home
  • To Our Loyal Listeners
  • How to Listen
  • The Breeze Mailbag
  • Artist Profiles
  • News
  • Music News
  • Trivia
  • Contact Us!
  • Please Donate!
You are here: Home / Banners / 2016 has been a tough year…

2016 has been a tough year…

Video test patternIt’s been a tough year so far for Internet radio broadcasters. The Copyright Royalty Board  (CRB) in Washington, DC seems intent on putting all smaller Internet broadcasters out of business because of the onerous CRB ruling on Dec. 28, 2015.

The following events have occurred since January 1, 2016:

  • The new music licensing fees have increased six-fold per month.
  • Thousands of broadcasters have gone out of business and the rest of us are faced with an uncertain future.

The goal of every station is to grow its audience so that you may generate more advertising customers and have more revenue.

Not so with the CRB ruling. We are financially penalized for each additional listener. Music royalty fees are based on total listener hours per day and not solely on generated revenue. As a result, thousands of stations, web companies and listener apps have gone out of business.

This is a fine example of our politicians at work. No wonder many Americans are fed up with Washington. We need your support in notifying your congressman or woman of the unfairness of this decision and see that a fair and equitable solution is found.

Diversity and niche programming will soon disappear if things don’t change and we have representation on the CRB. Our desire is to continue to provide quality programming.

We need your help

We need your help so that we can continue to bring you the best instrumentalists and vocalists of all time. Here’s how you can help:

  • Notify your congressman concerning the unfairness of the new Internet rules handed down by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB).
  • Donations are accepted via PayPal or by check or money order sent via standard mail, in order to cover our overhead and bringing you the best music of all time. 

Please visit our Donations page or send checks or money orders,  payable to

Meyer Multimedia Services
Meyer Broadcasting Corp.
10200 S Broadway
Crown Point, IN 46307

Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,
John Meyer,
MBC Founder &
President of The Breeze Loyal Listener’s Club

Filed Under: Banners, John Meyer, Messages from the Boss

Streem Lion Licensed to Play SOCAN

Messages From the Boss

A Message From The Boss – December, 2021

The State of the Stations Here at Meyer Broadcasting Company, our goal continues to be to bring comfort to your life and brighten your day in our hectic world. Several changes have occurred during the past year. Our streaming company decided it would no longer serve Internet stations in the United States. So that left […]

More Posts from this Category

Featured Column: Dick Luedke

The Screen Door League

By Dick Luedke

Columnist Dick Luedke recounts how “the Screen Door League” led to his career in sports broadcasting.

The Gift

By Dick Luedke

Columnist Dick Luedke tells the story of “Ricky”, and the life-changing effect of a $2 birthday/Christmas gift from his grandparents: a book.

Always A Winner, Forever A Champion

By Dick Luedke

Columnist Dick Luedke pays tribute to former Chicago Bulls Coach Doug Collins and Collins’ coach at Illinois State University, Will Robinson.

More Posts from this Category

Support The Breeze!

Donate Now!

Help keep The Breeze on the air!

Your donations allow us to stream The Breeze without commercials and without a pay wall.

Give a little - give a lot - every bit helps!

Visit our donations page, or donate now!

Join our Loyal Listeners Mailing List

Keep on top of what's happening with The Breeze and The Sea Breeze!

Let us know what you think!

Contact Us!

Categories

  • About (150)
    • John Meyer (4)
    • Messages from the Boss (16)
    • Rules and Rate Card (5)
    • Staff and Stations (2)
    • The Breeze Mailbag (126)
  • Columns (9)
    • Dick Luedke (9)
  • Contests (2)
    • Contest News (1)
    • Mystery Tunes Trivia (1)
  • Help (1)
    • How to use this site (1)
  • Loyal Listeners (1)
  • Music News (25)
    • Artist Profiles (25)
    • Music News (1)
  • News (14)
    • Latest (11)
  • The Breeze Showcase (1)
    • CDs (1)
    • Special Offers (1)
  • Trivia (21)
    • Music Trivia (6)
    • Sports Trivia (8)
    • TV Trivia (7)

Find us on Facebook and Twitter

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

CDs for your collection…

Kayte Strong

Kayte Strong

 No collection of Beautiful Music would be … Buy now

Indiana Botanic Gardens

Search

feed-image Feed Entries

Copyright© 2004-2021 TheBreez.com and Meyer Multimedia Services,
a division of Meyer Broadcasting Corp. All rights reserved.
Phone: (219) 661-9140 || FAX: (219) 661-9040 || E-mail: Info@TheBreez.com
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT