It’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 … [Read more...]
The Breeze Returns
As founder and owner of The Breeze, I am pleased to announce that The Breeze is back!We began streaming again on Jan. 16, 2016 following about a two-week hiatus caused by a need to break the chains from a nearly impossible copyright royalty fee structure imposed by ASCAP and SoundExchange that took effect the first of the year.Our new partnership with Radionomy allows us to … [Read more...]
The Breeze – Back on the “Air”!
The Breeze is Back! Our Loyal Listeners know that changes in licensing and royalties forced us to take our music off the air on both The Breeze and our new all-vocal channel, The Sea Breeze. The changes in the copyright royalty fee structure from ASCAP and SoundExchange gave us no choice.We Found a Way!But you can't keep an Internet broadcaster down for long - and we're happy … [Read more...]
More Listening Options – More Choices!
Dear Loyal Listeners,As you probably know, there have been interruptions in hearing The Breeze during the past couple of weeks. And you can blame it on improvements that will make your Easy Listening experience even better! (once we get the kinks worked out!)The Sea BreezeFirst, we have launched another Easy Listening format called the Sea Breeze. It is an all vocal format … [Read more...]
Message from the Boss
We are now entering our 11th year of broadcasting the Breeze easy listening format to a world wide audience. Changes coming in 2015 include Adding the latest news and stock market reports on top of the hour. More in depth biographies of artists we feature in the Breeze. New EZ artist section on our home page. You can now listen to us whenever you go on your I-phone, … [Read more...]