Radio Networks Start Streaming Again

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Listeners who enjoy hearing their hometown radio station streamed over the Internet can rejoice. After two months of dead air, stations are back online thanks to ad insertion technology.

In April, the 1,170 stations owned by Clear Channel Communications–as well as those owned by Ennis Communications and ABC/Disney–cut off their streams. The problem? The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) decided to enforce a contract stating that union announcers should receive 300 percent of their normal fee if an ad originally recorded for local broadcast is used online.

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