Local webcaster joins "Day of Silence"
Pittsburgh: The following was sent to PBRTV in response to the previous article "There's a Kind of Hush":Pittsburgh’ Metrocities Broadcast Communications, owners of five Internet stations here in the burgh since 1999, is joining the day of silence. Three of the main MetroCities stations involved with the day of silence will be "retro"-formatted WRTRO ('60s and '70s music radio), WCXRK ('70s classic rock/classic hits radio), WKRTX ('80s and '90s hit music radio) and WKRTX (retro '80s & '90s HD station, audio channel 207 on the net).
Dave Curio, founder and president of MetroCities Broadcast Communications, states that "I've been in the radio business since 1981 and went into the internet radio business in 1999. The day of silence is a very serious day of focus and extremely important to the internet broadcast industry, as well as the broadcast industry in general. July 15th will be the do or die date for internet broadcasting. Our representatives in Washington must act fast and pass the Internet Radio Equality Act before the 15th in order to save internet radio from having to shut down operations, due to the proposed exceedingly high royalty rates. July 15th is the day when the rate hike goes into effect, and will be the day that the music will stop and stations go off the air."
Listeners can join in and support internet radio by contacting their representatives in Washington. They can do so by going to http://www.savenetradio.org/ for more information.