Letter to WJJD Listeners and Friends

Dear Friend of WJJD:

A number of our friends have written or emailed regarding the RIAA and Copyright Review Board (CRB) announcement on March 2 regarding increased royalty rate payments. Hundreds of small Internet broadcasters will be affected, one way or another.

WJJD Country Giant has operated as a totally legal, fully-licensed webcaster since its inception.
We have taken the necessary steps along the way to insure that the station has complied with
the DMCA laws - requiring certain spacing of artists and songs; display of artist/song title/album information; and a number of other requirements.

Many webcasters have decided to pull the plug on their stations and go off the air. Currently, WJJD operates under the services of Live365.com, and subsequently, we make all payments to them. Live365 is therefore responsible for covering the royalties of WJJD, and many others.

It is my plan to operate WJJD until:

1.) The costs rise to the point where the webcast is no longer economically feasible; or
2.) the staggering costs of multiple stations forces Live365 out of business; or
3.) the RIAA issues some sort of cease-and-desist against webcasters.

WJJD maintains a massive music library, containing many songs that are either out-of-print
or are hard to purchase. It is not a typical Top-40 country radio station. Currently the normal playlist has roughly 2,175 songs on it - many times over what most stations even own. I have
hundreds of tunes I've not even gotten to yet!

Please take a moment to visit the SAVE NET RADIO WEBSITE
to learn how you can help in the effort to keep Internet broadcasting free and available
to everyone.

I will also post updates on the new WJJD website
so please be sure to check in to learn how WJJD is being affected.

It is my hope that we will be able to continue broadcasting WJJD Revisited's unique mix of current and classic country - we're over 36, 000 streams strong.

We need your help. The threat of being forced to close is very real.

Thank you for your friendship and support of WJJD The Country Giant - Revisited. I still think
it's the best station out there.