Dear Editor:

Live365 agrees with John Simson's 8/7/08 call "to fairly compensate artists for the use of their work." We've been doing so since day one, paying out millions in royalties to SoundExchange who claims to represent artists.

What we object to is the very lack of the "fairness" that Simson calls for. INTERNET RADIO pays the highest royalty of any form of radio, often 50% or more of their revenues. Yet, cable and satellite radio pay around 7% of their revenue and as Simson points out, AM/FM pays nothing.

As a result, during the 12 months following the exorbitant March 2007 royalty rate increase, Live365 experienced a decline of 40%, or nearly 600 million broadcast performances. If Simson is concerned about "fairness," he should start by playing fair with Internet radio. It will do his artists good.

Sincerely,
N. Mark Lam
CEO of Live365

Once again, FJR is back! Thanks to some new great library rescources, we are now able to start with a fresh and rather large library.

We hope you will tune in!

http://www.live365.com/stations/vincewylde

After 4 great years on Live365, Freedom Jazz Radio has gone silent.

While we believe we were successful at what we did, which was providing a virtual time capsule to the Golden Era, we could not compete with professional stations such as Big Band Universe.

We are sad to do this, but insist it is not permanent. Until we are better resourced to compete with those who's funding is channeled directly into the station while our funding is SPLIT between sources, we will remain off the air. FJR WILL one day return. Until then, we save out nickles and dimes and maybe try to secure sponsorship to take our innovative programming to the next level.

Yours,

FJR Team and

VINCE WYLDE

Today is Sunday, June 10, 2007
Today in
World War II History
1940 - Italy declared war on France and Britain. In addition, Canada declared war on Italy.

1940 - Norway surrendered to Germany.

1942 - The Gestapo massacred 173 male residents of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in retaliation for the killing of a Nazi official.

1943 - The Allies began bombing Germany around the clock.

Today in Sports History

1921 - Babe Ruth became baseball's all-time home run leader with 120.

1944 - The youngest pitcher in major league baseball pitched his first game. Joe Nuxhall was 15 years old (and 10 months and 11 days).

1948 - Chuck Yeager exceeded the speed of sound in the Bell XS-1.

Today is Saturday, June 9, 2007
Today in
World War II History
1940 - Norway surrendered to the Nazis during World War II.

1944 - The Russian Army invaded Karelian Isthmus in Finland. Russia was fighting to gain back territory that had been ceded to it under the terms of the Treaty of Moscow of 1940.

1995 - Japan's parliament passed a controversial resolution designed to atone for the country's role in World War II.

Today In Music History:

1924 - "Jelly-Roll Blues" was recorded by Jelly Roll Morton and his band.

Today is Friday, June 8, 2007
Today in
World War II History
1941 - The Allies, British and Free French forces, invaded Syria and Lebanon.

1944 - Russian Premier Joseph Stalin telegraphed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to announce that the Allied success at Normandy "is a source of joy to us all," and promised to launch his own offensive on the Eastern Front.

1944 - U.S. General Omar Bradley, following orders from General Eisenhower, linked up American troops from Omaha Beach with British troops from Gold Beach at Colleville-sur-Mer.

On This Day In Music:

1927 - Paul Whiteman and his orchestra recorded "When Day is Done."

1942 - Bing Crosby recorded "Adeste Fideles" and "Silent Night."

Random World War II Quote
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat. - Winston Churchill, he said this to Britain's Parliament on May 13, 1940.

Today is Thursday, June 7, 2007
Today in
World War II History
1942 - The Battle of Midway ended. The sea and air battle lasted 4 days. Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties.

1942 - Japan landed troops on the islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians. The U.S. invaded and recaptured the Alutians one year later.

Today In Music History:

1939 - Larry Clinton and his orchestra recorded "In a Persian Market."

Random World War II Quote
"The fruits of victory are tumbling into our mouths too quickly."
Emperor Hirohito (On his Birthday) - April 29, 1942

Today is Monday, June 4, 2007
Today in
World War II History
1867. - Carl Gustav Emil von Mennerheim was born. He was the president of Finland from 1944-1946. He was also responsible for organizing the Mannerheim Line of defense against Russia.

1940.. - The British completed the evacuation of 300,000 troops at Dunkirk, France.

1941 - In Germany, the Nazis began restricting Jews access to beaches and swimming pools.

1942.. - The Battle of Midway began. It was the first major victory for America over Japan during World War II. The battle ended on June 6 and ended Japanese expansion in the Pacific.

1944 - The U-505 became the first enemy submarine captured by the U.S. Navy.

1944 - During World War II, the U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, which began the liberation of the Italian capital.

Today is Sunday, June 3, 2007
Today in
World War II History
1923 - In Italy, Benito Mussolini granted women the right to vote.

1938 - The German Reich voted to confiscate so-called "degenerate art."

1940. - German bombed Paris, killing 254 people. Most of the people killed were civilians and school children.

1940. - In France, the allied evacuation of Dunkirk ended.

Random World War II Quote
"The fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise every man must devote himself totally to the task in hand."
-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto - Commander in Chief of the Japanese Navy - December 7, 1941