[JPL] Airplay Ethics Question

[Maurice Hogue]

At 10:43 AM 4/26/2009 -0700, you wrote:
>That's a good point Mark. I went through that situation here with the 
>legality part. Technically, the mere fact that we play a CD...any...is a 
>promotion of sorts. It's when you get into definitives and superlatives 
>that you potentially run into problems. You can buy the CD at such and 
>such place...is one example. I had a critic here at the station that 
>brought up the "conflict" issue about me in a meeting. It even went to the 
>extent of us checking with our attorney's. It's certainly okay to do but 
>there are certain parameters. Remember David Sanborn's show? He played HIS 
>music all the time on the program. Don't think anyone complained about that.
>
>Jae Sinnett

I've had a similar situation here in Canada, where I'm often organizing
and managing tours for Canadian jazz groups during and outside of the
jazz festival season.  I play their music.  I have no financial interest in
their recordings. I suppose the point could really be stretched that what
they pay me for my services is derived from additional cd sales from
touring, but I'm pretty sure we could shoot holes in that argument.
No one's complained yet.

There was a smooth jazz show here years ago, and the host, who
just happened to be one of the few Canadian smooth artists at the
time, met his Canadian content quotas with a lot of his own tracks.
No complaints as far as I know. Maybe some snickers.

Maurice
CKUW Winnipeg