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Application This is a pdf file. If you do not have the Acrobat Reader, download it from Adobe.

Q: Why would KXXX or WXXX want to join CBI?

A: CBI represents students involved in radio, television, webcasting and other related media activities. With a commitment to cooperative efforts, CBI IS bringing more resources to the members of the organization. These resources are technical, legal, organizational promotional and political. The listservs provides students, advisers and professional staff members a forum to share ideas and ask questions. Answers to questions come from all perspectives, including peers, industry professionals and even the FCC!

Membership also entitles stations to send students to the LARGEST STUDENT MEDIA CONVENTION at a discount. If you send enough members (4), the savings will more than pay for membership!

And don't forget the awards! Each year at the national convention, there are the awards! Each member station is entitled to enter the awards competition, with NO ENTRY FEE .

Then there are the discounts! CBI has a growing list of partners who offer discounts on top of their normally discounted prices for educational stations. These discounts often more than offset the cost of membership!

• The E-mail lists! There are four lists with students, advisers, and professionals in broadcasting and allied fields. See the E-mail list page for details.
• The FREE PUBLIC list, with professionals from all areas!
• The FS list. This list is for faculty and staff involved with student broadcasting facilities.
• The TV List. This list is for video/TV specific topics and discussion.
• The Jobs List. This is NOT a discussion list. This list distributes job opportunities to all subscribers from across the country.
• Discounted Conference Registration for station Staff (this alone can save your station more than the cost of membership!)
• Newsletter. The CBI newsletter is published monthly in electronic form and mailed to stations (more than 1400) across the nation 4x per year!
• Discounted On-Line Legal Handbook!
• Representation with the FCC and Copyright Office. CBI has filed comments, reply comments and court documents on the behalf of the educational community and has been largely sucessful and continues to work on your behalf. Your membership not only adds to our resources to do the right thing, but also encourages us to fight for you!
• True representation. Did any organization that represents your interests seek your input concerning the requirement to RECORD ALL OF YOUR PROGRAMMING for 16 hours a day and retain those recordings for 60 - 90 days? CBI did and the input from its members were included in our comments before the FCC.
• Discounted rates at Live365!
  * 25% discount on the Live365 regularly priced setup fee
  * 15% off monthly streaming fees
• Discounted Engineering services. CBI has worked with Communications Technologies, Inc. to offer a 10% discount for members above the already discounted rates for NCE stations!
• LPB discounts! 5% on Equipment and the 10% for Services.
• A 40% discount from Spacial Audio. This discount applies to all software product lines, Stream and Web Hosting resources and development and support services.
• Networking. CBI partners with many local, regional and national organizations. Your membership allows you access and visibility to representatives from these organizations.
• Legal Consultations. (Contact a board member for access to these privileges.)

There are two types of membership in CBI, Station and Associate.

Station Members

Station members are single university or college radio or television station or other electronic media organization.

Associate Members
Associate members are individuals, corporations, or other entities from broadcast stations, networks, syndicators, cable firms, equipment manufacturers, publishers, other electronic media-related businesses, or others with an interest in student-operated electronic media.

Donors CBI is also actively seeking Donors that wish to further the goals of college broadcasters.

• You could sponsor our awards program!
• You could help a student who can't afford college reach their dreams!
• You can help sustain this organization. We are working on a number of organizational development plans to better serve the membership.
• You can help by offering co-branded scholarship.
• You can help by getting involved with sponsoring trips to the annual convention!
• You can help by offering discounted products and services to students.

Application This is a pdf file. If you do not have the Acrobat Reader, download it from Adobe.

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