 FAIRadio stands for First Amendment Internet Radio.
FAIRadio’s first webcast began as a personal endeavor by its founders in March, 2002, and the broadcast quickly became popular with Internet radio listeners. The thrust of the original broadcast stream was to promote the concept of an open and free Internet broadcast platform that was to accessible to all, both listener and broadcaster. FAIRadio was created at a time when there were serious doubts that Internet radio would be
allowed to coexist with the large commercial monopolies that generally control the entertainment industry.
FAIRadio.net was incorporated as Portland Internet Radio under Section 501(c)(3) in early 2006 after receiving its first financial grant from a major corporate sponsor. Today Portland Internet Radio is entirely supported by generous grants from corporate and individual sponsors, as well as donations from its member
listeners, and operates as a public Internet radio station. FAIRadio.net is registered with the U.S. Copyright office as a licensed internet webcaster authorized to webcast authorized performance recordings and other content over the Internet. IRS certification under Section 501 (c)(3) is pending. FAIRadio.net is webcast free to listeners worldwide by Portland Internet Radio using a
streaming platform provided by Live365.com, the world’s largest Internet radio network. PIR provides 100 percent of the entertainment content on its webcasts, and is licensed directly through SoundExchange. When you listen to PIR streams, you can be assured that artists and copyright owners are being compensated by the royalties paid by PIR. Certain other independent content owners have licensed broadcast performance rights directly to Fairadio.net.  Our mission is to promote the development of the music arts by featuring both legacy and new discovery artists, and to offer the public a broader cultural experience. It is the goal of FAIRadio.net to exploit the powerful medium of the Internet to offer listeners quality programming of an original and
unique nature. To this end we have adopted a mixed format. Thank you for your loyalty and support.
2007 Board of Directors
Les L. French, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman
Lisa A. Ennis, Director (American Express Company)
Khalil El-Khoury, Director (OREX USA)
Cao Yinhua, Director (OREX Singapore)
James J. Bigoni, Director (Bigoni International Publishing Corporation)
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