Final days of the Tide's Online Streaming:

Hey Folks - We are sorry to announce that, as of October, we will no longer be able to provide an online audio broadcast of The Tide. Congress, the record companies, artists and their various lobby groups, in their collective wisdom, have determined that we should pay royalty fees for music played online even though:

1. We already pay those fees to BMI and ASCAP based on the station's annual revenue.

2. Paying fees to play the exact same music we have already paid for is like getting two bills for eating one meal at a restaurant.

3. Our website doesn't generate any revenue - $0. Knowing that most radio stations' websites don't generate any revenue, these titans of brilliance have still decided that we should pay based on the possible future revenues of online broadcasting. That's like having to pay tax on a $100 million lottery prize if you buy a ticket because you "might" win.

You can sense our frustration with the record companies. Failing to heed decades of warnings about the changing technology of music delivery, they now expect others to pay for their intransigence.

We will miss bringing you the music and hope we can bring it back someday.

Thanks from all of us at the Tide.