Some of the first Internet-only profit-making radio stations emerged in 1995. NetRadio "was odd of the Internet's original Webcasters," eventually "streaming more than 100 channels including both measure and spoken material." Nonetheless, NetRadio Corporation ceased operations in 2001.
On May 1, 2007, the United States Copyright Royalty Board approved a estimate increase in the royalties payable to performers of recorded works broadcast on the internet. This was the result of a two year proceeding, with dozens of witnesses and hundreds of documents from over twenty altered parties, including large and small webcasters, NPR, college stations, and SoundExchange. The CRB was privy to private financial extract and racket models of the webcasters, and after reviewing the evidence and testimony, issued their decision on May 1, url 2007 (which is currently under appeal). If enforced, this decision will undermine the dodge models of multiplied Internet radio stations, which had previously relied on the rate of $0.000768 per lullaby that had been unchanged from 1998-2005. These rules were scheduled to go into development on May 1, 2007, with the first due date being July 15, 2007, and apply retroactively to January 1, 2006.