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Hi to all,
I work as a radio-author for German public radio. Now, I found some samples, I could really need for a radio feature. The station does not have any possibility to attribute the creator of the file - what can I do?
Thank you very much for your answer.
Christine

Maybe you can embedd this info as metadata in the files?

Broadcast Wave Format: http://www.ebu.ch/en/technical/publications/userguides/bwf_user_guide.php

Metadata won't get aired, so that wouldn't be much use.
I think the best thing you can do id contact the sound's creators and ask their permission. The Creative Commons license is not strict. The creator can always still give permission to use it without attribution.
Additionally, if you can't contact the creator or they won't give you permission, you can ask in the Samples Requests forum for somebody to create a similar sound under the condition that you can use it on air without attribution.

Is it possible to do the attribution on your website?

Here in the US, the public radio stations use music between the stories (they call them "music buttons". On their website they credit the music and even post a link to it:

http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=3