I've been reading all kinds of stories about embedding ISRC codes in a WAV or mp3 to be sent directly to radio stations.  Does the mp3 encoder in Sonar does that? Any way to do it with a WAV (16 or 24bit)?  


IFPI states this:
"'The MP3 format does allow rights management information like ISRC to be included however it is rarely used. What is used is the ID3 system of tags, which is not part of the international standard, but does enable ISRC to be encoded.
 
It is therefore recommended that an ISRC be encoded into an ID3 tag.''

You need an audio editor, like CD Architect or even Pyro.

For mp3s there's a demo you can check out.
http://www.jthink.net/jaikoz/

mp3Tag is a great freebie. It'll embed anything you can think of and lame them up to if you want.

It's free as well.

I have Nero and in Nero Burning ROM I can key in my ISRC codes and it will be burned to the CD.  How its read on a CD, I haven't a clue.

CJ : i have cd architect, but i'm concerned with mp3. 

ID3: Cakewalk encoder provides that. But no specific line for ISRC.  

Will get a sneak peak at those 2 programs. 

It's just amazing that no DAW will provide more direct and obvious way to do it!... Even for a WAV !!....

I have my ISRC codes, but.... Just as no one ever thought of allowing protection outside a manufactured CD (a disappearing specie anyway!!....)

CJ : i have cd architect, but i'm concerned with mp3.

HUH? I said nothing of MP3s..you actually said MP3's in your post, not me. 
I said and ill copy and paste it
"You need an audio editor, like CD Architect or even Pyro. "
 
If you have CD architect, then your good to go

For mp3 you can embed the ISRC into the song file itself.  A tool like mp3tag is perfect for the job.

For wav, I'm not sure you can embed the ISRC into the song file -- at least not in a recognised and accepted protocol.  

Typically the ISRC would be added to the CD that contains all the song files that are sourced from those WAV files, along with any other CD text that most players would recognise and retrieve accordingly.

Hey Fireberd, I have tried to enter a CD title/ track names in Nero too, but it does not ever seem to do anything. Put the disk in a computer CD drive and it is still just all blank.

Are you recording "Disk at Once" (DAO) with Nero?  You need to use the DAO to get text on an audio CD.

I find some CD players (that are capable of displaying titles) will and some will not.  Playing on a PC, is the same way some show up and some do not.