broadcast music royalties

Commercial Radio Station Revenue Must Be Reported to ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC by April 1

By David Oxenford|2024-01-31T10:08:02-06:00January 31st, 2024|Legal News|

We often write about issues concerning the royalties paid by radio stations for their various uses of music. It is not just paying the royalties that are important, but stations must also observe all of all the other obligations under each of their license agreements. The Radio Music License Committee asked us to remind commercial... Continue Reading…

AMFM Act Introduced in Congress to Impose Sound Recording Performance Royalty on Broadcast Stations

By David Oxenford|2019-12-02T12:05:09-06:00December 2nd, 2019|Legal News|

Late last month, the Ask Musicians For Music Act (the “AMFM Act”) was introduced in both the House and Senate. If enacted, the AMFM Act would impose on over-the-air broadcast radio stations a performance royalty for the use of sound recordings in their programming. This is yet another bill proposing that the current royalty that... Continue Reading…