Congressional Hearing on American Music Fairness Act Proposing New Music Royalty on Radio Stations – What is Being Considered

By |2025-12-18T09:44:08-06:00December 18th, 2025|Legal News|

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the American Music Fairness Act bill which proposes to adopt a new music royalty to be paid by over-the-air radio stations.  The royalty would be payable to SoundExchange for the public performance of sound recordings.  This means that the money collected would be paid to performing artists... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  November 4, 2024 to November 8, 2024

By |2024-11-10T07:03:33-06:00November 10th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Also on our Broadcast Law Blog, we discussed the implications of the SESAC rates for commercial radio announced by the... Continue Reading…

Go to Top