Free Radio Alliance

The Media Institute, a non-profit foundation dedicated to researching the effects of communication policy issues, opposes the Performance Rights Act.  The institute’s latest report titled “Performance Fees on Radio Stations: A Debacle Waiting To Happen,” details the effects of the proposed law and how it would specifically damage minority-owned and local broadcasters.  FMQB reports: Black [...]

Record companies are fighting for a performance tax on radio broadcasters because they’re “running out of money,” says National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Chairman Steve Newberry in USA Today.  ”When you start with that basis, it’s very difficult to engage in good-faith negotiations.” “If a large station is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a [...]