Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > As I understand it, talk radio stations don't pay any licensing fees for > music--there story is that if you only play about 30 seconds of the record > or something like that, you don't have to pay.
No, ASCAP and BMI have blanket licenses for talk stations, too. They cost quite a bit less than for the mostly music stations but these vampir...uh, organizations never leave money on the table. > In fact, I believe that companies like TM (where Ed D. worked a long time ago) > sell to talk radio stations clip libraries of music that are guaranteed to > run out > before they have to pay. Yes, TM Century (now a tiny part of Triton Media Group) sold production libraries and other music packages that did not require additional license payments but these were original or soundalike compositions, not short versions of pop songs. If you bought (technically, leased for 99 years) a GoldDisc music format library you were still on the hook to BMI/ASCAP if you used it on the air. -- Ed Dravecky III http://www.fencon.org/ -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
