[BC] Radio's Influence on Music Sales

[Rich Wood]

------ At 03:50 PM 9/16/2008, Jess hundahl wrote: -------

>Then bill the Promo side of the House 10 to 20% above the rate You 
>have to pay out. To off set the cost of tracking of what is played. jh :-D

The record companies' mindset today is that we don't contribute 
anything. I doubt they'd even consider paying. Pay-for-play has been 
suggested many times in the past and didn't get far. Our problem is 
that we depend on their product. If you're the #1 music station in 
the market and you decide to charge them for play you're going to 
limit your playlist to only those companies that pay. That's not a 
recipe for success when your audience wants that 20 year old one hit 
wonder they saw on Entertainment Tonight with an equally trendy dude 
on her arm. Her company won't pay, so she's not on your air. Other 
formats that don't rely on new material will have to forego great 
performers of the past.

I'm wondering how this will affect the use of public domain material. 
ASCAP, BMI and SESAC can't collect, but could the representatives of 
the performers pick our pockets?

Rich