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| From | shawn campbell <thursdayinjune@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Radio Royalties |
| Date | Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:11:41 -0700 (PDT) |
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Ralph writes:
usually, BMI and such just take a random sampling of
radio airplay (3-4 months)to generalize what the
airplay is so basically hit rotation artists get the
money. stuff that gets played ONCE usually falls
through the cracks or you get a bit of the
unnaccounted for funds at the end of a reporting
period that gets distributed out to everybody at the
bottom of the trough... or not....
however, i do believe most USA collecting agencies are
switching over to get info from the radio data
services that actually do track every song (the
systems are already in place) somebody here may be
more up to date on this -
Shawn says:
The way BMI handles its accounting of what is getting
played is that pretty much every terrestrial radio
station in the country is required to log every piece
of music it plays for one three-day period each year.
You're assigned a three-day logging period, and so
every day of the year, some stations are logging. We
just finished our BMI logging period last week. But
there's definitely no system of tracking every song on
every station. That may be something that will be
possible once all stations convert to digital
transmission. Right now, though, it's just a VERY
random sampling of three days per year of programming
from each station.
Here's a good explanation on the BMI website as to how
fees are determined. For example, there are bonuses
for hit songs and standards, and college and public
radio are treated differently than commercial radio in
the payment structuring.
http://bmi.com/career/entry/C1519
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