[78-L] ^Questions re airplay of old recordings on radio.

[Royal Pemberton]

So I had it right all along.  Thanks everyone!

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 2:10 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> Ken "Silver Showcase" wrote:
> > Royal Pemberton wrote:
> >> Last week I got an E-mail from someone who's trying to get records by
> his
> >> favourite singer played on the radio.  The singer only had one album
> >> released in the US in 1974 but continued to record in the UK until 1982.
> >> The man who sent me the E-mail said the station told him the singer had
> to
> >> be an 'approved' artiste, meaning, approved by ASCAP, BMI et al.  I know
> >> broadcasters have to pay ASCAP, BMI, SESAC et al usage fees based on the
> >> number of plays of their registered songs, but what of the 'approved'
> bit?
> >> Is there such a thing, or was the radio station chap telling the person
> who
> >> sent me the E-mail that to get rid of him?
> >>
> >
> > I worked at a local radio station for 26 years.  Songs are licensed.
> > Singers are not.  Methinks they invented an excuse just to brush the guy
> > off.
> >
> > -- Ken
>
>
> I didn't make it clear in my reply, but that's exactly what happened. We
> used
> to do the same thing if it was a performer we didn't want to play. If we
> didn't
> know the "artiste" then we could always say we'd look into it, being
> careful
> not to encourage the listener to bring his own records in for us to enrich
> the
> audio radiance. Of course saying "approved" could refer to management's
> policies, without having to bring in ASCAP, BMI etc. We also had to be
> polite
> to performers who had a following and had made recordings they thought
> would be
> absolutely perfect for our station....
>
> dl
>
>
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