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An National Association of Broadcasters-backed resolution to oppose “any new performance fee, tax, royalty or other charge” on local radio stations resurfaced on Capitol Hill Thursday (Feb. 12) and debuted in the 111th Congress with 110 signatures from House members representing both political parties.
Billed as the “Local Radio Freedom Act” and introduced again by Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas) and Mike Conaway (R-Texas), the effort is a shout-out to other members of Congress that signers of the resolution reject the recording industry’s notion that terrestrial radio should make payments to performers and artists from broadcasting their recorded efforts over the airwaves.
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