i think you stumped us with that one henk. good question though

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This applies in the UK, but presumably it's similar in other countries.

When a label releases a track, they register it with the MCPS (Mechanical Copyright Protection Society) and the APRS (Association of Performing Rights Society).

Part of the terms of a radio license is that they must note what they play and submit it to the MCPS so that royalties can be paid to the copyright owner from the radio station.

This applies to anything that's broadcast, including jingles like the Intel Inside jingle (dum dum dum dum).

And that's it really. The APRS is for live performances rather than for broadcast of recordings.

Question:And how much money are we speaking of?? pro airtime?? If anyone wanna take a guess?? or dose realy know it..

And i to think that the organisations whom handle the royalties n stuff are quite the same in at least the more richer countrys They just got different names..

So...the radio companys must have a lot of money (probably from commercials :-) If they wanna pay all the royalties...LoL

I wouldn't expect radio stations to have to pay too much for the songs they play. It's beneficial for both the label and the artist as it gets alot of people to actually buy the album of the song they heard on the radio. At least here in the US, bands generally submit their songs to radio stations with the hopes of getting them on the air. If big money was involved, it'd be the reverse I suspect: radio stations would be negotiating with the labels to gain the right to play songs.

I'm not sure what the actual figure is but it's not big. I think we're talking pence rather than pounds. But like Aviston said, radio exposure is worth far more to an artist than the royalties because it helps sell records.

Incidentally, I was watching TFI Friday (Channel 4, UK) a few months back and Chris Evans played back 25 seconds of VT and said that would have cost £14,000.

i've heard "rumours" in toronto that a radio personal charges the artists money to play their stuff! how bout them apples!

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Originally posted by BigTongue i've heard "rumours" in toronto that a radio personal charges the artists money to play their stuff! how bout them apples!

But thats probably for some local artists and not for big artists like robbie williams.. he's gonna pay them shit LoL