Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act aims to prevent new performance fees on local radio stations.
The bill, Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act, seeks to prevent the imposition of new performance fees on local radio stations for broadcasting sound recordings. It highlights the economic hardship such fees would cause to local radio stations and other small businesses that play music. The bill emphasizes the mutual benefits of the existing relationship between local radio and the recording industry, including free publicity and promotion for the music industry and essential local news and weather information provided by radio stations.
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