Local Radio Freedom Act Reintroduced in Senate
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., reintroduced the Local Radio Freedom Act (S. Con. Res. 4) Tuesday, a Senate aide said. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., is also a lead sponsor of the resolution, she said. Reps. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, and Gene Green,…
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D-Texas, were also expected to take the lead in reintroducing the House version of the resolution Tuesday, a radio industry official said. The resolutions would prohibit terrestrial radio stations from paying any new taxes or royalties, a House aide said. The number of the resolutions’ co-sponsors was expected to be around 75, the radio official said. Prohibiting terrestrial broadcasters from paying new royalties contradicts one suggestion in the Copyright Office’s recent music licensing study, which called for terrestrial stations to pay public performance royalties (see 1502050055).