who gets paid for songs on the radio?

[dionx]

does a radio station have to pay an artist to play one of their songs (which is probably funded from advertising) or does the artist pay the radio stations to play their songs for more publicity in order to get people to buy their music?

 

[cmdrmoocow]

good question. The actual answer is quite simple, but think about it:

It could go eithe way, so who decides who has to pay?

 

[sniperruff]

i think for big radio's record label's pay them to air the songs.

 

[Atomicus]

The radio station pays royalties to the artists to play their music. Thus the station will look to play the music which will attract the most lsiteners so advertisement revenues will increase.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Atomicus
The radio station pays royalties to the artists to play their music. Thus the station will look to play the music which will attract the most lsiteners so advertisement revenues will increase.

 

[Pepsi90919]

not me that's for sure

 

[UglyCasanova]

How do college stations work, because the one here has no advertisements (or is it royalty free because it is from an academic institution and it is non profit?).

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova
How do college stations work, because the one here has no advertisements (or is it royalty free because it is from an academic institution and it is non profit?).

You go to LSU, right? IIRC, you had to pay like $40 just for the joy of having the station.

 

[thomsbrain]

the person or company that owns the rights to the song gets paid a small amount for each radio play, however, it isn't as simple as 1 play = 1 pay, because the companies that do the collection don't check the actual playlist of every station. they generally use several example station's lists, then collect accordingly from every station in that format, and distribute the money to the artists in question. ASCAP and BMI are the biggest companies that do this.

however, "artists" do not get the money. the songwriter gets the money, unless writing the song was a work for hire (i.e. you have signed a publishing deal with a company), or you have sold your rights outright to a publishing company. most big songwriters have publishing deals, that's how they get placed in commericals and sports arenas and things. so if linkin park does their own publishing, and has a hit song but only two of the members wrote the song, then only those 2 get paid.

but all that is seperate from radio PROMOTION. which, yes, basically comes down to paying the radio station to play your song. a good promoter can convince a station to play a song without money, especially if the artist is established. i highly doubt much money changed hands when U2's latest single came out, for instance. the station will play it because they KNOW it will be popular. but it's a given that any new artist you hear on the radio has had people bribing the station for them. clearchannel especially receives huge amounts of money from record companies.

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova
How do college stations work, because the one here has no advertisements (or is it royalty free because it is from an academic institution and it is non profit?).

non-profits don't have to pay royalties, as far as i know.

 

[thomsbrain]

BTW, only radio/tv/movie type things are called "royalties." what artists get from their record deals are called "residuals." lastly, many artists sign publishing deals with their record companies to keep things simple or because they are required to in their record contract. that means they don't own anything they do, not the songs, and not the recordings of those songs. pretty sad.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova
How do college stations work, because the one here has no advertisements (or is it royalty free because it is from an academic institution and it is non profit?).

You go to LSU, right? IIRC, you had to pay like $40 just for the joy of having the station.

La Tech, but I'm talking about ULM's.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: dionx
does a radio station have to pay an artist to play one of their songs (which is probably funded from advertising) or does the artist pay the radio stations to play their songs for more publicity in order to get people to buy their music?

Are you talking about using a song for advertising, or as part of the playlist?

 

[slick230]

Originally posted by: Atomicus
The radio station pays royalties to the artists to play their music. Thus the station will look to play the music which will attract the most lsiteners so advertisement revenues will increase.

Which means on any given radio station you will hear the same 15 songs every hour, depending on the format of the station.

Which sucks.

 

[KarenMarie]

Stuffo

🙂

 

[dionx]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: dionx
does a radio station have to pay an artist to play one of their songs (which is probably funded from advertising) or does the artist pay the radio stations to play their songs for more publicity in order to get people to buy their music?

Are you talking about using a song for advertising, or as part of the playlist?

playlist

 

[Aimster]

What you guys said makes sense, but then ....
"reguest any song and we'll play it"

How does that work?