[cma-l] PPL / PRS for Music mini consultation

Fri Feb 12 09:59:00 GMT 2016

My show’s needle time was allocated by the BBC station head. He hold some time back so if I went over (which I did) he still had budget. Needle time was the cause of many a ‘discussion’. 

The Gram' Library had a section called ‘Non-Needle Time ’ which included classic remakes of popular tunes by the BBC symphony orchestra. 

For a youth oriented programme that wasn’t entirely useful, so we played white label tracks, got local bands in and talked a lot about the issues facing 15 – 24 year olds. 

The irony is that needle-time force me to produce more engaging radio.

Alan    

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Date:  Friday, 12 February 2016 at 09:15
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Subject:  Re: [cma-l] PPL / PRS for Music mini consultation

Interesting point "airplay to its unsigned members" presumably non PPL in any case, however, something comes to mind here, what about the old BBC "needle time" agreement?  I think it allowed free airplay to new releases. Maybe a similar arrangement could be negotiated to offset some of the charges in exchange for new entrant airtime?

 Tony Bailey 

 On 12/02/16 08:45, Murray Dawson wrote:

  I fully support your proposal Paul.

 First task is to make this the policy for the CMA so that it is the position of the sector - Bill can you explain what the process is to discuss this at Council and what the process is?

 Thanks

 Murray

On 12 February 2016 08:10:49 GMT+00:00, Paul Golder <paul at pvg.co.uk> wrote: 

> Put bluntly, PPL doesn’t owe your station a living. Does the electricity company give you free electricity just because you are non-profit, or the phone company, or… of course not, which is why it costs £30-50k to run the smallest of full-time stations.

 No one owes us a living, but whereas I doubt the electricity company are getting any benefit from us using their product, PPL's members probably see us as a bit more useful.

 PRS and PPL are always talking about what good they do for the music community ... perhaps they can be persuaded to give up that 0.02% of their income by supporting a tier of radio that gives airplay to its unsigned members looking to get a step up.

 Keeping to the point .. we've got a rare opportunity to renegotiate these contracts in our favour, so let's ask for free and see where we meet in the middle.

 Paul

 Phoenix FM

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