Inside Music MediaJerry Del Colliano

Ooh -- I'm scared.

The NAB is promising that when the election is over it is in a good position to prevent the music royalty tax exemption from being eliminated.

Of course, the record industry through its eager beavers MusicFIRST is saying it's ready to go "toe-to-toe with corporate radio and we will win". (God, the thought of doing anything so intimate as toe-to-toe with the guys I know who run radio groups turns my stomach, but nonetheless...).

Congress -- no matter what its political makeup -- scares me.

They need lobby groups to help them think (wink/wink). And there is a growing sentiment that terrestrial&hellip