I love this.
Greater Media's WBT in Charlotte is standing up to the record industry.
Ever cost-conscious these days, WBT has had it with spending $30,000 a year on royalty fees for one show -- "Boomer" Von Cannon's "Time Machine" oldies show.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sorry to see the show go. Maybe, for now, the show needs to go to a music station in town.
WBT, except for that show, a non-music station, is giving the first indication of what it could be like for the record industry if the labels succeed at winning repeal of radio's performance tax exemption.
A House subcommittee has approved a bill that&hellip
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