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As ALL ACCESS reported YESTERDAY (NET NEWS 2/21), If at first (and second, and third, and...) you don't succeed, try, try again, which means that it's once again time for the Local Radio Freedom Act to be introduced in the House and Senate. The bill, which has been introduced several times in recent years and has yet to gain passage, opposes "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations.
MUSICFIRST COALITION spokesman TREVOR FRANCIS reacted, saying "Here we go again. The NAB will dedicate months and spend millions accumulating names on a motion that falsely protects 'local radio' and that will never become law. Meanwhile, the radio marketplace continues to change for NAB’s members, and not for the better. The NAB may want to focus less on lobbying in D.C. and more on how radio can provide music fans the innovation they want in today’s digital world.”
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