John Conyers: “While these stations earned over $16 billion in advertising revenues…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2009

While these stations earned over $16 billion in advertising revenues last year, they paid nothing to the performers whose music they played.

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Conyers highlights the disparity between radio profits and payments to artists.

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