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NAB RADIO BOARD ENDORSES CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR PERFORMANCE FEE RESOLUTION

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— Terms to be presented to musicFIRST Coalition —

WASHINGTON, DC — The National Association of Broadcasters Radio Board of Directors, meeting at its regularly-scheduled Fall Board meeting in Washington today, voted in favor of presenting musicFIRST representatives a legislative “Term Sheet” designed to resolve the longstand ing performance fee issue. The Radio Board conditioned their support for today’s Term Sheet on the understand ing that all provisions would remain part of any legislative package. Today’s vote is subject to ratification by the NAB Joint Board of Directors, which will meet Tuesday afternoon.

“NAB remains 100 percent opposed to performance fee legislation pending in Congress,” said NAB Radio Board Chair Caroline Beasley, CFO of Florida-based Beasley Broadcast Group. “However, in a good faith effort to resolve this issue in the best interests of both radio and the music industry, we have endorsed a solution ensuring that broadcasters have a foothold in digital platforms of tomorrow.”

“Today’s endorsement includes provisions that are essential to the future of free and local radio, and we’re hopeful that the musicFIRST Coalition finds it in their best interest to say ‘yes’ to this proposal,” Beasley said.

Under language included in the Term Sheet, music-playing terrestrial radio stations would agree to pay a limited performance fee, which would be set at between 0.25% and one percent of a station’s net revenue, depending on a provision related to the penetration of radio-activated mobile phones in the U.S. Today’s endorsement from the NAB Radio Board was made with the understand ing that any legislative resolution supported by NAB must include the following:

— Permanent removal of the Copyright Royalty Board from rate-setting of transmissions of terrestrial on-air music or Internet streaming;

— Resolution of the “AFTRA issue” outside of the legislative process by the musicFIRST coalition that would facilitate simulcast of over-the-air radio commercials on the Internet;

— musicFIRST’s acknowledgment and recognition of the unparalleled promotional value of terrestrial radio airplay;

— Simplified airplay reporting requirements similar to the model used by ASCAP/BMI;

— Congressionally-mand ated radio-activated chips in mobile devices such as cell phones and BlackBerry smartphones, with an acceptable phase-in period and inclusion of HD Radio chips when economically feasible. If a legislative mand ate (which musicFirst has agreed to support) becomes initially unattainable, radio broadcasters would agree to an initial performance fee payment of .25% of net industry revenue. Under this scenario, the performance fee would mirror the actual percentage of radio-activated mobile phones in the United States. Once market penetration of radio-activated mobile devices reaches and maintains a level of 75 percent of all mobile devices, broadcasters agree to pay the full one percent terrestrial transmission performance fee.

— Assuming a successful mand ate of radio-activated chips in mobile devices, streaming rates that broadcasters pay for simulcasts, webcasts and other non-terrestrial transmissions of music through 2016 would be reduced. In the event that a legislative mand ate for radio chips in mobile devices is not achieved, the streaming rate reduction would not take effect until 50 percent of mobile phones have radio chips;

The Term Sheet provides accommodations for small radio station operators, noncommercial stations, religious broadcasters and incidental uses of music by news/talk and sports stations.

The Term Sheet also envisions that both the radio and music industry will work cooperatively to offer consumers more and better ways to listen to music.

The Radio Board’s action is a culmination of more than a year of discussions and dialogue between radio executives, the NAB and its membership, musicFIRST, and key leaders in Congress. It comes after more than 260 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 27 members of the U.S. Senate expressed bipartisan opposition to pending Performance Rights Act legislation that was passed out of two committees in Congress last year.

“From a position of strength, we have fashioned a Term Sheet for resolving the performance fee issue that in the long run is acceptable for radio,” said NAB Joint Board Chairman Steve Newberry, president and CEO of Kentucky-based Commonwealth Broadcasting. “No broadcaster that I know relishes paying a new fee, but the terms of this agreement provide badly needed certainty for our business to move forward, and the positives of this accord far out-weigh the negatives.”

NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith said the Term Sheet “represents a path forward for radio broadcasters and musicFirst to resolve this contentious issue in a manner that is fair and equitable to both sides. Radio stations, artists and the record labels have more commonalities than differences, and adoption of legislation that reflects this Term Sheet will provide a framework for untold new revenue opportunities for both sides. We look forward to working with musicFIRST and its allies for swift legislative adoption of this entire package of initiatives that will help our businesses flourish in the digital age.”

The Term Sheet as approved by the NAB Radio Board of Directors is available in its entirety here. (PDF Format)

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