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25-544: Among other things, the organization provides accredited caller training and affordable BMI / ASCAP licensing and liability insurance for dance events. The United States has over 1,900 callers. This dance-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an organization in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Broadcast Music Incorporated Broadcast Music, Inc. ( BMI )

50-579: A commercial radio system in the United States. The system was set up in August 1928 with the establishment of General Order 40—a radio reallocation scheme by the Federal Radio Commission which awarded the choicest frequencies and broadcast times to the then-emerging commercial radio industry. In the wake of General Order 40, a loose coalition of educators, nonprofit broadcasters, labor unions , and religious groups coalesced to oppose

75-900: A Congressional threat appeared, advocating viewers to defeat a cable-TV lobby. NAB's annual spring convention is the NAB Show . It typically draws over 100,000 industry professionals. NAB also manages the NAB Radio Show which is held each autumn and draws over 3,000 radio professionals. At the 2010 and 2011 NAB shows, popular technology included stereoscopic video and editing software—a demand inspired by James Cameron's Avatar ; point-of-view cameras, and DSLR cameras boasting shallow Depth of Field. Other strides in nonlinear editing technology included archival film restoration, digital audio mixing improvements, motion stabilization of hand-held footage and rotoscoping with one click. The annual NAB Show returned to Las Vegas April 23-27, 2022, after

100-445: A Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award. In the 1930s, radio was coming to prominence as a source of musical entertainment that threatened to weaken record sales and opportunities for "live" acts. The Great Depression was already draining artist revenues from recordings and live performances. ASCAP , the pre-eminent royalty/licensing agency for more than two decades, required radio stations to subscribe to "blanket" licenses granting ASCAP

125-723: A fixed percentage of each station's revenue, regardless of how much music the station played from ASCAP's repertoire. In 1939, ASCAP announced a substantial increase in the revenue share licensees would be required to pay. BMI was founded by the National Association of Broadcasters to provide a lower-cost alternative to ASCAP. As such, BMI created competition in the field of performing rights, providing an alternative source of licensing for all music users. The vast majority of U.S. radio stations, and all three radio networks, refused to renew their ASCAP licenses for 1941, choosing to forgo playing ASCAP music entirely and relying on

150-582: A repertoire of more than 22.4 million musical works. BMI collects blanket fees from users of music such as radio stations, TV stations, and live venues. After deducting its operating expenses off the top, on a quarterly basis BMI distributes the money as Performance Royalties to its member songwriters, composers, and music publishers, according to a royalty calculation formula. BMI has offices in Atlanta, London, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Austin, and Washington, D.C.. BMI annually hosts award shows that honor

175-594: A two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Preliminary attendance figures indicated the show attracted more than 50,000 visitors from 155 countries. In 1952, the NAB created the Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters , which banned profanity, the negative portrayal of family life, irreverence for God and religion, illicit sex, drunkenness and biochemical addiction, presentation of cruelty, detailed techniques of crime,

200-596: Is a performance rights organization in the United States. It collects blanket license fees from businesses that use music, entitling those businesses to play or sync any songs from BMI's repertoire of over 22.4 million musical works. On a quarterly basis, BMI distributes the money to songwriters, composers , and music publishers as royalties to those members whose works have been performed. In FY 2022, BMI collected $ 1.573 billion in revenues and distributed $ 1.471 billion in royalties. BMI's repertoire includes over 1.4 million songwriters and 22.4 million compositions. BMI

225-573: Is a trade association and lobby group representing the interests of commercial and non-commercial over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States . The NAB represents more than 8,300 terrestrial radio and television stations as well as broadcast networks . As of 2022, the president and CEO of the NAB is Curtis LeGeyt. The NAB was founded as the National Association of Radio Broadcasters ( NARB ) in April 1923 at

250-803: Is the biggest performing rights organization in the United States and is one of the largest such organizations in the world. BMI songwriters create music in virtually every genre. BMI represents artists such as Patti LaBelle , Selena , Miley Cyrus , Lil Wayne , Lil Nas X , Birdman , Lady Gaga , Taylor Swift , Eminem , Rihanna , Shakira , Doja Cat , Megan Thee Stallion , Ed Sheeran , Karol G , J Balvin , Sam Cooke , Michael Jackson , Willie Nelson , Fats Domino and Dolly Parton ; bands as diverse as Evanescence , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Linkin Park , Twenty One Pilots and Fifth Harmony ; and composers such as Harry Gregson-Williams , John Williams , Danny Elfman , Hildur Guðnadóttir , Ludwig Göransson , and

275-567: The Drake Hotel in Chicago . The association's founder and first president was Eugene F. McDonald Jr. , who also launched the Zenith corporation . In 1951 it changed its name to the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters ( NARTB ) to include the television industry. In 1958 it adopted its current name, "National Association of Broadcasters". The NAB worked to establish

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300-689: The Sherman Brothers . In 1961, BMI co-founded the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop , which fosters new musical theater writing talent. Notable alumni have included Alan Menken , Maury Yeston , Robert Lopez , Jeanine Tesori , and the songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty . In recognition of its contributions to musical theater, the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop has won both

325-591: The prohibition of "price fixing" by the Sherman Act was not strictly literal, and should be interpreted in light of the economic efficiencies an agreement brings. In July 2017, BMI renewed long-term partnership with C3 Presents , the world's largest music festival producer. In November 2023, BMI agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by New Mountain Capital . BMI issues licenses to users of music, including: BMI tracks public performances from among

350-649: The BMI repertoire. In February 1941, similar to the agreement it had made with ASCAP, the Department of Justice and BMI entered into a consent decree, requiring certain changes to BMI's business model, including giving licensees the option of paying only for the music they actually used instead of buying a blanket license. The U.S. District Court in Milwaukee was chosen by the Justice Department to supervise

375-654: The FCC's approval of both satellite radio services in the United States— XM and Sirius —and furthermore criticized the 2008 merger of the two companies , calling the merged company a "potential monopoly ". In 2005, the NAB, together with the Association for Maximum Service Television Stations, Inc. (MSTV), commenced development of a prototype high quality, low cost digital-to-analog converter box for terrestrial digital television reception. The result of this project

400-544: The Federal Communications Commission at levels far stronger than that being advocated for in policy circles have not supported such claims. Indeed, the FCC has recommended the use of white spaces for broadband and other digital use. In 2011 the NAB funded an advertising campaign titled "The Future of TV", advocating for the private ownership of the spectrum, framed as a threat to free television. In mid-2014, an NAB advertising campaign against

425-541: The NAB and the commercial radio industry, the non-profit coalition eventually lost the fight with the passage of the Communications Act of 1934 . The National Independent Broadcasters were formed in 1939 as part of the NAB, to represent stations that were not associated with any network, but the group split off in 1941. Many satellite radio enthusiasts have criticized the NAB for lobbying against legislation approvals for those services. The NAB protested

450-461: The NAB and their allies through the 1920s and 1930s, and to develop a public, nonprofit, license-funded radio system without commercials (similar to what happened with the BBC). The coalition claimed that the commercial industry would only promote profitable programming, thereby reducing the quality and future potential of radio broadcasting. Not having the political connections, resources, or publicity of

475-651: The decree for both BMI and ASCAP. Competing against the strongly established ASCAP, BMI sought out artists that ASCAP tended to overlook or ignore. BMI also purchased the rights to numerous catalogs held by independent publishers or whose ASCAP contracts were about to expire. To attract newer writers, BMI proposed to compensate songwriters and publishers on the basis of a fixed fee per performance, as opposed to ASCAP's two-tier system, which discriminated against less-established songwriters. Thus, despite its original motivation regarding radio station royalties and its focus on radio station revenues versus artist revenues, BMI became

500-531: The first performing rights organization in the United States to represent songwriters of blues , jazz , rhythm and blues , gospel (black genres, performers, and writers that ASCAP did not want to represent), country , folk , Latin , and—ultimately— rock and roll . During the 1940s and 1950s, BMI was the primary licensing organization for country artists and R&B artists, while ASCAP centered on more established Pop artists. Also during that time, BMI expanded its repertoire of classical music , and now represents

525-412: The majority of the members of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters and the winners of 31 Pulitzer Prizes for Music . BMI's practice of selling only "blanket licenses", rather than licenses for individual songs, led to a major antitrust law dispute between BMI and CBS , that resulted in the 1979 case, Broadcast Music, Inc. v. CBS, Inc. , in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that

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550-621: The selection of material relating to violence, drug abuse, and sex. On March 1, 2022 the NAB called "on broadcasters to cease carrying any state-sponsored programming with ties to the Russian government" in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine the week prior. The NAB presents several annual awards: Organizations similar to the NAB exist in individual U.S. states , including Georgia Association of Broadcasters (GAB) in Georgia , and

575-567: The songwriters, composers and music publishers of the year's most-performed songs in the BMI catalog. BMI Award shows include the BMI Latin Awards, BMI Pop Awards, BMI Film & TV Awards , BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards, BMI London Awards, BMI Country Awards, BMI Christian Awards, and the BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards. National Association of Broadcasters The National Association of Broadcasters ( NAB )

600-478: The use of horror for its own sake, and the negative portrayal of law enforcement officials, among others. It was enforced by a committee appointed by President of the NAB. After the courts struck down the Code as unconstitutional in 1983, the NAB board of directors issued a brief "Statement of Principles of Radio and Television Broadcasters" that encourages broadcasters to "exercise responsible and careful judgment" in

625-699: Was a specification for the converter box, which was then adopted by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration as a technical requirement for eligible converter boxes for the Administration's Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program . The NAB has lobbied against the use of white spaces , unused broadcast spectrum lying between broadcast channels, for wireless broadband internet and other digital use. The NAB has claimed that use of white space will interfere with existing broadcast spectrum, even though tests by

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