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Can radio stations play songs from YouTube?
The ‘Start radio’ option has been available in the overflow menu in YouTube Music for a while, but it is now surfacing as a quicker option as well. Users can tap on ‘Start radio’ option from the album artwork interface when a song is playing on YouTube Music in order to listen to similar songs. It is the fourth button.
How do I get my radio station to play a song?
To get your song played on the radio, either you or your radio promotion company approaches program directors/music directors at radio stations. You’ll then need to promote your song to them using a combination of press releases or one-sheets, phone calls, and faxes.
Can you request any song to radio?
Most radio stations have a website and pages for a show on that station. Submit a request through a form. More and more stations set up an electronic form to request a song. Depending on the radio station, you will receive information about the request you submitted.
Where are YouTube Music stations?
Your saved stations can be found under playlists
- Go to the YouTube Music app.
- Tap Library > Playlists > Stations.
- Tip: To listen to an artist or song station you’ve listened to in Google Play Music, search for the artist or song and tap “Start Radio”.
Do radios get copyright?
When it comes to music and radio, whether over the air or the Internet, there are at least two copyrights that are of concern including the musical work and the sound recording. For FCC licensed radio stations not streaming copyrighted music, the only rights involved currently are the musical works (compositions).
How can I legally broadcast my music?
To legally broadcast most copyrighted material in the U.S., you’ll need to secure a statutory license. Statutory licenses cover non-interactive broadcasts, where playlists are curated by the station. There are four main music licensing agencies within the United States: ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and SoundExchange.
Is it possible to get your music played on the radio?
Sure, you may be able to take a half-good song, plug it lots with a couple of indie stations and get a little bit of air time. There are even places out there where you can pay to have your song played on the radio. However, all of this is pretty pointless if you’re music isn’t worth listening to.
How do radio station royalties get distributed?
Then, the radio station reports the songs it has broadcasted back to the PRO, which uses that data to allocate and distribute the royalties due to proper artists and their representatives. This process can take a while — it’s not uncommon for artists to get their royalties more than a year after the actual broadcast took place.
How do I get royalties for my song on the radio?
If you do manage to get your song on the radio you can start to receive a fair amount of royalties. However, in order to be able to collect these royalties you need to register with a performance rights organization. These are companies that work on behalf of the artists to collect royalties and deliver them to the songwriters.
Who gets paid when a song is played on the radio?
In some countries, both the recording artists (owners of the master copyright) and the songwriters (owners of the composition copyright) earn royalties when their songs (and composition) are played on the radio. Then, on each respective side of the music copyright, there’s local legislation dictating who gets paid what.