SoundExchange’s CEO, Michael Huppe, has been working towards getting artists paid on terrestrial AM/FM radio stations for the last decade, but he says the effort to get this royalty in the U.S. dates back “much longer,” he explains. “There’s a letter …

Gene Simmons arrived on Capitol Hill this week with a message he made impossible to ignore. According to PEOPLE, the 76-year-old KISS bassist took a seat before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday and launched into an urgent appeal for lawmakers to finally …

… said artists would benefit from radio royalties — especially early in their career … make the case against a radio royalty. “I’m a little bit …

Swapping the stage for the second floor of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Gene Simmons traded his usual rock star trappings and signature black-and-white face makeup for a suit.  The hard-charging former KISS bassist testified in front of the Senate …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gene Simmons, from the popular band KISS, has expressed his support for a new piece of legislation that would require U.S. radio stations to pay artists when their songs are played on the airwaves. Simmons recently testified before the …

A diverse bloc of conservative organizations is pressing congressional leaders to back a sweeping change to U.S. copyright law, just hours before rock icon Gene Simmons is slated to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. According to FOX Business, …

Rick Dees, whose unparalleled achievements elevated local radio to global heights and reshaped pop culture to be honored as 2025 Giant of Broadcasting LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, November 13, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Library of …

"We want to put ourselves out there and be brave, because you actually do have to be a bit brave, not just to do it on a reality TV show in front of the whole country, but you also have to be brave because when you get to my age, you've been …

Two popular Manchester radio presenters who were axed from their roles on Capital Radio earlier this year have announced a new drivetime show in the north west that will see them return to the airwaves. Rachel Burke-Davies and Nigel "Wingman" …

Performance rights organization BMI says it has reached a settlement on royalties paid to artists and songwriters on US radio, in what it calls its “largest rate increase ever” for radio play. In a statement issued on Tuesday (August 19), BMI and the Radio …