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Look for the ASCAP Customer sticker! This indicates that an establishment pays an ASCAP licensing fee for the music they use. |
Once you've registered your works with ASCAP, they become part of the ASCAP repertory for which we collect performance royalties. We do this by negotiating with and collecting license fees from the users of music—our customers—who perform the works in our repertory.
Most customers pay ASCAP an annual blanket license fee for the right to use any music in the ASCAP repertory. Some local radio and television stations opt for a per program license, under which they only pay ASCAP for programs containing ASCAP music not otherwise licensed. Every penny we collect, less operating expenses, is distributed to our members whose works were performed.
ASCAP Customers:
- The three major television networks: ABC, CBS and NBC
- Public television - the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and its affiliated stations
- The majority of the 11,000 cable systems and virtually all of the cable program services
- Over 1,000 local commercial television stations, including affiliates of the Fox, Paramount (UPN), Warner Bros. (WB) Networks and PAX
- The Univision Television Network and its stations
- About 11,500 local commercial radio stations
- About 2,000 non-commercial radio broadcasters, including college radio stations and National Public Radio (NPR) stations
- Hundreds of background music services (such as MUZAK, airlines)
- About 2,300 colleges and universities
- About 5,700 concert presenters
- Over 1,000 symphony orchestras
- Over 2,000 web sites
- Tens of thousands of "general" licensees: bars, restaurants, hotels, ice and roller skating rinks, circuses, theme parks, veterans and fraternal organizations and more.
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