Bill passing may impact black radio

Black radio may be impacted severely if this Performance Tax (aka H.R. 848) Bill gets passed. Check out this site to see the specifics of this in detail.  If black radio stations have to pay for the music they play for free that can mean that R&B/Hip Hop/Gospel/Black Radio Morning Shows/Black Talk Radio and the remaining few Smooth Jazz Stations WILL BE GONE!!!  They will not be able to sustain the business of paying for employees, various other expenses and paying for the music to air at the same time.  Representative John Conyers and Melvin Watts are for this bill to be passed and those links for them you can use to contact them to tell them DO NOT PASS THIS BILL!!!  From what I have been hearing from the Warren Ballentine show, attempts to have an impact hearing so at least owners of black radio stations (such as Cathy Hughes) can have a say on this matter have been met with resistence by Conyers (who supposedly went the childish route of turning up a radio FULL BLAST).  I am wondering of there is something or someone making them make this particular decision.  The money that the radio station owners would be paying would be going to record labels companies (Sony, BMG) that are based in foreign companies and don’t pay any US taxes!!!

If this bill is passed it will mean that the airwaves will consist of mostly white conservative blowhards (the popular ones and some trying to get in that popular status) and a heavy constant rotation of the same tired ass Billboard Pop Top 40 shit will be the makeup of what is on free damn radio and nothing else in between that to offer a counterbalance!!   The conservative talk radio and top 40 music will be the type of stations that powerhouse companies like Infinity Broadcasting and Clear Channel will want to keep as those are money makers!!!