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FM Radio stations are required to pay a performance royalty to the copyright owner(s) of the sound recordings they use. The copyright owner could be the record label, the artist, or both. This fee is used to compensate the copyright owner(s) for the public performance of their work. It is important to note that this fee is separate from the royalties paid to songwriters and publishers for the use of the underlying musical composition. In the United States, performance royalties are collected and distributed by two performing rights organizations: BMI and ASCAP. Each organization has its own procedure for calculating and distributing royalties, but both collect a percentage of thestation's gross revenue as a processing fee. In addition, each organization has its own catalog of sound recordings that they license, so a station may need to obtain licenses from both BMI and ASCAP in order to comply with copyright law.