Live Radio

If I was a radio DJ, could I have permission to play an already-recorded live radio broadcast from a CD?

Say, that an artist had done a concert just over a decade or two ago. Could I legally replay and broadcast a CD version (retail edition, i.e. a shop bought CD) of the event on radio again? What about if say I recorded and replayed an already-made radio broadcast of the event, and wanted to replay it? Message me if you want me to clear anything up :) Karikate52, dont worry that all credit will be given where due, and that I will frequently state that this is a pre-recorded live radio broadcasting of "xxxx" way back in "xxxx"

Public Comments

1. Unless you had the rights to it documented and personally from the artist, you would be okay. Just make sure that your audience knows exactly that it isn't you who is doing the talking. Give all credit.
2. I am pretty sure there is some kind of a fee you need to pay - I will star the question so some of my contacts with more knowledge about this will see the question and hopefully answer :) Candy
3. If you are broadcasting on a station that pays royalties to ASCAP, BMI and/or SESAC, you're probably OK - provided it was a previously released CD available at retail. So, the live version of most anything that got airplay years ago is fine, provided you air it on a commercial station that pays dues. Re: Scenario #2, No, unless you have a release by the artist, the publisher, the writer of the song and the label that originally released the arrangement of the song by that artist. Whew! That's a lot of permissions! In this case you cannot play a recording of a concert made by you. The difference is self-evident. The label recorded and released #1. YOU recorded (presumably without permission) #2 That doesn't mean it doesn't happen. There are a few bands who encouraged fans to bootleg record their concerts and distribute them, but that's different from playing them on a federally controlled radio station. -a guy named duh