A) What are the names of the two companies that licence
radio stations to play music (highlight the right answer)?
□ MLA & RPS
□ PPL & PRS
□ PPS & PSS
For a
bonus point, what do the above acronyms stand for: Phonographic Performance Limited, Performing Right Society,
D) What else do the above companies collect and distribute
for music artists/songwriters/publishers?
E) What would happen if a shop / club / radio station didn’t
purchase licences from these bodies and were found out by the PRS/PPL?
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F) What is the name of the regulator of the Broadcast and
Telecommunications Industries?
Ofcom
G The document that sets out the principles, meanings and
"practices to be followed” by the Broadcast industries is called the:
The Broadcasting Code
H) Name three of the areas (sections) of the “Code” and two
examples of what that section states you cannot do on Radio.
1) Crime
2) Protecting Under 18's
3) Harm and Offence
