Music quota

Music quota refers to policy that enforces minimum airtime of domestic songs for a certain period to protect the local music industry.

Australia

The Australian music quota imposed on domestic radio stations depends on how it its classified by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma).[1]

France

A 1994 law in France requires a minimum of four in ten songs broadcast by domestic radio stations to be in the French language.[2][3]

Germany

There is no legislation in Germany mandating a radio quota but there has been efforts to introduced one since the mid-1990s.[4]

Ireland

There is no radio quota in place in Ireland where music created in Ireland is played once to every six plays for international artists as of 2020. A bill filed in the Dáil Éireann proposing to impose 40% radio quota for Irish music was defeated in 2016.[5]

Philippines

Under Executive Order No. 255 issued by President Corazon Aquino in 1987, radio stations with musical format programs in the Philippines are required to broadcast a minimum of four Original Pilipino Music compositions every clockhour.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Commercial radio should play at least 25% Australian music, inquiry told". the Guardian. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. "French radio goes to war with language quotas in fight for musical freedom". France 24. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. "French rebel over music language quotas". BBC News. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  4. Glotzmann, Thorsten. "The endless debate". Goethe-Institut. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  5. Moore, Aoife (11 August 2020). "Communications minister rules out quota for Irish music on radio stations". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  6. "NTC orders radio stations to play OPM". The Philippine Star. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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