WASHINGTON, D.C. — An aging iconic rock star was present, albeit incoherent at times. So was a foe of the radio industry eager to place new fees on the airplay of popular recorded music who succeeds a man who lost his primary reelection race to polarizing Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
They were there to support in very friendly territory the latest iteration of the American Music Fairness Act (AMFA) at a Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property hearing on Tuesday afternoon.
Defending Radio was the President of a small licensee in Greenville, N.C.
