How is the Per Program fee different than the Blanket fee?
All stations electing the Per Program license use their allocated blanket fee as a part of the calculation of their monthly Per Program fee. Each per program licensee reports the music content and the advertising revenue associated with each of its local and syndicated programs on a monthly basis. The station’s monthly per program fee is determined in part by the amount of ASCAP music in those programs and the amount of revenue generated by those programs for the station. The per program fee also includes an “incidental use” component which is 15% of the station’s allocated blanket fee. Monthly per program reports must be submitted electronically. No paper reports are accepted.
