Music quota

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

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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]

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