This document discusses the debate around whether broadcasters should have to pay performance royalties to artists for playing their music. The RIAA argues broadcasters should pay as radio promotes music sales. Broadcasters argue they already pay fees and radio promotes music. If fees were required, it could cost radio $7 billion annually. There have been various acts related to performance royalties for different mediums, but no law has passed requiring fees for over-the-air broadcasts. In 2009, SoundExchange and NAB agreed to reduced streaming rates for local radio stations through 2015.