APRA|AMCOS offers both Broadcast and Reproduction licences to Commercial broadcasters. Commercial radio stations are operated for profit and are usually funded by advertising revenue.
Broadcast Licences Rates
Licensees pay fees monthly based on a percentage of the station’s gross advertising revenue in that month. The rate varies from 0.054% to 3.76%, depending on the amount of APRA works broadcast by the station as a percentage of the station’s on-air time.
| Music use percentage |
Percentage of gross earnings payable (exclusive of GST) |
| 80% + |
3.76% |
| 75 – 79.99% |
3.23% |
| 70 – 74.99% |
2.96% |
| 65 – 69.99% |
2.69% |
| 60 – 64.99% |
2.42% |
| 55 – 59.99% |
2.15% |
| 50 – 54.99% |
1.88% |
| 45 – 49.99% |
1.61% |
| 40 – 44.99% |
1.34% |
| 30 – 39.99% |
1.08% |
| 10 – 29.99% |
0.54% |
| 0 – 09.99% |
0.054% for each percentage point (or part thereof) of music proportion |
Reporting and forms
Radio stations provide quarterly returns which detail each work and the number of times that work was broadcast during the period. These reports are used for the distribution of royalties.
The following forms are available for downloading:
Advertisements
These agreements do not cover the use of commercially released music in advertisements. For information on this see Music in Advertisements.
More information
Contact our Broadcast & Online Services Department.
Tel: 02 9935 7900.
Email: