association of broadcasters and president and ceo of commonwealth broadcasting corporation in kentucky, steve newberry runs a radio station group that runs several radio stations in kentucky. he is with us this week to talk about the performance rights act. how you define the performance rights act, and what is your position on it? >> there is a bill before congress that would charge ready of stations a fee to play the music that historically we have compensated the artist or the performers by promotional value. this would actually a sign of monetary value to that, and our industry has significant concerns about that and strongly opposes that legislation. >> what with the monetary value be? >> is unknown. currently we provide compensation to composers to the tune of half a billion dollars a year. we provide compensation in a monetary form to composers because they do not have the benefit of celebrity. they are not able to go out and monetize the celebrity. geoffrey steele is a great guy who writes all kinds of songs that you know, but you do not recognize the name. if i say rascal flats are montgomery