The problem as I see it is that the way it seems to operate for my radio station is a monthly sample. Thus the folk artists who are played on A Friday between 1000 am and 12noon - may or may not receive a royalty for their work. (That's 93.2FM and on the internet at www.sheffieldlive.org by the way).

Seems a bit hit and miss to me. Surely with modern communications they could set up an electronic system whereby I enter the records into some sort of database. (I am doing the work anyway).

Even pretty obscure CD's come up on the internet with track listings and time so it can't be all that hard.