How do I find out how much royalties I would have to pay to use a pop song on a radio ad? UK?

Question

I want to put an ad for my shop on the local radio station. How would I find out the cost of the Royalties for using a hit song as the background?

Answer 1

First you need to find out what record company the artist in question is signed too then drop them an email. You can usually find an email adress related to royalty of copyright enquiries, just have a hunt around their website or google 'contact whatever records' or something along those lines