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Oct 14, 1939
BMI files its charter using the formal name Broadcast Music, Inc. The performing rights organization collects and distributes royalties for the public performance of songs on behalf of its member songwriters and publishers. The U.S. has two additional performing rights agencies: ASCAP and SESAC
Feb 15, 1940
A performance rights organization, BMI, is founded to compete with ASCAP. Short for Broadcast Music, Inc., BMI collects and distributes royalties to songwriters for the public performance of their works
Oct 17, 1975
BMI chief Frances Preston receives the Metronome Award during a Country Music Association banquet at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville
Sep 7, 1984
The first Harlan Howard Birthday Bash is held at BMI
May 29, 1986
Frances Preston becomes the first Nashville executive named to run BMI's American operation. The New York-based agency collects and distributes earnings on behalf of songwriters and publishers for the public performance of their songs
Sep 30, 1992
George Jones and Frances Preston, head of the songwriter agency BMI, earn a place in the Country Music Hall Of Fame during the 26th annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House
Feb 22, 1995
BMI's Frances Preston receives the Nashville Entertainment Association's Master Award. A former receptionist at WSM Radio, she led BMI's rise as a performing rights organization and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
Jun 20, 2001
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center dedicates the Preston Research Building, a cancer facility named for Country Music Hall of Famer Frances Preston, of the performing rights agency BMI
Apr 29, 2004
The Tennessee General Assembly passes a resolution honoring retiring BMI chief Frances Preston for her "uncommon ability and enthusiasm" on behalf of songwriters
Aug 23, 2004
Del Bryant, who wrote Billy "Crash" Craddock's "I Cheated On A Good Woman's Love," succeeds Frances Preston as the president and CEO of the songwriter performing rights organization BMI
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