BMI, license committee finally in harmony. (Broadcast Music Inc., Radio Music License Committee)...

After more than two years of negotiations, the performing rights organization Broadcast Music Inc. and the committee that represents radio stations have agreed on new license agreements.

The agreements, reached last week between BMI and the Radio Music License Committee, are retroactive to Jan. 1, 1992, and continue through Dec. 31, 1996. The five-year blanket license deal calls for average annual increases in fees of just under 3.1%, says Dick Harris, chairman of the license committee.

"Although we are never truly happy with a contract that provides for an