April 13, 2011 The BMI Board of Directors honored BMI legend Paul Simon for his prolific songwriting career at its annual dinner, held Tuesday, April 12 during the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas. BMI Board Chair Jack Sander and BMI President & CEO Del Bryant presented a special citation to Simon, commemorating the more than 100 million performances of his songs on U.S. radio and TV. Based on an average song length of three minutes, this amounts to over 4,933,500 hours—or 563 years—of continuous airplay. Pictured are BMI President & CEO Del Bryant; BMI songwriter Paul Simon; and BMI Board Chair Jack Sander.
(Photo by Randall Michelson)
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