How do Radio Stations play songs? Do they have the license for every song?

Question

Are some songs cheaper?? Do you just buy a huge license and some company distributes all that money?

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My father in law used to be a radio broadcaster. He worked for many years here in Detroit….he only played what was given to him. Record labels and other organizations had the entire days playlist worked out. Occasionally they would play other songs per request but very rarely. He always wanted to do his own Jazz show where he could play his own music but it was only able to during the late night hours. This was all from around 1980-mid 2000s