 But she says it took nearly a decade, when her son's friends from school came to her door to meet her, for the song's popularity to fully sink in.In the 1970s, CBC began using the tune as the standard introduction for the show and Claman was entitled to music-use licence payments of between $2,000 and $10,000 each year.After she was advised by her agent in 1993 to license the song, she earned approximately $500 per broadcast.