Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Payola in Radio

WVEEImage via Wikipedia Paying for playing your music is still a underground hussel. Payola has been a practice that has been going on since the record business has been around. Many record lablels try to smooth over the Dj's, Radio Programmers, and head of morning shows like Frank Ski of V-103 to get there music played. Payola is illegal and many record companies or artist who have independent record labels try to pay there way into record sales.

ATL radio personality E.T. gets at Jeezy for Payola urswurve.com

Atlanta radio personality E.T. is getting at Jeezy in this video for coming up to the radio station with his CD and some money. Guess payola's still alive these days....but Jeezy paying to play his CD in Atlanta? It must be tough....

Alan Freed, Dick Clark and the Radio Payola Scandal

Fifty-one years ago today DJ Alan Freed was fired from WABC radio when the payola scandal erupted. Here's the story behind that era of pay-for-play, excerpted from the article by Bill DeMain published in Performing Songwriter Issue 89, ...

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Atlanta's Hot 107 9 DJ ET Blasts ATL Rapper Young Jeezy

Atlanta's Hot 107.9 DJ ET Blasts ATL Rapper Young Jeezy For Paying To Play Wack Music. ET might be going too far with this drama. If he wants to pay let the man pay. At least he wants to hold his own by paying and not asking for a hand out. What you ...

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