"David Eduardo" wrote in message
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"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
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Mike Terry wrote:
The reason for this is well known, the radio stations are essentially
bought
and paid for by the record companies through what is known as Payola. So,
they aren't in the business of helping you and I enjoy music, they are in
the business of making money...

No, not at all. Payola is long gone.

Untrue. A PD was fired in Rochester for accepting the latest record company
scam, giving gift cards 2to give to listeners" which the PD kept... that was
last week. There were a half-dozen indictments about 5 years ago in CA,
resulting in two convictions.

I wouldn't call that payola, though, David. That's just fraud or larceny. But the
problem remains that in its executed form (where said gift cards actually go to said
listeners), it's still a corruption of the way things should be. The gift cards
would have augmented the station's promotion budget, thus enabling the station to,
perhaps, capitalise on the opportunity to greater financial rewards...and all the PD
had to do was "give a moment of consideration" to the list of otherwise unremarkable
recordings.

Payola or not, anyone having an interest in the music business should be barred from
offering any rewards to the outlets or their representatives who make decisions on
whether or not that outlet should be playing the output from the music business.

Like that's going to happen anytime soon.
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