payola

Federal law has prohibited payola for more than 40 years.

He said that what's payola to you is the same as lobbying to me.

"He stood up and told Congress that everyone took payola.

"Based on your life as what, a record promoter Get into all that payola business?"

The paid air time was criticized by the media, who saw it as "payola".

This raised great radio debate questions about patronage and political payola.

Another argument says the definition of deregulation is legal payola.

Attempts were made to link all payola with rock and roll music.

Your favorite artists are only successful because of payola.

It is a shameless form of payola for those who have helped a political party to get elected.

"Payola, in one form or another, is as old as the music business."

The first major payola investigation occurred in the early 1960s.

The music industry was horrified, suggesting that this sounded very much like payola.

After that was one about a music biz payola racket.

Pentagon payola would be the only way to maintain your self-respect.

Q. Describe the payola scandals that hit radio a few decades ago.

The caller was apparently furious when she rejected his offer of payola.

It's promotion and payola, but that was something in the mid-fifties which I knew nothing about.

However, authorities are after Billy for accepting payola from record companies to give their songs air time.

"I am the program director of my radio station, so where's my payola?"

The practice, called "payola," is perfectly legal so long as it's disclosed.

Can everyone else smell the stink of payola from the commercial radio sector?

To the annoyance of most music publishers, he refused to accept payola.

In 1986, they revealed evidence of a new payola scandal in radio.

All four major record corporations have agreed to clamp down on illicit payola.