Payola
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title:
Payola
text:
Payola, in the music industry, is the illegal practice of paying a commercial radio station to play a song without the station disclosing the payment. Under U.S. law, a radio station must disclose songs they were paid to play on the air as sponsored airtime. The number of times the songs are played can influence the perceived popularity of a song, and payola may be used to influence these meters. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) treats payola as a violation of the Sponsorship Identifi
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Undisclosed payment for promotional broadcasts, particularly of music
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola
date created:
2002-05-27T03:33:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T11:19:22Z
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