There exists, in our country, a chasm between the perceived problems of payola (paying under-the-table for radio airplay) and the actual problems of payola. The actual problems of payola—or ...

On July 9, 2025, the Recording Academy, known for hosting the GRAMMYs, announced the addition of nearly 3,600 new members to ...

I love a plasma TV as much as the next guy, but it's naive to think payola is responsible for the music that gets on the radio.

Payola! (or, How to undermine your own argument to Congress) Music labels are pushing hard to make radio stations pay more money for the … ...

Avoid the Payola Police During 2005, the issue of payola received more public attention than at any time since the "pay-for-play" record scandals of the late 1950s.

In 1960, the music industry was rocked to its core by the Payola scandal. Radio stations and disc jockeys, several of them national celebrities, were accused of accepting bribes in return for ...

Notable: College radio stations across the country added songs from the band’s EP, Lay in Wait, to their regular rotation, Pacheco said. The first full-length album is due out in December, he ...

Congress took to investigating payola in 1960, and I would not be surprised if it may do so again this year, motivated by the same two factors that motivated it then: First, the payola involves ...

Could Metallica have indirectly inspired the Payolas reunion? Bob Rock has picked up the guitar and the bass off and on since he and former Payolas/Rock and Hyde foil Paul Hyde bid farewell to one ...

Remember payola? DJs spinning records in exchange for cash? Guess what ... It never went away. This week, some of the biggest names in commercial radio agreed, albeit tentatively, to pony up more ...