Iowa Radio Stations Implicated in Payola Abuses
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The FCC
and New York Attorney General’s office are now investigating reported
payola deals at large recording labels. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
has subpoenaed the records of the nation's biggest radio station
chains. In November, 2005, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) introduced
legislation, the “Radio and Concert Disclosure and Competition Act of
2005,” expanding the definition of payola to eliminate the inside
dealing and structural abuses in consolidated radio, which have locked
local and independent artists off the airwaves for years.
A
perfect storm is brewing against payola. With action in the courts, the
FCC and Congress, Americans need to act now to turn the tides against
big radio and protect our airwaves from corporate greed.
Urge the FCC to take action against all payola.
Find Iowa stations implicated in payola abuses.
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