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James Harvey wrote:

> Shane Crowe wrote:
> >
> <snip>
> > Seems to me it is the CC's of the world that determine who becomes a music
> > star and who doesn't. How does CC determine what material they will
> > broadcast? I seriously doubt somebody is taking requests over the phone  -
> > at least not on a regular basis.
>
> Airtime for songs works mostly like this: "Indies" (radio promotion
> firms) are middlemen/lobbyists, who are paid by record companies to
> obtain radio airplay for their music.  The middleman is used to skirt
> payola laws, which would prohibit record companies from paying the radio
> stations directly (pay-for-play) without notifying listeners.  The
> indies charge record companies thousands of dollars every time a a
> station puts a new song on its playlist.  They also pay the station
> millions of dollars for their exclusive relationship.  I think the
> Dallas Boring Snooze ran an article about this practice not too long
> ago.
>
> <rant on>
> So there you have it - it's all boiled down to money.  How much a record
> label pays is what really determines the songs you hear.  Listeners be
> damned.  I hear fewer and fewer stations taking requests these days,
> too.  CC stations operate pretty much the same way as other stations
> when it comes to playing music, it's just there's a lot of CC stations.
> What's scary is that the biggest indie company (Tri State), run by one
> of CC's owner's buddies, wants access to CC's playlists, and may even
> form an exclusive alliance with CC.  Deregulation of the radio industry
> has created a monster in the form of Clear Channel, and the FCC looks
> the other way.  Most radio has been ruined as far as I'm concerned.  It
> looks to me like radio should be re-regulated and CC forced to divest
> some of its stations.
> <rant off>
>
> Here's an article about indies that may interest you:
> http://www.apgrecords.com/thebuzz.html

I couldn't agree more. For another article check out Salon
http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2001/03/14/payola/index.html

Boycott radio advertisers until they play local music - keep this thread moving

Tom Hendricks (Art S Revolutionary, editor of the zine Musea)
http://musea.digitalchainsaw.com