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This practice, which came to be known as payola, was widespread. en.wikipedia.org

It was a case of political payola for the ages. www.citynews.ca

Prosecution for payola in the 1950s was in part a reaction of the traditional music establishment against newcomers. en.wikipedia.org

How on earth did so many intelligent people get duped into such a mammoth payola scheme, gone postal? www.macleans.ca

However, by the 1960s payola was such a problem that two radio personnel were fired due to accusations of pay for play. www.jamaicaobserver.com

Freed's career ended when it was shown that he had accepted payola (payments from record companies to play specific records), a practice that was highly controversial at the time. en.wikipedia.org

Attempts to create a code to stop payola were met with lukewarm appreciation by publishers. en.wikipedia.org

Allegedly, the money was payola from record companies. en.wikipedia.org

Top 40 playlists were theoretically based on record sales; however, record companies began to bribe disc jockeys to play selected artists, in what was called payola. en.wikipedia.org

He introduced the new material to his movers and groovers, never accepting payola though payola was the norm at the time. en.wikipedia.org

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