From: "Glenn Meadows" 

While the labels are definitely guilty of providing the perks/funds/payola,
they did NOT do it totally willingly.  Most were dragged quietly kicking
and screaming as stations realized that they had a willing source of
"stuff" they could blackmail in these lines.  As long as all of
the labels originally said NO, it was OK, but the floodgates opened quite a
long time ago, especially as the whole radio industry consolidated (Think
Clearchannel and all the other mega-media conglomerates bought up all the
various outlets.  That's the REAL killer of varied content on the radio, NO
local control).

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Glenn M.
"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:42e68ae8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> The recent uncovered payola scandals have contributed to the stagnant over
> the air play
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/25/AR20050725016
24.html
>
> NEW YORK, July 25 -- Sony BMG Music Entertainment admitted that its
> employees lavished cash, trips and other bribes on radio stations and
> their employees to get its music on the air in a settlement that is part
> of a wider investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer
> into payola in the music industry.
>
>
> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> news:42e682df{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >I thought it was only a sign of me finally growing up, when almost
>> >everything on the radio sounds bad, but maybe it's the same effect I'm
>> >seeing (hearing) - I can't stand listening to commercial radio at all
>> >anymore, and the "music" is mostly just really
uninteresting...
>>
>> Nope, don't think so, the music is just bad.
>>
>>> (phew, that was scary for a moment but no, I'm not growing up so all is
>>> good ;-)
>>
>> 
>>
>> - Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "Antti Kurenniemi" 
wrote in message
>> news:42e67ad4{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>I thought it was only a sign of me finally growing up, when almost
>>>everything on the radio sounds bad, but maybe it's the same effect I'm
>>>seeing (hearing) - I can't stand listening to commercial radio at all
>>>anymore, and the "music" is mostly just really uninteresting...
>>>
>>>
>>> Antti Kurenniemi
>>> (phew, that was scary for a moment but no, I'm not growing up so all is
>>> good ;-)
>>>
>>> "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>>> news:42e636a8{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Ewwwwww, for you to say something like that...
>>>>
>>>> Even I have noticed the degrade in quality in pop radio -- I always
>>>> listened to it because it at least changed some with the times and
>>>> there was new material out there, but in the last couple
of years I'm
>>>> having an awful time with it, it's either same-o stuff
done worse, or
>>>> it's sampling up the wazoo, neither new, nor interesting. :(
>>>>
>>>> I've even stooped low enough to start listening to country
stations to
>>>> get away from it.  (Yes, I have no doubt they do the same,
but at least
>>>> it's new to me.)
>>>>
>>>> - Bob Comer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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