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Originally posted by DeltAlum
If you can prove that, you can cause some big trouble. That's illegal. Unless they announce that they've been paid and log the music as a commercial.
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Please don't misunderstand -- centralization of media control is not something I'm defending. I don't like it much. But to claim that record companies are paying stations (if they don't own them) is a pretty serious accusation.
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Well, while this isn't speaking for ALL stations by any means, this was the first thing that came to mind:
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Limp Bizkit's first single. Since the band was unknown, radio stations had no interest in playing this. To get this heard, their record company paid KUFO, a radio station in Portland, Oregon, $5000 to play this 50 times. The deal was legal because the station ran a disclaimer before the song saying that it was paid for by Flip/Interscope Records. The airplay on KUFO helped launch the career of Limp Bizkit.
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VH1 has something on it too
That may be an isolated incident and yes they ran a disclaimer...I'll look around later on.
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