Friday, November 03, 2006
The Terrestrial Radio & Payola Scandal Continues: Those Who Live In Glass Houses Should Not Throw Stones...
Feingold Asks FCC For Payola Update
November 1, 2006,
www.fmqb.comSen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) has sent a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, asking for an update on the status of the Commission's payola investigations. “I hope this request will prompt the FCC to make a clear statement that it will not tolerate payola in any form, in order to close any supposed loopholes,” Feingold said. “I urge the FCC to build on Attorney General [Eliot] Spitzer’s investigation and assert its authority to prevent payola to the fullest extent possible.”
“Radio listeners should not have to worry whether a song was played because the station manager got a free laptop, or because the station’s parent company is producing the artist’s upcoming concert,” he adds. “I look forward to hearing from Chairman Martin about his efforts to end abuse of our public airwaves.”...read more:
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