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association with disc jockey

In disc jockey
…or gifts (commonly known as payola). This widespread practice of commercial bribery was given national exposure by a federal investigation in 1959. As a result, payola faded for a while, but in the mid-1980s new exposés revealed that the practice continued to exist in many quarters.
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history of radio broadcasting

In radio: The rise of Top 40 radio
The radio “payola” scandal of the late 1950s (in which deejays and others took bribes to tout certain records) saw many lose their jobs; the practice went underground, to reappear several times in subsequent years.
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