WAQZ/Payola Probe

[justanobserver]

From <a target="_blank" href=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-warner23nov23,1,1757969.story?coll=la-headlines-business&ctrack=1&cset=true>this article</a> - (you'll need to register to read it) comes this gem of a quote:

"In one e-mail released by Spitzer, a Warner Bros. Records employee described the program director of Infinity's WAQZ-FM (97.3) in Cincinnati as "a wh0re" — the implication being that airplay on his station was, in effect, for sale."

(the censor here bleeped out 'wh0re', so that's my intentional misspelling)<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by justanobserver on 11/29/05 06:35 AM.</FONT></P>

 

[radiojuan]

Rut-roh, Raggy! What will Fred and Daphne say??

Kind of explains how that station stays viable, though. If it's true, that is.


From this article - (you'll need to register to read it)
> comes this gem of a quote:
>
> "In one e-mail released by Spitzer, a Warner Bros. Records
> employee described the program director of Infinity's
> WAQZ-FM (97.3) in Cincinnati as "a wh0re" — the implication
> being that airplay on his station was, in effect, for sale."
>
>
> (the censor here bleeped out 'wh0re', so that's my
> intentional misspelling)
>

 

[96rocker]

> From this article - (you'll need to register to read it)
> comes this gem of a quote:
>
> "In one e-mail released by Spitzer, a Warner Bros. Records
> employee described the program director of Infinity's
> WAQZ-FM (97.3) in Cincinnati as "a wh0re" — the implication
> being that airplay on his station was, in effect, for sale."
>
>
> (the censor here bleeped out 'wh0re', so that's my
> intentional misspelling)
>
This deal works both ways. Music directors non-R&R reporting stations are virtually ignored by record promoters. You have to beg and plead just to get on-air giveaway items like CDs and concert tickets.

Meanwhile, MDs at R&R reporting stations get stuff thrown at them, even if the MD doesn't want the stuff.