Payola Wars: Alan Freed and the Airwaves

The jukebox's wild twin: radio. Moondog doghouses, the 1960 payola hearings, and the CBS specials that put rock on trial.

Playlist by @birth_of_the_jukebox

12 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Trouble With Rock - Payola 1974 — MOBFAX
2. The Mob & The Music Industry: Payola (1986) — MOBFAX
3. 1950s Payola Scandal - Decades TV Network — Decades TV Network
4. The 1950s Payola Scandal Explained — Bandsploring
5. Dick Clark discusses the Payola Scandal - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG — FoundationINTERVIEWS
6. Agent Larry Auerbach on Allan Freed and the payola scandal - TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews — FoundationINTERVIEWS
7. Alan Freed Aircheck 1955-03-23 WINS — SOR Admin
8. Moondog Alan Freed Part 1/3 — Frank Allan
9. That's Brooklyn Nostalgia - The Alan Freed Show.mov — vaudeville7
10. Scott Muney and Norm Nite induct Alan Freed at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions 1986 — Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
11. KFWB Radio Payola Scandal - Los Angeles — Dan O’Day
12. NBC news report on "payola" in music industry from August 1973 — Pantheon Media - Where Fans Belong