Getting Played: Promoters and Payola

The gate and the grease: radio pluggers, campus promoters, add tracks, and a century of payola from the 1950s hearings to 2005.

Playlist by @college_radio_indie

21 tracks, shared on Audicious.

  1. Working With an Indie Radio Promoter: When to Do it — ArtistsHouseMusic
  2. Radio Promo Exec, Dale Connone, talks Finding Radio Promotion for Indie Artists! — Steve Rennie
  3. How To Get Your Song On The Radio (Record Label Owner Explains) — Full Circle Music
  4. How To Get Your Music On Radio Stations In 5 Minutes — StayOnBeat
  5. How To Get Your Song On The Radio In 2025 — Musformation // Jesse Cannon
  6. How to Get YOUR Song on the Radio in 2025 | 6 Steps to Secure Airplay | Ditto Music — Ditto Music
  7. Submit your music to college radio! — Music Business Advice
  8. How to Make a Radio Show (& Connect w/ Top DJs!) — musicbyLukas
  9. My Industry - Austin talks Talent Management, Radio Plugging + MORE [@mrviews] — Link Up TV
  10. HOW TO GET PLAYED ON NATIONAL RADIO | Promote Your Music — Burstimo
  11. Why every radio station sounds the same — Phil Edwards
  12. The 2005 Radio Scandal Was a Glorious Mess — Bandsplaining
  13. Your Favorite Bands Paid To Be Famous — Bandsplaining
  14. The Music Industry's Darkest Open Secret... — Spencer Cornelia
  15. The 1950s Payola Scandal Explained — Bandsploring
  16. 1950s Payola Scandal - Decades TV Network — Decades TV Network
  17. Dick Clark discusses the Payola Scandal - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG — FoundationINTERVIEWS
  18. The Mob & The Music Industry: Payola (1986) — MOBFAX
  19. 1974 SPECIAL REPORT: "ROCK & ROLL and PAYOLA" (How the Industry PAYS) — Hezakya Newz & Films
  20. Trouble With Rock - Payola 1974 — MOBFAX
  21. HBO Vinyl: 1973 Shaping The Culture - Payola — Rolling Stone