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Originally posted by goddfather40
Is payola still a serious problem?
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The answer to your question is yes, but they (record companies) have loopholes. they offer your stations flyaways, concert tix, interviews, etc in exchange for spins, i've often heard this line from corporate "It helps the bottom line"
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Originally posted by djtestudo
1) How should I go about asking for airtime?
2) How do I go about finding music to play (it's a public station, and I don't know how it works with music there).
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To answer question #1 - If you have the opportunity to make a demo tape of yourself, I encourage you to do so...bug the piss out of the stations program director, let him know what your desires are, you might have to start out as an intern, which is how most people get into this biz...
Question 2 is bit more difficult to answer, because public radio ie: college or high school stations vary from situation to situation, some actually have program directors who may have been in the biz for a while, some are libreal, some are conservative, you might have the opportunity to play whatever the hell you want (within reason, FCC regs) or you might have to follow a playlist...I suggest you contact the station find out what there format is like and try to see if you can get into it......