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Payola

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003677

The illegal practice of an undisclosed payment or bribe by record companies or promoters to radio stations or DJs for the broadcast of particular songs. This practice is prohibited by federal law in the United States, specifically by the Communications Act of 1934. It aims to prevent unfair commercial influence over programming.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003677
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003677",
  "term": "Payola",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The illegal practice of an undisclosed payment or bribe by record companies or promoters to radio stations or DJs for the broadcast of particular songs. This practice is prohibited by federal law in the United States, specifically by the Communications Act of 1934. It aims to prevent unfair commercial influence over programming.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/payola/"
}

Record 3,682 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.