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Entercom Radio Investigated for Dirty Deeds |
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Written by Mike Stahl
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Friday, 10 March 2006 |
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New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer’s lawsuit charging Entercom Communications of illegally trading airtime for “secret” payments outlines numerous specific instances of alleged dirty dealings in the state’s lengthy Exhibits To Complaint filing.
Entercom has responded to the March 8 filing by saying it is confident a court will "fully and fairly" resolve the claims of payola leveled against the radio group by Spitzer’s office.
But in nearly 67 pages of documents obtained from Entercom, very specific payments are attached to airplay that the station promised to either record companies or the independent promotional reps working those records for labels.
One memo dated Oct. 1, 2001, from Pat Paxton, Entercom senior VP of programming, offers a detailed checklist of annual payments to stations from indies in exchange for an exclusive indie relationship with stations. Monies run as high as $150,000 for top 40 WEZB New Orleans, $125,000 for top 40 WKSE Buffalo and $125,000 for rhythmic top 40 WQSX Boston, with more than a dozen other stations slated for payments of at least $100,000. Full Story
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