Payola Strikes Again

ABC News is reporting that the United States Federal Communications Commision (FCC) is investigating "100's of radio stations" for something called payola. As defined by the ABC website payola is "pay for play". This means that every time a station plays a song they get paid for it, it's an incentive for stations to give more playes to a particular artist than others. This may or may not be serious, however, the FCC seems to be taking it very seriously. The FCC rules say that payola puts station licenses in jeoprady. You can read more at ABCNews.com. This could get interesting.