[David Eduardo]

"Danny T" wrote in message
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On Nov 28, 10:48 pm, Danny T wrote:

To be more specific, there is a catalog of songs that people will play
but money is spent BIG MONEY to put certain products in the forefront.

Radio stations in the significant markets confirm all music decisions
through consultation, called "research" with the listeners. When a new song
is played, within about a month listeners are consulted and if they don't
like it on the average, it is gone. But since a large percentage of adult
stations don't play much if any new songs, most stations let listeners
decide on a regular basis about all the non-current songs they play and the
results are followed faitfully.

It is illegal to accept money sub rosa for the playing of songs, and if play
is sponsored, like a commercial, it must be clearly identified to the
listener as being sponsored. Record companies seldom if ever show interst in
non-current songs being played, so stations playing library cuts seldom even
see a record promoter.

This is for every song you hear on the radio.

It is for NO song played on the radio. The fact that there have been less
than 10 payola indictments in the last 50 years shows that 99.99% of
stations and programmers are not engaging in illegal practices.

It isn't because bubba
joe called the radio (though that will determine order)

Calls to stations seldom cause a song to be played or the time they will be
played. Even "requests" are recorded and played back when the song is
schedulted to play naturally.

'cause bubba
never heard any of those song before the radio anyway. The big labels
spend huge $$ to get their record spinning and to keep it spinning.

No, they don't. It's illegal.

They play premium to have it placed in the front rack at mom and pop's
records as well as specs and all the rest.

That is retail, not radio. Coke pays for facings in stores, too. That is
legal.

The product you see is
marketed just like tide or coke. Jimmy Rector is the head of
promotions for most of the music on the radio today.

While Sony BMG (owner of Columbia and other imprints) it is just part of of
the group of larger record companies, including EMI, WEA, Universal and many
smaller lables. The Columbia label itself is a small part of the music
business.

He is titled as
VP of promotions for Columbia music group and that covers just about
most of what you hear. (there is no president of promotions so VP is
the highest position)

Jimmy Rector is a record promoter for country songs on the Columbia label
working out of Nashville. He is one of about a thousand record promoters
listed in the Radio & Records directory of record labels. His influence is
limited to Columbia country product, not "most of what you hear."