Payola is illegal now, and it's funny that you even bring it up in this context because there was a time when payola was one of the only ways that independent l

Payola is illegal now, and it's funny that you even bring it up in this context because there was a time when payola was one of the only ways that independent labels could actually get music on air. It circumvented the overlords. The "respected" institutions didn't want to go near rock.