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  • Has CMJ Become the Monster That Ate College Radio? (Payola allegation)

    02/27/2003 12:17:58 PM PST · by weegee · 4 replies · 345+ views
    East Bay Express ^ | 26-Feb-2003 | BY KATY ST. CLAIR
    Has CMJ Become the Monster That Ate College Radio? Thousands of underground radio stations like KALX rely on indie chartmaker CMJ to publish playlists accurately. So imagine their surprise when it began falsely stacking college charts with its own pay-to-play releases. BY KATY ST. CLAIR At a UC Berkeley that seems to reinvent itself every ten years with new waves of lefties, evangelical Christians, scheming Republicans, and geeks, one thing has always remained constant: The campus radio station, KALX. The station has been documenting the underground since its inception in 1962 when it began in a cigar box -- yes,...