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		thaumasiotes on Nov 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Introducing Moto G: An Exceptional Phone At An Exc... Interestingly, a music radio station might not necessarily need to be ad supported, except that payola was for some reason made illegal.

CrazedGeek on Nov 13, 2013 [–]

It's not illegal, you just have to announce that it's sponsored (and Wikipedia mentions that it doesn't count as a regular play, but I can't find a citation for that at the moment): http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/317

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