] Last month, the Senate convened a hearing on the presumed
] problem of %u201Cpayola%u201D in the radio industry. The
] hearing followed the re-introduction of a bill by Sen.
] Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) to rein in the industry%u2019s
] %u201Cnew pay-for-play system.%u201D The legislation, in
] turn, follows a spate of media attention%u2014from the
] New York Times, ABC%u2019s 20/20, and PBS%u2019s
] Frontline%u2014on payola.