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Payola, The Pluggers and the Father of Rock and Roll

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Last broadcast on Mon, 24 May 2010, 23:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

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Continuing his fascination with maverick American radio DJs, Nick Barraclough tells the story of Alan Freed, the Pluggers and the Payola scandal which blew up in the late 1950s.

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  1. Sat 21 Nov 2009
    10:30
  2. Mon 24 May 2010
    23:30

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30 minutes

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