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Old 04-19-2012, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by piece-itpete View Post
They can't re-animate him again?

I thought he was a likable guy. But my pop culture teacher hated him. He said when Congress? A trial? Dang abused brain! Anyway it had something to do with payola. He said Alan Freed refused to walk the line they wanted (morality, r&r or something along those lines) and it broke him. But Clark did.

Just talking, his name set off my remaining synapse and triggered a distant memory

Pete
Wasn't nuttin' but a little opportunistic capitalism. He bought record companies and promoted his own records on his show. After he was caught, he had to divest if he wanted to keep doing AB.

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D-Ray
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