College Underground FM is PAYOLA!!! Pay to play is illegal in the United States. It is called Payola. A radio station that is openly taking money from their artists are scammers And engaging in Payola. The FCC will be notified of this station immediately after this review is complete. For those of you reading this now, if you are an artist trying to get your work on radio, research “Radio Promoter” and “Radio Distributor”. The distributor sends your works out to radio and the promoter persuades the stations to find and play your works. Anything else is Payola…

To PAY (a lot) to have your music on a Radio?!! for sure... To PAY a lot to have your music on a Radio?!! After a first mail they sent me, honoring my work and my music, asking me if i would like them to spread it on their radio, comes this one: radioscout wrote: Hi, Statesman here, I work for both College underground Fm and Pixi Radio which are online stations. We're interested to spin your music to over 2.9M registered listeners and thousands of website visitors. We have organised a contest and we need your music to be top 1 on the Charts as College underground Fm will greatly reward you for your kind creativity and expertise. We really need you to get paid for your hard work in the music industry. Top one winner of the contest gets these services for free; one full year rotation, press/bio uploaded on Artist spotlight , and featured artist and video clips placed for 1 full year, a reward of $1000 and a beneficial to Pixi NFT( 10000Pxr) which worth $10000 as from November. I'd advise you to upload either Album/EP /+3 songs on Album promo option or Single on 180d Block option via CUFM SUBMISSION link in order to be eligible for the contest, Playlist Chart and receive Rewards. Secondly, we'd like to place your magazine under Artists spotlight section on college FM and Pixi Radio which provides followers, views and streams on your personal page/website. Take notes of these services we're offering you, as details will be given within our conversations. If you need the Submission links to get registered, get back to me as soon as possible. Thanks and best regards Statesman Representative Talent Scout BUT HERE COME THE SECOND MAIL FROM THEM: On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 2:08 PM Radio Scout radioscout wrote: We've 3 core services which concern you directly as an Artist in need of entertainment and media promotion. 1) PLAYLIST ROTATION Getting your music on our College Underground fm playlist. Will allow your song to be played to our over 2.4million daily listeners which will help you target a broader audience for your music here in Seattle and across the states and parts of Canada and Europe. The playlist fee is set at 30days broadcast cost $59.95 90days broadcast cost $103.95 180days Music block cost $109.95 180days broadcast for 2 tracks promo cost $300. Album promo cost $1000 for 60days rotation and $2000 for 180days rotation. We don't over charge artists with the 180days being the most effective playlist duration in terms of plays and views. Link to playlist . ww.college.... 2) INTERVIEW MAGAZINE PLACEMENT Get interviewed by College fm magazine editors The interview press release service published online will enable you do a write up about your music career, post pictures of you, submit links to your social media and links store so our listeners can buy your music online directly from the iTunes store. The one time fee for the interview press release is set at $105.95 3) FEATURED ARTIST PLACEMENT Lastly the featured artists service will enable your text links to be published on the College underground fm website to boost your popularity amongst College fm listeners. This package range to 12months but we recommend the months plan for you with rate set at $102.95 Video featured cost 30days $19.95 60days 35.95 AND AFTER I TOLD THEM I DID NOT LIKE AT ALL THEIR WAY OF "HELPING" ARTIST, AND THAT I WASN"T INTERESTED AT ALL, COMES YHIIS ONE: Pray this email finds you well. I fully understand you've got a hectic daily schedule but I'll appreciate it if you take out time to get back to me with regards to the radio airplay promotion we wanna offer you on our radio stations. As a college based radio station, we can help you promote and distribute your music to colleges around the states. We do operate from the premises of Cali and Seattle and what we bring to the table is college demographics. Your music can spread really fast cos of your talent. I feel you've mastered your craft as your songs are perfectly recorded and produced. Your professionalism is greatly appreciated by the corporate office. What we offer is paid but effective radio promotion with rates at college Fm ranging from 30days for $59, 90days cost $103.95, 180days $109 & $300 , then for full Album Promo 60days for $1000 and 180days for $2000. With the 90days and 180 days being the best and most effective airplay duration as your music gets up to 10daily spins and we get enough time to work with your music. I'll appreciate your response Cordially Statesman. I DID NOT RESPOND, CUASE MY ANSWER IN THE PREVIOUS MAIL WAS VERY STRAIGHT, BUT THEY SENT ME AGAIN AN OTHER ONE PRAISING THEIR RADIO AND HOW FAMOUS IT WAS > I SHOULD REALLLLLLY DO IT. Seriously sacmers have no face.