Tennessean, March 11, 2007
By Ryan Underwood

The disclosure last week of a $12.5 million settlement between the Federal Communications Commission and four of the nation's largest radio conglomerates appeared to signal an end to the long-running payola scandal involving bribes swapped for radio airtime.

But reaching an agreement with the FCC — an official version of which has yet to be released — may have been the easy part.

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