Federal Communications Commission FCC 07-28 STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN KEVIN J. MARTIN Re: CBS Radio, Inc., File No. EB-06-IH-1109, Order Re: Citadel Broadcasting Corp., File No. EB-06-IH-1108, Order Re: Clear Channel Communications, Inc., File Nos. EB-05-IH-0059, EB-05-IH-0144, Order Re: Entercom Communications Corp., File No. EB-05-IH-0033, Order The Commission has longstanding rules prohibiting payola. These rules serve the important purpose of ensuring that the listening public knows when someone is seeking to influence them or the types of music that they hear on the radio. As I have said before, the Commission will not tolerate non-compliance with its rules. In order to resolve the Commission’s investigation into whether these license holders were violating applicable sponsorship identification laws, the four companies have agreed to implement various business reforms to ensure that their respective stations and employees do not violate the sponsorship identification laws in the future. They have also agreed to make significant contributions to the U.S. Treasury totaling $12.5 million. Through this strong enforcement action that we take today, the Commission has provided clear guidance to licensees and sent a strong message that the practice of payola must stop for good.