Future of Music Coalition (
FMC) has conducted an analysis of radio airplay over the past four years to determine whether anything has really changed since April 2007, when the
FCC issued consent decrees to the nation?s four largest broadcasters in response to payola allegations. Using playlist data from Mediaguide, calculated the airplay share for five different categories of record labels to determine whether the ratio of major label to non-major label airplay has changed over the past four years. Based on this data, the
FMC reported “almost no measurable change” in station playlist composition over the past four years.