从比尔斯的寓言，下面，我们可以看到，形式存在的payola前，无线电的发明。
1·My first objective in the job was to clean up the agency and the industry, which before I arrived had been embroiled in quiz-show, payola, and agency scandals.
我工作的第一个目标就是对广播电视行业和相关的机构做出清理。 在我未接手之前，这一行因机智问答节目中的幕后贿赂和相关机构丑闻搅得一团糟。
2·Although the overall impact of payola is negative, it has sometimes helped great music reach an audience.
虽然贿赂的总体影响是负面性的，但是有时它帮助伟大的音乐取得其最初的听众。
3·The announcer was fired for taking payola.
播音员因接受贿赂而被解雇了。