House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight

The House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight was a special subcommittee of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, responsible for the oversight of federal regulatory agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission. During the 86th Congress the subcommittee was chaired by Representative Oren Harris, Democrat from Arkansas, and is famous for its hearings regarding the quiz show scandal of the 1950s as demonstrated in the Robert Redford film, Quiz Show.

The subcommittee's first hearings into payola in the music industry were held February through May 1960, and concluded that 255 disc jockeys spanning 42 cities collected a combined $263,000 in bribes.[1]

Sources

House of Representatives member roll, 86th Congress

References

1959-, Gaar, Gillian G. (1992). She's a rebel : the history of women in rock & roll. Seal Press. Seattle, Wash.: Seal Press. ISBN 1878067087. OCLC 25873844.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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[1] 1959-, Gaar, Gillian G. (1992). She's a rebel : the history of women in rock & roll. Seal Press. Seattle, Wash.: Seal Press. ISBN 1878067087. OCLC 25873844.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)