American disc jockey <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alan Freed">Alan Freed</a>, who had popularized the term "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a>" and music of that style, is fired from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WABC_(AM)" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="WABC (AM)">WABC</a> radio over allegations he had participated in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Payola">payola</a> scandal.