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Jackson's 'Black Or White'Becomes EHR's All -TimeAdd Leader.See
Airplay Action On Page 27.
Europe's Music Radio Newsweekly . Volume 8 . Issue 48 . November
30, 1991 . £ 3, US$ 5, ECU 4
Major CutsPlanned AtChrysalisRecords?
by Machgiel Bakker andSteve Wonsiewicz
The future of Chrysalis Records'European operations are in
doubtfollowing Thorn -EMI's Novem-ber 19 acquisition of the
remain-ing 50% of the company for anestimated US$62 million. On
thecontinent, Chrysalis has small -sized outposts in Holland,
Franceand Sweden and a fully staffedGerman office.
In the UK, Chrysalis will(continues on page 26)
A FOND FAREWELL - BMG's Monti Lehner took center stage during
aspectacular party marking his retirement from the company. Some
350friends, business partners and artists were on hand for the
festivities. Pic-tured (l -r) are Wftner, BMG chairman/CEO Michael
Dornemann, BMGInternational president/CEO Rudi Gassner and BMG
president -GSAThomas M. Stein. For more photographs of the
celebration, see page 4.
15 MINUTES -PER -HOUR LIMIT
Sony Restricts'Dangerous' UK
by Paul Easton
In a move designed to minimizethe impact of home taping,
SonyMusic Entertainment (SME)has restricted UK radio airplayfor
Michael Jackson's new Epicalbum Dangerous to 15 minutesper hour. To
a certain extent,radio is also being preventedfrom pre -announcing
tracks fromthe album as well. The arrange-ment does not apply to
the rest ofEurope.
An official statement from
SME says, "Because of potentialproblems that would result
fromcontinuous airplay of MichaelJackson's new album
Dangerous,released on November 21, SonyMusic Entertainment has
regret-tably had no alternative but totake exceptional action to
restrictrights granted to radio stationsthrough PPL (Phonographic
Per-formance Limited).
"This restriction applies to allradio stations in the UK, and
wasimposed in these exceptional cir-
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BUMA/STEMRA's Financial Lights Out AtTies To RNN Stir
Controversy Dublin's Century
by Machgiel Bakker
War has broken out in Hollandover national copyright
bodyBUMA/STEMRA's Dfl 4.5 mil-lion investment (app. US$2.4
mil-lion) in 24 -hour cable/satelliteradio station Radio
NoordzeeNationaal (RNN) (M&M June8). Critics say BUMA/STEMRAis
inappropriately using licencefees to finance the 24 -hour all
-Dutch format station, which plansto launch on January 1.
Comments EMI Music Pub-lishing . MD Arjen Witte, "Istrongly feel
that BUMA/STEM-RA should only concentrate oncollecting performance
royaltiesand certainly not get involvedwith the set-up of a
commercialstation." Witte has since left theboard of the copyright
body.
Opponents of the investment
also cite the involvement ofDutch media company Streng-holt,
which also provided start-upcapital for RNN. Strengholt rep-resents
Warner/Chappell andother publishers.
BUMA/STEMRA's invest-ment in a station that is closelyaligned
with Strengholt is viewedby some observers as giving thepublisher
an unfair advantage.Says Witte, "Parts of the incomethat we as
publishers receive isgiven to BUMA. I have a right toknow what will
happen with mymoney. But it certainly shouldn'tbe given to the
competition[Strengholt]."
However, BUMA/STEMRAMD Ger Willemsen dismisses allaccusations
vehemently. "Thishas been approved in a boardmeeting where these
publisherswere present. Everybody knows
that we channel 10% from netresults to social and culturalmeans.
Apart from the annual twomillion guilders for Conamus[the
organization for the promo-tion of national product], that
alsoincludes RNN. There is no truthto the allegation that this
createsunfair competition. There is aseparate station management,
[thefoundation Publi Music, a sub-sidiary of Strengholt] which
hasno influence whatsoever on theprogramming."
About 40% of performancerights income that BUMAreceives is
channeled to Dutchaffiliate members. Only 15% ofthat income,
however, strictlyconcerns Dutch national product.The launch of RNN
was intendedto boost that figure.
RNN chairman and ex-BUMA(continues on page 26)
by Paul Easton and AidanO'Sullivan
Century FM/Dublin, Ireland'snational commercial EHR
radiostation, has been forced to close.It ceased broadcasting at
18.00 onNovember 19 with estimateddebts of IR£10 million.
Capital Radio/London re-cently increased its financialbacking of
the troubled station(see M&M November 23),including buying most
of the 28%of shares held by concert promot-er Oliver Barry. That
movereportedly put Capital's stake inexcess of broadcast
ownershiplimits. Capital had given Irishregulator Independent
Radioand Television Commission(IRTC) an understanding that
itsshareholding would not exceedthe permitted 30%.
However, unconfirmed reportsindicate that Capital was unableto
divest its excess shares to otherinvestors and was refused
permis-sion by the IRTC to maintain a
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TV3/Scansat Pirates
by Robbert Tillj
In a battle for bragging rights tothe European premiere of
MichaelJackson's Black Or White video,Swedish cable/satellite TV
stationTV3/Scansat taped the clip fromMTV Europe, which first
showedit on Thursday, November 14 at22.00. Scansat put its own
logoabove the MTV imprint andbroadcast two minutes of the 11
-minute clip, shortly after MTVshowed it, in the "Aschberg"show.
Swedish national TV netChannel 1 had bought the rightsfor the
premiere for its Saturdayprogramme "Dabrowski."
Comments Sony Music Swe-den marketing manager HakanKrantz, "We
were really upsetFriday morning. The contract,written in both
English andSwedish, stipulated that Channel 1had the right of first
showing. Wechose them because they cover thewhole nation. Scansat
threatenedto broadcast it in its entirety beforeChannel 1, so we
feared losing outto their broadcast. 'Dabrowski'reaches 2.5-3
million viewers,while 'Aschberg' only reachesapproximately 400.000.
If youknow that our country has a popu-lation of only eight
million, youcan understand the loss of impactwe expected."
Sony Music succeeded in arbi-trating a settlement between thetwo
competitors, arranging forChannel 1 producer KjellDabrowski to be
interviewed onScansat, during which he criticizedScansat's
actions.
However, Sony Music is pur-suing legal recourse on its own.Says
Krantz, "We are prepared totake legal steps against Scansat.We're
not after their money; asymbolic sum is enough for us.What we
really want is a statementof principle from court that therules are
clear, once and for all.We can't have it that TV becomesthe set for
this kind of anarchy."
Sony Music's litigation wouldcome via the national IFPI bodyJFL,
which can sue Scansat. SaysIFPI/JFL adviser Tomas Stenmo,"According
to the Swedish copy-right act, it is not allowed to take acopy from
another programme(including music video or film)and broadcast it
without the per-mission of the rightful owner."
So far, MTV Europe is keepinga low profile. Press officer
DebbieWoodcock says, "We're aware ofthe situation and, at the
moment,we're looking into the matter."
A spokesperson for London -based TV3/Scansat points the fin-ger
at the company's productionoperations. "Strix, the
productioncompany, is totally responsible forwhat it broadcasts on
TV3. Itshould take the full conse-quences." Strix producer
RobertAschberg, who was also the pre-senter of the show in
question, wasunavailable for comment.
Despite all the trouble, SonyMusic Sweden enjoyed its biggest
-ever initial shipment (309.000units) on a new album. The previ-ous
record (150.000 copies) washeld by local artist MagnusUggla.
Letters To The EditorAtlantic 252 Responds To AIRCDear
M&M,In his response in your November 16 editionto the research
findings through which (Ire-land -based long -wave) Atlantic 252
claimsmarket leadership for commercial radio inthe UK, the
Association of IndependentRadio Companies' (AIRC) marketing
exec-utive James Galpin is right in one respect:the fact that
Atlantic 252's audience is notmeasured together with that of other
stationsheard in the UK is highly unsatisfactory to
allconcerned.
Mr. Galpin should be more frank aboutthe reasons why Atlantic
252 has beenobliged to commission independent researchon its own
behalf. The truth is that the AIRCwill not allow Atlantic 252 to
participate inJICRAR Clearly, the predominant view isthat they do
not wish to openly report theextent of our audience. Of course, if
theAIRC would allow us to join JICRAR, therewould be no further
argument.
It is perhaps worth mentioning that con-tinued attempts to cast
doubt on the validityof the Atlantic 252 figures are not the
onlyways in which Atlantic 252 has been ham-pered in its efforts to
prove the extent towhich its audience has developed.
In order to achieve an even closer compa-rability with JICRAR,
our original choice ofresearch company was, in fact, RSGB,which
conducts research on behalf ofJICRAR. RSGB quoted for the job in
June1991, but withdrew via a letter dated July I,which said: "In
discussion with the AIRC,we were unable to obtain
unequivocalauthority to conduct your research." Theyadded, "You
will appreciate our reluctance tojeopardize relations with the AIRC
member-ship."
RSGB was clearly "leant on"; further-more, they were leant on by
those who arenow calling our research into question.
Atlantic 252 wants only to be able to"stand up and be counted."
If anyone dis-putes our claim to UK radio market leader-ship, then
they should let us join what ismeant to be joint industry research.
Togetherwe can then develop radio beyond the realmsof the "two
percent medium," where it haslingered for far too long.
Yours faithfully,
Travis BaxterStation Manager
And A Reply From AIRC...Dear M&M,Regarding Atlantic 252: As
AIRC stated,AIRC membership is and always has beena requirement in
order to participate inJICRAR. AIRC membership, at present, isonly
open to radio stations regulated by theRadio Authority.
RAJAR will be a different animal in thisrespect; AIRC will be
the joint owner [withthe BBC], but RAJAR's management willbe in the
hands of a committee on which
AIRC, the BBC, IPA (Institute of Practi-tioners in Advertising),
and ISBA (Incor-porated Society of British Advertisers) willbe
represented.
There will be nothing to stop Atlantic252 from applying to that
committee to par-ticipate in RAJAR.
Sincerely,
AIRC/London
FOUR POPULAR TITLES WHOSE COMBINEDSALES EXCEED FIVE MILLION
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AND TWO NEW RELEASES.
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Spectacular SendoffFor BMG's Liiftner
BMG's Monti Liiftner received the royal treatment during a
November 15 retirementparty in Munich. About 350 friends, business
partners and artists were on hand to par-
ticipate in the celebration. Liiftnet; who was with the
Bertelsmann group for 36 years,founded Ariola Records in 1958,
marking the Bertelsmann group's first entry into
record production. Liiftner also leaves his post as vice
chairman of BMG, president ofA&R worldwide, and CEO of BMG
Ariola in the German-speaking territories. He
plans to remain actively involved in the international music and
home entertainmentindustry through his consulting company, Monti
Media Consulting. During the galaevening, US superstar Dionne
Warwick bid a fond adieu with a stirring performanceof her hit song
"That's What Friends Are For." At right, and pictured below, is
Liift-
tier, celebrating with colleagues and friends.
A FEW SMILES, A LOT OF LAUGHS - Above, Rick Astley and
AnnieLennox exchange grins at the gala dinner.
IN TOP FORM - Pictured on the right, top German producers
JackWhite (I) with Janine Eke, Frank Farian (center right) with
Ingrid Segieth(center) and (r) BMG Ariola Munich's retired MD
Friedel Schmidt.
STELLAR FORMATION - Surrounded by stars (l -r): Dieter
Bohlen,Dionne Warwick, Monti Luftner, Peter Alexander and Udo
Jurgens.
THOSE WERE THE DAYS, MY FRIENDS - Pictured above, Arista
president Clive Davis (I) and Dionne War-wick (r) spend a few
minutes with Bertelsmann president and CEO Mark Wassner.
BELTING IT OUT - Pictured at left, Luftner joins Peter Alexander
in a late -evening duet for old times' sake.
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G/A/S
Premiere Inks DealWith Radio Vision
by Bob Lyng
German pay -TV channel Pre-miere has signed a one-year dealwith
radio/TV syndicator RadioVision for exclusive Germanbroadcasting
rights for a series ofmusical events. The two compa-nies struck the
deal at the recentMIPCOM conference in Cannes.
Premiere-the Bertelsmann/Leo Kirch/Canal Plus -ownedstation with
250.000 subscribers
in its first nine months of opera-tion and which is adding
some20.000 new customers monthly-has worked with Radio Vision inthe
past. The companies teamedfor Paul Simon's Central Parkconcert, the
Pavarotti In ThePark concert in London andWhitney Houston's show
inSpain.
According to Premierespokesperson Volker Schnurr-busch, the deal
will "guarantee
Premiere viewers a minimum ofone major music event per monthon
an exclusive basis."
Schnurrbusch says since thetarget audience for these broad-casts
is "the young family that,because of costs and kids, cannotattend
such concerts and whosemusical taste is not adequatelyserviced by
other TV broadcasts,"the programme will be orientedaround such "CD
artists such asSting and U2."
Radio Listening Up, Says Massenkommunikationby Mal Sondock
Although advertising income inradio is increasing much
moreslowly than TV, radio reaches themost people for the greatest
peri-od of time in Germany. In areport which looked at the
period1974-1990, Massenkommunika-tion revealed people listened
toradio 52 minutes per day versus39 minutes for TV.
The media analysis for 1990
and 1991 also shows that morepeople than ever before are
listen-ing to radio and spending moretime per day doing so. (See
chartbelow:)
Time Spent Using Top ThreeMediums
1974 1980 1985 1990
TV 45 42 39 39Newspapers 14 13 11 9Radio 41 45 50 52
Weekly Radio Listening
% of Listeners1989/90 1990/91
Mom -Fri. 82.0 83.3Mon: Sun. 79.7 81.4Saturday 76.6 80.1Sunday
71.1 73.5
Minutes Listened1989/90 1990/91
Mon: Fri. 164 167Mon. -Sun. 156 162Saturday 150 161Sunday 126
137
GERMAN JOYRIDE - About 400 guests joined EMI Electrola
execu-tives for a November 3 celebration congratulating Roxette on
hittingdouble platinum (sales of over 1.2 million) with their album
"Joyride."Pictured (14 are: EMI Music Continental Europe senior
director of mar-keting and A&R Roel Kruize, Roxette's Marie
Frederikson, Roxette man-ager Thomas Johansson, EMI Electrola MD
Helmut Fest, Roxette's PerGessle and EMI Sweden MD Rolf Nygren.
Some of the surprises duringthe party included Fest speaking
Swedish during the award's presenta-tion and EMI arranging for
Frederikson's and Gessle's siblings to attendthe party.
Rosenbauer Named NewRadio Brandenburg MDWDR/Cologne head of
cultureHansJuergen Rosenbauer hasbeen appointed new MD of pub-lic
station Radio Brandenburg/Potsdam.
He received 14 of the 24 votescast by the board of
directors.Other candidates included RadioNRW/Oberhausen PD
Klaus
Klenke, who picked up ninevotes, while the only Germancandidate
Michael Albrech, MDat the east German public broad-caster DFF,
received the oneremaining vote.
The radio and TV station isscheduled to begin broadcastingin
January. MS
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UNITED KINGDOM
GOLDEN ADD - Di, composer and playwright Mike Read hasjoined
Capital Gold/London as presenter. Initially, Read will host
"TheMike Read Record Collection" on Sunday from 20.00-midnight.
Thenew series starts on November 24. Pictured (l -r) are Capital
Gold pre-senters Tony Blackburn, David Hamilton, Read and Paul
Burnett.
Radio AuthorityChanges INR2 RulesThe winner of the INR2
nationallicence now will not be requiredto commence test
transmissionswithin six weeks of the licenceaward (M&M November
9).
David Vick, Radio Authorityhead of development, says thatthis is
because of a change ofheart by the regulators. "As wellas having to
pay the RadioAuthority licence fee from thedate of award, they
would alsohave to finance the test transmis-sions, which would be
expensiveduring the station's pre -opera-tional period," says
Vick.
"It has also been made easierby the BBC finding a permanent
home for 'Test Match Special'[cricket commentaries] on Radio3
FM, which has resolved a prob-lem over the prospect of an
emptyfrequency with no adequatereplacement for the cricket."
However, Vick points out thatalthough the requirement mayhave
been lifted, the RA wouldhave no objection to a stationstarting
test transmissions early."It depends on who gets thelicence. If it
is won by an existingstation or someone with availablestudio
facilities, they would prob-ably want to be able to showcasetheir
new service as soon as pos-sible." PE
Network Chart Show In.£15.000 GiveawayThe Network Chart Show
haslaunched its first major promotionwith a weekly prize of
£15.000(app.US$24.450). The contest isbeing held over a
three-weekperiod in conjunction with pro-gramme listings guide TV
Times.
A spokesperson for CapitalRadio/London, which producesthe
Network Chart Show for theIndependent Radio network, says,"Capital
Radio's programmes arenow being listed in the London
editions of the TV Times, so itwas the perfect medium to do
apromotion involving the wholenetwork."
Sponsored by Nescafe, theNetwork Chart Show is broadcastby 60
ILR stations between17.00-19.00 on Sundays. CurrentJICRAR research
shows it tohave an audience of around threemillion.
PE
Moving On Up? Changing Labels? Changing Stations?
M&M's Newsmakers would like to hear all about it. Give us a
call.send your press releases, or just fax your latest inside and
outsidemoves to Newsmakers, Editorial Department, Music &
Media, 1059
1AT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: (+30 20.669 1961;
Fay:1(+31120.669 1951.
Licences AdvertisedFor Channel Islands
by Paul Easton
The Channel Islands are to gettheir own local commercial
radiostations following the advertisingof FM licences for Jersey
andGuernsey by the Radio Authori-ty. The islands' tax -haven
statusand high -income profile of manyresidents means the licences
areexpected to be hotly contested.However, strict local laws
onhousing and employment couldcause problems for some appli-cants,
especially with hiring staff.
The Jersey licence has a TSA(total survey area) of around65.000
adults. The other licence,which will serve Guernsey andthe smaller
islands of Alderneyand Sark, has a TSA of around45.000 adults.
Although the Channel Islandscome under British rule, they
are
mainly self-governing and are notmembers of the EC. However,some
UK legislation, includingthe Broadcasting Act, is extendedto
include them. As a result, theRA will be required to consult
theBroadcasting Committees of theStates of Jersey and
Guern-sey-which have been opposed tocommercial radio in the
past-for their views on the licenceapplications.
Comments RA head of devel-opment David Vick, "They willreceive
copies of the applications,without the confidential section,and
will give their comments. Ifthey feel any applicant groupwould be
unacceptable, they willhave to give their reasons.
"The committees will have theright of veto, but not the right
ofchoice. The Radio Authority hasthe eventual right of licence
award."The Channel Islands are
already served by the BBC'snational networks, as well asBBC
local stations Radio Jerseyand Radio Guernsey. They arealso
targetted by a couple of sta-tions based in France:
Contact94/Lessay, which broadcastsmainly in English; and RadioForce
7/St. Malo, which has adaily hour in English.
The closing date for applica-tions is March 3, 1992, and theRA
hopes to be able to announcethe winner within two months.
Meanwhile, the RA has alsoadvertised the ILR licence
forMorecambe Bay in Lancashire,which is the fifth licence to
beannounced this month. Vick saysthe RA is "on course" with
itstimetable for licencing new sta-tions.
BBC Network Radio StealsBPME-UK Awards Thunder
by Mike McGeever
BBC Radio 1 walked away withthe most radio promotions awardsat
the second annual BroadcastPromotion & Marketing Execu-tives
-UK conference and TV &Radio Awards on November 16
inGlasgow.
Radio l's collection includesgold awards in the Best Print
orPoster Advertisement for its "GetOne On Tonight" campaign andBest
TV Promotion/Advertise-ment when the station expandedto 24 hours
earlier this year. Outof a possible 33 awards in 11 cat-egories,
Radio I garnered sixgolds, two silver awards and three
bronze awards from a field of 188entries.
Capital Radio/London led theprivate, commercial sector withtwo
golds and six silvers. InvictaRadio/Kent captured the gold inthe
premiere radio category "YourBest Shot." The judges' panel
waschaired by Gillian Reynolds,radio correspondent for UKnational
newspaper The DailyTelegraph.
The entries showed a remark-able spectrum of imagination
andcreativity in displaying talentsacross the full range of
promo-tional tools-from outside broad-casts to public service
messages,and print promotions to TV ads.
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON - Mike Stevens (right) and son Paul are
prob-ably the only father -son team in Europe. Both are weekend
presenters onInvicta Radio/Kent's AM Supergold. Mike can be heard
on Saturday's14.00 - 18.00 slot, while Paul does the 14.00 - 17.00
Sunday shift.
Total entries submitted this yearincreased by 22%, while
atten-dance (50 radio executives) wasup from 1990, according
toBPME-UK's press officer IanMayor.
A couple of new radio cate-gories were added this year,
alongwith more seminars.
Award WinnersBEST BELOW THE LINE
PROMOTIONTrent FM
BEST PRINT POSTER OR ADBBC Radio 1
BEST TV PROMOTION/ADBBC Radio 1
BEST PUBLIC SERVICE/SOCIALACTION PROGRAMME
BBC Radio 1
BEST CAMPAIGNCapital Radio/London
BEST SALES PROMOTIONMetro Radio Group
BEST JINGLE OR MUSICPACKAGE
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BEST AUDIENCE BUILDERBBC Radio 1
BEST RADIO SPOTCapital Radio/London
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Japan FM RenewsRFI's 'Pazz & Jops'
by Emmanuel Legrand
Japan FM/Tokyo (J -Wave 81.3),Japan's leading FM station,
hasrenewed for the fourth consecu-tive year the programme "Pazz
&Jops." The show is a daily half-hour programme made in Paris
byinternational pubcaster RFI.
The renewal was announcedduring a visit in France by JapanFM MD
Tamotsu Yamamotoand one of the station's leadingpresenters Jon
Kabira. During ameeting with RFI presidentAndre Larquie, both
parties alsoagreed to air the programme onRFI's new Paris outlet.
The pro-gramme will consist of "Pazz &Jops" in its Japanese
version, plusa seven -minute live news feedfrom Japan.
Commenting on the deal,Yamamoto says, "We see Europeprimarily as
a territory for co -pro-duction of programmes, and 'Pazz& Jops'
is a good example of that.But we have no plans to invest inEuropean
broadcasting compa-nies."
"Pazz & Jops" is made by ateam of four people and consistsof
news clips picked up fromRFI's world-wide news network,interspersed
with music by Euro-pean acts. The programme isaired in French and
Japanese andis hosted by executiveproducer/journalist Jean
-JacquesDufayet in Paris and Kabira inTokyo. The programme is sent
inFrench to Tokyo for voice-overs.
The programme costs aboutFfr1.6 million (app. US$270.000)to
produce in France. It is spon-sored by Japanese beer giant Sap-poro
and is broadcast eachevening at 22.30 to an averageaudience of
700.000 listeners.
For Dufayet, "Pazz & Jops"represents "the marriage of
twodifferent types of radio stations,public and private, by taking
thebest of what they each can offer."Dufayet explains, "We have
com-bined the strengths of our station,with its network of
correspon-dents, its production capacities,and the power of the FM
band. Itdid not have an obvious mix in
the first place, but it turned out tobe quite successful."
Kabira says his Tokyo listen-ers are "extremely curious"
aboutEuropean and French music. Thiscuriosity is reflected in the
gener-al programming of the station,which has a core playlist
withabout 80% Anglo-Saxon reper-toire.
Comments Kabira, "In Japan,the FM stations are associatedwith
international music, whereasAM stations are more local ori-ented in
their musical program-ming. The station has changed theway people
perceive radio. Wewere the ones that brought musicfrom non
-Anglo-Saxon countriesinto Japan. 'Pazz & Jops,' forexample,
has brought to theTokyo public such acts as ManoNegra and Salif
Keith, whichwere virtually unknown in ourcountry."
Japan FM was created in1987, 20 years after Tokyo FM.Tokyo has
only three FM stationsto cover more than 10 millioninhabitants.
Kid Station SuperlousticMounts Network Plans
by David Roe
This isn't just kid stuff. Super-loustic/Lyon is positioning
itselfas the only station in Europe thatcaters to 4 -16 -year-
olds.
Since the end of 1990, thestation has been managed byPierre
-Henri Picq, who is aim-ing to turn it into a network.
Superloustic, which startedtransmitting from Lyon in 1987,has a
penetration of 32% in Be-de -France (an estimated 300.000listeners
daily) and 42% in Lyonwith a further 200.000 listeners.It has 16
transmitters broadcast-ing to 40 towns nationally andhopes to have
an audience ofone million by the end of theyear, with 40
transmitters cover-ing 100 towns by the end of1992.
Picq is also pushing the factthat the Superloustic broadcastsa
large amount of French music."We are transmitting 85%French music
and variety, withthe rest being Anglo-Saxon,"says Picq. "The reason
for this isthat in that age group, there is ademand for French
artists. Con-sequently, we have become animportant target for the
recordcompanies, which are now fol-lowing our progress with
interest
since we can transmit anything,even new artists."
One major marketing prob-lem has been that it is difficult
toknow exactly how big the audi-ence is since most surveys
don'tinclude Superloustic's core agegroup.
"The problem with polls isgoing to change because adver-tisers
have become aware thatthis group is a huge potentialmarket and one
that exercises anenormous influence on parents,"says Picq. "There
is the need fora study of this target market and
we are in the process of gettingready to do it. It will be
readyfor publication in January 1992."
While audience numbers arestill unclear, a study by broad-cast
regulator the CSA inSeptember for France Infoshowed that 69% of a
possible21 million people in the 7-14age group listen to an FM
sta-tion.
Operating costs for the sta-tion are an estimated Ffrl mil-lion
(app. US$178.571) permonth, but Picq hopes to hitbreakeven next
year.
GOLDEN CHARMS - Jil Caplan (third from left) receives a gold
discfor sales of her record "La Charmeuse de Serpents." Pictured (l
-r) areJay Alansky, Jean Claude Gastineau, Caplan and Laurence Le
Ny.
France Mourns DeathOf Yves Montand
With the death of Yves Mon-tand, who died of a heart attackon
November 10 at the age of70, France has lost one of itsmost visible
and famed interna-tional ambassadors.
Montand epitomized the tra-dition of the "chanson fran-caise."
In some ways, thesinger/actor was equal to FrankSinatra in the
longevity of hiscareer, the following he had andthe quality of the
work he deliv-ered-both in his film andmusic activities.
Montand was born on Octo-ber 13, 1921, as Ivo Livi inMonsummano,
a small village inItaly. He came from a modestcommunist family
which leftItaly in May 1924 due to pres-sure from the fascists then
inpower. The family settled inMarseilles and managed toobtain
French nationality in1929. After studying to becomea hairdresser
and taking otherincidental jobs, Montand (hetook this stage name in
1938)started to sing in Marseilles andthen moved to Paris.
His singing career was fur-ther developed when he metEdith Piaf
in 1944, then at the
Is Virgin Megastore For Sale?Are the French Virgin Mega -stores
for sale? That is the theo-ry of French financial
magazineChallenges.
The publication claims in afront-page story in its Novemberissue
that the Megastores are insuch a bad financial situationthat "there
is no other alterna-tive" than to be acquired by anoutside investor
or cease trading.
However, in a prepared state-ment Virgin called the Chal-lenge
story "fiction and, in theworst case, an operation to
destabilize us." Virgin presidentPatrick Zelnik
counter-attacked, saying that "the Mega -stores were not for sale."
Zelniksays the music retailer is lookingfor partners, but will
retainmajority ownership. The VirginFrance stores are owned by
Vir-gin Retail UK, banks Paribas,Saulnes Chatillon and
CreditAgricole, and Patrick Zelnik.
In its story, Challenges says,"Virgin UK [boss RichardBranson]
doesn't have the nec-essary [financial] capacity to
support its most beautiful Euro-pean outlet." It estimates that
forthe 1990-91 fiscal year thatended in July, losses werebetween
Ffr100-130 million(app. US$17.8-23.3 million) onturnover of Ffr840
million.That's far from the forecastedturnover of Ffrl billion,
whichhas forced the company to cut300 jobs.
Suggested buyers are retailgiant and long-time competitorFNAC,
as well as leading hyper-market chain Carrefour. EL
top of her career. Piaf fell inlove with the young
singer.Montand once said that Piaftaught him everything he
knewabout singing and captivatingaudiences.
Montand's most famoussongs are Les Feuilles Mortes,Le Temps des
Cerises, A Paris,Battling Joe, C'est Si Bon, LaBicyclette,
Syracuse, Sous LeCiel De Paris, Hollywood andEst-Ce Ainsi Que Les
HommesVivent. Most of his recordingsare available on CBS and Poly
-Gram. His last studio album isentitled Montand ChanteMcNeil,
recorded in 1984 andconsisting of songs written by
songwriter DavidAmericanMcNeil.
In 1981, after years of acareer dedicated only to cinema(between
1945 and 1991 hemade 40 movies), Montandembarked on a series of
showsat the renowned Paris concerthall, The Olympia, followed byan
extended world tour whichbrought him to New York in1982 for a
series of sold -outconcerts. Montand was due toresume his singing
career nextMay for a series of shows at theBercy concert hall,
where hisconcerts were already sold out.
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ITALY
NO STING IN THIS TALE - With Italian sales totalling
100.000units for their latest album "Crazy World," the Scorpions
take a breakto receive a gold award after their Milan concert.
Pictured with thegroup are PolyGram president Gianfranco Rebulla
(second from left),Phonogram marketing manager Roberto Biglia
(fifth from left), Phono-gram MD Bruno Tibaldi (sixth from left)
and Phonogram product manag-er Michele Olcese (eight from
left).
Rete 105 PushesJackson's 'Dangerous'
by David Stansfield
Michael Jackson is the onlyinternational artist to retain
con-sumer fanaticism, according toRete 105/Milan head of musicAlex
Peroni.
Peroni made the claim as heunveiled the station's
exclusivepromotion package for the artist'snew album Dangerous.
Says Per-oni, "I'll stake my credibility onthe belief that he is
the only onenot to lose his audience. You can't
RTL 102.5 Signs Two NewDJs: Leonardo, ManuelEHR network RTL
102.5 HitRadio has signed two new DJs,Leonardo and Gianni Manuel,in
a bid to boost its ranks ofmajor personalities at the station.
Manuel, who is presenting the14.00-18.00 slot Monday -Thurs-day,
worked previously at EHRweb Rete 105 in Milan. Leonar-do, who quit
his post at Milan -based EHR 101 Network to jointhe station, takes
over the sametime slot on weekends.
RTL 102.5 head of musicGrant Benson admits the stationlacked big
-name DJs in the past.However, he confirms the new
appointments form part of a con-tinuing strategy for
improvementin that area. Leonardo, he says,
Gianni Manuel (above) joins DILeonardo in moving to RTL
102.5.
presented the major show "SoulTrain" at 101 Network in the mid
-1980s and Manuel, a big name indiscotheques, is currently on
adisco tour sponsored by L.A.Gear.
"Personalities are importantfor the station," adds Benson.
"Ifnot, we could switch to automa-tion. Our target audience is
18-36 -year -olds, so our presentersneed a level of maturity.
Theyalso need real personality and notone that has been created
just forradio. Leonardo and Manuel fitthe bill perfectly."
Controversy Surrounds SER'sONDA Award, Telecom Act
by Anna Marie de la Fuente
The prestigious ONDA awardgranted to SER on November 7for its
broadcast of a politicallysensitive car phone conversationhas added
an ironic twist to analready brewing controversy inSpain.
The debate involves the Span-ish government's move to amendthe
Telecommunications Act(LOT) following the broadcastlast April of
the mobile telephoneconversation by SER (M&MNovember 23). The
draft amend-ment calls for licence revocationwithout a court order
of anybroadcaster violating the privacyof individuals. It is still
pendingbefore parliament.
Private radio broadcastingassociation AERP. has demandedits
withdrawal, calling it a threatto freedom of expression. In
statements made the same day theawards were announced, howev-er,
Telecommunications MinisterJose Borrell insisted the govern-ment
had no intention of modify-ing the proposed amendment.
The ONDA awards are givenby media group PRISA, whichowns SER, in
recognition ofinnovative, quality radio and TVprogranuning, as well
as to out-standing professionals in thefield.
At the press conference,Eugenio Galdon, director gener-al of the
audiovisual division ofPRISA, declared, "I want itunderstood that
it is not an awardagainst anything or anyone, but aprize aimed at
encouraging free-dom of expression and a well-informed public."
To its credit, it was not SERwhich presented this controver-sial
award, but instead Javier
DS
Gimeno, Antena 3 executive andAERP president, and celebrityradio
journalist Luis del Olmo.SER director Augusto Delkaderdid not
participate in the unani-mous vote for the award.
Other ONDA radio prizeswent to Jose Luis Balbin for hiswork with
Antena 3 radio'snews/talk programme "HoraCero"; state -run RNE for
its cov-erage of the Gulf war; and to Fer-nando Argente for his
presenta-tion of classical music in the RNEshow "Clasicos
Populares."
Meanwhile, the internationalONDA radio prizes went to theBBC
Radio series "The World isa Balloon" and to Austrian pub -caster
ORF for its documentary"The Cemetery of the Unknown."Among the
Latin American radionetworks, FM Tango/BuenosAires was chosen for
the original-ity of its broadcast format.
say the same for an artist likeDuran Duran."
The station aired the Jacksonsingle Black Or White exclusivelyin
Milan. It also played one tracka day from the album before
itsrelease on November 21 (seeM&M, November 16).
In a special Michael Jacksonday heralding the release of
Dan-gerous, the album was aired in itsentirety and a competition
waslaunched in which the retailerwith the best window display
forthe album, and the listener pho-tographing that display,
wouldwin free trips to the artist's firstconcert, either in the US
or Japan.Peroni also confirms that hun-
dreds of ads are being aired forDangerous in a joint
campaignwith Sony, which includes some20.000 posters and an
additional20.000 window stickers beingdistributed throughout
Italy.
Launch PartiesRete 105 also staged afternoon
discotheque parties in Milan,Rome, Genoa and Bologna onNovember
23 to present thealbum, screen the Black Or Whitevideo and give
away 3.000 T-shirts, hundreds of maxi -singlesand a small number of
special,limited -edition CD versions ofDangerous as competition
prizes.
DEEP IN THE HEART OF GREECE - Deep Purple's Roger Glover stopsby
Antenna Radio/Athens for an interview and to sign a few
autographsfor fans who came to meet him. Pictured (l -r) are
programme director EliasXynopoylos, Glover and head of music
information Chris Lentzas.
El Ultimo Hit Europe ToPromote 'Musico Loco'
by Howell Llewellyn
Spain's leading exponents of fla-menco -flavoured rock, El
Ultimode la Fila, will be playing a seriesof European concerts in
Decemberto promote their recently renamedalbum Musico Loco
(formerlytitled Nuevo Pequeno Catalog() De.S.eres Y Estares I. The
album.which has sold 500.000 units in thecountry (400.000 last
year) was thebiggest seller in 1990.
The Barcelona -based band isplaying eight cities in six
countriesand its first -ever gig in the UK.The dates are Toulouse
(Dec. 5).Milan (Dec. 7), Winterthur,Switzerland (Dec. 9),
Brussels(Dec. 10), Paris (Dec.12). Ham-
( burg (Dec. 14). Cologne (Dec. 16).I with a final concert
scheduled forLondon's legendary Marquee Clubon December 17.
Even though the top -sellingalbum was released a year ago inmost
countries, it was neverbacked by a campaign because ofthe band's
commitments else-where. A long European and LatinAmerican tour this
year ended inVenezuela in August.
El Ultimo have their own labelPerro Records in Barcelona,
butthey are distributed by EMI/His-pavox. Maria Carmen Garcia ofPen
-o Records says she is workingto get extensive radio coverage ofthe
mini -tour in each of the citiesin which the band plays.
Early next year, El Ultimo willrelease a special album in
Italywith a selection of their best songssung in Italian. Musico
Loco wasreleased in October in Mexico, one Iof the countries the
band will visitin February on a promotional tour.
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SCANDINAVIA
MD Records PushesNorwegian Artists
by Kai Roger Ottesen
The newly launched MDRecords hopes to fill the gap
forindependents left by SonetRecords and will emphasizeNorwegian
artists with interna-tional potential.
That's according to formerPolyGram Norway marketingmanager Stein
Johnsen, whoinitiated the launch and is thenew MD. Johnsen will
beinvolved in A&R, coordinatingeverything from artist
signings,release schedules and TV promo-tion. Camilla Basberg will
han-dle all other promotional work,including print media and
radio.MD Records is also planning tocontract assistance with Oslo
-based CNR Non -Stop, which isthe sales and distribution arm ofthe
company.
From its headquarters inOslo, MD's two full-timeemployees will
work on at leastsix or seven projects through theend of the year.
MD Records iswholly owned by Investa A/S, a
Norwegian investment company.It has a Nkr1.5 million
(app.US$214.000) budget for the firstyear.
The company's strategy is togive full attention to one artist
ata time for about two months.
Comments Johnsen, "Wewant to do this because this is anew
company and we believe wecan get the best results that way.Ivar
Dyrhaug [Norsk Platepro-duksjon MD] has the same phi-losophy. When
I worked withPolyGram, I dealt with 20 prod-ucts each day. I did
not havetime to give 100% to all prod-ucts."
Johnsen has previouslyworked with Grammofon A/SElectra, Warner
Home Video,Warner Music and PolyGram.While at PolyGram, he
market-ed, among others, Dire Straits,Bon Jovi and One 2 Many.
Dag Kolsrud, the manbehind One 2 Many, contactedJohnsen at
PolyGram in Januaryof this year and asked if he want-ed to work for
One 2 Many and
launch a new label for the band."I was flattered,"
continuesJohnsen. "I had always wanted towork with Norwegian
artists. Istarted to work on a marketingplan and made some
financialestimates. Dag was in charge ofcontacting the investor.
Then Iresigned from PolyGram inMay."
Kolsrud was the first artist tobe released on MD Records withthe
CD single Mary Tomorrow,which also includes his versionof Knocking
On Heaven's Doorand an instrumental version ofMary Tomorrow. The
albumDecember 2 is scheduled forrelease on November 18. Lastyear
the first December albumsold 35.000 copies nationally forBMG
Ariola.
Explains Johnsen, "There aretwo reasons for releasing DagKolsrud
first. He is a well-known artist in Norway, so weare sure that the
media will beinterested in him and the newrelease. It also signals
to othernational acts that we are interest-
Swanyard Assets FrozenOver Royalty Dispute
by Marc Maes
A London court on November 8granted Belgian independentARS's
request to freeze the assetsof UK -based company Swan -yard
Records. ARS made themove because of a dispute withSwanyard over
royalty paymentsdue the Belgian company.
Says ARS director of businessaffairs Stefan Calle, "The
lastroyalty statement goes back tothe first half of 1990 and
thecompany hasn't sent us anythingsince. Swanyard also claims
the
royalty statement for the first sixmonths of 1990 shows a
£4.000(app. US$7.000) deficit insteadof the £192.000 they owe
us."
At press time Swanyard exec-utives were not available
forcomment.
ARS took the case to a Bel-gian court and found that
othercompanies were in a similar situ-ation in their dealings with
Swan -yard. "Swanyard Recordsstopped releasing material inApril
1990," explains Calle."And from that time, SwanyardDiscs took over
all administra-
Radio Antigoon Opens StudiosBelgian PPT minister Marcel Colla
wasscheduled to inaugurate Radio Antigoon's"open studio" at the
Century Centre shop-ping mall on November 16. This studiocompletes
the set of three hi -tech inter -linked facilities to update Radio
Antigoon'stechnical equipment.
Radio Antigoon MD Piet Keizer com-ments, "The studio at the
shopping centrewill serve to broadtast our weekly Top 50show, as
well as our first programmethere." Keizer is hosting a daily, live
broad-
cast between 12.00-14.00 from the openstudio, featuring games
and occasional stu-dio guests.
"We have invested over £100.000 (app.US$167.000) in this studio,
plus the twonew ones at our headquarters," explainsKeizer.
Mediacom is supplying a Bfr2 million(app. US$54.000) computer
system for dig-ital broadcast of commercials and radioclips. A PC
network with AD/DA convert-ers serves the three studios. MM
tion. The most recent royaltystatement was also printed
onSwanyard Discs stationery... andARS has reasons to believe thatby
the time the Belgian courtwould have ruled on the matter,Swanyard
Records may have nomoney."
Calle says the injunction will"give us the opportunity to
freezeall of Swanyard's assets until theBelgian court has reached a
ver-dict."
ARS MD Patrick Busschotsadds, "In international business,the
possibilities of defendingyourself are very limited, even insuch an
obvious case as this. I amvery happy to hear that theEnglish courts
are protecting therights of European companies aswell." Apart from
the royaltystatement of 1990 for sales ofover 400.000 albums of
ARSartists such as Technotronic,Calle estimates a large
proportionof royalty payments have beenaffected this year, since
numer-ous ARS tracks were used incompilation packages.
Z Radio StartsSwedish Satellite
ServiceNew satellite service Z Radio/Stockholm recently began
pro-viding programmes for 10 localradio stations in Sweden.
The weekday, three-hourafternoon segment, a mixture ofcurrent
affairs and music target-
. ting 20 -35 -year -olds. is simul-cast on the Z TV satellite
-TVservice.
"This is just the beginning."says company spokespersonGorjen
Vidsell. Plans are near-ing completion to provide addi-tional
daily/evening program-ming, as well as live broadcastsof major
concerts in Europe.The launch of a new recordcompany Z Records is
set for
"sometime next year." accordingto Vidsell. Z Radio is owned
bythe Kinnevik Croup. whichalso publishes Z magazine.
In a separate venture. ZRadio has set up a temporarytransmitter
(97.8 MHz) inStockholm and is broadcastinglocally 24 hours a day
throughNovember in conjunction withthe Stockholm Film
Festival(SFF).
It is the first time privateradio has been allowed to
selladvertising, according to Vid-sell. The commercials, pur-chased
by SEE are being airedto promote the month -longevent. M/lic
ed in Norwegian music."Next year, Johnsen and his
staff plan to concentrate on athree-piece band-Rolf Graf,Egil
Eldoen and OlavStedje-all popular and experi-enced artists in
Norway. Graf
and Eldoen are now members ofLava. Other projects includeArnt
Rye, Tinbox Parade (pro-duced by Dag Kolsrud) and Pet -ter
Samuelsen. One 2 Many willalso release their next album onMD
Records.
PhonogramSupports Pop Gun
ReleasePhonogram has releasedDreams, the first single fromthe
new Pop Gun album TableSwimming (Mercury) in allthree
configurations at thesame price.
Promotional rollout wasscheduled for early November."This means
that the CD singlewill be released at a 35% dis-count, making it
equal to thevinyl and cassette single price,"says Phonogram label
managerAn Hajdu.
She says the company's firstaim is to establish a firm Bel-gian
radio hit with Dreams,adding that she expects tocrack the IFPI Top
20 withinweeks of its release.
"BRTF's second channelRadio 2 picked up the singleand Andre
Pirenne [RTBFRadio 2 'Hainut' producer] is
!playing the record for I() con-secutive mornings in his
pro-gramme, 'Hainaut.' adds Hajdu.
"We are looking for more
partners on the Flemish side. aswe had planned a campaign onthe
Flemish Radio Contact'stations. We had to cancel it..however. due
to the uncertainsituation of the network here.so we shifted that
part of ourcampaign to print media."
Hajdu is confident of theEhack -up given by radio pro-grammers.
"although the four -minute, 47 -second length ofDreams is not
immediately tai-lored to fit every programme."
Commenting on the song,Pirenne says, "We had the trackon for two
weeks, togetherwith a competition sponsoredby Vespa, with a scooter
asfirst prize.
"Hajdu is right about the'',track length; but. then again.'our
programme allows us to cutaway parts from the song or doa
voice-over without damagingit.
MM
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SINGLESC&C MUSIC FACTORY
Just A Touch Of Love (Everyday)- Columbia EHR/D
PRODUCER: Robert Cliyillos/David Cole
More dance from American groove mas-ters C&C. Just a .touch
of rap and a littlebit of scratching are covered in soulful
andmeaty vocals. Slightly reminiscent of the'70s, there are echoes
of Chic, among oth-ers.
BELINDA CARLISLE
Do You Feel Like I Feel? - Virgin EHR/ACPRODUCER: Rick
Nowels
La Carlisle's sultry voice is shown off to itsbest advantage in
this joyous heavy synthdance -groove. The track, best described asa
mix of vintage Human League andMadonna, is programmable during all
partsof the day.
BRENDAN CROKER
There'll Come A Day- Silvertone AC/EHRPRODUCER: Barry
Beckett
Croker is no longer that "friend of MarkKnopfler" who both ride
their hobby hors-es together as the Notting Hillbillies. Thistrack,
selected from his excellent TheGreat Indoors album, exemplifies his
full-grown talent as a songwriter. The sad toneof his voice fits
the content of this delicatelove song.
LA. GUNSThe Ballad Of Jane - Vertigo
PRODUCER: Duane Baron/John Purdell/Tom Werman
This is the first European single release ofthe American
quintet's third album Holly-wood Vampires. The careful mix of
acous-tic and electric guitar, string sounds andrough, unpolished
vocals, tells the story ofbygone love. This is a good ballad
withmore obvious rock credibility than some ofits contemporaries
who are currently suc-cessful in the charts.
MARKY MARK & THE FUNKY BUNCH
Wildside - Interscope EHR
PRODUCER: Donnie Wahlberg/Spice
With the global hit Good Vibrations, theseguys have made their
mark. The follow-upis built around the same sample from LouReed's
Walk On The Wild Side as A TribeCalled Quest used for their Can I
Kick It?single.
PRINCE & THE NEW POWER GENERATION
Diamonds And Pearls - Warner Brothers EHR/AC
PRODUCER: Prince & The New Power Generation
The melody of this mellow ballad and titletrack of his new album
rings a bell for soul
fanatics. It recalls Bobby Goldsboro'sfamous tune Summer (The
First Time), asrecorded by Millie Jackson on her classicCaught Up
album.
SIMPLY RED
Stars - East West EHR/AC
PRODUCER: Stewart Levine
The title track of their new album hasnumerous allusions,
including referencesto Mick Hucknal's own road to fame andto the
stars in the European flag. This soul-ful pop song confirms the
position of thered-headed singer at the top, close to thegalactic
stars.
THE TRAGICALLY HIP
Cordelia - MCA R/APRODUCER: Don Smith
On their recent third European tour,Canada's finest prove
themselves to be thebest live band of the younger generation.Try to
imagine the directness of Stones,Creedence swamp feel, AC/DC
tightness,Doors passion and R.E.M. appeal andyou've got the
picture. Dutch public broad-caster VARA/Hilversum was quick to
rec-ognize the band's potential. Says producerFlip van den Enden,
"It all started afterwe picked up their debut album last yearand
decided to broadcast their first Dutchlive show. We've been playing
theirrecords ever since. In two weeks time, wewill broadcast an
acoustic set whichthey've just recorded especially for us."
BONNIE TYLER
Bitter Blue - Hansa/BMG Ariola AC/EHRPRODUCER: Howard
Houston
Tyler's unique voice has always made hersound somewhat like a
female Rod Stew-art, as proven by such chartbusters of thepast as
Total Eclipse Of The Heart and It'sA Heartache. Now signed directly
to theGerman Hansa label, she works her voicemore than ever. This
lavishly producedsong is heavily inspired by Scottish
folkmusic.
ALBUMSJULIEN CLERCAmours Secretes...Passion Publiques - Virgin
AC/EHR
PRODUCER: Phil Ramone
As the days get shorter and the nights longer,the market gets
filled with live albums.French superstar Julien
Clerc-chansonnierpar excellence-fits the bill, together withthe
likes of Eric Clapton, Eros Ramazzottiand fellow countryman Patrick
Bruel. Theset of this show, recorded at Zenith/Parisand featuring
Bruce Springsteen bass play-er Gary Tallent, gives a good
perspectiveon the man's career, which started in the late'60s. The
song Ce N'est Rien, a European hitin 1974, is still elevating after
all these years.The single Quitter L'Enfance is the only stu-dio
recording on an album with a distinctlack of crowd noise.
JOHN OICANESolid -Circa AC/EHR
PRODUCER: George Acogny/Peter Vettese
Steve Winwood move on over. Here is ayoung representative of the
more soulfulwing of the singer/songwriter genre. Thealbum opening's
track Come On Up listenslike Winwood's Higher Ground. On
softersongs, his voice sometimes has a CliffRichard -appeal and
Love Cars is a primeexample. For a debut album, there's aremarkable
amount of top session playerspresent, such as Pino Palladino (bass)
andToto's Steve Lukather (guitar) and JeffPocaro (drums).
QUEEN LATIFAHNature Of A Sista' - Tommy Boy/FNAC D/EHR
PRODUCER: Various
In these times of interchangeable hip hopoutfits, this album is
absolute "royal" class.While every shop assistant seems to jumpthe
rap band wagon, this lady surely is thelocomotive. With a style of
her own, the"dancing queen" has a higher funk densitythan the whole
lot. Get into the groove ofBad As A Mutha and the single Fly
Girl,both produced by the renowned Danish pro-duction team
SoulShock and CutFather.
JACKFLASHJackFlash - Dig lt/Fazer (LP) (Finland)PRODUCER: Raine
Salo/JackFlash
Hard rock programmers in search of partyrock in the best
Vanhalen/David Lee Rothtradition should look no further. Judging
bytheir debut album, this Finnish band-outof the same stable as
Gringos Locos-hasborrowed all the musical blueprints thisstyle
requires. It's hard to believe that somuch noise is caused by only
a trio. Thetrack All Nite Long is a perfect mix ofmelody and power
and the bluesyvaudeville track Sunny Side could evengrab the
attention AC programmers. Con-tact Timo Lindstriina/Lasse Norres at
tel:(+358) 435 011; fax: 455 2352.
KING DADDY YODFaut Pas Taper La Doudou - Bakchich (France)
PRODUCER: Joel Ronel
The French are fast talkers, so if there's any
language suitable for rap in all its variants,it is that tongue.
Listen to the rapidly spo-ken words by this raggamuffin artist
whooriginally hails from Guadaloupe, and con-vince yourself. The
"King" sounds like anatural to take over the reign of Tippa
Irie.Contact Marie -Agnes Beau at tel: (+33)1.4011 1724; fax:
1.4011 1344.
THE POP GUNDream - Mercury (Belgium)PRODUCER: Jean Blaute
This Belgian pop duo load their guns withdifferent sorts of
ammunition. The trackDream is a shot in the bull's-eye of theBlack
-dominated market. The additionaltrack Thunder follows the bullets
whichhave been shot by Chris Isaak. Their recordcompany claims this
single to be the first inBelgium to be sold for the price of the
vinylversion in all formats. Contact tel: (+32)14.429 005/2.735
9170.
PAUL SIMONPaul Simon's Concert In The Park - Warner Brothers
AC/EHR
PRODUCER: Paul Simon
This live solo album is the logical stepafter Simon &
Garfunkel's successful TheConcert In Central Park. Although
record-ed with a massive crowd in attendance-see the sleeve picture
for a real dose ofclaustrophobia-it captures all the excite-ment
and intimacy of his more recent stu-dio albums Graceland and The
Rhythm OfThe Saints. The 23 -track CD with a "great-est hits"
character leaps through Simon'scomplete career as a
singer/songwriter.Backed by a five star -band, featuringdrummer
Steve Gadd, saxophonistMichael Brecker and African guitaristVincent
Nguine, this set by the no. 1crossover artist is pure delight for
pro-grammers on a multitude of formats.
SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES
Better- Impact American
PRODUCER: Little Steven
One of the most regretted "divorces" inrock music has been
repaired: New Jer-sey's local heroes Southside Johnny andMiami
Steve Van Zandt are togetheragain. Never reaching the same
pinnacleon their own as they achieved in the goodol' days, this
"reunion" album is absolute-ly stunning, Better Days indeed and
farexceeding the sum of its parts. Hear "TheBoss" himself joining
in on the steadilyrocking current single It's Been A LongTime. The
Miami Horns, operating fullblast under the guidance of trombonistLa
Bamba, also sound rejuvenated,while Jon Bon Jovi deserves credits
forkicking Southside's ass. The track AllNight Long with his ear
-blistering har-monica should inspire the J. Geils Bandto reunite
as well.
R/AC/EHR
U2Achtung Baby- Island EHR/R/APRODUCER: Daniel Lanais
This is the sound of "Berlin Nach DieWende." The atmosphere of
this album,partly recorded in Berlin, is like Bowie'sLow and Heroes
albums with the same"made in Germany" stamp on it. The
bleaksoundscape, created by filtered vocals andindustrial guitars,
are in perfect contrastwith U2 as we already knew them. Themusical
style of the new and the old fusetogether perfectly in Love Is
Blindness,accompanying the "bono vox" in a settingreminiscent of
Jaques Brel's Ne Me QuitterPas.
Singles and albums featured in New Releases are listed
alphabetically. Each record is recommended for format or programme
suitability. Abbreviations used include: EHR, AC, R(Rock), D
(Dance), C (Country), J(Jazz), EZ (Easy Listening), NAC (New Adult
Contemporary), A (Alternative) and M (Metal). Records mentioned in
New Talent are by acts signed to independent labels for which
license and/or publishing rights areavailable, except as noted.
Please send your samples to Robbert Tilli/Machgiel Bakker, PO Box
9027, 1006 AA Amsterdam, Holland.
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SPOTLIGHT
DENMARK
D.A.D Signed to Medley. Publisher: Overmuch/ Casadida/Warner
-Tamerlane.Management: Rock On/Copenhagen. New album: Riskin' It
All, released onOctober 14, and charted in Denmark at no.1, Sweden
(17), Norway (14), Finland
(22) and Portugal (22). In the EuropeanTop 100 Albums, it is no.
47. New single: Bad Craziness, released onNovember I. Recorded at
Medley/Copenhagen. Producer: Nick Foss/D.A.D/LarsOvergaard.
Moby Signed to Instinct/Outer Rhythmthrough Rhythm King.
Publisher: Urbana Music. New single: Go initially released onJuly
15, and re-released on October 17;currently, it is no. 11 in the UK
and no. 43in the Coca Cola Eurochart Hot 100 Sin-gles. Recorded at
Moby/New York. Producer: Moby. Concerts: In September, Moby was on
aUK tour, followed by dates in Holland andGermany. A short European
tour isplanned for the very near future. European releases: the
single is out inthe Benelux (CNR), Germany (RoughTrade),
Scandinavia (Mega) and Spain
Marketing: See below.Concerts: From November 26 untilChristmas,
the band is on a major Euro-pean tour. Visits include the UK,
Holland,Germany, France and Belgium. They hitScandinavia in January
and February.*Promotion: during the tour D.A.D. isavailable for
promotion. They havealready paid promo visits to Sweden
andNorway.*International releases: Medley takes careof Scandinavia,
while for the rest of theworld, including Japan and the US-butapart
from Australia (Liberation/Mush-room)-D.A.D. is licensed to
WarnerMusic.
Only the real talents in rock are able todeliver an album which
is good from A toZ. Danish band D.A.D a.k.a. DisneylandAfter Dark
is a welcome exception on aflooded market with interchangable
rockacts. Their second album for MedleyRiskin' It All, the
follow-up to 1989's half -a -million worldwide selling No Fuel
LeftFor The The Pilgrims, proves they are stilldeveloping.As with a
lot of rockers, their music ispowerful enough to shake the
foundationsof a skyscraper, but if you listen closely,you'll
discover their lyrics do fundamentalthings to your brains as
well.Like Metallica, they present themselvesas a thinking person's
rock band, with allthe tracks boasting strong observations,even
about themselves. D. Law is a cotni-
UNITED KINGDOM
(Blanco Y Negro). Releases in Greece andPortugal are to be
announced.
While millions of TV viewers all overEurope get tears in their
eyes from theAngelo Badalamenti-composed theme topopular TV series
"Twin Peaks," millionsof others work up sweat dancing to thecover
version by Moby. Under thispseudonym goes American dance
producerRichard Hall, a descendent of HermanMelville, the writer of
the fiction novel"Moby Dick." Imagination runs in the fam-ily, as
evident in his adoption of this pieceof music. Although Hall's
rendition is con-sidered impious to Twin Peaks purists, it
isinteresting to see how he succeeds in trans-forming music meant
to move the heartinto music to move the feet.When New York -based
Instinct label
Holy Noise Signed to Hithouse/ARS/CNR. Publisher: BMC. New
album: Organoised Crime, releasedon November 8. New single: James
Brown Is Still Alive,released on October 18; currently, it
ischarted in Holland at no. 11, and in Bel-gium (14). At press
time, it's a new entry inthe Coca Cola Eurochart Hot 100 Singlesat
no. 91.
released the single last year, no one paidattention to it, but
on the back of the suc-cess of the TV series in Europe, hereceived
the recognition this side of theocean. Rhythm King had to release
ittwice before it became a hit in the UK.Other territories are
slowly following. Achart entry is expected soon in Holland,where it
is a big club hit. It is also in A -rotation on Power FM/Amsterdam
and onHilversum -based public broadcastersVeronica, TROS and AVRO.
Hall, who isnow a UK resident, plans to move to Hol-land and record
an album.Like a minstrel in the middle ages whotravelled from
castle to castle, Moby trav-els from club to club with only a
key-board-the modem version of a lute-inhis backpack. His
extraordinary live act isof a wildman who jumps on the stage.
Recorded at Hithouse/Rotterdam. Producer: Holy Noise. Marketing:
advertising in Top 40 andDisco Dance magazine, plus the flyer
ofretailer Free Record Shop. European releases: The album is out
inthe Benelux on CNR. For other territories,it is licenced to Sony
Music.
LA Style's current European hit JamesBrown Is Dead-no. 8 in the
Coca ColaEurochart Hot 100 Singles-is a thorn inthe side of Dutch
dance act Holy Noisewho claim they recorded their reply a long
cal take off of D.A.D., itself.Don't underestimate their rock
credibility:lead singer/guitarist Jesper Binzer'svocals seem to be
howled from a HarleyDavidson. There is a lot of the lateAC/DC
singer Bon Scott in his voice andthe closing track of the album
demon-strates that this young man can handle anacoustic ballad
too.For their fifth album, they have continuedtheir collaboration
with Medley staff pro-ducer Nick Foss. The raw -powered rockalbum
was mixed at the famous DutchWisseloord Studios by Chris
Lord-Alge,who also mixed Tina Turner's latest stu-dio album,
Foreign Affair.Medley has lined up a marketing cam-paign that
matches the grandeur of theband. In Sweden, the release was
celebrat-ed with a big launching party on October14, followed by
two press dates. A king-size version (2 metres high) of the
famousD.A.D logo with the mean lookinglonghorn skull-equipped with
real shin-ing lights-is used as window decorationby retailers in
Denmark only.More in-store material includes two differ-ent posters
and counter display for CDs inthe form of the luxurious sofa as
depictedon the album sleeve. A heavy fly-poster-ing campaign is
aimed at key cities inDenmark. Apart from the window extrava-ganza,
Warner Music has adopted theMedley promo -material for Europe.
RT
After a short European introductory tour inSeptember, clubs
across the continent arenow preparing for future savage
perfor-mances.
0
time before Belgian LA Style hit thecharts.Holy Noise, featuring
the Global InsertProject, is a concept developed by
threeproducers/mixers, featuring Hithouse labelmanager Paul Elstak,
the successor of latePeter Slaghuis. The addition of rapperAlee
gives their techno-dance noise the"holy" touch it needs for daytime
radio.
National Spotlight: Artists featuredhave achieved Top 15 chart
status intheir country of origin.
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STATION OPERATIONS
PART I
Understanding Computer MusicScheduling Software Systems
by Paul Easton
There may be a recession goingon, but the suppliers of
specialistmusic scheduling software for theradio industry are still
finding aready market for their products.This is because existing
stationsare discovering the potential ofcomputerized programming,
andnew stations are coming on -airwith it already in use.
There are exceptions. One ofthe few major stations which
stillprefers to build its programmes by
the presenter to use in the studio orsent to an automation
system. Themusic programmer is able to makeany changes, such as
moving orreplacing any records where nec-essary.
Special CapabilitiesThe computer can also be used
to provide the necessary returns tothe relevant copyright
bodies, suchas PRS, PPL, SACEM andGEMA. Some of the systems canalso
provide details of the airplayfor an individual song or whole
"If the information that goes into thecomputer is not creatively
assessed, youwill not get creative programming.Remember the old
computer maxim:'Garbage in, garbage out.''- Angela Bondhand is BBC
Radio 1, eventhough it has its own ROMEOcomputer system. As well as
han-dling general music administra-tion, ROMEO is used to
allocatethe playlist records between thevarious mainstream shows
toensure even rotation, with the indi-vidual producers having the
finalchoice as to how those records areprogrammed within their
shows.As the playlist only accounts foraround 50% of Radio l's
daytimeprogramming, producers alsochoose the other records for
theirshows.
Very few stations, though, canafford a team of producers and
inthe past, the choice of musicwould be left to presenters work-ing
within a basic format.
Benefits Of A MusicScheduler
However, the move towardstighter, more targetted formatsmeans
stations are now carryingout various forms of musicresearch to make
sure that onlysongs which test well get played,while avoiding those
songs with ahigh tune -out or burn factor. As aresult, presenters
no longer choosetheir own music, and computersoftware is now
employed to givegreater control over the music toensure that only
the right recordsare aired.
Some people are concernedthat using a computer not onlyremoves
the human touch fromtheir programming, but takes awaytheir freedom.
This fear isunfounded, as it's possible to editthe schedule before
it's printed for
category to enable the programmerto pinpoint any rotation
problems.
Depending on the size of thecomputer's hard disk, it is
alsopossible to run separate softwareand databases for more than
onestation on the same machine. Thishelps stations which have a
degreeof FM/AM. simulcasting to main-tain proper rotation
throughout thewhole day on both stations. It alsoenables the
programming for agroup of stations to be pro-grammed centrally, if
necessary.
Don't Rush Into ItMaking the decision to switch
to a computer is a major step forany station. When talking to
sever-al broadcasters experienced withmusic schedulers, the most
impor-
order to maintain a consistentsound.
The need for a much largerdatabase seems to be more impor-tant
for those stations which eitheruse their music scheduling systemto
double as a complete librarymanagement system, or use"block"
programming rather than asingle music format. Because thecomputer
is required to pro-gramme a broad range of musicacross the day, it
therefore needsthis much larger database size.Usually, however, the
databasewill only contain those songswhich the station wishes to
play.
Prioritize Your NeedsSetting up this database obvi-
ously requires time, as everyrecord will need to be
properlyassessed, timed and then entered.It should not be rushed.
Becausethis is very time-consuming, manyEHR-formatted stations
havefound that the best approach is tostart with their current
playlist.This can be completed reasonablyquickly, and then the
computer canbe used to rotate those records.
select the music that appeals tothem. This will be your
database,which will continue to expand asnew material is added on a
regularbasis. Also, make sure that yourdatabase is properly
balanced tomatch the desired output.
entered into the system. A mis-spelled name or an
incorrectlyassessed song will cause schedul-ing problems.
It is also important to remem-ber that a computer is not a
"magicbox of tricks." A few stations have
A few stations have fallen into the trapof believing that they
can simply installa computer and expect it to churn outthe right
music regardless.
"Assess each item that is to beentered into the database in
termsof its characteristics. It is a goodidea not to have too many
peopledoing this, in order to avoid incon-sistencies. If the
information thatgoes into the computer is not cre-atively assessed,
you will not getcreative programming. Rememberthe old computer
maxim: 'Garbagein, garbage out.'
"Divide songs into categories.A category is a group of items
thatyou wish to rotate in the samemanner. For example 'A
-list,''Recurrents."Sixties Gold.' etc.
"Your category structure should be for-mulated to be able to
fine-tune your pro-gramming and enable it to meet theneeds of your
target audience at differ-ent times of the day." - Angela BondAlso,
playlist maintenance caneasily be carried out on a weeklybasis.
Other record categories canthen be added as time
becomesavailable.
Stations with specialist music
Some people are concerned that using acomputer not only removes
the humantouch from their programming, buttakes away their freedom.
This fear isunfounded.
tant piece of advice they can offeris that you should not rush
into itby trying to do everything at once.Get used to working with
the com-puter and feel comfortable withthe basic functions before
movingon to the more complex ones.
The heart of any computer sys-tem is its database. Although
mostavailable software will handlearound 5.000-10.000 songs,
somecan handle up to 30.000 songs ormore. However, most stations
tendto work with around 3.500, whichthey have found is usually
morethan sufficient for their needs in
formats, such as oldies or easy lis-tening, which do not rely on
a reg-ular playlist, will need to wait untilthere is sufficient,
balanced mate-rial in the database to allow forproper rotation.
Talkin' TrashRadio Computing Services
(Selector) UK agent AngelaBond has helped many stationsmake the
change to using a com-puter, and has some useful advicefor setting
up an efficient system.
Says Bond, "First, you need todefine your target audience
and
Your category structure should beformulated to be able to
fine-tuneyour programming and enable it tomeet the needs of your
target audi-ence at different times of the day.Then set up rules
for rotation andmusic flow."
Understanding AComputer'sLimitations
The majority of stations arehappy with what computer
musicscheduling has managed toachieve, in some cases claimingthat
improved on -air consistencyhas given them better audiencefigures.
Many programmers arenow wondering how they evermanaged without
it.
However, it is important toremember that the computer willonly
programme music from thedatabase in accordance with yourown
scheduling rules. If these arenot set correctly, then you will
notget the programming you want.
Similarly, it is important toremain consistent, especially in
theway songs are assessed and
fallen into the trap of believingthat they can simply install a
com-puter and expect it to churn out theright music regardless. As
a result,they have a tendency to "throw"songs at the computer
without anyreal thought or method, simply inorder to build up their
databasequickly. What eventually happensis that the machine then
getsblamed when "it gets it wrong," oris accused of "making
mistakes,"even though the problems haveactually been caused by
humanerror.
As Angela Bond points out,"Good music programming isgood music
programming, no mat-ter what tool you use-whether it .is a computer
or a pencil andpaper."
Next week we'll take a closerlook at the various music
schedul-ing software packages on the mar-ket.
Described by one UK pro-!,,ranutte controller as "the key -boon/
equivalent of Red Adair,'Paul Easton has worked inradio since
I97-1, including .sta-tions in Austria. France andItaly, as well as
the UK. Cur -wilily a lirehmee producer andproer(1111111ing
consultant, spe-citliriln; in the setting -up andtroubleshooting of
Selector atvoriou .stations, he is also aregular UK M&M
correspon-dent. Easton can be contactedat (+44)81.390 5862.
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A Power -Packed Launch ForPower FM
Dutch -based radio operator Radio 10 kicked off thelaunch of its
new cable/satellite EHR station Power FM
with a gala party October 29 at the Roxy discothequein
Amsterdam. (Photos courtesy of Chris van de Vooren.)
WE'RE ON THE TEAM - Here are the Power FM players (1-r): DJ
Peter WELCOME ABOARD - Radio 10 MD Jeroen Soer welcomes his guests
at the launch party of Power FM. FromHolland, head of programmes
Wim Rigter and DJ Luc van Rooy. 1-r: TROS Radio 3 head of
programmes Ferry Maat, an unindentified woman, Soer, Radio 10
marketing/sales
director Paul Blomberg and Radio 10 Gold DJ Tom Mulder.
THE POWER BOAT - Radio 10 MD Jeroen Soer (right)and Power FM
head of programmes Wim Rigter are readyfor the action. Both
disembark from the boat on which thepress conference was held prior
to the launch party.
PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORT - Arcade president Herman Heinsbroek
(right) stands nextto Radio 10 Gold DJ Tom Mulder. Arcade is one of
Power FM's major advertisers and anearly supporter of Radio 10.
THE OTHER PUBCASTERS - NOS DJ/producer Frits Spits of popular
prime time weekdayshow 'De Avondspits' (left) celebrates the
station's debut with Veronica radio/TV DJ Erik deZwart.
THE COMPETITION - Veronica DJ/producer Jeroen van lnkel (right)
is re -united with for-mer colleague Francis Dix (left), who left
Veronica to join competitor Power FM as DJ and(pop) news producer.
Dutch radio personality Rob Stenders joins the two.
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Station reports include allnew additions to the
playlist,indicated by the abbrevia-tion "AD." Reports from cer-tain
stations will also includea "Power Play" (PP), a trackwhich
recieves special emp-hasis for the week, as well asfeatured new
CD's and LP'sindicated by the designation"AL." All playlists must
berecieved by Tuesday at 1o'clock.
Cher- Love HurtsDiana Ross. When You TellErasure- Am I
RightMichael/John- Don't let The SunLondon Boys- Is It LoveNand
Griffith, HeavenSimply Red- StarsTwo Way Street. Big Shot
ATLANTIC 252/County MeathPaul Kavanagh - Head Of MuskA List:AD
Belinda Carlisle Do You Feel
Bryon Adams- There Will NeverEurythmics- Sweet DreamsGlass
Tiger. My TownRosalie. FaithSeal. KillerSimply Red- Stars
CHILTERN NETWORKDunstable/Northhampton/GloucesterClive Dickens
Head Of MusicA List:
HORIZON RADIOMilton Keynes/BristolClive Dickens - Head Of MusicA
List:AD Cathy Dennis- Everybody Move
East Side Beat- Ride LikeLove Decade So RealOceanic Wicked
loveRight Said Fred- Don't Talk
B List:AD Erasure Am I Right
Martika Martika's Kitchen
KISS FM/LondonGordon McNamee - Prog DirB List:AD East Side Beat-
Ride Like
Keith Washington Kissing YouKym Sims- Too BlindLalomie Washburn-
If You Try ItReal Thing: You To MeShanice Wilson I LoveTom Browne
Funkin'
IliincohoTrudrnMe
WayMarx -Keg
The KingBack John Martyr Jack The Lad
King Crimson Elephant TalkMC 900 Ft. Jesus- Killer
RADIO NANTES/Nantes Miss Bungle- Squeeze MePhilippe Nossent -
Frog Dir Neil Young- Blowin' InPower Play: Rubber Maids- Rubber
SkinAD Etienne Daho- Soudnde Slow Dive Celia's DreamA List:AD
Michael Jackson. Black WDRI /Cologne
Mylene Farmer -1e T'Aime Wolfgang Roth - ProducerPM Dawn- Set
Adrift Power Play:
Bryan Adams- Everything DoRADIO RIVIERA/Monte Carlo Die Prinzen.
Million&Daevid Fortune - Music Dir Dire Straits. Heatni.FuelA
List: Genesis- No Son Of MineAD Smokey Robinson. Double Good Glass
Tiger- My Town
Timmy T- Sine Atter Time Metallic°. The UnforgivenMichael
Jackson- Block
RADIO SERVICE/Marseille Pur LenaChristian Vichi - Prog Dir
Rosette. Fading Like A FlowerA List: Rosette- The Big LAD Block
Box. Open Your Eyes Rosette- Spending My Time
Johnny Hallyday- Co Ne Change Scorpions- Send Me An AngelNatalie
Cole Unforgettable Stoppok- Aus Dem Beton
AD Erasure Am I RightFarm- Love Sees No COOL FM/Belfast
John Paul Ballantine - Head Of MusicA List:AD Erasure- Am I
Right
Marc Cohn- True Companion II IRUNITED KINGDOMKLF-
JustifiedMichael Jackson- DangerousOceanic. Wicked love
Ust:BAD Beverley Craven- Memories R.E.M. Radio Song
BBC RADIO I/London Cher Love Hurts Richard Marx- Take This
HeartPaul Robinson Prog Dir East Side Beat. Ride Like Scarlet
Fantastic No MemoryA List:AD Diana Ross- When You Tell
KLF- Justified
Happyottye,),,A1 uodg e Fudge
Big7hot
B List:AD Cathy Dennis. Everybody Move
Cher love Hurts NEWB List: Kenny Thomas- Tender LoveAD Erasure
-Am I Right GWR FM/Bristol/Swindon Kool Kat- Sugar Sugar
Michael/John- Don't Let The Sun Andy Westgate - Head Of Music
Mariah Carey Can't Let GoMartika- Mortika's KitchenRosette-
Spending My Time
A List:AD Michael Jackson- Block
OMD- Coll My NameSouthside Johnny- I'm Coming Back *DANCE WITH A
STRANGER
Shanice Wilson- Love B List: Take That- Promises
CAPITAL FM/LondonAD Bryan Adams -There Will Never
Eric Clapton- Wonderful Tonight are still at # 1 in the
NoivyegianRichard Park - Prog ContrA List:AD Beverley Craven-
Memories
James- SoundPele Raid The PalaceR.E.M. Radio Song
FRANCE album sales charts. Their album isCher Love HurtsCliff
Richard- We Should BeCommitments- Mustang Sally
RED ROSE RADIO/Preston/BlackpoolDave Sander - Head Of Music
NRJ NETWORK/ParisMax Guazzini Dir heading the charts for 5 weeks
now.
Donna Summer- Work That A List: A List:Erasure- Am
RightMichael/John Don't Let The Sun
AD C&C Music Factory. Just ADe La Soul- Keep The Faith
AD Mortika Love Thy WillMichael Jackson. Black DWAS expect the
"Atmosphere"
Happy Mondays -Judge FudgeKLF. JustifiedPrince Dionmonds
Happy Mondays -Judge FudgeJames- SoundKate Bush- Rocket Man
Mylene Farmer. Je T'Aime
SKYROCK NETWORK/Parisalbum to be TRIPLE PLATINUM
Sabrina Johnston FriendshipStatus Quo- Rock Till You
B List:
Lenny Kravitz- Fields Of JoyLove & Money- WinterShanice
Wilson- I Love
Laurent Bouneau - Frog DirA List:AD Etienne Daho- Soudode
by Christmas.AD Altern B Active 8
Jive Bunny/Mostermixers- Rock & RollStairs- Weed BusTone
Loc. All Through
Francis Cabrel Rent MarieU2 :7 ne. Swedish radio programmers
have
Kym Sims- Too Blind UK Mismasters- Lucky 7 MegamixTake That-
Promises
RADIO BROADLAND/NorwichSCOOP/LyonAlain Liberty - Prog Dir
already picked up the band's radio
METRO RADIO GROUP/Newcastle Dave Brown - Head Of Music A
List:Liz Elliott - Music OrganiserA List:
A List:AD Cathy Dennis- Everybody Move
AD PM Dawn- Set AdriftStephan Eicher- Pas D'Ami hit single "Let
Go".
AD Eric Clapton. Wonderful Tonight Michael Jackson- Black U2-
The FlyLove Decade So Real
B List:Scorpions- Send Me An AngelSimply Red- Stars
B List:AD A -Ha. Move To Memphis *CRASH N'BURN's single "Hot
AD Black Box. Open Your Eyes B List: Bernard Lavilliers-
FaitsCathy Dennis- Everybody MoveCher -love Hurts
AD Bonnie Raitt. I Can't MakeChris Rea- Winter Song
Charts- Notre MondeChris Whitley- Living With Like Fire" -a mid
tempo rock 'n' roll
Cliff Richard -We Should Be Donna Summer- Work That Garland
Jeffries- Hail HailDiana Ross- When You TellDonna Summer- Work
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J.T. Taylor- Feel The NeedKenny Thomas- Tender love
Gray/Barbelivien. Nos AmoursJean-Louis Murat. Col De La Croix
track -is scheduled for release in
Erasure Am I Right Sonia- You To Me Martiko- Love Thy WillHappy
Mondays -Judge FudgeJive Bunny/Mastermucers- Rock & Roll
Tony Terry With YouTwo Way Street- Big Shot
Michael Jackson- BlockMiguel Bose- Madrid Madrid Germany on
January 20.
Kate Bush- Rocket ManKenny Thomas -Tender LoveL.L. Cool 1-
Strictly
FOX FM/OxfordSteve Ellis - Frog Contr
Mini V- Fouche A BoucheMylene Farmer. Je T'AimeNatalie Cole
Unforgettable
*BMG RCA Hamburg is going toOceanic- Wicked LoveRight Said Fred.
Don't Talk
A List:AD Black Box. Open You,. Eves
Cathy Dennis- Everybody Move
Rozlyne Clarke- Dancing Is LikeAL Michael Jackson
U2release "I Want To Know What
PICCADILLY RADIO/ManchesterKeith Pringle - Head Of Music
Cher- Love HurtsDiana Ross- When You Tell RVS/Rouen Love Is" by
VOODOO POSSEE
A List: Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams Frank Orcel - Prog DirAD ACR-
27 Forever
Bizarre Inc- Playing With KnivesHue & Cry She MakesKate
Bush- Rocket Mon
A List:AD Michael Jackson- Black featuring JOCELYN BROWN on
Bryan Adams. There Will Never Kenny Thomas- Tender Love Mylene
Former-Je T'AimeC&C Music Factory -Just ACathy Dennis-
Everybody MoveMichael/John- Don t Let The Sun
Neil Diam