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Europe's Music Radio Newsweek!), . Volume 8 . Issue 42 . October 19, 1991 . £ 3, US$ 5, ECU 4

M&M DebutsMarketing,Talent NewsResponding to industry demandfor additional music informationservices, M&M is introducingtwo new music businesscolumns-"Marketing TheMusic" and "Talent In Progress.""MTM" debuts this week with areport on Geffen's new RobbieRobertson album, Storyville (seepage 38).

Explains M&M senior editorMachgiel Bakker, "'MarketingThe Music' profiles the marketingactivities surrounding one ormore new releases. We'll includeinformation on touring, merchan-dising, video/film projects andother aspects of developing suc-cessful artists and albums.

"'Talent In Progress' will debut(continues on page 42)

A ROYAL AWARD - Midlands Radio Trust CEO Anthony Kendall (right)receives the Queen Mother's Birthday Award Premier Trophy for Mediafrom Her Royal Highness, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (left) ata recent ceremony at the Hotel Russel in London. The group won theaward with its 'Litterbuster' radio campaign, which reached a potentialaudience of 5.5 million listeners. (See page 6 for details).

Capital Names Eyre MDby Paul Easton

Capital Radio/London hasappointed Richard Eyre as man-aging director. He replaces NigelWalmsley, who left Capital earli-er this year to head Carlton

Radio TangoBids For Oslo'sLimelight

by David Rowley

Adult-targetted Radio Tango/Oslo reports it is negotiating tobuy leading Norwegian radiogroup Radio Limelight's share ofthe 102 FM Oslo frequency. Thetwo operators currently occupy

(continues on page 42)

Communications' ITV franchisebids.

Eyre is currently media directorof advertising agency BartleBogle Hegarty (BBH), as well aschairman of the research organisa-tion JICRAR (Joint IndustryCommittee for Radio AudienceResearch).

He says his new appointment isa logical next step. "I believe myadvertising expertise over the last16 years is relevant to the newjob," he says. "I don't see a prob-lem in making the move fromadvertising to radio. If I was run-ning Capital on my own, it wouldbe. But they have a really goodteam there, and it runs very well. Icertainly don't feel it's a companythat's directionless, so I don't seemy role as coming in and tearingup what's gone before."

After many years in advertis-ing, Eyre is sympathetic to radio'sproblems. "Radio is always givena hard time by advertising agen-


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BMG UK RevampsIntl Department

by Ben Lewis

BMG UK has restructured itsinternational department, addingan alternative music A&R man-ager in an attempt to increase itschallenge to the independents inEurope.

BMG UK's head of interna-tional marketing Chrissie Har-wood has divided up the wholeBMG UK roster between man-agers by musical categories. Shehas also added three new infor-mation managers. The division of

labour in the international depart-ments between marketing andpromotion has been dissolved,with each manager now beingresponsible for the entire market-ing/promotion of a group ofartists throughout the world.Miller Williams manages BMG's"mainstream" talent, whichincludes Lisa Stanfield, AlisonLimerick and Sonia. Nigel Rev-eler manages the key develop-ment artists (those who have aniche of their own, but need their


SNEP GM DelcrosOutlines New Goals

by Emmanuel Legrand

Resolving the quota issue onradio is one of five top prioritiesfor Bertrand Delcros, the newlyappointed GM for French musicindustry organisation SNEP.

Also on the front burner forDelcros, who took the reins onOctober 1, are such matters as the"Semaine du Disque," Sundaytrading, the lowering of VAT andthe progress of revamped musicchannel Euromusique.

On the quota front, discus-sions between the radio andrecord industry have alreadybegun, and Delcros is confidentthe talks might lead to a solutionwhich takes into account "thespecific situation of the differentstations."

"There is a shrinking of spaceallocated to French production,"

says Delcros. "We have to talkwith the radio stations and try tounderstand why this has hap-pened, and how we can reversethe trend. If we can set up guide -


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Factory Inks Deal With Londonby Ben Lewis

Manchester independent labelFactory Records has signed along-term global licencing. dealwith London Records.

London Records will now beable to licence Factory's entirerepertoire around the world,excluding the UK, US, Australia,G/A/S and Benelux. Territorieschiefly affected will be France,Scandinavia, Japan and SouthAmerica.

The deal includes Factory'sextensive back catalogue, whichincludes New Order and JoyDivision, as well as its roster ofcurrent artists, including Elec-tronic and Northside and newacts The Wendies, The Adven-

ture Babies and Cath Carol. Thenew agreement broadens an asso-ciation which began in November1990 when London Recordsnegotiated European licencingrights for the Happy Mondays.Factory Records head of interna-tional Lieve Monnens says, "It'sbeen difficult to sell FactoryRecords, and especially the cata-logue, in those countries up tonow because we've always donedeals on a product -by-productbasis. Now we will be able topush the whole catalogue and liftthe profile of the label."

Tony Wilson, Factory chair-man, adds, "The new welcomedrelationship with London-addingto our existing relationships inG/A/S, Australia and the US-is

BBC Radio 5 ExpandsEuro Music Mix

by Paul Easton

Alternative and indie Europeanmusic is getting more airtime onBBC Radio 5 with the return ofweekly youth magazine pro-gramme "Euromix" for a secondseries. Presented by RobertElines, the programme is a mix ofmusic, news and features fromaround Europe aimed at a 15-25age demo. It is broadcast live onMondays at 20.00 - 20.45 andrepeated Sundays 19.15 - 20.00.

Sarah McNeill, editor ofschools, children and youth maga-zine programmes, says the showtries to give a taste of what's hap -

Sony GreeceMD Post GoesTo YarmenitisSony Music International (SMI)has announced the appointment ofDimitris Yarmenitis as the newmanaging director and GeorgePolychronious as senior director/creative operations at Sony MusicGreece Both will report to ManoloDiaz, vice president EuropeanRegion, Sony Music International.

SMI president Robert Summercomments, "Sony Music Greecehas built the reputation of being anartist -driven progressive company.Both George and Dimitris havebeen principal to the team that cre-ated this reputation. These promo-tions assure the continuity of pur-pose of the company."

Yarmenitis joined the companyin 1981 as a freelance radio promot-er. He has held key positions in theA&R and marketing departmentssince 1985. Polychroniou, arenowned broadcast personality inGreece, started his association withthe company in 1976. He was pro-moted to marketing director in1987. SW

pelting across Europe with anemphasis on alternative/indiemusic and new bands. "We playmusic from across Europe that isnot being heard elsewhere. We tryto avoid the mainstream andsearch out new sounds and givethem a hearing.

"We rely heavily on existingcontacts for getting new records,although a few record companiesdon't seem interested in exposurefor a record that is not being mar-keted in the UK."

Adds producer Chris Kimber,who chooses the music, "We usu-ally find out about the recordsfrom certain magazines, likeMusic & Media and Q. We oftenend up having to chase around toget the records, and we try to get agood balance between styles ineach programme. We're certainlygetting a good reaction from theaudience."

(Kimber can be contacted on44.71.580.4468.)

Radio 5 has also introduced aweekly French chart countdownprogramme produced in conjunc-tion with French network Europe1. Called "Le Top," it will bebroadcast on Saturday eveningsbetween 19.30 and 22.00.

Europe 1 is providing the musicand French commentary, as well asinterviews with European andinternational rock stars. Englishpresentation and translation, wherenecessary, will be handled byMarc Dumont and Fiona "LaMeche" Spechter at the BBC.Currently living and studying inBrighton, both are new to radio.

Producer Andrew Johnstonsays the aim of the programme isto reflect the French music scene,as well as highlight other Euro-pean artists. "At the moment it isworking out at around 38% Anglo-Saxon and 62% European records.However, there are bands such asthe Scorpions from Germany, whosing in English."

the perfect way for this Manch-ester label to attack the interna-tional market in the '90s."

London Records internationaldirector John Reid says he wel-comes "marketing and distribut-ing what is one of the finest con-temporary catalogues around."

The new deal will help thelabel coordinate planning better

in Europe because it will beworking through fewer agents,says Phil Saxe, A&R for FactoryRecords. "A lot of our acts havesimply been unobtainable in partsof Europe recently," he explains."With London and Rough Tradeboth working our artists in differ-ent parts of Europe, our rostershould benefit greatly in 1992."

VOX READY TO ROCK - The Radio Vox/Prague team relaxes aftera hard day's study in preparation for their launch on October 21. TheAC commercial station will begin broadcasting on 101.5 FM to a poten-tial audience of 1.5 million. Pictured from the top (1-r): Ad Roland of AdRoland Media Services, station GM Michel Zelenka, and MD Jiri Brod-sky alongside Ws Vaclav, Pavel, Vladimir, Zdenek and Milos.

Opera Meets RugbyIn Top 10 Hitsingle

by Machgiel Bakker

Sporting events mean good businessfor opera singers. While LucianoPavarotti enjoyed his first singlessuccess in the UK with NessunDonna thanks to BBC TVs cover-age of the World Cup Football in1990, Kiri Te Kanawa is headingfor similar acclaim.

ITV, the UK host broadcaster forthe Rugby World Cup, is using as theevent's theme song Te Kanawa'sWorld In Union, a version of the slowmovement of Jupiter from Hoist'sPlanet Suite. The single is currentlyno. 11 in the UK Gallup chart andsales are estimated to be 100.000copies.

Released on Columbia, the sin-gle probably will get at least 35 playsover the month during peak hours,according to ITV Sports senior pre-sentation director David Wood. "Wehad a shortlist of six tunes, but thistune generated the right kind ofnationalistic feel. We played itanonymously for three weeks andincorporated it in the title sequence.The response has been enormous. Itproved to give the whole event acohesive sound."

The demo version of the songwas produced by Charlie Skarbek,who in the early '80s was responsiblefor Louise Tucker's Midnight Bluealbum on Ariola. The demo was sentto Te Kanawa, who was impressed

with the sound and later recorded thesong during the making of a JeromeKern album at Abbey Road.

Rick Blaskey, director of Lon-don -based company The Music &Media Partnership, put the dealtogether with ITV and also struck arecord agreement with ColumbiaMD Tim Bowen and marketingdirector Brian Yates. Also, a sepa-rate deal was made with the RugbyFootball Union for a recording by theEngland Rugby Squad of the songSwing Low (Sweet Chariot) that iscurrently at no. 48 in the UK chartand is also produced by Skarbek. Analbum with pieces of music based onthe countries taking part in the cham-pionships will be released this weekby Columbia.

"If you let the public decide",says Blaskey, "this is the music theylike and spend money on. But radiodoesn't give the public what it wants;we're not even on the airplay chart."

The championships-held inTwickenham and culminating onNovember 2-are expected to gen-erate £25 million and there will betwo billion viewers in more than 29countries. A nationwide campaign'Run With The Ball'-orchestratedby marketing consultants ParallelMedia-is being financed by VirginAtlantic, Hutchison Telecom,Wilkinson Sword, Sony and Capi-tal Radio for a total of around£750.000.

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Strong Winds Change UKRadio's Look At Scorpions Single

by Machgiel Bakker

Although the UK market isrenowned for setting trends forthe rest of Europe, it took Ger-man rock band the Scorpionssubstantially longer to chart inGreat Britan than anywhere else.

While the glasnost -inspiredballad Wind Of Change toppedthe Coca-Cola Eurochart Hot100 Singles for three weeks thisJune, the single failed to makeany impact in the UK. However,thanks to the success in the US,Phonogram UK started to re -promote the track to radio. And itpaid off.

"It has been a hit almostexclusively on the back of radio,"comments Dave Thorn, a formerPhonogram UK senior executivewho is representing the band's USmanagement company, McGhee

Entertainment, in Europe."Regrettably, the European suc-cess doesn't mean much in theUK. So with the single going top5 in the US, there was much moreof a story to be told to radio thanbefore. Phonogram made a bigeffort overcoming personal preju-dices, telling radio 'forget aboutthe band, concentrate on thesong."

For that purpose, the band wasdeliberately left out of the sleevedesign. "The band doesn't havemuch of an image here. Packag-ing was done very carefully,almost creating an anonymousimage," says Thorn.

Backed by continuous supportby MTV Europe-a key factoraccording to many label execu-tives-the single was first takento regional radio. CapitalRadio/London started "A" listing

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Dan FogelbergJulia FordhomGeneration XIan GillenH.E.A.L

Hen -Gee & Evil EHoneychildJean -Michel JerreGarland JeffreysThe JuddsSalif KenoKid 'N PlayKid SafariAngelique KidjoEarl KlughLeo KottkeBarry ManilowTeena MarieRichard MarxDon McLeanKylie MinogueNymphsQueenEros RamazzottiThe RamonesRestless HeartThe River BoysRiver City PeopleRogerSavatageSenseless ThingsTajo SevilleShakespeare's SisterAndy SheppardSherrelleSlayerSlow Bingo FloydSoniaSouthside JohnnySt. EtienneSubsonic TwoKenny ThomasThompson TwinsTribeKathy TroccoliTruck StopVarious ArtistsVarious ArtistsVarious ArtistsVoivodJuliann WerdingMark WhitfieldWebb WilderNancy WilsonNeil Youngnook

TitleLove Or Lost

Being!

Tenement Symphony

House OF Silence

Excursion On The Version

Playtime is Over

Live Your Life Be Free

Lonely Fighter

Drive

24 Nights

The Best Of Cock Robin

The Commitments

Fade To Block

Riskin' It All

Atmosphere

Blues Roots

On Broadway

Internal Exile

Live - Greetings From The West

Swept

Best Of

Tool Box

Humon Education Against Lies

The Brothers

Information Heaven

Images

Don't Call Me Buckwheat

Greatest Hits II

Amen

Face The Nation

WowlLogozo

Trio

The Collection

Showstoppers

Greatest Hits

Rush Street

Headroom

Let's Get To It

Nymphs

Greatest Hits II

Eros In Concert

Loco Live

The Best Of

The River Boys

This Is The World

Bridging The Gap

Streets

The First Of Too Many

Fountains Free

Hormonally Yours

In Commotion

The Woman I Am

Decode of Agression

Brenda Salmons

Sonia

Better Days

Fox Base Alpha

Include Me Out

Voices

Queer

Abort

Pure Attraction

Weinachten Im Wilden Westen

Elton John/Bernie Toupin - Twa Rooms

NY Rock 'N' Soul Revue

Tome Yourself (PETA)

Angel Rot

Zeit Noch Avalon Zu Geh'n

Patrice

Doo Dad

With My Lover Beside Me

Arc WeldMy Desire

Label ProducerCooltempo Not listed

Korova/WEA George Shilling/Leigh GormanSome Bizzare/WEA M. Almond/T. Horn/VariousCoconut/Ariola Not listedGo Discs!

Epic

Virgin

WEAMetronome

Reprise

Columbia

MCA

ffrr

Warner Brothers

RCA

WEA

WEA

Polydor

Epic

Circa

Chrysalis

East West

Elektra

Elektra

Virgin

Dreyfus/Polydor

RCA

RCA

Mango

Warner Brothers

ARS

Mango

Warner Brothers

Chrysalis

Arista

Epic

Capitol

Curb

PWL

Geffen

EMI

DDD

Chrysalis

RCA

WEA

EMI

Warner Brothers

Atlantic

Epic

Warner Brothers

ffrr

Antilles

Tabu

Def American

Epic

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Impact

Warner Brothers

Columbia

Cooltempo

Warner Brothers

Slash

Geffen

Metronome

Mercury

GiantWarner Brothers

MCAWEA

Warner Brothers

Zoo

Columbia

Warner Brothers

Epic

Norman Cook

Johnny '1"/CandyrnanRick Nowels

Thomas Hen/Reinhold Bilgeri

Phil Carmen

Russ Delman

Various

P. Bushnell/K. Killen/A. Parker

Donny D.

D.A.D/N. Foss/L. Overgaard

Not listed

Klaus Doldinger

Various

Not listed

Don Fogelberg/Marty Lewis

G. Mitcham/J. Fordham/D. Miller

Various

Chris Tsaugaridis

Not listed

Carlos Alomar/Hen-Gee

Harvey:lay Goldberg/James Biordoliflo

Jean -Michel Jerre

Garland Jeffreys

Brent Maher

Joe Zawinul

Various

Kenny Moore

Joe Galdo

Not listed

Various

Eddie Arkin/Barry Manilow

Teem Marie/Various

Richard Marx

Dave Burgess/Don Mclean

Stock, Aitken & Waterman

Bill Price

David R. Jones/S.A. Mainman

Piero Cassano

The Ramones/Adam Yellin

Various

Jurgen Fritz

Various

Not listed

Paul O'NeillJenks Corcoran/Senseless Things

Not listed

Chris Thomas

Andy Swallow

Various

Rick Rubin/Slayer

Slow Bongo Floyd

Not listed

Little Steven

St. Etienne

Not listed

Ian Green

Tom Bailey/Alannah Currie

Chris Sheldon/Gil Norton

Ric Wake

J. Minke/V. Heintzen/Truck Stop

Various

Various

Various

Not listed

Armand Volker

Various

R.S. Fields

Barry Manilow

Neil Young

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the single three weeks beforerelease (September 16). Ads werethen run on Capital, RadioClyde/Glasgow, PiccadillyRadio/Manchester, BRMB/13irm-ingham and Metro FM/Newcas-tle.

Currently no. 1 in the MRIBnetwork chart (which is up to40% airplay -derived), the singleis estimated to be on "A" rotationat nearly 80% of the UK's ILRstations. For example, BRM13/Birmingham gives the track anaverage rotation of 15-20 plays aweek.

According to BRMB's head ofmusic Robin Valk, the single wasplayed on the station in May, butnot much happened. "Phonogramdecided they had to really breakthe song. We reactivated it as itwas still in our database. It's agood AOR-type of ballad."

Valk is currently testing therecord, but believes the singleappeals to "the same kids whobuy Guns N' Roses, although theScorpions don't look half as dan-gerous. They look so old! Phono-gram carefully avoided promot-ing that image. But, you knowhow bitchy the rock press is here.The backlash will come, youwatch..."

PolyGram Internationalmarketing manager Peter Schultz

UK success is followinga different route. "We had alreadysold one million albums inEurope prior to the release of thatsingle. With the UK, its the otherway around. Album sales havebeen disappointing, and the cur-rent single success has led to a re-launch of the album."

The album will be availableagain on October 21, and will beadvertised on TV in the Central,Granada, Yorkshire and ScottishITV areas. A national in-storecampaign and, possibly, pressadvertising is scheduled.

Worldwide, the single has soldclose to 2.5 million copies. Thekey markets so far have been theUS (600.000), Germany(600.000) and France (500.000).

On the basis of this successand that of the follow-up single,Send Me An Angel, the CrazyWorld album has picked upsteam. Originally released latelast year, it has now reached the2.5 million mark in Europe,including one million in Ger-many. In the US, where the bandis released on the Mercury label,1.3 million copies have been sold.

Wind Of Change is currentlythe longest charting single in theEurochart (38 weeks), and due tothe sudden chart impact in theUK, it has moved back into thetop three.

Since EMI previously heldthe rights for the band in Europe,the current success marks the firsttime Phonogram has had a hitwith the band on a worldwidescale.

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PLAYING SOLITAIRE - Vertigo marketing manager John Chutertoasts Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora and wishes him well in his solocareer. Pictured at Sambora's debut album launch, from kr: Phonogrammarketing director Nick Rowe, Sambora, Phonogram head of press TedCummings, Chuter and Vertigo head of promotion Mark Howell.

Royal Recognition ForRadio Trust Litter Campaign

by Mike McGeever

The Midlands Radio Action Trust(MRAT), in association with theMidlands Radio Group (MRG),added another award to its trophycase when it received the QueenMother's Birthday Award for itsanti -litter radio campaign-"Litter-busters." The annual award recog-nises outstanding efforts in promot-ing environmental improvement.

The campaign was produced bythe trust and broadcast on MidlandsRadio Group's seven stations for oneweek last November. It includedinterviews and promotions with starssuch as Joan Armatrading and

Marty Pellow of Wet Wet Wet.The award was presented to thegroup by Her Royal HighnessPrincess Margaret, Countess ofSnowdon, at a recent dinner in Lon-don.

The Midland Radio Action Trustwas established less than two yearsago as a charity to produce and syndi-cate "social issue" material and pro-vide media training. The concern haswon three awards this year includingthe National Evian Health Awardfor health promotion, the UnileverDomestos Award for work on AIDSand the silver medal for communityinvolvement work at the New YorkInternational Radio Festival.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Two North DevonLicences Offered

The Radio Authority has adver-tised two additional ILR licencesfor Cheltenham and Barnstaple inNorth Devon.

The Cheltenham licence willuse the AM frequency currentlybeing used by BBC RadioGloucestershire. As the transmit-ter site has yet to be decided upon,the final choice will affect the sizeof the population coverage. How-ever, it is expected to reach a pop-ulation of around 70.000 adults.

The North Devon licence isbeing offered as either AM or FMbecause AM/FM simulcasting isno longer permitted. Comments aRadio Authority spokesperson,"Unusually, we have frequenciesavailable to us on both wavebandsin this area. However, there are noplans in the foreseeable future toadvertise a second licence forwhichever waveband the success-ful applicant chooses not to use."

The closing dates are January14, 1992, for Cheltenham and Jan-uary 21 for North Devon. TheAuthority expects to announce itsdecision within two months.

In addition, the Authority isshortly expected to announce 10

more areas for new licences to"top up" their existing list. PE

Franklin PresenterFor TOTP

Mark Franklin, a 17 -year -olddisc jockey from the ChilternRadio Network's Galaxy FM/Bristol, has been chosen as one ofthe new presenters for BBC TV's"Top of the Pops" music pro-gramme, shown every Thursdaynight on BBC 2. Franklin, who isone of British TV's youngest regu-lar presenters, made his debut lastweek fronting the half-hour showwhich features videos, interviewsand "live" performances of artiststopping the BBC's Top 40.

Franklin began his radio careerless than one year ago whileworking as a "go-fer" and fill-inpresenter at BBC Radio Wilt-shire. He moved to Galaxy duringthe summer when his potentialwas spotted by Chiltern RadioNetwork's programme controllerPaul Chantler.

"I knew about a year ago thatMark had something, the 'X' fac-tor. Rarely do you see such poten-tial in someone so young. It is atremendous buzz for me. I knowhe is going to be a big star," saysChantler. MMcG

McCartney's OratorioTo Get Heavy Promo

by Paul Easton

Paul McCartney's classical work,the Liverpool Oratorio, wasreleased worldwide by EMI Clas-sics on October 7.

Commissioned by the RoyalLiverpool Philharmonic Societyto commemorate its 150th anniver-sary, the Liverpool Oratorio waspremiered in the city's AnglicanCathedral on June 28 and 29, and atLondon's Royal Festival Hall onJuly 7. Conducted by Carl Davis,who wrote the oratorio withMcCartney, the work was per-formed by the Royal LiverpoolPhilharmonic Orchestra (RLPO)and Choir and the choristers ofLiverpool Cathedral. Soloists were

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, SallyBurgess, Jerry Hadley andWillard White.

EMI Records UK director/classical division Roger Lewissays the release of the work will besupported by an unprecedentedadvertising campaign. "The work iswithout equal, and is the mosteagerly awaited classical work ofthis season," says Lewis.

McCartney reports the 90 -minute, eight -movement work didnot start out as such a major pro-ject. "We were asked to come upwith something for the Royal Liv-erpool Philharmonic Orchestra's150th anniversary. We could quiteeasily have done a three -minutestring quartet or something, but it

developed into a much biggerthing, and we had a lot of fun withit.

"It was very exciting to do,especially working with my home-town orchestra. I've flirted with so-called classical interests in the past,with songs such as Eleanor Rigbyand Penny Lane, so to be given achance to use that palette in anyway I wanted was very exciting."

McCartney would like the Liv-erpool Oratorio to be judged as apure classical work. "There aren'tany guitars in it. I would likeorchestras to play it as part of theirrepertoire. Pm planning to meetwith Carl [Davis] on a future pro-ject, although we don't know yetwhat it will be."

Rock Goes On The BreakfastMenu At Spectrum InternationalSpectrum International, Lon-don's multi -ethnic AM station, ischanging its breakfast show to arock format. Originally, the pro-gramme played an internationalmix featuring '70s and '80ssoul/dance music, interspersedwith tracks by artists from the sta-tion's main language targetgroups-Asian, Greek, Spanishand Italian.

Programme controller KeithBelcher says the 07.00-09.00daily show will feature hits fromestablished international rockartists. "Basically, the music willbe rock, and rock and roll, withthe occasional heavy metal trackfrom people such as Whitesnake

and Iron Maiden. Our audienceis mainly the 15-44 age group, sowe'll be playing a lot of chartrock from the past 25 years.

"We will also be featuringartists such as Gianna Nanniniand Tuffio de Piscopo from Italy,Anita Mui, George Lam andDenny Sununer from HongKong, as well as rock musiciansfrom Greece and Spain."

The show will have a series ofpresenters, who will alternateeach week. These include BarryEvangeli and Angela Borgnanafrom the station's Greek and Ital-ian music programmes, as well asMike Harrison, Peter Fieldingand Pedro the Hood Hood who

joined Spectrum from hospitalradio, and have been doingovernight programmes until now.

Pedro says the show will be"fast, but not frantic. There's nottoo much speech, so it's mainlymusic all the way."

Belcher believes this will beLondon's first dedicated rockbreakfast show. "Breakfast radioin London is a rock desert. Whenyou've gone up and down the dialand heard MC Hammer andGerry and the Pacemakers adozen times, you begin to wantsomething more substantial. Let'sface it, you can still play 'air gui-tar' while 'cleaning your teeth orboiling an egg." PE

Five Vie For Blackpool LicenceFormer Trans World executivesOwen Oyston and Julian Allittare among the names in the run-ning for the Blackpool ILRlicence. although they are head-ing rival groups.

Broadcasting on FM, with apopulation coverage of around220.000 adults, the new station'stransmitter would be sited on thefamous Blackpool Tower. TheRadio Authority expects to beable to announce the winner inaround two months.

The applicants are BlackpoolLight FM, backed by Oyston andactor William Roadie (Ken Bar-low from "Coronation Street"). Ifsuccessful, the station could heon -air some six months after

being awarded the licence. Thefirst year revenue is estimated at£367.100 (app. US$600.000).

Another in the running isCathedral FM, which failed inattempts to get the Lincoln ILRlicence, and has now turned itsattentions to Blackpool. Amongthe backers are MD DavidFeatherstone and sound andlighting designer Keith Gee, whowill be the station's chairman.The first -year revenue forecast is£746.000.

Another contender is FyldeCoast Radio (Coast FM), head-ed by Julian Allitt, former MD ofPiccadilly Radio/Manchester.Other hackers include localrestaurateur Lino Della Pesca,

one of the original investors inRed Rose Radio/Preston, and TVastrologer Russell Grant. First -year revenue estimate is at£562.000.

The Radiowave (Blackpool)Ltd. backers include S.A.V. Ltd.MD of audio/video equipmentsuppliers John Barnett. TV pre-senter Derek Batey. former Pic-cadilly Radio and KFM/Stock-port director Sidney Friedland,and Radio Academy director LinGlover. First -year revenue fore-cast is for -1:417.000.

West Coast Radio is backedby local audio engineer BarrieBriscoe and his wife. First -yearrevenue is estimated at £366.000.

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FRANCE

EUROPE 2 REMIX

Savigny Steps UpAs New Music Head

by Emmanuel legrand

Europe 2 director of programmesand head of music Marc Garciawill pass on his music program-ming duties to ChristianSavigny. Savigny's new title willbe director of music program-ming/research.

Previously in charge ofresearch at Europe 2, Savignyincluded among his other dutiesthe production of the two chartscarried by the station-the FrenchTop Album and the Coca-ColaEurochart.

Savigny says he is not going tointroduce "major changes," butthat the music programmingwould be more up -tempo.According to Savigny, "Europe 2will remain the station we allknow. Last spring, we introducedthe concept of relaxation. It seemswe went a bit too far. My maintask will be to introduce a moredynamic product by diversifyingthe rhythms and playing new

songs. This doesn't mean we aregoing to be another NRJ or Sky -rock."

Savigny reports he recentlyintroduced groups such as SimpleMinds, London Beat and Roach -ford to the playlist.

In addition, he says, "Europe 2now faces the problem of formatduplication, something NRJ had tocontend with a few years ago.However, we are trying to get backto originality, to that little some-thing that makes the difference."

In addition, Europe 2 is carry-ing a radio version of the TV rockshow "Rapido," broadcast onFrance's Canal Plus and the BBCin the UK. The show is hosted byAntoine de Cannes (renownedfor his fast, verbal delivery), whopresents the latest developmentsin the musical field, five days aweek at 18.30. De Caunes alsogives a 90 -second snippet of thelatest rock news.

The content of "Rapido" is farremoved from the Europe 2

mould. Yet, according to Garcia, itwas "a good way to speak aboutnew trends in music and new acts,although we don't play them."

Garcia, who says he will focusmore on marketing music globally,admits he was "stuck between thenecessity of handling music pro-gramming and the need to do poli-tics with record companies."

Garcia also says the stationwants to "capitalise on the nameof the TV show," which has a verygood reputation among rockmusic followers. Alex Berger,partner with de Caunes in the pro-duction company of the showNBdC, says, "There is a naturalsynergy between the TV showand radio. It was just a question ofopportunity. Antoine has a dailyshow on Europe 2, so it is naturalthat "Rapido" should be used. Ithink it is a deal that is good forboth parties." Berger says thatthere are no plans for the momentto adapt the programme for theUK, "but anything is possible."

350.000 Celebrate NRJ's Tenth BirthdaySeveral hundred thousand peopleattended the concert organised byEHR net NRJ in Paris to cele-brate the station's 10th anniver-sary on September 19.

According to event organisers,over 350.000 attended the six -hour concert, although policereportedly put the number ataround 120.000. NRJ claims theevent was the biggest concert ofthis magnitude in France with amultiple star bill.

Says station GM Max Guazz-ini, "All in all, the outcome isvery satisfying. It was a spectacu-lar event, if you consider thewhole stage was set up in lessthan five days. We were on time,which is exceptional for such alarge number of artists perform-

ing. I believe that NRJ is the onlystation in France that could set upan event of such scale, with somany artists, and such a largecrowd. The negative commentsfrom other stations, especiallyEurope 1, show that, indeed, thissuccess has irritated them."Guazzini declined to reveal thecost of the concert, saying, "Wehaven't made the calculationsyet."

Twenty-four national andinternational acts participated inthe event. Top stars includedDavid Bowie's Tin Machine,Dave Stewart, Patrick Bruel,Johnny Hallyday, Europe,Lloyd Cole, Jean -Jacques Gold-man, Roch Voisine, Wet WetWet, Les Inconnus, and two

Russian acts Boris Grebenchikovand Sergei Kurehin. All acts per-formed between two and foursongs. However, only three actsplayed live while the rest usedplayback.

State broadcaster Antenne 2screened the show later the sameday, and a three-hour edited ver-sion was shown on September 28in simulcast with NRJ. MTVEurope plans a forthcoming pro-gramme on the concert, andfootage was also scheduled to begiven to Russian television sta-tion, free of rights, for an October6 broadcast. In addition, viaAntenna 2 distribution, over 40countries, mainly in Asia andAfrica, will be able to see theconcert. EL

Epic Gets FirstFemale Director

The Sony Music label Epic isundergoing a management reshuf-fle. Sony Music president Henride Bodinat has promoted thelabel's marketing and promotionmanager Laurence Le Ny todirector of Epic, replacing Chris-tian Ract, who is now SonyMusic communication director.

Le Ny becomes the onlyfemale executive heading a label.She worked at different promo-tion positions within CBS. Poly-dor and BMG before returning toEpic three years ago. The newstructure has been in operationsince September 1.

The label aims for a 4-5%local market share, but Le Ny

_says she does not expect the labelto expand too much in size. "Iwant to keep the coherence of thecurrent team," she adds.

The management reshufflinghas, however, not been followedup with major changes in the teamof 17 she is heading. Only a newA&R has arrived, ChristopheLameignere, who left ENII/SBKPublishing to join the label. Hereplaces Phillipe Puydauby, wholeft the company.

All staff report to Le Ny, asthere is no marketing or promo-tion manager. Comments Le Ny,"We are a very small team, veryunited, and there is no need for astrict hierarchy. I prefer to givemore responsibility to the people.In marketing, for example. wehave two senior artist managerswho have a lot of input and free-dom in their field."

The two senior marketing staffinclude Pierre Mallon, who isinvolved in marketing of George ,Michael, Michael Jackson. JilCaplan. Michel Polnareff.Europe, the label Rhythm King, 1as well as being in charge of Imedia planning and marketingstudies. Pierre -Louis Berlatier isin charge of A&R for two localacts. F.F.F. and Midi V.

Promotion is coordinated byChristine Bonnet, who is also in !charge of TV promotion, assistedby Marie -Jo Pareja. Radio pro-motion is handled by FrederiqueVarenne, with Charlie Idoundafor FM stations. Patricia Sulle isin charge of club promotion andRose -Helene Deplasse of presspromotion. EL

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GUESS WHAT? - Dutch duo Bolland & Bolland, renowned for theirwork with Falco, Suzie Quatro and Sam Fox, are currently produc-ing the American/Italian pop dance duo Marvin & Marcello for aforthcoming debut album on Hansa/BMG Arlola. From br: Rob Bobland, manager Horst Bork, Marvin & Marcello and Ferdi Bolland.Meanwhile, the single 'Guess I'm In Love' has been releasedthroughout some European markets (see M&M September 7).

Austrian Programmer WeberGears Up For TV LaunchWilli Weber, the creator of RadioValcanale and Radio Uno, isgearing up to launch a TV pro-gramme for Karnten in Austriathat will be transmitted from Italy.

Says Weber, "My companywas founded as Radio Tele Uno.As I make mostly radio pro-grammes, I concentrated on RadioUno and leased Tele Uno to othercompanies. The final lease went toKurt Geissler, who wentbankrupt. Since Tele Uno is still inmy possession, I decided to startagain with new management."

If Weber's plan is approved, thenew Tele Uno company will berun by sister company, Radio UnoPlus, but the financing will comefrom Weber and a number of pri-

vate investors. Radio CD Inter-national, a private station, couldalso be involved.

"We have no contract as yet,"says Weber, "but we have decidedon the most important points for apartnership." Weber's Tele Unowill be broadcast on channel61-from the same facility asRadio Uno in Cocceau on the Ital-ian/Austrian frontier-to a popula-tion of only 150.000. The stationwill cover regional events only.

While the test programme isbeing prepared for November.Weber is attempting to secure alicence in Yugoslavia to build atransfer TV tower to bring TeleUno also to the southern part ofStyria. NW

Low Ad BookingsSpur Newsletter

by Mal Sondock

The sales house for German pubcast-er ARD has started publishing a newmarketing newsletter in response tothe dwindling advertising bookingsfor radio and TV. The first issue fea-tured an article called "Radio - TheUndervalued Media," from whichsome interesting facts came to light: In 1980, radio reached 45% of thepublic, a 3% lead over TV, whereas in1990, the media reached 52% of thepublic, a 13% lead over TV and a 9%lead over newspapers. Ninety-eight percent of all house-holds have one or more radioreceivers, while every second homehas two or more radios with an aver-

age of 3.1 receivers per household,nationwide. Some 16.9 million auto radiosreach 67% of the populace in theircars, 14 million being regular, daily,adult listeners. Radio reaches clearly definabletarget groups. Over 20% of the work-ing population listens to radiobetween 06.00 and 08.00, while aconstant listening audience exceeding10% continues until 18.00. The 14-19 -year -old group listen between06.30 and 08.00 and from 14.00 to18.00. Homemakers, the predominantlisteners, tune in from 08.00 to 13.00. Radio has a strong influence atthe point -of -sale because it is heardby shoppers during the predominant

buying hours, while they are prepar-ing shopping lists and driving tostores.

Radio is also valuable as a "visualtransfer" medium, providing mindpictures of popular TV spots but at afraction of the TV cost. Radio's aver-age contact cost per thousand runs isDM3.50 (app. US$2). When the for-mer east German states are figured in,it drops to DM3.14.

The pubcasters' advertisingdepartment also offers a new comput-er "radio plan" for ad campaignsusing Media Association data. Initialcost for the programme, includingupdates, is DM3.000, with additionallicences and software offered to theuser for DM1.000.

03 Asked To Play MoreNational Product

by Norman Weichselbaum

The record industry regulatingbody IFPI has finally concluded aflexible agreement with pubcaster03 over the treatment of nationalproduct in Amnia.

The agreement is expected tofavour more local talent and couldresult in additional Austrian prod-uct on the charts. According to IFPIspokesperson Markus Spiegel (MDof GiG Records), "The number ofnew records that have nearly no air-

play on 03 is increasing." resultingin poor sales for the record industry.

Last spring, the introduction ofSelector radio scheduling softwareexacerbated the problem because noAustrian titles were picked forheavy rotation.

Says IFPI MD HaraldBuechel, "We both realized thatnobody benefits from a strategywhere songs are played only two orthree times. It is more efficient toconcentrate on the very best [Aus-trian songs! and promote them

heavily:. This, in turn, should moti-vate the whole Austrian recordindustry more."

Says 03 programme directorEdgar Bohm. "The industry ilOkkunderstands our situation. Oneradio station cannot give each newAustrian record powerplay. Wehave to stiffen the selection. An03 jury of programmers. DJs andmanagers will pick out the materi-al which hest suits our format ofcommercial pop. We simply con-centrate on the very best of it."

SCANDINAVIA

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS - The Sony Music Sweden team gather for agroup shot during the release party for Columbia Records artist IRMA (cen-tre). One hundred media representatives were present at the Sonet Studiocelebration. During the album presentation, IRMA put together a live versionof the first single "Stureplan," to be released shortly as the B-side of the nextsingle. Pictured br: Sony Music Sweden marketing director Per Sundin, artist

marketing director Hakan Krantz, IRMA, producer and A&R manager BillyBolero and director of Sony Music Publishing/A&R manager Sony MusicSweden Thomas Haggblom.

Electra Denmark Closes DoorsIn Wake Of Bankruptcy

by David Rowley

The Danish independent labelElectra Denmark has been shutdown pending bankruptcy hear-ings in the Danish courts at theend of this month.

The closure follows the callingin of outstanding loans by theDanish Unibank. At press time,the company's outstanding debtsreportedly totalled more thanDkr8 million (app. US$1.3 mil-lion).

Sources close to the label sayit has been in a state of crisis forthe last month, when it becameapparent its debts would be calledin. Home to much -touted localacts such as Gangway, Bass 'n'

Trouble and The Lagoon Cow-boys, the company was shut downat the beginning of October. Twostaffers remained, working fromthe offices of Harlekin Music inCopenhagen. Electra MD JorgenHansen and the remaining staffhave been laid off.

The label went under oncebefore in 1989, but was refinancedvia bank loans using its shares inthe major Danish distributioncooperative GDC as security.Hansen, former financial chief atSonet who moved to Electrabefore the earlier collapse, wasresponsible for the label's revival.

Rumours about Electra's fatehave been plentiful since the com-parative failure of its flagship act,

Gangway, and their album TheQuiet Boy Ate The Whole Cake.That was released last March andsold a mere 10.000 copies. Ironi-cally, one of the hottest local actsof the moment, The Lagoon Cow-boys, had recently released theirdebut album Miracles in the weekleading up to the crash. Severallabels are reportedly looking topick up the act.

At press time, representives ofElectra could not be reached forcomment.

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Rete 105 Bows NewPrime Time Show

by David Stansfield

Rete 105 has launched the newafternoon programme "105 Gen-eration."

Largely devoted to what thestation describes as disco beatmusic, it is broadcast between15.00 and 18.00, and presentedby Alex Peroni and Stefano Sec -chi. It also includes the 10 -minutesegment entitled "Inde-pendent,"which is dedicated to dancemusic on independent labels.

Comments station executiveEdoardo Hazan, "To emphasizethe station's leadership in theworld of teenagers, we havebecome more specialised in ourafternoon programming. Thedominant beat of today is disco.We can't ignore it. It's our duty toplay it."

Eighty percent of "105 Gener-ation" is given over to acts rang-ing from De La Soul to Snap,says Hazan. New artists such as

Joy Salinas, Zappala and thestation's own Secchi, are played.Danceable tracks by groups suchas Simply Red and Princeaccount for another 20%.

Local, non -specialised dancetalent will also get a spin. SaysHazan, "If there is new productfrom artists such as Vasco Rossior Zucchero, we will play it. Youcan't ignore a big release."

Players in the indie sector arewelcoming the new "Inde-pen-dent" slot with open arms. NewMusic president Pippo Landrocomments, "It's wonderful news.I've argued for some time thatindependent labels are leaders indance music. The new initiativeby Rete 105 helps to support myargument."

Rome -based Energy Produc-tion international A&R managerAlvaro Ugolini adds, "With overthree million daily listeners, anyspecialised space on a stationsuch as Rete 105 is important."

Some of the majors, however,are cautious. Polydor Milan'shead of promotions Anna MariaPine says, "It's early days yet. Atthe moment, we have some gooddance product to promote, but Ido wonder about the periodswhen we don't."

CGD promotion managerLuciano Linzi confirms he heardrumours of a change of directionat the station some months ago."You could feel it in its previousprogramming. I hope this will notchange the whole face of the sta-tion. We'll have to see how effec-tive it will be."

Linzi believes his firm canprovide the "105 Generation"show with some good product,adding, "Singles by new Atlanticacts, such as Corina and MarkyMark And The Family Bunchare both being played on the pro-gramme. I'm sure we'll have a lotmore to offer."

Ala Bianca, Amato Disco DanceWith Shake -Down Productions

Indie record firm Ala Bianca hasjoined forces with the UK dancemusic import company AmatoDisco to launch the new dancelabel Shake -Down Productions.Geared specifically to the UKmarket, the backers intend to boostthe sales of product usuallyreleased on the firm's MightyQuinn house music label.

Mario Howell, owner ofAmato Disco, is partnering withAla Bianca and guaranteeing therelease of 70% of the material. Hewill also try to strike licence dealswith major companies.

Comments Ala Bianca interna-

tional manager David Smith, "Wehave exported Mighty Quinn prod-uct to the UK via the Naples -basedFlying Records company in thepast. We have basically aimed atthe primary market, which is DJs.Some product has reached thepublic, but that has been depen-dent on its type. Hard techno-house, for example, is not verycommercial. We believe someproduct has crossover appeal, but[we] have been disappointed at thelack of success in striking licencedeals with companies such as CityBeat, Eastern Block and Indigo."

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ship with him because he isyoung, knows the market verywell and is aggressive in hisapproach," says Smith. The nameShake -Down Productions was alsoHowell's brainchild. According toSmith, Howell was prepared toinvest in the new project and domost of the work.

Ala Bianca is searching forsimilar partners in Scandinavia,France, G/A/S and Spain. "We aredoing master licencing in theseterritories, but would much preferto have a closer collaboration witha good dance label on a long-termbasis." concludes Smith. DS

SAY CHEESE - Italy's independent record company New Music presidentPippo Landro pens a distribution deal with local major record companyCGD. The deal will mean that CGD will) have a greater catalogue of dancemusic and it will ease the distribution problem for New Music. Pictured i-r:

CGD MD Stefano Senardi, Landro, CGD commercial director SpadacentaGiancarlo and CGD head of business affairs Mauro Pedrini.

Polydor Boosts Bryan AdamsOn Rete 105, RTL 102.5Polydor has, for the first time,invested in a radio ad campaignwith Rete 105 and Kn. 102.5Hit Radio to promote the BryanAdams' album Waking Up theNeighbours.

A&M/Polydor UK productmanager Giovanni Arcoviti hadthe idea of using a two weekcampaign on the two stations toconnect Adams' name with thetrack (Everything I Do) I Do ItFor You. "His second singleCan't Stop This Thing We Started,which will be released beforeChristmas; has crossover poten-tial," says Arcovito.

Waking Up The Neighboursreportedly has already outstrippedsales figures of 42.000 for theartist's previous album, Reckless."Rete 105 supported the Recklessalbum to the hilt. RTL 102.5 HitRadio is one of the fastest grow-ing national networks. That's whywe chose those two stations,"says Arcoviti.

At press time, the song was atno. 9 in the official RAI singles

charts but, Arcoviti admits theartist has not had much success inItaly. "The single was a majorEuropean hit and was receivinghealthy airplay locally," he says."However, one of the problemsfor Polydor is that the "RobinHood" movie will not be releasedin Italy until December. Thatmakes it difficult to get publicreaction."

Polydor is also promoting thealbum through a specialist presscampaign, plus an 8.000 fly -poster campaign in Milan andRome. The firm will also organ-ise a listeners' competition, prob-ably with RTL 102.5 Hit Radio,where the winner will spend aday with Adams on December 6when he appears in Milan for aconcert.

Arcovito does not claim aninternational first for radio ads fora single. He believes the compa-ny's European affiliates alreadywill have conducted similar exer-cises for the Adam's single.

DS

101 Network Turns VolumeDown On Black Music101 Network has introduced amusic format which it describesas being close to EHR and Urban.The move has resulted in the lossof 30% airplay for black music.

In the past, the station format-ted roughly 70% black music,with EHR accounting for the rest.Now the commitment to MAR is60% and black music, 40%.

Says station PR managerLuca Dondoni, "We found thatan almost black music only poli-cy just doesn't pay. In Italy,there's no black culture becausethere are very few that live here."

Dondoni maintains the station

will not axe artists, but does saythat not all soul or rap music isgood. "We've just squeezed thejuice. There will always be spacefor artists like Luther Vandross,Melba Moore, De La Soul,Marvin Gaye, Public Enemyand Anita Baker. We will alsoprogramme new acts such as Nig-gers with Attitude, Naughty byNature and Levert."

The EHR content alsoincludes a high proportion ofrock, with acts such as Skid Row,Bryan Adams, Metallica and theScorpions.

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SPAIN

COPE's Gonzalez Goes FromNight To Day In 'Cada Dia'

Javier Gonzalez, who previouslypresented COPE's nightly newsprogramme, is now hosting the"Cada Dia" talk show from 08.30to 12.00 daily.

He replaces Luis del Olmo,who went over to new networkONDA CERO and began airinghis programme "Protagonistas" onSeptember 30. Gonzalez is com-peting against the other morningtalk shows led by SER's InaldGabilondo, Antena 3's AntonioHerrero and RNE's JavierSara. Comments Gonzalez,"The morning shows are the cashcow in [radio] advertising. This iswhen the biggest consumergroup-women-tune in."

Meanwhile, ONDA CEROdirector general Tom& MartinBlanco confirms the "Protago-nistas" programme will also betransmitted on AM through a ver-

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bal agreement with Radio Inter-continental, owned by the Serra-no Sutler family. ONDA CEROFM has been trying to buy the sta-tion, but the owners have refusedoutright to sell. AMd1F

FOOTDRAGGING HALTED

RTVE Gets Pta20b Loanby Anna Marie de la Fuente

Pubcaster RTVE, recently on thebrink of financial disaster, was res-cued by the Spanish government'sSeptember 27 decision to guaran-tee a Pta20 billion (US$178 mil-lion) loan from Banco Exterior.

The bank had already agreed togrant the amount over two monthsago. However, hedging on thegovernment's part kept the ailingstate broadcaster waiting.

According to RTVE chiefpress officer Carlos Minguez,"Now we can start paying oursuppliers. That's first and fore-most on our list of priorities, fol-lowed by the salaries and ourcopyright dues to SGAE." RTVEowes the SGAE Pta4.6 billion asa result of a court case it lost to

Madrid 1992 Concert Banks On Amnesty International Participation

Plans are in the offing for Madrid tostage a nine -hour marathon concertto be broadcast on TV worldwide.

Negotiations are currently takingplace between the Madrid '92Association-composed of repre-sentatives from the local council,

Madrid regional government and theministry of culture-and AmnestyInternational. If they succeed,mega stars such as Bruce Spring-steen, Tina Turner, Sting and U2are likely to perform.

Plans are also being put together

for a major concert-"10 Years ofMusic"-sponsored by Pepsi Colato celebrate two decades of the com-pany's backing of name artists, suchas Michael Jackson and Turner.Dates and venues are yet to be deter-mined. AMdIF

the author's rights society.An RTVE spokesperson says

the government's decision,announced by the minister ofeconomy Carlos Solchaga shortlyafter a council of ministers budgetmeeting, "clearly demonstrates thestate's commitment towards back-ing public radio and television."

While presenting his feasibilityplan to parliament the day before,RTVE director general JordiGarcia Candau said he would notrule out resorting to outsidefinancing if the government guar-antee was not forthcoming.

Candau says the pubcaster'srevenue was Pta180 billion in1989 and Ptal68 billion in 1990and estimates that in 1991 itwould drop to Pta128 billion. Hecalculates that RTVE could bePta56 billion in the red by the endof the year. However, he adds,"We've been able to stem thehaemorrhage through some emer-gency measures, which mightreduce losses to Pta34 billion thisyear."

Candau partially blames risingexpenditures (wages rose fromPta49 billion in 1988 to Pta70 bil-

lion in 1991) and,plunging rev-enues-caused by three new TVnetworks being launched earlylast year-for the company'sfinancial situation.

Appealing for a subsidy ofPta47 billion for 1992, Candauenumerated the company's publicservices expected to be coveredby the aid. These include: RadioNacional de Espaiia; RadioExterior de Espana; the RTVEOrchestra and Choir; TVEInternational, as well as otherinstitutional services.

Despite RTVE's crisis, itsRNE studios in Valencia weretransferred to newly renovatedoffices, equipped with the latesthi -tech outfitted, in the heart ofthe port city. RTVE refuses to dis-close the amount spent on themove, though it is reported tohave cost over Pta 1 billion. Thetwo floors, bought by the statefirm, have allegedly cost Pta300million. A source close to thecompany says the Valencia pro-ject was not threatened by thefinancial troubles since it hadalready been allotted for in theearlier budgets.

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BENELUX

DO DE STRIP AWARD - Sony senior product manager Ruud Robenclutches a De Strip Award for innovative marketing and, probably,innovative shirt wearing as well. Pictured with him from l -r: Muziek enBeeld Info editor Joost Driessen, Rc5ben, CPG director Jan Gaaster-land, Sony MD Richard Denekamp and Muziek en Beeld Info publish-er Ron Heijmans.

'Souvenirs' Compilation SpotsTied To Antwerp ConcertA campaign on both BRT'sRadio 1 and 2 for the Souvenirscompilation by Jose Carrerasand Montserrat Caballe tied inwith a concert performed by theduo in Antwerp on October 2.Some 7.500 tickets were sold.

"We released the compilationtwo weeks before the show, " saysSony Music Classical label man-ager Patrick Suttels. "Althoughthey performed the trackAntologia de la Zarzuela in

Antwerp, which is not on theCD, we had planned to promoteboth artists repertoire on hand-out leaflets. We have alsobooked a 40 -spot campaign onBRT's Radio 1 and 2, and havefound our compilation was use-ful to promote the Antwerpshow."

The Souvenirs album is aBelgian compilation, but isinternationally available throughSony Music. MM

Sportpaleis Bailed Outby Marc Maes

About Bfr350 million (app. US$9million) is expected to be invested inthe Antwerp Sportpaleis to prevent itfrom closing down and to maintainthe current calendar of events in the20.000 -seat venue (See M&MOctober 5).

On October 3, the financial groupCredicom announced it had con-cluded a deal with the shareholdersof City 7 Investments, Filco City 7and a number of Belgian banksregarding a 60% majority participa-

tion of Credicom in a new venture.Seventy percent of Credicom sharesare owned by the French groupImmobiliere Hoteliere.

The new venture, which remainedunnamed, will group all companiesthat deal with events at City 7, allow-ing the further existence and expan-sion of the Sportpaleis in Antwerp,plus the organisation of events suchas the European Community TennisChampionship and the DiamondAwards festival.

Former City 7 group CEOJacques Lierneux is stepping down

from his position, but will act as aconsultant for the new venture. FPC,the promoters of the October 14 LizaMinnelli show, immediately launcheda promotion campaign for what is tobecome the opening concert for theDiamond Awards festival.

Says FPC promo officer FritzSundermann, "We have concludeda spot campaign with the RadioContact network, and we are organ-ising competitions with free ticketswith the official BRT and RTBFchannels. Radio could play a majorrole in promoting the concert."

Canal Plus Prepares LaunchCanal Plus president Danel Week-ers announced that the French pay -TV -channel for the French Belgiancommunity, Canal Plus TVCF-inwhich the RTBF has a share-plansto gain access to the Flemish audi-ence. "Or at least," according toWeekers, "to those who want toreceive our French -language pro-grammes."

Despite the fact that Canal Plusasked for access to the Flemishcable network some months ago,

Fiknnet remains the only pay -TVstation in that community. Togetherwith Canal Plus's application tobecome recognised as "Canal PlusTelevisie," the channel has decidedto speed up the process by supplyingindoor -antennas and signal -ampli-fiers to all inhabitants of the Flemishterritory willing to subscribe.

According to Canal Plus spokes-person Patrick Blocry, "The techni-cal equipment, worth some US$50per household, is supplied free of

charge. If people decide to subscribeto Canal Plus, then they must payUS$30 per month. And as airwavesare freely available to everyone, weavoid the discussion about access tothe cable network."

Weekers adds that the station'screw have checked out the radius ofCanal Plus, and that "the signalwould carry to major towns such asAntwerp or Ghent." The campaignwas scheduled to start October 15and runs until year-end. MM

A MUSIC & MEDIA HARD ROCK SPECIAL

ISSUE 49 - DECEMBER 7, 1991

- upcoming hard rock reieases -

- interview with Tommy Vance of BBC

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Good Morning Radio In HamburgGermany's second largest city, Hamburg,

has as many radio stations on offer as cities inthe US. Some 27 are available on cable and 23

others can be picked up terrestrially.

Hamburg not only has four public stations andthree privates based within the city boundaries,but it is also targetted by the giant statewideprivates RSH (from Kiel in the north), ffn and

Antenna Niedercachsen from the south.Music & Media's clockwatch covered seven stations,

five private and two public. Klassik Radio and AntenneNiedersachsen did not take part and NDR3 (cultural) andNDR 4 (news and information plus specialist music) werenot included.

The clockwatch was carried out in the most listened -toslot, from 0700 to 0800, on Tuesday September 10. All thestations listed described the programme covered as a typi-cal weekday morning show.

The most records were played by Alsterradio, with 16tracks, followed by OK Radio with 15. Alsterradio wasable to fit in more records due to the shorter length of thesomewhat older material being played.

Only two tracks were played more than once, withLenny Kravitz' It Ain't Over Ill Its Over, and the Bangles'Eternal Flame both receiving two airings. Fats Dominofeatured twice with Blue Monday, and Ma Girl Josephine,and both Color Me Badd's hits were featured. Apart fromthat there was no duplication of material or artists.

German language material was not widely heard.Alsterradio played seven German tracks (out of 16) andfour stations (RSH, OK Radio, NDR1 and NDR2) playedone German item. French and Italian acts received severalplays but the majority of artists were from the UK and US.

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07.10 Regional information 07.00 News, weather, traffic Heart And Soul, Exile 1989 1990 1991All 4 Love, Color Me Badd 07.05 Running In The Family, Level 42 07.10 Local information RSH 14% 12% 10%Knowing You, Knowing Me, Abba I Like The Way, Hi Five American Dream, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Radio Hamburg 25% 22% 14%You're In Love, Wilson Philips Calling Elvis, Dire Straits Safe In My Heart, Foreigner Radio ffn 3% 3% 2%

07.20 Ads Little Lies, Fleetwood Mac Calendar Girl, Neil Sedaka OK Radio 25% 2% 12%Walking In Memphis, Marc Cohn On The Border, Al Stewart 07.25 Traffic information, weather, news Klassik Radio n/a n/a 3%Oh Julie, Shakin' Stevens Baila Me, Gipsy Kings Morning Train (9 To 5), Sheena Easton NDR 1 24% 26% 24%

07.30 News, traffic information 07.26 Ads Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, Kinks NDR 2 28% 31% 28%Centerfold, J Geils Band Harlem 89 Bill Withers 07.40 Local information NDR 3 4% 6% 4%Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi, Kylie Minogue Wrap Your Arms..., Agnetha Faltskog It Ain't Over.., Lenny Kravitz NDR 4 n/a 2% 3%

07.40 Competition Love is A Wonderful Thing, Michael Bolton Lay Down Sally, Eric ClaptonPandora's Box, OMD Do It Again, Beach Boys Ma Girl Josephine, Fats Domino

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Total RadioLola, Jeanne Mas You Don't Have To Go Home, Triplets Inside Out, Traveling Wilburys Listeners 80% 84% 83%

07.50 Ads Ferry 'Cross The Mersey, Hillsborough Eternal Flame, BanglesThe Things We Do For Love, 10CC 07.52 Ads 07.55 Japanese Stock Market report, Source:hifratest May 1991. In Hamburg 1,796 peopleGirl You Know Its True, Milli Vanill Senza Perderri Di Vista Eros Ramazzotti news, traffic over the age of 14 were tested.

About the stations: Alsterradio is a brand new station targetted at 35-59 year olds. It has a MOR/Schlager format mixed with local and international news and magazinefeatures. NDR 1 is targetted at 40+ and offers melodic pop, German and latin based songs. Audience share 24% (Infratest 1991) NDR 2 is the most listened to station in Hamburg with a 28% share (Infratest 1991), down from 31% in 1990. It targets the younger and "middle" generation with a mixture of

international rock and pop. OK Radio is a personality -based EHR station aimed at 14-29 year olds. The station has 12% of the audience share (up from 2% in 1990) and 35% of all 14-29 year olds in the

Hamburg area tune in. Radio ffn targets 14-55 year olds and although based in Hannover can easily be heard in Hamburg.The music is a mixture of hits from the past 30 years plus current material. Audi

ence share in Hamburg 2%, but 19% in its primary state-wide market Niedersachsen.I Radio Hamburg is the top private station in Hamburg with 14% (down from 22% in 1990). The station targets 20-45 year olds with lots of local, national and international news

under the slogan "More Music, More Hamburg". RSH was the first private station to go on air in North Germany, in 1986. Targetted at 14-55 years olds the station has a 10% share of the Hamburg audience, but 40% of its main tar

get, the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Music & Media would like to thank all the stations who took part in this survey. Compiled by Mal Sondock

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Charting Up Dance Success

0 ver the last few years, numerous German danceproducts have followed the path forged byKraftwerk into the US charts. The Germandance scene is thriving, and even Kraftwerk hasjust undergone a revival in the UK.

Names like Camouflage, Snap!, Oh Well, Deskee andWestbam are no longer strangers to the Billboard dancecharts, and some, like Sony's B.G. The Prince of Rap,have even achieved the coveted crossover into the Top 200.

At the time of writing, three German products were inthe Billboard dance charts. Besides B.G. The Prince of Rap(with his sales chart topping This Beat Is Hot), CultureBeat's No Deeper Meaning (Sony) and Mosaic M's DanceNow (BMG) are also enjoying considerable internationalpopularity.

German dance music is a richly varied landscape thatranges from such dance pop tunes as WEA's Bacardi Feel-ing (by Kate Yanai) and Sony's Paris Red single GoodFriends to extremel hardcore techno-house productions asDance 2 Trance (Suck Me Plasma), Leatherstrip'sObject V (Zoth Ommog) or U-Tek's Das Mass der Dinge(New Zone), all out on the Frankfurt -based independentMuzic Research.

AirplayDespite the prospects for international success and a

healthy diversity, however, there are some dark cloudshanging over the dance floor horizon. Airplay is minimalfor dance titles in Germany. In light of the increasedweighing of airplay in the bottom half of the official Ger-man Top 100 singles charts that went into effect on May27, dance titles have been experiencing great difficulty ingaining chart positions, thereby loosing a very valuable

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marketing tool.Heinz Roth is co-owner of the newly founded Frank-

furt -based Eye Q label, whose releases span the relaxedethno-hip-soul of Nature Dance by Sunchild, featuringJoanne Shenandoah, or Mignon, featuring Esra to suchtechno-house productions as Dusseldorf -based Hard -floor's Let Da Bass Go/Once Again Back and Odysee ofNoises' Wake Up. He is one of numerous independent

dance label owners who has joined the recently formedinterest group German Dance Music, a lobby/action bodywhich has the goal of putting dance back in the charts.

"The group is developing short-, middle- and long-termstrategie. In the near future, we will meet with the BPW,which commissions Media Control to compile the charts,and suggest that Media Control complement their current"tippers," record dealers who report their weekly sales,with approximately 200 dance specialty dealers," saysRoth.

"These dealers would fill out a separate list of their 50best-selling maxi's. When compiling the charts, MediaControl could then give the 20 best-sellers a dispensationfrom the airplay criteria. I can't say how the BPW willreact, but they received us in the past with relatively openarms. I can only hope that they will be able to appreciateour problem."

Roth also points to other important issues. "A very sig-nificant problem is that discos are not considered in thechart compilation. Even more important for the labels, thediscos-in contrast to France-do not report their playliststo GEMA. This means that all of the money that the discospay to the GEMA for the composers, lyricists and publish-ers goes into a 'black box', which is paid out to the 'oldmasters' and big earners."

Nuremberg's Radio N1 is one of very few stations thatair a dance hit format. Head of music Cetin Yaman, how-ever, puts much of the blame for the chart situation on therecord labels themselves. "Media Control does not monitorany of the privates in the Nuremberg area. "According to arecent Infratest survey, the private stations in the MiddleFranken region had a cumulative listenership of over onemillion in the last 154 days. But Media Control is doing

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nothing for our needs. The BPW-member record compa-nies recently met with Media Control, and surprisinglydecided not to include Radio NI among their monitoredstations.

"I do not understand how, on the one hand, the recordcompanies can complain that dance product does not get inthe charts, and on the other hand, not do anything about it

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when they have the chance. It's very disappointing. Thepromotion people know us, but there seems to be poorcommunication within the record companies, because thetop executives don't seem to know about us. They don'trealize how good it would be for them. After all, we playsome tracks up to 30 times per week."

Radio NI airs primarily a dance hit format, featuringinternational, as well as such local talent as Captain Hol-lywood (Rock Me on Intercord's Blow Up label), JohnDavis (one of the voices of Milli Vanilli) and the newgroup Construction. However, the station has alsolaunched a special Sunday -night programme for industrial(techno) music on October 6, which Yaman sees as the cur-rent big trend. "Almost every disco in our area has institut-

ed a techno-night. There is very strong demand."Peter Bertelshofer, GM of Munich -based Radio 2

Day, which plays maxis of primarily black artists in theirfull six to seven minute length, however, draws the line attechno music. "We play some pretty hard rap, hip hop andhouse, but techno is too hard for our advertisers."

Techno HouseA good portion of the demand for techno-house is being

met by one of Germany's dance pioneers, Talla 2XLC(Two For China, Moskwa TV, etc.) and his Frankfurt-based company, Muzic Research. With three labels (SuckMe Plasma, Zoth Ommog and New Zone), Talla, himself aDJ at Frankfurt's renowned Dorian Grey (Technoclub).producer and musician, presents records "by DJs for DJs."

Whether with Dusseldorf -based Nautilus' Terror EP.Dance 2 Trance's Let's Get Rollin', the Ravebuster'sMitrax, Komakinos Sector One, Leather Strip's Object Vor U-TEK's Das Mass der Dinge, Muzik Research presentstribal and ambient techno-beat spiced with groove -house.His motto is "the weirder, the better."

Although 28 -year old Talla's labels are distributedthrough AMV in Offenbach, Stuttgart -based Intercord hasreleased a compilation of tracks from his three labels underthe title The World Of Techno.

International SuccessOther such leading Frankfurt -based independent dance

labels as Logic Records (distributed by BMG Ariola) andWestside have not jumped on the techno band wagon.Logic's worldwide million -selling success with Snap's I'veGot The Power and Cult of Snap has now been followed upby their production of Dr. Ailban's (in real life a dentist)massive hit single No Coke and album Hello Afrika, whichhas been in the German LP charts for over six months.

Snap's new album, to which the American rapperTurbo B adds the "human touch," while Michael Munz-ing and Luca Anzelotti provide the perfectionist produc-

tion, is scheduled for release in the near future, and will betitled Madman Returns. The production duo has just pickedup an ASCAP award for I've Got The Power.

Westside, which is distributed by PolyGram'sMetronome label, has put their money on a more pop -ori-ented dance music as represented by the Hannover group

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Celebrate The Nun, Frankfurt -based Moskwa TV and theAmerican multi -talent Randel D. Sneed, under the nameOh Well. Having reached the charts throughout Europe andthe US with the dance remakes of the classic rock songsOh Well and Radar Love, Sneed has now followed with thealbum Get Ready, which includes his newest single, DanceTo The Music (Twist And Shout), which promises to followsuit. Originally a techno group headed by Talla, MoskwaTV has undergone a radical change, and is now centeredaround composer Volker Barber and lyricist/singer IonJavelin, who have written all of the songs on their newestLP, Javelin, including their latest single Tell Me, Tell Me.

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respectively, have followed up this success with theirnewest single Patience and the LP, Continuous.

Indies And MajorsAlthough some indie labels owners do not appreciate

being mentioned with the majors in the same breath,Frankfurt -based Sony's Dance Pool label is also activewith locally based talent. Releases by PM Sampson, Cul-ture Beat (produced by the successful DJ team TorstenFenslau and Jens Zimmermann), B.G. The Prince of Rap(produced by El Mar and remixed by Cooky's DJ HeinzFelber), and the chart toppers Mysterious Art have allbrought the label considerable commercial success.

Sony's latest release is a Frankfurt white German -lan-guage rap quartet. Die Fantastischen Vier on Columbia.

According to Eye Q's Heinz Roth, Frankfurt dancelabels and artists are so successful, "because the city hassuch a deeply integrated dance scene. DJs, musicians,video makers, T-shirt artists, dance journalists and manyothers have constant creative contact with one anotherhere. That makes for a very fertile breeding ground withvery motivated competition."

Beyond FrankfurtNonetheless, there are many interesting things happen-

ing in the German dance world outside of the mainmetropolis.

In Hannover, for example, British Errol Rennalls wasappointed dance manager at SPV's 101 label about fivemonths ago. Having to overcome a somewhat tarni

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