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The Ail New Top Of The Pops, hit a peak of 6.1 m viewers and attracted an average audience share of 26.7%. The last show screened under the old • The City of Manchester Stadium is opening its doors to music concerts. p5 • Terrestrial TV station 5 is lining up two Kylie Minogue specials in the new year. the Tiger Aspect-produced Kylie network; Unzipped and Kylie's Greatest Hits, Day last1

branding, broadcast, c and music projects with the likes of the Chemical Brothers and Dirty Vegas. • UK-originated band Lockdown Projects Everybody In The Moming track is to provide the soundbed to a year-long advertising campaign for HIV awareness. The ad, produced by public service organisation Cable Positive and supported by major US

Woman Of The Year at last Thursday's awards. p5 • Dune Records' saxophonist and Mercury Music Prize nominee Soweto Kinch lias scooped the Musicians Benevolent Fund's Peter Whittingham Award for an innovative jazz project. Dune Records plans torelease a limited-edition vinyl édition of Kinch's hip hop/rap track Jazz Planet in April next year alongside a digital download. • Virgin Mepastores' games trading manager Neil M, "

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to host concerts Britain's flourishing live concert business will be given another boost next summer, as music makes its début at the 60,000-capacity City of Manchester Stadium. Leading concert promoter SJM Concerts bas struck a five-year deal to stage music events at the venue, which was built to play host initial- ly to the 2000 Commonwealth Games and is now the home of Manchester City Football Club. The deal makes the stadium, nicknamed the Blue Camp by soc- cer fans, the biggest stadium venue in England while Wembley Stadi- um remains closed. It is the third in theUKbehind CardiffMillennium and Murrayfields in Edinburgh. SJM is being charged with securing gigs at the new venue and Rob Ballantine, director of the Manchester-based promoter, says the move will have a "major impact on the music industry right across the north of England". Ballantine suggests that SJM will probably aim for just one expects the stadium to host three gigs in following years, as soon as the football season ends. "It's going

to be idéal for any stadium touring act like the Stones, Springsteen, Robbie Williams or Oasis," he says. In the meantime, he is inviting ail significant promoters tovisitthe stadium to check out their options on the live circuit City of Manchester Stadium's head of sponsorship Steve Sayer says the idea of hosting music con- certs at the stadium had been planned since its inceplion, to help it become a broad community facility for the local area. "Joining forces with SJM means that what was once a concept on paper can actually become a reality - an ini- tiative that will benefit a great deal of concert-goers in the north west,"

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by Joanna Jones Some 600 industrv executives honoured MTWs Harriett Brand as in last Thursdayk ninth annual dinner. Brand was presented with the award by new Sony signing George Michael. "Harriett is

The event w don's Park Lane Intercontinental Hôtel and hosted by broadcaster Andréa Oliver, with funds raised going to the Nordoff Robins and Brit TVust charities. Awards were also presented to Julie Bateman, who accepted die spécial achievement award from EMTs Chris Briggs for her work as Sanctuary head of audio studios. The accolade award was presented by Louise Redknapp to The Part- nership's head of promotioi Adams, while Chrissie Hynde pre- sented the outstanding contribu- tion gong to Classical Brit Awards organiser Helen Terry. Woman of the year Harriett Brand When the Brooklyn-born I Networks Europe & International senior VP of music was asked last year to describe the UK industry, two words sprang to mind: "boys' club". But Brand bas nonetheless managed to rise to the top of her profession in the UK by "convinc- ing the unconvincable to do what they don't want to do, in a place they don't want to be, at a time

After starting in the business as Peter Jamieson's secretary at EMI International, she relocated to Hamburg as a radio plugger and promotions person before moving to Capitol Records in LA to head international marketing and pro- motion and later retuming to EMI International in the UK. She joined MTV Europe in 1993. Responsible for driving the development of music stralegy across MTV Networks Europe's channels and websites, Brand has recently taken on a broader rôle within MTV Networks Interna-

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i for Bateman. After at Handle Artists Management in 1980 as a receptionist, Bateman progressed to the rôle of PA to David Walker before moving to EMI Records, tins time as PA to A&R manager Clive Black. In 1987, she was asked to join producer management at Swanyard Studios to set up an in- house producer management company and assist in the day-to- day running of the studios. Retuming to record labels in 1988, Bateman joined A&M Records as A&R co-ordinator where she stayed for five years. The next chal- lenge was to set up a new master- ing department at Metropolis Stu- dios, before joining Sanctuary, where she is now head of audio studios overseeing Town House Recording, Town House Master- ing, Westside Recording and Sanctuary Mobiles.

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music industry was the career path she wanted to take but, in a similar fashion to her fellow award win- ners, she gained her first real break as a receptionist at Virgin Records. department followed, before Adams was poached by new TV music channel The Box. But music promotions company Brilliant was to beat the channel to it and she opted for life as a TV plugger in 1994. When Brilliant directors Matthew Austin and Bill MacLeod left to set up The Partnership, Adams was the first to go with them, becoming head of promo- tions at the new companv. She has worked with some of the most established names in the business such as Cher, Elton John and Madonna, but her efforts have also helped break numerous new artists - most recently Damien Rice and Michael Bublé. Outstanding contribution award Helen Terry

with the music business per- forming with the Neo Naturists. Boy George was so impressed, he asked her to sing on Culture Club's newly-written track Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?. Within six

In 1983, she signed a solo deal with Virgin resulting in her 1986 album Blue Notes. While a deal with Parlophone followed, in 1990 Terry departed to become a researcher on ITV show Motor- sioned by ARTE in 1993 to direct her first documentary. The same year she also started producing live music events, including the mémo- rial concert for Linda McCartney and Warchild's Help benefit. In 1999, she accepted Usa Anderson's challenge to build a classical awards show, which saw her producing the Classical Brits for ITV. corne to fruinon ; Terry ly getting round to fil iaw degree.

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Ballard and Parkinson himself have the casting vote when it cornes to deciding who will appear on the show, but they draw heavily on the input from their team, led by assistant producer Sophie Newth, who are out and about going to showcases and picking up early on potential guests. With the team constantly being pitched artists for Parkinson by and pluggers, Ballard says

lias yet to be commissioned, although she remains hopeful "if the right major came along and said 'we could deliver you XYZ' and they were the right songs". Another idea on the drawing board is a BBC2 équivalent of the One Night With strand consisting of a performance show featuring big album sellors such as David Gray. Ballard cl uorkiiig c of TOTP by that of a m punt big names with little idea of

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over the past four weeks remain slightly above figures for the same stage last year, with I1.97m units sold throughout the period, com- pared to 11.88m last year. Even the ailing singles market has picked up, with the past three weeks ail seeing sales increases - The shape of Christmas 2004 is are starting to take shape, and itis beginning to become clear, with looking pretty good," he says. less than three weeks of trading "Spcaking to retailers, they kind of to go. feel they know what is going to With unit sales headinginadis- continue to sell through the Christ- album and music DVD markets, ' Peter Ellen, managing director album titles by Dido, Will Young, of the Fopp independent chain, Busted, Michael Jackson, REM adds, "Itis looking pretty good. The and Red Hot Chili Peppers now sales are spreadover a broad range look set to dominate through to the of products, not just one or two big end of play on Christmas Eve. sellers, which is great news for us." Brian Rose, sales director at Malcolm Allen of Malcom's Universal Music, agréés that the Musicland in Chorley says, "It

shopping centres or in the high says that the chain's security has been high since the September 11 attacks, with the chain implement- ing a thorough strategy to antici- pate any kind of "catastrophe

But he adds that there are no signs of any affect on business of the warnings in previous weeks. 'I get the impression that tire British buying public have a fairly phleg- matic approach to such things and that, unless there is a very spécifie danger being highlighted by police.

although it is too late to lift the year as a whole compared to last year. But the area of greatest sales increase is the music video busi- ness, boosted by high-profile rack- ing of music DVDs featuring big- name artists such as Robbie Williams, U2 and Coldplay. Retail- ers and rights owners alike were hoping that Santa would bring a music DVD Christmas in 2004 - and sales are certainly improving. The past four weeks have seen sales up by 55% on the équivalent weeks of 2004. Granted, the vol- umes themselves remain modest, How November panned ont Certainly, officiai statistics appear to indicate that business is

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days to sell - but the growth curve Ellen says that DVD has been one of its big growth areas this year, although book sales too are up, in

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Natasha Bedingfield (BMG) is among the new signings preparing to be launched in the first quarter 2004. Others include urban pop act VS (Innocent) and Busted spin- offacts McFly and V (Island). HMV product director Steve Gallant says the music line-up still pales in comparison to the DVD sector, which will see firsl-quarter releases of raovies including Poca- hontas, Calendar Girls, Finding Nemo, Love Actually, Kill Bill, The Matrix Révolutions and Seabiscuit. "The line-up up is very vety strong," he says. "X wish the release schedide

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red. It seven promos which accompany 'henhe the documentary on the DVD release. "And then again, maybe it was just as a faveur because we are ail from Derry." What the documentary makes clear is that The Undertones were the typical band in much the same way as the film's présenter John

Peel is your typical broadeaster - which is to say, not in the least. To ivatch Peel intemewmg ail five members, you can almost believe in an alternative reality where pop stars wont tour because they miss their grrl- friends, whiie DJs vvrite self-effac- ing letters to bands apologising for taking a whUe to get back to them about their demo. Bassist Michael Bradley describes how Sire's Seymour Stein "burst into floods of dollars" on hearing Teenage Kicks for the first time. while guitarists John and Damian OTIeill recall reject- ing Stein's original offer of a £16,000 advance over the phone and demanding band negoliator Sharkey go back and ask for £60,000 because "thal's what The Clash got". By the time the film was made, O'Neills, Bradley and drummer Billy Doherty were on the brink of a reunion which would ultimately lead to the Get What You Need album, also released on Sanctuary in October. As the closing crédits ningham's film, ks the partly-reformed band if they would They ultimately recorded it in April and Cunningham has enough footage for a follow-up film.

Die Oamned Tiki Nightmare - Live In London (Union Square USPDVD005). Out now. Admirable catalogue specialist Union Square makes its entry into the DVD market with this self- explanatoryset, recorded at Shepherd's Bush Empire in July 2002 with, for some reason, a South Seas theme. Still bursting with life 27 years on from New Rose, the band even make room in the set for Captain Sensibles infamous cover of South Pacific's Happy Talk, which the sometime Ray Burns assures us has been as much of a real-life Tiki nightmare for him as it has been for ail of us. Ennio Morricone Arena Concerto (Warner 5046700762). Out now. Corning just weeks after Morricone's triuraphant Royal Albert Hall concert is this DVD of the 75-year-old composer/ conductor's performance in Verona a year ago. The author of more than 400 scores, Morricone must be the most-S.l-ed composer in the world, but it is a différent thing to hear the music entirely in its own right with its creator conducting. The 100- minute concert features his thèmes from Cinéma Paradiso, Once Upon A Time In America,

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At this advanced stage of the music industry's annu- al calendar, there are pretty much two simple issues on most peoples minds: how is business faring so close to Christmas, and what records are coming next year? On both fronts, the first signs are positive. But what is also becoming clear is that the market can still hold surprises. Until a fortnight ago, Dido and Busted looked sure to be the biggest sellers of December. But now Will Young and Michael Jackson bave emerged as genuine contenders. Both also represent significant achievements for their respective record companies. The fact that the Jackson remains strong after almost a month is remarkable given what the record has had against it. And, for ail it has achieved with Dido, BMG's great- est accomplishment this Christmas may well be its success with Will Young. To bring back an album which defies the critics is one thing, but to then have the nerve to drop the sin- gle and album so late in the year is another. It was a bold move. Had things gone against Young, a média sceptical about reality TV pop could have easily passed him by,

consigning the album to a moderate chart entry and little more than 100,000 sales before Christmas. Instead, Leave Right Now has achieved the profile it deserves, the public love it, the album is being driven to one of the year s biggest sales and S and BMG are staring 600,000-plus in the face before the end of the year. That is a resuit for ail of us. And, after Will Young will corne another from the reality TV conveyor belt of famé. Perhaps Sam, perhaps Chris, or even Michelle or Mark. But, whoever is the winner in two weeks time is kind of académie, certainly to the retail trade. Pop Idol and its varions reality TV counterparts, are pretty widely derided these days, despite being among the most popular shows on TV. But when the début single from the winner of Pop Idol 2003 arrives at retail on January 5, it is likely to spur a level of trade which is unseen since John Lennon-mania dominated the charts in 1981 or Frankie's Relax went to one in 1984. This one is likely to éclipsé them both. And, whatever one's thoughts on the merits or otherwise of reality TV pop, it will be most welcome.

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threats into opportunîties 'Music on the Internet', a report published in September 2003, estimâtes the value of lost sales to ; industry from unauthorised r music copies will rise from $2.4bn t in 2003 to S4.7bn in 200S. The valuable assets, its copyrights, is in full swing. Belatedly, the industry intro- duced successful services such as iTbnes, but the damage has already been donc. Why would teenagers on a limited budget want to pay for something that a trawl around the internet enables Adding value for the music consumer is the biggest challenge them to enjoy for nothing? Législation and the liligation that inevitably follows in its wake are lools to which the industry may tum to protect itself. The new European Copyright Directive requires EU Member States to protide adéquate légal protection against deliberate circumvention of technological moasures irre- spective of wbelher copyright is infringed. The sale or import of circumvention devices is also

banned. But implementation of the détail of the exclusions permit- ted by the Directive may mean that the exceptions will outnumber the rule and render the principle wor- thy, but ultimately worthless. Adding value for the music consumer is the record companies' single biggest challenge. Now is the time the industry must collec- tively hamess the power of digiti- where the value of rm

On its own, legitimised down- loading may be part of the solu- tion, but not an all-embracing panacea. The popularily of music TV and the live industry demands that record companies should be working doser with promoters and broadeasters, The first release of new music, whether by exclu- sive download or otherwise, with added visual material and the simultaneous broadeast of a live event, may capture the imagina- tion. Enabling the consumer to be part of the event may become ever more important, threats into opportunîties that will open up a landscape of prosperity for the future.

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any worse than it was before, it is just différent. The new format moves away from the traditional view of how we see Top Of The Pops and towards the magazine format of shows like CD:UK. The chart has always thrown up some really odd co ' ' ' '

ITVs Coronation Street James Sellar, MMF général secretary "As a consumer watching it, I wasn't greatly impressed. It seemed very similaf to CD:UI< and not necessarily good TV, I didn't warm to the style and there were a couple of mistakes in it, but I suppose it is easy to knock at this early stage and it mighl be growing pains. I would '"ve quite ' ' '

director "It was a bit disappointing and didn't fill me with joy. I thought it was a bit flowery and full of gimmicky things. Unfortunately, it was Brian Berg, Universal Music TV "Any live show will always have a few rough edges, and I am sure that this will be ironed out in the future. Was it a success? Yes, of course, ratings were huge compared to the past few years. This was probably because it was brought forward to 7pm so it wasn't clashing against Coronation Street on ITV. TOTP peaked at the end of the show which was opposite Coronation Street. I think ifs a great shame the BBC seem to have rescheduled back from this week to 7.30pm, as the ratings will definitely suffer aqain." Nick Blackburn, See managing "When I listen to so-called new bands, most of it doesn't feel that fresh and I often think Tve heard it done before'. But 1 quite enjoyed the new TOTP. There did seem to be more variety and a fair amount of balance, They did a reasonable job."

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SINGLES ALBUMS TH1S WEEK Ryan Adams Love 1s Hell Vol. 2 (Mercury): Johnny Cash Unearthed (American/Lost Highway): Whitney Houston One Wish - The Holiday Album (Arista): Kelis Tasty (Virgin); Various Pop IdotThe Xmas Factor (S) DECEMBER15 Delirious? World Service (Furious?); SantanaCeremony (Arista) DECEMBER 22 B2KB2K Présents YouGoL.. (Sony): Bravehearts Bravehearted (Columbia) SINGLES THIS WEEK Christina Aguilera The Voice Within (Arista): Big Brovaz It Ain't What You Do (Epie): Blue/Stevie Wonder/Angie Stone Signed, Sealed, Oelivered... (Innocent): Cheeky Girls Have A Cheeky Christmas (Mulliply); John & Yoko The Plastic Ono Band Happy Xmas (Parlophone): Madonna Love Profusion/Nothing Fails (Maverick/ Warner Bros): Noddy Make Way For Noddy(BMG);Cliff Richard Sautas List (FMI): Simply Red You Make Me FeeL, (simplyred.com): Rachel Stevens Funky Dory fl9/Polydor) DECEMBER 15 Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules Mad World (Adventure); Atomic Kitten feat Kool&The Gang LadiesNight (Innocent): Bo Selecta Proper Krimbo (RCA): The Darkness Christmas Time (Dbn't Let The Bells End) (Must Oestroy/Atlantic), Fast Food Rockers I Love Christmas (Better The Devil),Billy Mack Christmas 1s Ail Around (Island): Pop Idol Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (SI Sugababes Too Lost In You (Universal): The Young Punx Got Your Number (EM1) DECEMBER 22 Van Morrison Once In A Blue Moon (Blue Note) DECEMBER 29 Victoria Beckham Let Your Head Go/This Groove (19/Telstar): Sophie Ellis-Bextor 1 Won't Change You (Polydor): Océan Colour Scene Golden Gâte Bridge (Sanctuary); Stacie Orrico I Promise (Virgin): S Club 8 Don't Tell Me... (19/ Polydor); Wayne Wonder tbc (EastWest)

Albums rise againasWill dues double by Alan Jones Margins are being squeezed ever tighter with discounting endemic, and considérable marketing costs being incurred from TV advertising and "spécial édition" albums with bonus DVDs but in purely statistical terms this is shaping up to be the biggest Christmas ever for album sales. Album sales last week were estimated by OCC at 4,801,757 - a 19.9% increase week-on-week. Compared to the same week in previous years in the 21st Century, sales were up 6.88% on 2002, 7.69% on 2001 and 12.76% on 2000 - and those figures were ail new highs for the industry at the time. Album sales have been higher than in 2002 in each of the past 10 weeks, and it is the revival of the compilation sector which bas contributed most. Compilation sales last week were 1,715.660 - 11.21% ahead of the same week in

Slipping a mere 9.65% in ils third frame to exactly 212,000 sales, Now! 56 bas sold 690,912 copies in 20 days to become the year's biggcst-selling compilation, It continues to be the fastest- selling Now! album since Now! 50, which sold 704,438 copies in its first 20 days - and it is actuaily MARKETINDICATORS

gaining on Now! 50, which sold 205,477 copies on its third week. While albums continue to power ahead, the singles market falls back after three weeks of gains. The sector dipped 9.2% week-on-week to 645.972. And, while album sales are up on previous years in the 21st Century, singles sales are still severely depressed. Compared to the same week in the past three years ■smgletsalçs were.down last week by 17.6% on 2002, 33.9% on 2001 and a whopping 55.0% on 2000. Will Young is the first Brifîsli artist to have simultaneous number one single and albums since Atomic Kitten 14 months ago. Tivo olher artists, both US the same time this year, namely

Meanwhile, while Westlife - who preceded Young at the top of the singles chart - dip 3-5 with ^ . "record ofthe year" Mandy, they. ^ arejoinedintheTopîoby \/ another Irish boy band. D-Side register tlieir third straight Top 10 hit this year, debuting at nine with Real World. Their first single, Speechless, also reached nine in April, while the follow-up, Invisible, got to seven in July. Real World's first-week sales of more than 14,500 are D-Sides best yet. Speechless opened with 13,000, and, despite being the group's top charting hit. Invisible scored lower with 12,100. The group's fans will have to wait until January for their introductoty album, Stronger Together.

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), there wete TO différent .. unes by this sfigeof the year with a new chart-topper nearly every \/ week. This year, only 20 discsjiave reached néapcx. The latest to endure for a second week is Will Young's Leave Right Now, which sold 83,000 copies last week to bring its two-week cumulative total to H1GHEST NEW ENÎRY BLACK EYEDPEASSHUTUP Interscope/Polydor Shared ancestry between Brits and Aussies may explain why Black Eyed Peas' last single. Where is The Love?, spent six weeks at number one and Shut Up débuts at two both in the UK and down under. ARTIST ALBUMS NUMBER ONE WILL YOUNG FRIDAY'SCHILD S Young is te first reality TV star to have two number one albums - he sold Z2iûÛD copies ofhis début dise From v/" 'Now On, and is likelyro beat that with Friday'sChild. COMPILATION ALBUMS NOW! 56 EMI/Virgin/Universal Rival Hits 57 came out last week but racked up first week sales of only 50,000, a quarter of what Now! 56 manages on third week. SCOTTISH ALBUMS IUMBER ONE 0100 LIFE FOR RENT Cheeky/Arista Will Young outsold Dido by 20,3% in the UK as a whole but trails in third (Westlife are second) in Scotland some 18.7% behind. RADIO AIRPLAY NUMBER ONE DIDO UFE FOR RENT Cheeky/Arista Runaway number one on its second week at the top Dido's single gathered 27.52% of its audience from 22 plays on Radio Two and 223)2% of its audience from 24 plays on Radio One.

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attention at the moment include Kasabian - the UK's latest hippy rock hybrid. They have only playcd 10 gigs to date, but their second single is already being recognised. Fresh and edgy outfit Whirlwind Heat lie somewhere between post punk and simple dirt rock, and their album is produced by Jack White. Meanwhile, Snow Patrol and Athlete are both touring with material from their second albums. Run is a fantastic baliad, while Wires from Athlete's new material shows the band's progression into a more stark emotive Sound. Others to watch out for include lan Archer. Franz Ferdinand and Buck 65. alongside floor-fillers from Le Tigre, Peaches and Kelis."

To Par.y, I Love Christmas, Best Christmas Album-.Ever!, Love Actually OST, Pop Party, Alex Parks, Jamie Cullum, Daniel Bedingfield, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Idois, The Darkness, Bcyonce, Fast Food Rockers, Atomic Kitten, Blue/Stevie Wonder, Robbie Williams, U2, Michael Jackson, Pet Shop Boys

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IN LOVE WITH A BOV 7 UB40 YOUNG GUNS 8. CARAVAN HEAD ABOVE THE MUDS 9 FLEETWOOD MAC PEACEKEEPER (TIN TIN OUT

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the tunes from Liberty X, Joss Stone and Pink, who shows tliat thoughtful lyrics can go with commercial appeal. Ryan Adams has long been a favourite on The Arrow - maybe 2004 will be his year to really break through. The UB40 and Caravan tracks are my favourite tracks from their recent albums. The Fleetwood Mac remix really works, even if they are hardiy a 'singles' band anymore. Finally Damien Rice produced one of the best records of 2003, and should

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B BRONZE ACE FOX DINOSAUR (BAGATELLE) 10. C0L01E LOOKIN CHAIN THE MANIFESTO "Australian newcomer Daniel Merriweather is one to watch next year. City Rules sees him working with Mark Ronson and NY MC Saigon. From the Roots school of hip hop cornes the Young Blood Brass Band, who have i sound. Izzi Dunn, and cellist to the stars, ha her hip-hop soul m. Age Fox's January release sh make waves in its sha The Strokes back to their NYC loft apartments. Newport's finest hip-hop 22-piece, the GoldieLookin Chain, release their farcical yet poignant manifesto: Rhys Ifans meets So Solid ineets Jay Z meets Derek & Clive."

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Dee mixes hits with classics Chris Buckley programme controller, Dee 106.3 On air since March 1 when it announced its arrivai with Queen's Radio Ga Ga, Dee 106.3 is, perhaps surprisingly, the first commercial radio station hased in

With a TSA of 150,000, Dee is owned by local businessmen, and is aimed at 25- to 45-year-olds. Its programme controller, head of music and drivetime présenter is Chris Buckley. "We had a slow start but things have really picked up, and we're quietly confident of achieving our target reach of 15% when we get our first Rajar results next spring," "Our biggest local rival is MFM in Wrexham but their target démographie is younger than ours. Musically, we sit alongside Radio Two, and we're not a million miles away from Heart 106.2, though less rhythmic."

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.tput One of Buckley s tasksisto décidé what Dee 106.3 should play. "We cover everyone from Kinks to Shakira, and is split evenly between oldies and current releases," he says. "We have about 1,800 oldies in rotation and 21 current songs on the playlist TVpically an A-list song gets played three or four times a day, and core artists include people like the Sugababes and Robbie Williams. "We're also playing Westlife, Shania Twain and the new Matt Goss single...our playlist is not there to surprise or impress, its The station certainly seems to have impressed local advertisers. "Being an independent station, rather than part of a group, we don't get too many national advertisers but local business is supporting the station very well and we're gotting lots of repeat business," says Buckley. "In fact, we have had to eut down the number of station promos we run in our breaks because they're booked with ads." Addrcss; Dee 106.3, 2 Chantry Court. Chester, CHI4QN. Téléphoné: 01244 391000. Website: www.dGel063.coni.

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