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"AT THIS YEAR'S MIDEM TOP EXECUTI-VES FROM THE WORLD'S RADIOINDUSTRYGET TOGETHERFOR THREEDAYS OF SEMINARS, PRESENTATIONSAND SHOWCASES TO DISCUSS ALLASPECTS OF RADIO DEVELOPMENT,INCLUDING TECHNICAL, POLITICAL,MARKETING AND PROGRAMMING."

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KeynotesTHE EUROPEAN RADIO MARKET

THE AMERICANS ARE COMING - John Abel, N.A.B..(U.S.A.)RADIO AND MUSIC IN THE 90'S -Henri de Bodinat, CBS (France)

PanelsEXPANDING INTO 1992 - Martin Brisac, Europe 2 (France);Eugenio Gaidon, SER (Spain); Remy Sautter, AIL (France)

HOW DO YOU CHOOSE THE MUSIC?. Chris Lycett, BBC Radio I (U.K.);Pierre Bellanger, Skyrock (France); Michael Missy, Radio Hamburg (Germany);

Janie Hazan, Rete 105 (Italy)RE -DRAWING THE RADIO MAP - Georges Polinski, Europa Plus Moscow (France);

Laszlo Hegedus, Radio Calypso (Budapest)

Open DiscussionsPROGRAMMING EUROPE - Steven Saltzman, Rock Over London (U.K.);

Tom Rounds, Radio Express (U.S.A.); Tony McGinn, MCM (Australia);Patrice Blanc-Francard, Europe 1 (France)

RADIO AND RECORDS - PARTNERS AND PROTAGONISTSSteven Saltzman, Rock Over London (U.K.);

Andy Stephens, Epic (U.K.); Bruno Ployer, Dimensione Suono (Italy)AUDIENCE ANALYSIS Steven Saltzman, Rock Over London (U.K.);

Jeff Pollack, Pollack Media Group (U.S.A.); Dick Springfield,The Research Group (U.S.A.)

Showcase's,AN ADVERTISING CASE HISTORY

TRACKING YOUR LISTENER

WorkshopsMEDIA BUYING IN EUROPE - Organised by Carat (France)

STEREO AM BROADCASTING - Agustin Ruiz De Aguirre, Radio Popular (Spain)THE PAN -EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN - Alain Neuville, IP (France);

Lutz Kuckuck, FKN (Germany)THE COMPUTER STUDIO - Andrew Economos, R.C.S. (U.S.A.);

Jacques Rogues, NRJ (France) - Steve Walding, Radom (U.K.)PROMOTIONS -WHO WINS? - Gib de Smet, Lenders Deroost Katie (Belgium);

David Briggs, Capital Radio (U.K.); Bo Berg, Radio Voice (Denmark);Wayne Campbell, Filmhouse (U.S.A)

DIGITAL RADIO - Michel Rau, NAB (U.S.A.); Franc Kozamernik, EBU (Switzerland)

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MEDIAImago - It JustTakes Two

by Hugh Fielder

Imago Records, the new too many acts whichrecord label launched as a demonstrates a lack ofjoint venture between belief in their own judge -former Chrysalis chairman meat;' says Ellis. "TheTerry Ellis and BMG Music, policy of throwing every -will start with a roster of thing against the wall andjust two bands next Spring. seeing what sticks costs

"Record companies sign money, creates wastage anddissipates energy?"

"The majority of sales atany label came from one ortwo acts. I believe I'm betterequipped to sell two million

Next week's issue of Music copies of two albums rather& Media (December 22) will than two million copies offeature its annual Year -End 10 albums'.'Wrap -Up of 1990's biggest "People I talk to at otherhits, along with several spe- companies are spreadingcial articles covering radio themselves too thin and theyand music know that they're not doing

Making issue 50 a dou- themselves justice. I preferble collector's item is that to make my own decisionsthis edition will debut a and then put the strength ofcompletely new look for the marketing team behindM&M. The magazine will them!'be slightly larger, introduce Imago is the first labelnew regular columns, and Ellis, who is currently chair -offer, for the first time any- man of the British Phono-where, special tracking of graphic Industry, has beenEuropean hit radio airplay. involved in since he sold his

Full details are in next share in Chrysalis to hisweek's Music & Media. partner Chris Wright in 1974.Look for ill continue s on page 6

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MIDEM Fields IndustryFirst Team Players

6, Paul AndrewsEC media commissioner Jean given by US National Asso-Dondefinger, leading US con- dation of Broadcaster (NAB)sultant Jeff Pollack and BBC VP John Abel on AmericanRadio l's new head of music, investment in Europe, and byChris Lycett, are among CBS France president Henrileading industry figures to de Bodinat on "how thehave confirmed their partici- record industry can makepotion in the MIDEM Radio money out of radio".Conferences, to be held in Individual panels and do -Cannes on January 21-23. bates will cover subjects as

Dondelinger will deliver a wide-ranging as digital m -keynote address on the Euro- din, marketing strategies, au-pean radio market to the dience research and analysis,opening session of the con- programming radio for east-ferences, which will cover em Europe and expandingthree main themes: the inter- into 1992. Jeff Pollack will henational radio landscape in taking part in a debate onthe run-up to 1992; marketing relations between the radioopportunities in Europe; and and record industries, Chrisnew technology and its effects Lycett in a panel an format -on the industry. ling and creativity, 'How Do

Other keynotes will be You Choose The Music?'.

The Luxury Of Platinum - the German record stormy Ekttrolaorganised an award presentation for Herbert GrrenemeNr (nd left)vihose Ituars'LP recently turned plaUnum (or, 500.000 copessold), FromI, Alm* Rota MD EMI Mac European ammo Hebert Fest MD EMIEkttrola; Noel Castaing MD EMI Pathe Marconi France.

Unique, RVI Rock In Rioby Chris Fuller

UK -based syndication com- In a deal signed by Uniquepany Unique Broadcasting's CEO Simon Cole and RVI'Rock In Rio 11' coverage, product acquisition VPthe firm's first fully -Fledged David Knight, the two com-pan-European project, also ponies have already col -marks the start of what pro- laborated on Sinead O'Con-gramme director Tim Black- nor's November 14 concertMore calls an "ongoing" in Trieste, Italy, which ranrelationship with US -based live across the UK networktelevision syndicator Radio and is now available toVision International (RVI). on page 6

Other leading names in theradio industry to havedeclared their participation inthe conferences during recentweeks include RTL FranceVP Remy &utter, Radio Ex-press president Torn Rounds,Daily Telegraph radio criticGillian Reynolds, EBU seniorengineer Franc ICommernik,Unique Broadcasting CEOSimon Cole. They join pre-viously confirmed figuressuch as Skyrock director-general Pierre Bellanger,Rock Over London MDSteven Saltzman, Epic UKMD Andy Stephens andRadio Marketing Services(RMS) MD Lutz Kuckuck.

MIDEM Radio is part ofthe 25th MIDEM music in-dustry market taking placeat Cannes' Palais desFestivals on January 20-24.Among other eventsscheduled fdf the week areBritish International JaizAwards, being held for thefirst time outside the UK.Also new this year is a seriesof music programme screen-ings, 'Music In Pictures',giving producers of videoclips .and other musicrelated film and TV produc-tions a chance m presenttheir work.

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PolyGram Counters Report,Kaas Did Not Freeze IncomePolyGram France general -secre-tary Michel Parent has offeredclarification of a number ofdetails arising from his company'slegal dispute with CBS involvingFrench recording star PatriciaKaas and her former producerBernard Schwartz. The explana-tion follows Music & Media'sreport (November 24) of a possi-ble out -of -court settlement of thecase.

In a statement issued Novem-ber 28, Parent points out thatKaas did not, as reported, obtaina court order freezing part ofPolyGram's earnings for her firstalbum. "In fact;' says Parent,"the court ordered the freezing of

royalties owed by PolyGram toSchwartz. From a strictly finan-cial point of view, there is no dif-ference for PolyGram in payingroyalties to Schwartz or freezingthem:'

M&M's report, continues thestatement, "mentions that thefreezing ordered by the Court ofAppeal in Versailles concernedCBS royalties. In fact, in thewords of the court, it freezes "Allturnover resulting from recor-dings made by Patricia Kaasunder her contract with CBS of ItMarch, 1990 until a final deci-sion has been made concerningthe suit Bernard Schwartz is tobring within six months against

CBS and Note De Blues [Kars'production company["

Finally, Parent describes as"quite strange" the claim (by CBSFrance CEO Hemi de Bodinat)that "freezing CBS turnover isnot a real problem for CBS, sincethe sums will still generate in-terest".

"It should be pointed one'asserts Parent, "that althoughinterest is indeed earned, this ac-tually goes to the Bar of Sar-reguemines [whose members havesequestrated the sums] - not toCBS, which will thus never benefitfrom this frozen turnover!'

Sky, RadioAmsterdam -based Radio 10 hasconfirmed plans to launch a newpan-European service in springnext year, and Sky Radio says ittoo will launch a new station in1991. Both are expected to beCHR-oriented stations, and likeBussum-based Sky's current 'softAC' and Radio Ill's Gold servicebe distributed across the conti-nent via cable and satellite.

Both stations have securedstereo channels for their new ser-vices in the Amsterdam cable net-work's 1991 frequency plan. Thisconcession is to be reviewed afterone year. The services have beenprovisionally earned HitRadio 10and Sky Hitradio, although theseare unlikely to be their final tides.

"We're still working one nameand programming;' says Radio ICIpresident Jeroen Soer, "but somekind of hit format seems mostlikely at the momene' Adefinitive decision is expected inJanuary, he adds, with the stationgoing on air "in the spring".

At Sky Radio, operationsmanager Ton l_arnouwers saysplans for a second station are welladvanced. "We have been work-ing on the idea tluoughout thisyear, and we expect to seesomething actually happeningquite soon now. It would be fair toassume that it will be some kindof CHR station, but we still don'tknow exactly what approach itwill take

Meanwhile, Radio Ill's new

10 Confirmby Paul Andrews

classical service, Concert Radio, isstill expected to go to air onDecember 15 (M & M, November24), also out of Amsterdam. Pro-gramme director Liesbeth Duint-jer says the service will take "aserious approach to the music, insense that it will respect it and theaudience, but cover a wide varietyof styles:'

Encompassing the classicsfrom 1600-1940, dayparts will bedevoted to particular periods,such as the baroque, individualcomposers, and musical forms -

CHR Planschamber music, soloists, greatorchestras, and vocal music, forexample As the station's nameimplies, recordings of 'live' con-certs will form a major part of theoutput.

Concert Radio will be speech -free - other than sponsors' an-nouncements - and as well asalready having obtained accessrights on the majority of Dutchcable nets is seeking carriageelsewhere in Europe. The serviceis distributed via the Eutelsat II Flsatellite

Teldec Becomes East WestThe Hamburg -based Teldec Re-cord Service, which became anaffiliate of Warner Music Interna-tional in 1988, has from Decem-ber changed its name to East WestRecords GmbH. It thus becomes.the third Warner Music 'EastWest' company in existence, theothers being East West UK andEast West US

With the name change, the Ger-man East West's pop repertoirewill be marketed under the EastWest title while all classical reper-toire will be release under thename Ibid. Classics Interna-tional, which will continue to beheaded by managing directorHans Hirsch.

From January, the new EastWest company will acquire EastWest UK's back catalogue and all

new releases, except for SimplyRed, Chris Rea and TanitaTikaram, who will remain withWEA Musik GmbH.

Commenting on the namechange, East West managingdirector Juergen Otterstein saysthe switch puts the company (inharmony with the artisticphilosophy inherent in the EastWest legacy, as expressed by theinternational flagship of the labelin the UK).

Teldec Record Service origi-nated as Ultraphon in 1929,became Rlefunkenplatte in 1932and adopted the name Teldec in1950. As East West it will marketthe Atlantic, Atco, MCA, PWLand Sugar Hill labels in additionto its own repertoire

eArtrale AtraMTV Europe has imposed a23.00-06-30 (CET) curfew forMadonna's,. video, JustityMYlove, outside of which times itwill not be shown. This followsthe moss that MTV in the US hasharmed the video altogether.because of its sexually explicitnature_*

* *Reports in the UK suggest musicsatellite channel The Poorer Sta-tion will try and raise capital andgo rt Hone if it P axed from theschedules of BSkyli in April. 11 re-mains unclear just how muchmoney the channel Is talkingabout raising or if any recordcompanies have Y. srePPed for-ward with an offer.

* * *US networking company Satellite

Music Network is close to deals inthe UK and Holland for several24 -hour live formats, lo be Prem-ed into Europe from Chicago andDallas via the Panamsat satel-lite. According to Bab Kennedyof Independent CommunicationsLimited, representing SMN MEurope, the firm's "Z -Rock"(hard rock and metal) and "Heart& Soul" (soul/Motown) formatshave attracted particular interest,and he hopes to sign the first deals"early in the New Year".

* * *Trensallantic media brokerageMontreux is expected to confirmwithin day, at least two major UKinvestmentsiv US radio. Manag-ing partner Peter Stromireist con-firms that the deals are in the off-ing, but refuses ta reveal details ofany of the players involved. Headd, teat the firm, originally ex-pecting mainly to handle US in-veent in FUM1:1,11 radio, is

®dealing more with 'east towest' buying. 'The Europeanbroadrest minor, is manybooming" he says, "compared tothe problems we hare in the US.People are really ,gmning rerealise they can cash in on that,'

*Lithuania private stations M.1and Radieeentras, broadrestiireto Vilnius say a dispute betweenthem has been settled. Ownershipof shared studios and equipmentarc believed to have caused therow, culminating in a confronta-tion heaven the two parties onOctobor 19 when miniPmentsaid to have been damaged, forc-ing the station of fair and policeto intervene. Radiocentras editor.in -chief Mown Pleikyathat these questions are settledand fie are signing an agreementsoon. He adds that starting this

'month, both statMns will re-openon their shared FM frequency.

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Developing A Strong Position Through Local ProductWhile Scandinavian's

worldwide status as atalent source has

continued to grow,independents such as

Sonet have faced a seriesof financial blows through

the loss of major labellicensing and distribution

deals. As Sonet chairman,Dag Haeggqvist, tells

Chris Fuller, he seesversatility, diversification

and faith in local talentas keys for survival.

Q: Scandinavian musk has risenin world prominence in recentyears through the lilacs of A -Ha,Europe, more recently Rosette,Leila K and Titiyo. Are you confi-dent this can continue?A: Yes. And the home market isnow healthy enough to supportthe music, which was not the caseat the time of ABBA, for example.People trying to develop local actsin the wake of AB13A could notget enough media exposure toestablish a home market, andhence did not reach the interna-tional market either. Now thesituation is very different. There'sa strong market here and goodchances to develop out of it,which is what happened withRosette.

Q: In international terms, do youconsider that Scandinavian musichas had a rough deal in the past?A: From a statistical point of viewwe've probably had more successthan we should have. Iceland, forinstance has had absolutely im-mense success considering thetiny population of 250.000 orwhatever. Scandinavia is anawkward part of the world from acommunications point of view. Ifthere's anything to complainabout it's been the local situation,where often state -run radio andTV monopoly has given too littletime to new music or to creativepeople generally. I think thereception internationally has beenpretty fair.

Q: Sweden still awaits nationalcommercial radio and TV. Willthis not help boost the recordmarket when it arrives?A: I just read this morning thatSweden is the only country inEurope without commercialradio... though I have my doubts

about Albania! I approve of moremedia outlets, but then I wouldn'tsay radio and TV are overlybackward in Scandinavia from amusic industry point of viewbecause, as the territories aresmall, there does exist the pro-blem of sudden overexposure.

Sonet has lost several impor-tant licensing and distributiondeals over the past two years as aresult of international agreementsstruck between major labels. Hasthis problem been mirrored acrossthe Scandinavian independentsector?

A: Yes. But those who have suf-fered the most are those whodrifted away from maintaining a

local roster and were solely relianton distribution for major labels.Grammofon Electra [which wentbankrupt in November 1989) werethe first victims because they hadvirtually no creative side at all.

For Seem to lose labels likeChrysalis and Island has obvious-ly been very tough. But we havefound new life by developing astrong position in the local marketwith local product. And we havehad to adapt from an organisa-tional point of view, which is a keyfactor. When a purchase spreegoes on among the majors youwill either go under, sell out likeTelder or CGD or else, like us,rethink and restructure

And on the sales side, up until a

few years ago I understand thatSweden had the highest per capita

record consumption outside ofthe US, And that was with a totalstate monopoly within the media.I know that the Americans areabsolutely amazed at how we canpromote records. But it followsthat the records that do getexposure get a very big market. Soyou have to be very careful indrawing conclusions.

Q: Have improved promotionaland marketing techniques im-proved the chances of cross,border success within Scan-dinavia?A: I don't think them are any hardand fast rules. Sophisticated

marketing does not really operateon a business level within a smallterritory like this, or indeed Out ofit. There is a lot of luck involved.Rosette are a good example ofexactly that. An American stu-dent took a record home from hissummer holiday, had it played onhis local station somewhere in theStates and it took off from there.

Within Scandinavia, retail re-mains underdeveloped, and moremegastores will better the situa-tion. It would be interesting to seesome of the international com-panies like Tower make an en-trance here. I think their conceptswould work very well.

Q: Are there any new acts in par -

dealer which you see making aworld impression in 1991?A: Norway's Dance With AStranger should stand a prettygood chance of developing andhave already started on a goodscale in Germany. Then there's aSwedish Sonet band called Armyof Lovers, who we're negotiating aUS deal for, plus a Finnish Sonetoutfit, 22-Pistepkidat and a bandcalled Nomads that have justmoved from a smaller label,Amigo, to us.

On the dance side too, I thinkSwedish labels like Swemis andTelegram will continue to do verywell. They have Rob 'N' Raa,Titiyo, Lelia K. A very big successright now is Doctor Alban, whohas a defunte gold album herewith Hello Africa.

Q: You have redefined Sonet as a"broad -based media company" -what's the philosophy here?A: We feel that, particularly in alimited territory, it's essential tohave an involvement right acrossthe whole media, involving bothsound and pictures, to safeguardan operation of this sire one year-round basis. Sonet is spreadacross records, publishing andfilm plus video and TV produc-tion. I don't think you can mn arecord company ore music com-pany here unless you are preparedto enter these other, complemen-tary areas, which are essential forthe development and sustainingof artists. 0

Dag Haeggqvist, chairmanand director of bona Gram-mofon, has been with the com-pany for over 30 years. In thistime it has grown into Scan-dinavia's leading independentmusic group, in recent yearsexpanding into film and videodistribution plus TV produc-tion.

Though Swedish - based,Sonet has affiliate companiesin Norway, Denmark andFinland, and operates jointventures in France (with Mut)and the UK (with Intereordand Ricordi).

Just over a year ago, Haegg-qvist was appointed the soleScandinavian representativeon the international IFPIboard.

UK & IRELAND

Chiltern Buys Severn

Sound, 3CR for f 1.3 MillionThe Chiltern Radio group hascontinued a vigourous expansioncampaign in its acquisition of FMcontemporary hit station SevernSound and AM Gold outlet ThreeCounties Radio (3CR) for up to£1.3 million. The final price iscontingent on forthcoming netrevenues.

Chiltern Radio MD ColinMason says that, along with thegroup's major stake in FTP/Bristol, Severn and 3CR will"firmly establish" the ChilternNetwork group in the WestCountry.

Chiltern obtains both the busi-ness and net operating assets ofGloucestershire Broadcasting plc,the two stations' holding com-pany. The deal is conditional onIBA/Radio Authority approval,although contracts have been ex-changed.

An initial consideration of £ Imillion is payable on completion,expected in early January. In the

year to September 1990 Glouce-stershire Broadcasting had a tur-nover of £ 804.030 with anoperating profit of £ 11080.

The 10 -year -old Severn Soundbroadcasts to a potential 460.000audience around Gloucester andCheltenham. 3CR, which carriedSevern Sound's pop format untila frequency split two months ago,has a 720,000 potential listener -ship in Gloucestershire Worcester-shire and Hereforshke.

According to Colin Mason,interaction between Severn, 3CR,FTP and the existing ChilternNetwork's four FMs will achieve"major cost savings".

Says Mason, "Expansion likethis is a natural requirement for apublic company on the mainstock exchange. We are lookingfor still further growth, either bynew acquisitions, by being part ofnew ficencing applications, or byexpanding 'Supergold' as a na-tionwide sustaining service' CI

Raw Fruit HarvestsRadio I Rock SessionsStrange Fruit, the label reponsiblefor releasing BBC Radio l's"John Peel Sessions", has launch-ed a new label, Raw Fruit, for thestation's "Friday Rock ShowSessions".

The first four releases- Samson(featuring Bruce Dickinson) LiveAt Reading 1981, Gillan Live AtReading 1980, Ten Years AfterLive Al Reading 1983 and Jethro

Live Al Hammersmith 1984 -were all originally broadcast onthe Friday Rock Show, whichcelebrates its lOth anniversary thismonth.

Sessions from Iron Maiden,Judas Priest and Diamond Headare also scheduled to come outnext year as part of the series,which is distributed by Pinnacle.

MD Clive Selwood says that theRaw Fruit series has been moredifficult to put together than the

Strange Fruit releases. "Bandsthat appeared on the John PeelSessions are usually happy torepay Peel for giving them the ex-posure, but hard rock bands tendto be more hard-nosed!'

Selwood says that the hardestpart is getting signed clearancesfrom every person who played onthe session, some of whom amlong gone from the band and dif-ficult to trace. He has alreadyreleased over 80 John Peel Ses-sions on Strange Fruit, more thana third of which have charted.

He also intends to follow up the'Queen At The Beeb compilationalbum of sessions, released in1979, with albums from The Yard -birds (featuring Jeff Beck andJimmy Page), Chicken Shack(featuring Christine McVie) andProcol Hamm.

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Radio Authority DelaysNational AM AllocationThe first AM national radio fran-chise will now be advertised afterthe Radio Authority has allocatedthe FM service instead of simul-taneously, as had been originallyannounced. This will allow unsuc-cessful bidders for the non -popFM licence to then bid for an AMlicence.

Radio Authority head/radiodevelopment David Vick says thedecision was made at the requestof several potential AM bidders."They claimed that it would bedifficult for them to formulatetheir plus without knowing whatthe FM station would be,

Continues Vick, "Although theFM station will be predominantly

music, some AM applicants areplanning a speech/music mixaimed at an older audience. If, forexample, the FM service ended upAs an easy -listening station itcould affect those applicants'plans because the services must bedifferent. Some groups are alsoplanning to bid for both, so onreflection it was that the best solu-tion was to advertise the AMlicence later!'

The FM licence which will beadvertised next month, should beawarded in the summer and thefirst of the two AM licences willbe advertised as soon as possibleafter that. 0

Edwards Saddles Up Country INR BidA consortium to bid for a country financial backers have been an -music station on the national FM nounced, but the group is talkingfranchise next year is being lawn- with US programmers aboutched by broadcaster Roy Ed- specific formatics for the station.wards. He is one of six Northern While pop and rock are bannedEngland broadcasters (the others from the FM franchise, country,are presently anonymous) who jazz, classical and easy listeningbelieve that a country format all fall within the "non -pop" for -could attract more listeners than mat, according to Radio Authori-either jam or classical 111115k. No ty chairman Lord Chalfont. 0

Capital Beats The RecessionPrompt action to cut operating strong position!' Capital will savecosts offset the drop in CapitalRadio's revenue for the year en-ding September 30, enabling thecompany to announce the anti-cipated record profit of £ 15.84million, a 5% increase over lastyear.

The radio station trimmed itsrunning costs by 4% throughinternal savings rather than joblosses, according to MD NigelWalmsley. "We were able to seethis recession coming a while backand so we had time to organiseour housekeeping;' he says.

The cutbacks more than com-pensated for the 3% fall in tur-nover. And they have not affectedaudience figures for the station,which now has a record 43%weekly reach of the Londonmarket with Capital FM andCapital Gold. That figure is up5% despite the arrival of five newLondon stations this year.

Wannsley says, "If the newcompetition makes inroads intoour audience - and there is noevidence that they have - I amconfident we will still be in a

another £ 400.000 operating costsnext year in fixed tariffs to theRadio Authority.

Capital's other interests, whichinclude stakes in Chiltern andMetro (both of which have beenrecently increased) as well as TVand theatre subsidiaries, doubledtheir contribution to group profitsto 27%.

The company has not yet madea final decision on whether toapply for one of the nationalradio franchises, although Warms -ley says the matter is being given"serious consideration". El

Radio CityProfits DownRadio City/Liverpool's pre-taxprofits fell 34% to £ 880.000 tothe end of September 1990, whileturnover was down 4.2% to E 4.15million. The company blames thedrop in national advertising andpromotional budgets, which havealso affected Radio City's asso-ciated company Broadcast Mar-keting Services. 0

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The German national IFPI copy-right organisation and the Ger-man police have clamped downon dealers of pirated and boot-legged music cassettes in the fivenew German states.

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and public prosecutors within the have been manufactured informer East German territories, Poland and exported to Germanythe IFPI team confiscated several by Vietnamese market dealers.hundred illegal music cassettes They were selling for between DMduring raids in Meiningen in the 8 and DM 10 (app. US$ 6). Understate of Thuringen. German law, offenders face a fine

The cassettes were found to or up to five years in prison.

For The RecordCorrecting a news story in Music& Media November 24, Star*SatRadio is hoping to add an addi-tional one million potentiallisteners as a result of a satellitefeed into eastem Germany, andnot 100.000 as stated.

Unique, RVI Rock In Riocontinued from page I

continental stations in a one -hourpackage.

They will be working closely on'Rock In Rio II', an eight -day all-star festival running January18-20 and 20-27, which has an ex-pected TV audience of sonar 500million. Blackmore says severalother co -ventures are beingdiscussed, although he declined todisclose details.

Unique is now seeking custo-mers across Europe for the Rioshow. The syndicator is offeringfive, one -hour in -concert pro-grammes, designed to run on con-secutive nights, plus additionalnews reports and colour -piecesfrom well-known radio per-sonalities who will be at the event.The shows will be fed by satelliteto London for editing, withredistribution to participating sta-tions the following evening. Non -UK stations also have the optionof hooking into the raw live feed,direct from Rio.

The artist lineup, includingPrince, INXS, Guns N' Roses,

New Kids On The Block, BillyIdol, George Michael (both soloand in a Wham! reunion with An-drew Ridgeley), is viewed byBlackmore as "well worthy of thebuild-up".

Blackmore adds, "Live ap-pearances from the likes of Princeand George Michael have hardlybeen abundant and we are confi-dent that Europe will respondwell. But aside from the interna-tional acts, I am sum we will be in-cluding some of the Brazilian par-ticipants and aim to capture thefull flavour of the event!'

Blackmore sees 'Rock In RioII' as "wholly relevant for Euro-pean radio. We have got to startliving on a larger map. There is noway we can continue to beparochial and miss out on oppor-tunities such as this".

On the UK IR network, Uniqueis aiming for a total of 30 stationsto take the shows plus, says Black -more, "as many as we can get"across Europe. Blackmore revealsthat negotiations are alreadyunderway with several nationalnetworks.

Imago - It Just Takes Twocontinued from page IIt has offices in New York andLondon and its two premier sign-ings are UK band King Of Fools,who will be releasing their firstalbum in April, followed byAustralian combo Baby Animalswhose album will be out in June.

The label will be marketed anddistributed by BMG in Europe a-unt for the UK where it is directlylinked to RCA. In the US it willoperate as a stand-alone companywith its own marketing and pro-motion team, with distribution byBMG.

There will be an A&R depart -meat in New York and London,both reporting straight to Ellis."That way the commitment startswith me and goes right throughthe company. It gives us strength!'

Ellis remains convinced that thepublic wants to buy "stars, notrecords. Therefore the business ofImago will be artists and albums,

not sounds and singles. Thatmeans that the record company,in conjunction with the artist andrelevant management, is directlyresponsible for developing thecareer of each artist it undertakesto produce. As a companydevoted exclusively to new per-formers it ismsential that we utilise everymeans at our disposal to developand promote our artists to theirullest potential - both creativelyand fiscally!'

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Teldec Becomes EastWest, Sets N w StructureTime -Warner's Hamburg -based company at the end of this year,Teldec Record Service GmbH will the national A&R departmentnot only get a new name on will be taken over Peter Jobmann,January I but a new A&R/Mar- formerly head of sales for abeing structure as well. Accor- leading studio technology firm.ding to Teldec MD Juergen Otter- Jobmann will be supportedstein, the company will be known by A&R mangers Uwe Meyer -as East West Records GmbH, in Duerkop and Aki Hemmpel.keeping with Time -Warner con, Wolfgang Johannssen, alreadypany developments in the UK and responsible . for internationalother countries. artist marketing, will take over

The new year will also see responsibility for national artistnational artist marketing anti- marketing activities as well. Thevities being separated from the Creative Services and Promotionsnational A&R department. Pre- departments also report directlyviously under the leadership of to Johannssen.Michael Oplesch, who leaves the

Zed Yago Bandmates Accept BuyoutDespite her break last April from formers members petitioned thethe other musicians in the hard Hamburg court at the begining ofrock group Zed Yago, following November to issue an injunctionpersonal and physical threats against the release of the newagainst her, singer Jutta Weinhold album and the carrying out of thecontinued preparing the group's upcoming tours.third album and tour plans. The court denied the petition

According to her management, but the group did come to aMunich -based Mario Mendrrycki, limited agreement before theWeinhold has recorded new titles court. Permitting Weinholt andwith new musicians and pro- her new line up to join Sinner onducers Dirk Steffens and Albert tour and release the new albumBokholt in Hamburg's Soudhaus ZYD. Moreover, the three formerStudios. Weinhhold as also plane- members have agreed to relin-ed a warm-up tour as opener for quish all rights to the group's twoMat Sinner and a separate tour previous albums for a one timefor spring 1991. payment of DM 10.000 (app. US$

In light of this activity, the three 6.000) to each member.

C&A To Increase Radio Spend?by Howard Shannon

C&A Germany may extend itsradio spend nationwide in 1991following favourable initial fee -back midway through a Bavaria -only campaign.

This is the first time the depart-ment store has opted to air radioad. support for its traditionalautumn sale. Running on publicstation Bayerischer Rundfunkand all privates, the campaignstarted September I and runs un-til Christmas. It was devised byMunich -based agency MediaPlan.

Says managing director Chris-

tian Geisler, "It centres on fourcommercials, each based onmovie stars James Bond, MarilynMonroe, Kojak and Eddie Murphy.

"The James Bond commercial,for instance, has taken theoriginal German voiceover trackfor A View Tb A Kill and turned itinto A View To A Fashion!'

Geisler was unable to reveal howmuch the three-month campaignhas cost C&A. "A final decision toadapt this theme and go national isexpected in December!'

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FIVE ARTISTS TRANSFER TO POLYGRAM MUSIC

PolyGram Closes Island Paris Publishing Houseby Jacqueline arca

In what is termed a restructuringmove, PolyGram has closed downthe Paris bureau of IslandRecord's publishing house. As aresult three Island employees aremade redundant, MD FredericPascal, Philippe Pla and JeffSaid.

The trio, who recently movedinto the Island Music premises,only got as far as publishing twoissues of their monthly newsletter.

"The news came as a bad sur-

prise!" says Saul. "We knew thatPhilips [PolyGram's parent com-pany] were having problems, butwe never expected this to happen!'

The artists currently on IslandMusic France will be immediatelyabsorbed by PolyGram MusicAlthough the changes do notdirectly affect Island artists suchas Salif Keita and Ray Lema (bothof whom have UK contracts),Saul expressed fears for the futureof five artists recently signed to

Music Video ProducersMobilise, Form SPVMFrance's most important musicvideo producers have mobilised toprotect their interests by forminga new trade organisation, SPVM(Syndicat Des Producteurs DeVideo Musiques).

The nine founding members ofSPVM represent what is thoughtto be 7560 of the French musicvideo market. They are from pro-duction houses Ganesa, Gedeon,Telecreateurs, Midi-Minuit, NBdC,Pirates, Program 33, RemanenceProduction and Une 2 Plus.

Says Fabrice Coat, Program33/president SPVM, "More than300 music videos were producedin 1989 in France There was noprofessional structure represent-

ing the companies involved in thisdynamic business. Our goal ismainly to represent and defendthe interests of all the producersof music videos and be the voiceof the producers wherever isneeded!'

According to Coat, the SPVMhas to deal with and contribute tothe creation of a new fund forvideos, along with with the Foun-dation for Musical Creation andthe CNC. The CNC is a divisionof the ministry of culture whichdeals with audiovisual matters.It is expected to distribute overFfr 10 million for clip productionin 1991.

Sacem Launches Corporate FilmFrench performing rights societySacem has released its first corpo-rate film. Produced by Program33 and shot by Didier Le Pecheur,the 18 -minute film introduces thesociety and its work, as well as theproblems faced by authors andcomposers, in a humourous way.

"This film is made for a wideaudience!' comments Eric Du-four* who as head of media rela-tions with Sacem, coordinated the

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and conventions!' Total cost ofthe production was Ffr 1.2 million(app. US$ 240.000).

Program 33's project was select-ed against strong competitionfrom more than a dozen com-panies. The firm specialises inmaking music videos - amongthem Les Rita Mitsuoko's C'EstComma Ca and Jean -Paul Gaul -tier's How lb Do ZAT bothshot by Jean -Baptiste Mondino.Fabrice Coat, the founder of Pro-gram 33, has recently been ap-pointed as the first president ofthe newly created association ofmusic video producers.

Island Music France AntoineTome, Les Freres, 21 Japonesas,Agnes Astres and SeguridadSocial.

However, Robin Leprous,spokesman for PolyGram Music,denied that these artists would beforgotten in the move "On thecontrary, we are going to workhard to build them up!' he says.

"We already have plans forAntoine Tome, who is a veryinteresting artist, as well as therock group Les Freres who willsoon be touring!'

According to PolyGram, themove is prompted by administra-tive rather than financial motives.But Saul questions the closure,

considering the large investmentput into the Island Music Franceoperation, and the fact that it wasone of the few areas reportedlyMaking a profit.

Leprous counters, "France wasthe only country where we hadtwo separate publishing struc-tures. It was obvious that we hadto close one of them. In terms ofsavings to be made, there will bethree less peopleto pay but we willhave the expenses of handling theback catalogue

"Of course we will save a cer-tain amount in restructuring butwe will also be spending as muchin reinvesting in the new artistsacquired!'

French Record SalesRebound In OctoberAfter a slow summer and a weakSeptember, the French record

market shows again signs ofgrowth. According to figuresstudied by industry group SNEP,the turnover for October increas-ed 21% compared to last year,with a total amount of Ffr 570million (app. US$ 114.million).

For the first 10 months of theyear, the turnover was 4 millionbelow the Ffr 4 billion mark.SNEP's Jean -Yves Mirski notes,"It is too soon to speak of aswitch of tendency, as the increase

for the first 10 months of 1990 isonly 1060:'

The formats that show the big-gest increase, both in turnover andunits, are the CD and cassette, up

53.6% and 23%, respectively. Asmany CDs were sold during thefirst 10 months of 1990 - 41million - as through all of 1989.About one record out of two soldin France in 1990 was a CD, com-pared to just one in three last year.

LP sales continue to plummet.Less than 463.000 copies were soldin October, compared to 1.42million in October 1989 - adecrease of 67.660.

Concludes Mirski, "In Octoberthere was an acceleration in salesof formats that were alreadyshowing a growth. On the otherhand, the decrease of falling for-mats (singles and vinyl LPs) hascontinued!'

October 1990 SalesFfr million

54 Change Unite le ChangeOct 89 million Oct 89

Single 28.6 - 17.7 2.0 - 30.7LPMC

16.1160.9

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646 - 68.54.4 + 2.1

CD 352.911.8

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CDVideommic

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+ 32.6+ 79.9

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Flemish state broadcaster BRT iscashing in on the oldies boom,backing the national release offive new CD/cassette compila-tions of hits from popular radioand TV series 'De Prehistoric',and the pan-European release ofanother album based on theleading radio show 'Hitriders'.

The releases also cement BRT'scollaboration with the recordindustry, begun with the firstPrehistorie collection earlier thisyear, a joint PEVA Polygram,EMI, Virgin, BMG Ariola pro-ject. Featuring '50s music fromthe series and compiled by hostGuy de Pre, the album sold over24.000 units. The five newvolumes span the period 1960-64(one year each) with the serieseventually expected to comprise atleast 16 albums.

The 'Prehistorie radio showbroadcast Sundays 10.00-11.00 onBRT Radio 2 now has over onemillion listeners. Its TV equi-valent (Tuesdays, 21.40-22,10) in-creased its ratings by 20% duringa rerun within six months of firstairing. Both have stimulated salesof the first CR

"Radio, TV and the CD havebeen boosting each other's resultshere' says De Pre "In the newseries of CDs we will refer evenmore to the TV programmes, with

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The first album's success haseven surprised BMG Ariola,which first suggested it. "We real-ly didn't expect to do so well:' saysmarketing manager Amaury deJamblinne Nevertheless, he iskeen to back the rest of the series,although he does not expectfuture titles to match the initialpeak.

"Obviously, sales will drop aswe get to the mom recent material.

A series of 16 CDs is quite an in-vestment, but we are supportingthe release with advertising onboth BRT radio and TV, and theattractive cover design will alsohelp:'

The success of Prehistorie alsoprompted Rudi Aelben, productmanager of BMG special pricelabel Ariola Express, to ask BRThost Mark Brillouet to compilematerial based on his own'Hitriders' oldies show.

"Mark did a good job,' claimsAelbers, "because when we pre-sented the idea to BMG Germanythey decided to put Nitride's upfor European release in the AriolaExpress catalogue' He eventuallymeets to compile five or sixvolumes of Hitriders, all baud onoriginal RCA material featuringartists like Perry Como, DellaReese and Jim Reeves.

Brilionet is also happy with theinternational release. "Our showhas a broad audience here and wealready get a lot of positive mac -lion from Holland as well. TheDutch seem to have a particularaffection for oldies!'

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Promax Launches New LabelBrussels -based Promax Recordshas launched Abigwan, a newrock and blues label. Its first andonly release to date is the albumBackslider by US group BC andU (Blues Corporation and You),which has already been power -played on Radio 21's 'Rock AGogo' show.

According to Promax labelmanager Alain Mathieu, theAbigwan label will be predomi-nantly English -language and usedfor rock, blues and jam releases.

The company is currently seekinglicensees for the new label acrossEurope, with deals close for Ger-many and Spain.

Several new releases follow inspring 1991. The first is fromFrench artist Philippe Lafontaine,who has already received two goldrecords in Belgium. Others in-clude new albums from dance -rock artiste Patty Burro (signed toBlack Scorpio in France), andRichard Seguin (signed to Bird inFrance).

Aims For Broader Audienceby Chm

Holland's Catholic public broad-cast organisation KRO, is to alterits schedule on national pop sta-tion Radio 3 from the new year.Head of music Paul van der Lugtsays the changes, which includenew jingles, aim to "broaden thegeneral audience base and, morespecifically, bolster our eveningratings, which have not beenstrong".

Under the current public broad-cast system, KRO is allocated thewhole of Sunday's output onRadio 3. Evening programmingwill be restructured with the in-troduction of a new AOR show,`The Young Dogs', hosted byleroenKosterman and Bert Rada-makers from 18.00-20.00 eachweek.

Following this, a new magazineprogramme ('Live', 20.00-22.00),will feature debate, poetry and

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music from various locationsaround the country. This replacesthe first part of the current popmagazine 'Studio 3', though itsfinal, musical block (22.00-24.00)is retained.

Among other changes, Sundaymorning children's programme'kugdactualiteiten' and pop show'Zin in Pop' have merged, and theafternoon 'Liefdeslijn' (Loveline)show will have new presenters,Bert Vesscher and Jeanne Kooy-marts.

The changes will take effectfrom Sunday, January 6. "Wedon't feel we have to go alongwith the other public radio chan-nels;' adds van der Lugt. "Theyappear to be programming momand mom non-stop music That'snot what the KRO's about. Wewill not join them... but we willbeat them!'

RTBF Plans Year -End MusicBelgium's French language publicbroadcaster RTBF plans to fea-lure music heavily in a specialweek of entertainment -orientedTV programming for the end ofthe year.

Among shows airing on its firstchannel, La Use, is a concertspecial on the evening of Decem-ber 31, including footage from liveshows by David Bowie, The Rol-ling Stones, Patricia Kaas andINXS. The second channel, Tele21, will show a full Rolling Stonesconcert on December 29.

Normal programming will belargely set aside throughout theweek, dubbed 'La 52eme', to bereplaced with a vertical scheduledominated by music humour,variety and films, many of which

have been produced for the occa-sion. With a Bfr 6 million (appUS$ 200.000) budget, the event isan attempt to restore confidencein the public service in the face ofincreased private competitionfrom IZTL-TVi and Canal -Plus.

"We have mobilised RTBF'sbest forces',' claims director/TVGeorges Konen, "because I be-lieve our 52% rate of in-houseproductions is still the bestweapon to fight the others, whichseldom produce more than30-40% themselves. And in suchtimes of crisis for public TV,I think it's worthwhile to makepeople laugh!' He adds that 80%of 'La 52eme's' budget hasalready been recovered fromsponsorship and advertising. C

----EMOINIIIP2=113111WKiss Kiss EmbracesPolydor Compilation

by David Smash.

Radio Kiss Kiss, the Naples -basednational commercial network, hasjoined forces with PolyGram tolaunch its first compilationalbum, Kiss Kiss Party.

Station programme directorGianni Simioli is responsible forco-ordinating the album projectand says, "Recently our relation-ship with record companies hasbecome more active and helpful.Thankfully, we are no longerlimited to artist interviews or toocclusive pre-release airplay ofproduct.

"The compilation, which is alittle piece of our playlist, is thepoint of arrival for future col-laboration with PolyGram. It isalso a great promotional vehiclefor the station!'

Stefano Zappaterra, head ofpromotion at the Polydor divi-sion, identifies the joint project asa way of promoting a part of thecompany's roster which some-times suffers on the poor nationalsingles market.

He says Radio Kiss Kiss waschosen for the project because ofits enthusiasm and because Poly-dor has a policy of working with

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a variety of stations. Radio KissKiss will not reap any financialbenefit from sales but Zappaterrapoints out that his company hasinvested in 120 30 -second adverts

on tale Monte Carlo which willcarry the station's logo. The logowill also be displayed on all con-figurations of the compilation.

Amongst the 12 artists featuredare The Cum, Vanessa Paradis,Joe Jackson and Janet Jackson.All are considered typical of pro-gramming on the station's dailydance -oriented programme NiceParty. The show airs Monday -Friday between 0.30-19.30 and ispresented by Rosario Pellecchia,Gigio Rosa, Pippo Febo andRosanna lannacone

The not joint project will be acompilation album titled LoveAge. Scheduled for spring 1991release, it will be devoted toromantic songs including EltonJohn's Your Song, I'm Not InLove by IOCC and Have I lbldYou Lately That I Cove You byVan Morrison.

Radio Kiss Kiss broadcaststhroughout Italy to 502.000 liste-ners daily (Audiradio).

programme director Gianni

Network Airs Stones Anthology.After a six month delay, Milan- D'Ambrosio reports that thebased station 101 Network is to station has now lost BASF as aair a national exclusive series of sponsor but feels that the Rollingprogrammes devoted to the Stones special is "too goad to behistory of the Rolling Stones. forgotten".

The four-hour special was The station sees the concert as abought from the US production Christmas 'gift' for listeners andcompany Radio Express with the will be broadcast in eight dailyintention of broadcasting along- half-hour slots from December 18.side national conceit dates by the At the end of the series the pro -group in the summer. But as sta. gramme will be broadcast in itstion programme director Gigio entirety.D'Ambrosio explains, "We had a Patrizia Zani will present theconflict of sponsors. The Stones series, which D'Ambrosia sayswere sponsored by TDK and ours will include some translationswas BASF. That kind of competi- but will not be dubbed intotion was unacceptable' Italian. 0

Rete 105 Links With Listenersbete 105 is the first nationalbroadcaster to launch an interac-tive Videotel (Prestel) service forits listeners. Codenamed 105Radio Magazine, it provides thesubscriber with direct access tothe station's presenters, charts,concert information and newsabout upcoming specials.

Videotel is supplied by thenational telephone company SIPat a monthly rental of L 7.000(app. US$ 6) plus an installationfee of L 50.000 (app. US$

Subscribers need a keyboard plusa monitor or TV to use thesystem. The station describes theservice as the "magical world ofRete 105".

Says station PR managerEdoardo Hazan, "We introducedthe system to allow listeners toreceive instant information and tohave direct contact with theirfavourite presenters. We live in thecomputer age and this is ourresponse'

Popolare ChallengesNetwork Broadcast RulingRadio Popolare, the Milan -based Martini's, intentions. His plan fornews and information station, is news and information-based broad-challenging the recently introdum casters has been drafted in such aed broadcast legislation by press- way that stations like Popolare areing ahead with plans to develop as supposed to be local. They willa network (M&M November 10). also be limited to advertising time

From January, the speech- of two minutes every hour.based Popolare, which is describ- Station director Sergio Fermi,ed as left-wing and currently only lino agrees that there might be pro -broadcasts to the province of blems but comments, "NewspapersMilan, will start test -transmitting me commercial ventures whichwith associate stations. employ journalists. We also have

Those stations include Radio journalists to pay. If we were reduc.Brescia Popolare, Radio Verona ed to community status, we wouldPopolare, Radio Citta del Capo in have to close down the station!'Bologna, Controradro in Flo- Ferrantino remains confident,rence, Radio Turin Popolare and however, that the station will winits re -launched Radio Citta its commercial status and will beFutura in Rome, with the inten- ready as a network when the newdon of linking up live for five or legislation takes effect.six hours a day. The ownership of Radio Popo-

This time limit has been fixed lace is split between workers' co -by parliament for broadcasters operative, political parties andwhich want to syndicate pro- listeners, who currently own 30410grammes. of the station. In an effort to raise

But the station's application to more capital the public are beinggovernment for commercial status invited to buy shams at L 100.000goes against the minister of post (app US$ 90) each from Deem -and telecommunications, Occar ber 14-16.

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SCANDINAVIACenterpartiet Presents Commercial Radio Plan

by David Rowley

One of Sweden's three most im-portant opposition parties haspresented a plan for the introduc-tion of commercial radio, a movewhich is widely expected to finallyplace the issue firmly in thepolitical arena.

The Centerpartiet plan, reveal-ed in Stockholm late last month,allows for the three nationalpublic broadcasters, PI, P2 andP3, to remain as they are, whilethe 25 current local public broad-cast stations will be redefined asLansradio [district radio]. It isbelieved that these stations willshift away from being purely localradio. However, the emphasis ofthe proposal is for the stations toremain local, essentially effective-ly ruling out the possibility of net-working.

Remaining under the auspicesof Sveriges Radio, the local sta-tions would receive approximately15% of advertising income fromTV2 if, as many expect, TV2becomes commercial along with anew third channel. The new 'com-mercial' stations would hold alicence for up to eight years.

Centerpartiet is the first Swe-dish political party to presentsuch a concrete proposal for com-mercial radio. It wields politicalclout through its relationship with

the ruling Social Democratsgovernment, which may put it inthe position of getting at leastpart of its proposal taken serious-ly. This would be a major break-through in a country where theissue of radio deregulation hasrepeatedly been put on thepolitical back burner.

Centerpartiets consultant onmedia affairs Ove Hultquist saysthe party hopes, at the very least,that their proposal will mean theforthcoming discussions on theintroduction of commercial TVinto Sweden will be extended todiscuss radio. "We think the issuemight be included in the TVdiscussions or that these talks willhave a continuation to take inradior he says.

"We want to put the radioquestion into the political arenaand this proposal goes some waytowards stimulating discussion. Ithink at the very least the SocialDemocrats will go with our ideato set up a committee to look atradio, but we cannot be sure theywill pick up our proposal.

"The TV question has beenwell prepared and debated bat theradio area is still completely un-prepared. Came next spring itwould look very odd if there areconcrete plans for commercial TV

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but at the same time there is legalaction going on in the courts overRadio Nova broadcasting ads!'

Radio Nova's Clam Nydehldescribes the proposal as a "step

in the right direction" but addsthat complications over the com-mercial TV debate are potentialstumbling blocks for the wholecommercial media question.

Local BroadcastersPursue Fourth NetworkThe question of a possible fourthnational radio network for Den-mark has been raised followingthe recent establishment of a newbroadcast group aiming to applyfor such a frequency,

The consortium, put togetherby local Kauai 2 TV executive JanWarkentin, is made up of 20 localradio stations from mound thecountry, including stations RadioUptown and Radio Allborg.

Despite general indicationsfrom the government that thefourth frequency concept is not amajor priority, Warkentin sayscoalition has been assembled inthe hope that action will be takenwithin the next three to sixmonths.

Warkentin adds that the sta-tions would operate together as anetwork. A spokesman for com-munications minister TorbenRechendorff says the consortiumhas not yet applied for a licence

SPAIN & PORTUGALnds, Revamps

Networkby Anna Mar

SEE programming head RafaelRevert is revamping programmingon the Cadena Dial network andincreasing the number of stationsby dam to a total of 19 by JanuaryI. The network will then reach allthe major Spanish provinces, exceptfor the Basque country.

Cadena Dial will then beginairing its new 24 hour 100s/oSpanish music format. The sta-tion features Spanish artists whohave at least a ten year trackrecord and will target a 25-40middle - to - lower - middle - classdemographic

Changes include a new jinglepackage and individual stationsairing local programming from08.00-21.00 prior to an overnightnetwork link up.

de la M.o.Says Revert, "We found there

was a niche to be filled by olderlocal acts like Rocio hank, loseLuis Perales and Los Chunguitosr

The revamp has been backed bya record company -financed adver-tising campaign consisting ofposters, print ads and as many as10 TV spots airing throughDecember 15.

Revert is also in the fiscal stagesof overhauling the other SERnetwork, Gold -formatted RadioMinuto (M&M October 6), whichis aimed at the 25+ audience.Adds Revert, "We hope to havethe programming in all three SERnetworks [Radio Minuto, CadenaDial and 40 Principales] fullycomputerised next year!'

and reaffirms that the idea "isstill low on the political agenda".

"We have already had six ap-plications about this idea includ-ing Damaarks Radio itself, thenewspaper group which owns BTand Berlingske Tidende, and anoperation called Danmarks Erh.versradior he says.

"But there am still a lot ofpolitical obstacles to be hurdledbefore anything happens. Pohl.cians do not sense any need at thisstage for a fourth frequency andthem will need to be more seriouslobbying going on before thatchanges. I think this estimate ofthree to six months is rather op-timistic"

The spokesman adds that TheVoice Of Scandinavia, one of thecountry's most influential privatestations which recently establish-ed itself as a national cable ope-rator, has not applied to run anyfourth frequency.

State Revealed As MajorShareholder In Privates

by Jaynes Bourne

The Spanish state has shares in 11private communication com-panies, four of them controllingstakes, it w. learned late lastmonth in response to a questionin the Spanish parliament.

Top of the list is the 100% state-owned RIVE radio and TV cor-poration, with two TV channelsand six national radio networks.But more surprising are publicstakes held in various AM radionetworks, including 25% in SEE,25% in Radio Intercontinentaland similar holdings in RadioZaragoza, Radio Huesca andRadio Espana de Barcelona Boonto be sold], plus a 5% share-holding in the Catholic COPEnetwork.

The parliamentary question

was put by Alejandro ManozAlonso of the right-wing opposi-tion Partido Popular and was pro-voked by premier Felipe Gon-zalez's recent promise to bring inlegislation controlling mediaownership.

Munoz concluded that the stateis Spain's most important com-munications group, employing40-45% of all people in the in-dustry. Economy minister CarlosSolchaga, who answered the ques-tion, replied that state involve-ment in communications is "aguarantee of pluralism".

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More Oregon. house, with asong almost identical to Enig-ma's Sadeness Part 1. Singingmonks, a Soul II Soul drum...Amen!

Dream WarriorsMy Defininon Of A - land

An old school jazz band issampled on this fun hip hoprecord. Great fat horns and Na-tive Tongue -style mellow rhymes.Steady airplay in the UK. TheBenelux is next.

Lynch MobWicked Sensation - edamSmart formula FM -rock, featur-ing loud but civilised guitars, astomping beat and a chantablechorus

B.B. QueenSoultrain - EMI

The second single from thisDutch singer, combines bluesand soul with house. The rawsoulful vocals are spiced up by afrantic Hi-NRG beat and asteady R&B backing.

Soul II SoulMissing You - Ten

The third single lifted from ClubClassics Vol II featuring (co-author) Kym Mazefle on leadvocals. Somewhat similar toKeep On Moving, this is anotherstrong contender from themasters of club music

Bell Biv DevoeBBD (I Thought It Was Me!) -MCA

The US trio continue their ap-pealing mix of streetwise hip hopwith contemporary pop, result-ing in handhitting beats, funkygrooves and smooth vocals.

Lonnie Gordon1(1 Have To Stand Alone - Supreme

Clearly inspired by 705 disco andbearing the trademark SAW pro-duction imprint. A nice littletune with loads of violins and astampeding drum computer.

Beggars & ThievesBeggars & Thieves - Atlantic

A quiet intro paves the way forthis hard hitting FM rock songfrom this New York -based four-some. A dramatic vocal delivery.

BasiaUntil You Come Back To Me - Epic

A danceable remix version ofthis tuneful pop song from theLondon Warsaw New York LP.A very sophisticated effort withserious hit potential.

Nusrat Fateh Ali KhanMurat Mum. Real Wm./Virg.

A challenging mixture of houseand 'Qawivall', the music style ofSufism, the mystical branch ofIslam. A hynotic record fromPakistan's most oustanding do-votional singer, remixed byMassive Attack.

SnapMary Had A Link Boy - Logic** Adak

An irresistable, nervous dancetrack based on a wicked, stickingtune The fourth hit single takenfrom The World Power album.

Aztec CameraThe Crying Scene - WEA

Straight -forward pop rock basedon pulsating guitar chords with aradiant rain by Julian Mendel-sohn.

Kon KartSyntonc - Mantic

Supposedly the first artist to havemajor chart succor with a songbased on samples, Kan Kan ismore known as the Canadianequivalent of New Order or PetShop Boys. On this second LP,Kon Kan moves a few steps awayfrom dance/pop moodinesstowards uplifting, jolly dancesongs. 1 Told You So is a straight-forward teenybop song with atacky chorus. Overall, this is analbum owing as much to SAW asto New Order. Not the baddest ofcombinations.

Tony CareyStoryville - Memnome

A gritty album, firmly rooted inblues, country rock and folk.Many of Carey's songs have ananthemic feel and the productionis marked by a majestic, tran-satlantic sound. Best picks: TheDeal, Just About A Mile Awayand A Love Gone A.M.

QueensrycheEmpire - EMI

The fourth full-length album bythis Seattle -based metal bandwhose main inspiration seems tocome from 70s symphonic rock.On a firm basis of contemporarymetal, the band freewheels withMarillion-like song structures byadding keyboards, acoustic gui-tars and vocal harmonies. Inno-vative and inspired. Best: Be. ICan, Della Brown and One AndOnly.

Elena RostropovicbLOW Without Reasons - EMI

Nine romantic, introspectiveballads by this Russian singer.Whispered vocals arepaned by by layers of synths andstrings in an ultra -ambient pro-duction. The closest thing to newage pop since the Cocteau Rrins.Try: Love Russian Poem andFear Of Love.

The OutfieldDiamond Dap - MCA

60s and 70s -rooted pop rock ting-ed with Genesis/Supertramp-likesymphonic arrangements, andcan by the duo's heartfelt andhigh-pitched vocal, Soundwisesomewhat similar to GermanFreiheit, the Outfield's songs arewell -crafted, radio friendly andvery commercial. Do not missEye To Eye, the 13eades-esqueJohn Lennon, the Supertramp-style Magic Seed and the ir-msistably rocking Unrespectable.A real contender.

Darden SmithTrouble No Mom - CBS

A refreshing album from asinger/songwriter with a warm,compelling voice who also knowshow to write candid and charm-ing songs, in a semi -acoustic,guitar -based setting. Smith'smaterial is gradually takingpossession of the listener. Checkout Fmnky And Sue All TheKing's Horses and List. To MyOwn Voice.

Elmer Food BeatElmer Food Beat - OR The Trade/430z

Interesting material from thisFrench four -piece. A stimulating,often witty mixture of ska,rockabilly and pure pop. Thekind of music that gets a partygoing. Check out L'Infinnior,the quirky Le Plastique C'EstFantastique and the cheerfulLinda.

Lucie BattistiLa Sposa Occidental°

Melodic pop material from Italy.The atmosphere is mellow, uplif-ting and intimate, topped off bythe artist's friendly voice. Try:Non Ti Pungi Pau, PotrebbeEssee Sew and Alcune Non -mange.

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In the UK, The BeautifulSouth's second album

Choke has already beenafforded a flying start with

a no. I lead-off single,A Little Time, and a

llout UK tour. Theband's label, Go! Discs,is now implementing a

campaign for Europeaimed at consolidatingthe band's following, as

Chris Fuller reports.

Released across Europe on Novem-ber 16, Choke, produced by MikeHedges at London's Olympic andAIR studios and distributedthrough PolyGram, has some-thing to live op to. The band's1989 debut effort Welcome ToThe Beautiful South recordedsome 400.000 UK sales, a half amillion across the rest of Europe,and yielded three UK hits in SongFor Whoever, You Keep It All Inand Sail This Ship Alone.

But according to Go! Discs'head of international Alan Cow-

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deroy, Choke is "well on the wayto achieving half a million UKsales by Christmas" and includes"at least two more potential hits".The first of these is the newUK release My Book, a momup -tempo effort than the DavidHemingway/Briana Corrigan acidduet A Little Time, with a leadvocal from Paul Heaton.

Cowderoy regrets that A LittleTime had a considerably laterrelease date in continental Eur-ope, "too close to the album toenable us to get any momentum".Initial reaction at radio has beenstrong, however, and the singlehas just charted in Germany,Belgium and Holland, whichalong with France gave the groupits strongest continental sales onthe last album.

At press time, the album was

no. 29 in the European Ibp 100Albums, while the single was atno. 38.

Up -front of the LP, key radioand retail contacts were issuedwith a four -track CD sampler,and limited -edition jackets andwatches have also been circulated.

Germany proved so enthusiasticabout the B-side of A Little Time,a track entitled What You See IsWhat You Get, that in futureGerman pressings of the CD itwill be included as an additional12th track.

Following key press and major -station radio interviews in Ger-many and the Benelux, the bandbegan a short European tour inHamburg on December 3, finish-ing in Amsterdam on December13 and taking in dates in Franceand Belgium. Cowderoy, "I thinkthe power of the live shows willsurprise many. The subtlety anddark humour of the lyrics comesacross clearly and ha a live setting,with a full brass section, is givenatm punch!'

Cowderoy believes that pm-blems some Continental radioprogrammers had in accepting thetransition from The Housemar-tins, the Hull -based band out ofwhich The Beautiful Southevolved, has now dissipated. "Thename has of course changed, but Idon't think there's been anysignificant shift in style, and themnow seems to be now a wideracceptance of that. In the UKthere was no such hesitation!'

Choke, says Cowderoy, willbuild a solid European base forthe band before they turn theirattentions to the US next spring,where the LP is just out. US radiohas had "trouble programming ALittle Time" though My Bookshould fare better. In addition,says Cowderoy, the second singlecomes with an "extremely MTV -friendly" video.

The Beautiful South comprises:Dave Hemingway (vocals); SeanWelch (bass); Paul Heaton(vocals); David Stead (drams);and Briana Corrigan (vocals).Heaton and Hemingway, bothformer Housemartins, formed theband in 1989.

The Housemartins, whoseunderstated style and subtle har-

ries are echoed in The Beauti-ful South, released three hitalbums and a 1986 UK Christmasno. 1 single with Caravan OfLove. 0

Tony Carey Signed worldwide to

Metronome Publisher: PolyGram Songs Management: Self -managed New album: Storyville

released on November 20 inGermany

New single: The Deal Recorded at Carey's own

studio in Tutoingen, nearMunich

Producers: TonyCarey/Sebastian Thorer

Release details: Carey hasreleased seven LPs under hisown name, of which two,Tony Carey (I Won't BeHome Tonight) and Some7bugh City have charted inBillboard's pop album charts.The first peaked at no. 167 in1983, the second at no. 60 in1984. Also, the two LPs underthe name Planet P, which wereco -produced with Peter Haukecharted in the US.

Other Placings: Carey's singleRoom With A View, whichwas the theme song for apopular German TV series,spent almost three months inthe German Top 10 last year.His last album For Youreached no. 36 in the salescharts.

Marketing: The PolyGramdistribution company hasnamed Storyville as their LPof the month and will

emphasise the record todealers accordingly. Retailerswill be provided with extensivedecoration material. Printadvertising will be limited infavour of mom intensive radioadvertising. A nationwidetwo-week campaign is aboutto be launched. Carey willalso visit all of Germany'smajor broadcasters forinterviews. TV Appearancesare already scheduled at bothpublic and private stations(Radio Bremen, Sat I, RTLPlus, ARD). The song A LoveGone Away, on which theAmerican singer ChristineSargant can also be heard, hasbeen chosen as the themesong for the next episode ofthe ARD's popular TV show`Tatort' which will bebroadcast on January 2.

Carey first came to Germany in1978 after leaving his position askeyboard player in RitchieBlackmore's Rainbow. Teamingup with Peter Halite Carey setout on a very successful inter-national solo career. After some10 albums, Carey joined the PeterMaffay Band. As a producerCarey has worked with suchdiverse stars as Peter Maffay,Milva, John Mayan and JoeCocker. See page 17 for a reviewof the new album. 0

Elmer Food Beat Signed to Off The

Track/Polydor Publisher: OTT Music Management: MRM Nantes New album: 30 cm New single: Daniela

Recorded at Arpege Studios Producer: Eric Chauviere Marketing: TV/radio

appearances (Canal Plus'`Nuke Part Ailleurs, RTBF I,Europe 1, RTL) and spots anM6 and Skyrock. The band isalso featured in a special film,'The Age Of Plastic' producedby Off The Track

Tour: 34 -date tour in Franceending at Paris' Olympia onDecember 12. Dates inBelgium and Holland earlynext year. Full European tourplanned for late spring

Euro releases: all territories,

minding the UK, Ireland,Spain, Greece and Portugal.Negotiations are under wayfor release in Japan, Canada,Spain and the UK

Elmer Food Beat - Manou(vocals), Kelu (guitar), livistos(guitar), Brutos (drums) andKalou (bass) - started off with astrong following in their nativetown of Nantes in western France.Now the groups popularity hasexpanded to cover the whole ofthe country and looks like going alot further thanks to extensivetouring and the success of theirdebut album and single Thealbum is certified double gold(200.0(0 copies sold) and iscurrently in the French top 10.The single is at no. 25 with 60.000copies sold.

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aternroi activeEUROPE'S MOST RADIO ACTIVE HIT MATERIAL

IT's No 10. ,.. SINGLES ALBUMSRob= Palmer Airpiay Whitney Houston AirplayElton John Sales

E X P L 0 S I V E S CHART BUSTERSExplothres features the major new releuc by enblld d aud nee artists.It includes recent releases still in need of support on European radio.

Chart Susterk is a quick reference to this week's Hot WO Singles/Albums and theEuropean Top 50 charts. Chart podtions we imbrued where appropriate.

I SINGLES OF THE WEEK I CHART ENTRIESJulee Cruise - Falling

"EA)Basis - Until You Come Back To Me (Epic)Aztec Camera - The Crying Scene (WE,?)Bell Bin Devoe - BBD (I Thought It Was Me?) ((Ica)Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Muses (Real NerldnOrigin)Bobby McFerrin - The Garden (RP LISA)

Airplay Top SOPhil Collins - Do You Remember (35) (Yipnn/WEA)The Proclaimers - King Of The Road (41) (ch,r411.1Francis Cabral - Tom Le Monde Y Pense (43) (CBS)Rene Froger - Love Of The Year (44) . ("VPSoul II Soul/Kim Mazelle - Missing You (45) (Tan Records)

Hot 100 SinglesMadonna -Justify MY Love ff'ff (fire)Cliff Richard - Saviour's Day (26) (EMI)Gray & Barbevilien - II Fan kaiser Le Temps (39) (StanThe Farm - All Together Now (41) (RIxhice)

Top 100 AlbumsJive Bunny - It's Party Time (83) (Plush Factory Dance)Kinderen Voor Kinderen - Volume II (89) (mvms,449Cinderella - Heartbreak Stan. (90) NtudEN

SURE HITS 1Snap - Mary Had A Little Boy (LogicIBMG Arrola)AHe - I Call Your Name (Warner Brothers)Wilson Phillips - Impulsive (SUK)

Gordon - If I Have To Stand Alone SimzmriSoul II Soul - Missing You ffsz)Babyface - My Kinds Girl (Epic)Tina Turner Be Tender With Me Baby (0/4.)

I EURO-CROSSOVERSB.B. Queen - $oultrain (FM)Prayers -Alleluia (WEB)Beyond The Blue - Beyond The Blue (LP) (Poi).00

4 .IIIMllatii-lb' 1:111Er 5Airplay Top 50Robert Palmer & UB40 - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (1-2) (EMI)Jimmy Somerville - To Love Somebody (3-9) (London)Rod Stewart & Tina Turner - It Takes Two (5-13) (Warner Brothers)The Righteous Brothers- Unchained Melody (6-6) (Verve/Polyclor)Kin) Appleby - Don't Worry (7-20) (Pariophone)

Hot 100 SinglesVanilla Ice- lee Ice Baby (f -f) PR)Enigma - Sadeness Part I (4-6) (.201)Rod Stewart & Tina Turner - It Takes Two (7-8) (Warner Brothers)E.M.F. - Unbelievable (8-9) (Parier4444)Rim Appleby- Don't Worry (9-11) 17.,99I960

Top 100 AlbumsElton John- The Very Best Of... (I-3) (Rocket)Madonna - The Immaculate Collection (5-6) (she)George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol I. (8-10) (Epic)Status Quo - Rocking All Over The Years (12-15) (S6.1(6)Paul McCartney - Tripping The Live Fmtastic (13-30) (Parlophone)

keligi&G TALENTDream Warriors- My Definition... (m.)Lynch Mob - Wicked Sensation (DM.)Beggars & Thieves - Beggars & Thieves (Atlantic)

'ENCOREStress - Beautiful People ,E,,,,,,,,,,Caron Wheeler - UK Blak (pr,,,,,,Donna Summer- State Of Independence (New Bass Mix) (Weer Brothers)

[1., ! 71HE WEEK IWhere The Pyramid Meets The Eye - Various Artists (sire)Ken Kan - Syntonic (Adele)Tony Carey - Storyville (Memo?`"".)Queensryche - Empire (EMI)Elena RostropovIch - Love Without Reasons

(EM9The Outfield - Diamond Days (MCA)Darden Smith - Trouble No More (CBS)Elmer Food Beat- Elmer Food Beat (OR The Track/Polydor)Lucid Battisti - La Sposa Ocridentale (C85)New Kids 0/T Block - No More Games (The Remix Album) (CBS)

I HOT ADDSBreaking Out On European RadioHerbert Groenemeyer - Luxus (Ekarola)A -Ha - I Call Your Name (Warner &tam)

TESTER HITS the Eurochart top, five from five years ago DECEMBER 15 - 1985SinglesA -Ha - Take On Me (Warner Brothers)Elton John - Nikita (Rocket)Wham! - I'm Your Man (Epic)Lionel Ritchie - Say You, Say Me (Motown)Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love (CBS)

AlbumsDade -Promise (Eric)Dire Straits- Brothers In Arms (ergo)Madonna - Like A Virgin Po)Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time (v44)Bruce Sprinpteen - Born In The U.S.A. (CBS)

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33 There She GoesThe La's GoiDiscs (GoDbas Musk}

({1) It's A Shame (My Sister)Monie Lave feat. True Image- Cooltempo (Chrysals/JobeterVirgin)

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35 31 5 Frente A FrenteChico & Roberta- Carrere (carrere)

36 27 15 Ich Hab' Getraeumt Von DirMatthias Reim- Polydor (Kangaruh Mak)

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