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DECEMBER 2000 Radi o Adult Contemporary P R O G R A M M I N G z TITLE ARTIST 3 3 N _ _ O IMPRINT & NUMBER'PROMOTION LABEL --.,..m Fears Of A Recession Arise At Confabs No. 1 - CRUISIN' HUEY LEWIS & GWYNETH PALTROW ( 1) 2 2 12 Radio On The Offensive As Analysts Continue To Devalue Stocks HOLLYWOOD SOUNDTRACK CUT t 1 week at NO. 1 BACK HERE BBMAK BY FRANK SAXE "There is a lot of uncertainty out At PaineWebber's conference, 2 1 1 19 HOLLYWOOD 164040 t NEW YORK -Uncertainty was there, and while we believe this is Universal McCann senior VP and THIS I PROMISE YOU 'N SYNC 3 3 3 11 JIVE 42746* t in the air at a pair of media con- going to be a quarter in line with director of forecasting Bob Coen THE WAY YOU LOVE ME FAITH HILL 4 4 4 15 ferences the week of Dec. 4, as long -term trends in the industry, released his annual forecast of WARNER BROS. 16818 t which pre- BOYS recessional worries were voiced. there are questions as to where advertising growth, O 9 9 SHAPE OF MY HEART BACKSTREET 11 JIVE 42758* t Many of broadcasting's biggest the year will end," he added. dicted that ad spending will grow TAKING YOU HOME DON HENLEY 6 5 6 32 board -room names converged on Emmis Communications CEO at a slower rate in 2001 than dur- WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT t noting that, ing this year. According to Coen, I NEED YOU LEANN RIMES Wall Street for Credit Suisse First Jeff Smulyan agreed, 7 6 5 37 SPARROW 58863 /CAPITOUCURB t Boston's (CSFB) annual Media for his company, "it's been slowing U.S. advertisers will spend 6% MY BABY YOU MARC ANTHONY 12 12 14 Week Conference and the biannu- down for the past three or four more next year, compared with a ® COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT t YOU SANG TO ME MARC ANTHONY al PaineWebber Media Conference months." 10% growth rate in 2000. 9 7 7 41 COLUMBIA 79406 t to explain why their companies The radio industry recorded its In radio, Coen said, ad spending I KNEW I LOVED YOU SAVAGE GARDEN 10 10 9 62 COLUMBIA 79236 t should be able to weather whatev- 98th consecutive month of adver- will grow only 6.2% in 2001, far BREATHE FAITH HILL er economic storm may be brew- tising sales gains, yet there lower than the 13.8% forecast for 11 8 8 46 WARNER BROS. 16884 t ing. appeared to be some weakness. this year. AMAZED LONESTAR 12 11 10 66 BNA 65957 t November was the worst month According to new figures from the To help grow its business, Kar- THAT'S THE WAY IT IS CELINE DION 1987 for in mazin said, Viacom will look to 13 13 13 60 since the crash of October Radio Advertising Bureau, 550 MUSIC 79473 * /EPIC t technology stocks, which lost 23% October, local ad spending rose 6% overseas markets. He told ana- I TURN TO YOU CHRISTINA AGUILERA 14 14 14 32 RCA 60251 t of their value due to fears of a from 1999, although national fig- lysts, "Right now we're getting CAN'T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT LEANN RIMES 17 18 10 recession. That decline had a ures fell 5 %. On a year -to -date too small a percentage of our busi- 15 73116 CURB spillover effect on the broadcast basis, local sales are 14% ahead of ness from other parts of the -- +I/ AIRPOWER sector, whose stocks have been last year, while national ad rev- world." O ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER NATALIE COLE 16 9 19 5 ELEKTRA ALBUM CUT/EEG languishing for months, as enue was 16% higher. Karmazin said Viacom was SHOW ME THE MEANING OF BEING LONELY BACKSTREET BOYS investors and analysts fear that a reluctant to make deals that would 17 18 16 46 JIVE ALBUM CUT t sharp decrease in dotcom spend- GAZING INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL give the company a minority stake YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART PHIL COLLINS 18 16 15 87 in a it no con- WALT DISNEY 860025/HOLLYWOOD t ing on advertising will hurt media Midway through the media con- broadcaster, leaving BACK AT ONE BRIAN MCKNIGHT companies. ferences, Wall Street was given a trol over its investment. One 19 15 17 51 MOTOWN 156501' /UNIVERSAL t "Economic downturns don't hint of what it may get for the hol- exception would be a situation in I HOPE YOU DANCE LEE ANN WOMACK 20 20 22 4 MCA NASHVILLE /UNIVERSAL t equal advertising recessions," said idays. On Dec. 5 in Washington, which Viacom would gain distri- NEED TO BE NEXT TO YOU LEIGH NASH Clear Channel chairman /CEO D.C., Federal Reserve chairman bution-e.g., buying a minority 22 24 7 THE ENGINE 13915 /ARISTA t Lowry Mays, trying to quiet fears Alan Greenspan said the economy stake in a TV company that would BREATHLESS THE CORRS 22 21 21 10 143 /LAVA ALBUM CUT /ATLANTIC t at the CSFB confab. had slowed appreciably. "One air its MTV programming. RUN TO ME OSCAR DE LA HOYA to possibili- Karmazin is not alone in his 23 23 23 9 Mel Karmazin, COO of Viacom, must remain alert the EMI LATIN ALBUM CUT /CAPITOL business greater caution and weak- quest to find an outlet for pro- SPANISH GUITAR TONI BRAXTON agreed. "The advertising ty that 24 27 29 3 LAFACE 24499` /ARISTA t is better today than it's ever ening asset values in financial gramming. Liggins said Radio DAYS IN AVALON RICHARD MARX 25 26 6 been," he said. "Advertising in the markets could signal or precipitate One is still looking into launching 25 ALBUM SIGNAL 21 CUT fourth quarter will be up, and it an excessive softening in house- a radio network to better distrib- will be without the extraordinary hold and business spending," ute its programming aimed at Adult Top 40 amount of dotcom spending." Greenspan said. African -Americans. However, Karmazin also went on the That statement led many to Liggins said the company had -+o No. 1 11.1.-- offensive against market ana- believe Greenspan will recom- changed its business model after WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN CREED mend a in it determined it could charge a 1 cut 1 16 lysts, whom he held accountable interest rates C) WIND -UP 18004.7 8 weeks at No. I for preventing Viacom's stock when the Federal Reserve meets higher rate on its better -rated IF YOU'RE GONE MATCHBOX TWENTY 3 3 Q2 ii LAVA ALBUM CUT /ATLANTIC t price from trading at the higher Dec. 19. radio stations if the advertising PINCH ME BARENAKED LADIES 3 2 2 17 price he said it deserves. He said When asked at the PaineWeb- time was sold locally. REPRISE 16827 t if he Liggins said Radio One hopes to CRAZY FOR THIS GIRL EVAN AND JARON Wall Street is "screwed up" and ber Media Conference 4 5 18 ® COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT t is acting very similar to the way expects to see his stock to contin- bundle its weaker FMs and AMs YOU'RE A GOD VERTICAL HORIZON 5 6 6 22 it acted two years ago, when it ue growing in value in 2001, Mays into a network that would join RCA ALBUM CUT t KRYPTONITE 3 DOORS DOWN thought there was going to be a joked, "I expect to stay rich." forces with another radio network. 6 5 4 22 REPUBLIC ALBUM CUT/UNIVERSAL t recession -which, of course, has Mays added that Clear Channel's While he said Radio One is not BENT MATCHBOX TWENTY 1 7 7 34 "it's LAVA 84704 /ATLANTIC t yet to happen. growth should be, at the very "crazy" about the proposal, THE WAY YOU LOVE ME FAITH HILL "I'm absolutely wishing there least, more predictable as its inventory, and it's audience, so it 9 9 15 ® WARNER BROS. 16818 t was a recession, and we could appetite for gobbling up compa- comes down to, What are they BREATHLESS THE CORKS 10 10 14 ?" O 143 /LAVA ALBUM CUT /ATLANTIC t show you how well we operate in nies diminishes. willing to pay for that U2 I 10 11 12 11 a recession, so don't have to BLAND 56F972 /IDNATERSCOPE t hear it for the next few years. AGAIN LENNY KRAVITZ 11 14 17 10 VIRGIN ALBUM CUT t The sooner we have a recession, WONDERFUL EVERCLEAR 12 8 8 23 the better off we are," quipped CAPITOL 58870 t Karmazin, who said that media EVERYWHERE I GO SHAWN MULLINS 13 13 14 12 COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT t companies will remain healthy O BABYLON DAVID GRAY if dire economic 14 15 16 10 even predictions ATO ALBUM CUT /RCA t EVERYTHING YOU WANT VERTICAL HORIZON come true. 15 12 11 54 RCA 65981 t "You will see something differ- DESERT ROSE STING FEATURING CHEB MAMI 16 16 13 36 in 1991 when advertising A &M 497321*/INTERSCOPE t ent than ABSOLUTELY (STORY OF A GIRL) NINE DAYS got hit," he continued. "You're 17 17 15 34 550 MUSIC ALBUM CUT EPIC t going to see a very different mar- --+r AIRPOWER ketplace where people don't cut THANK YOU DIDO 18 21 27 4 advertising." ARISTA ALBUM CUT t "That's one of the unusual CHANGE YOUR MIND SISTER HAZEL 19 20 19 28 UNIVERSAL ALBUM CUT things about our business," said TONIGHT AND THE REST OF MY LIFE NINA GORDON 20 19 20 25 Mays.