APRIL 28, 2000 ISSUE 2302 THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN RADIO $PECIAIIN$I Class Of 2000: A VOICE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH. GAVIN Guarantees LARA FABIAN TOP 40 Oops... Britney's Top 10 I WILL LOVE AGAIN THE IRRESISTIBLE FIRST SINGLE RHYTHM I``Illi FROM A CAPTIVATING NEW ARTIST. Eminem Is "Real" Hot MAINSTREAM AIC Henley Hits "Home" Run ALTERNATIVE Will Adam Grind Peppers? COUNTRY Hill Hits Top 5 NEWS GAVIN Intros 24-7Jobs Groups Try To Block AOL-TW Shareholders Approve AMFM Deal LARA FABIAN THE ALBUM IN STORES TUESDAY, MAY 30 SINGLE PRODUCED BY MARK TAYLOR AND BRIAN RAWLING FO RIVE DROITE MJSIC PRODUCTIONS From the Publishers of Music Week, MBI and fono A Miller Freeman Publication MBIA" AND tie REG. U.S. PAT. & TM. OFF. MARCA REGISTRADA./0 2000 SON G .:TAINMENT IVC. www.americanradiohistory.com BBMAK back here BUZZWORTHY Gavin Top 40: 29* -25* (+210) Top 40 Monitor 37* -34* Hot 100 BDS 1863 (+353) Audience 10.1 Million Original songwriting. Three-part harmony. Guitars. 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Christie and I were on a set shooting Vogue last year around September and she let me hold her baby all day To Block AOL-TW Merger long...and boom. I got pregnant a few days later." -SUPERMODEL Not so fast, AOL... the deal adds a "dangerous new EXPLAINING HOW SHE AND HUS- IMAN, Shareholders Approve AMFM, That's the signal coming from dimension to the emerging struc- BAND DAVID BOWIE CONCEIVED THEIR TV - several prominent consumers' ture of the cable -broadband UNBORN BABY WITH THE HELP OF Clear Channel Merger Deal which a industry." groups, are preparing fight Internet CHRISTIE BRINKLEY. to block the merger between AOL Refuting this claim, an AOL AMFM and Clear Channel share- and Time Warner. Consumers spokesperson told the Post that the holders this week voted to approve the merger of the two Union, the Media Access Project, merger "will deliver tremendous ben- Dog Tired groups which, pending final reg- and the Center for Media Education efits to consumers, bringing people "Out! Out! Just get ulatory approval, is expected to have revealed plans to file petitions around the world more choice and out!" -MICK be finalized by the end of the at the Federal Communications more convenience and accelerating JAGGER, SCREAM- third quarter 2000. AMFM share- Commission, expressing concerns the roll out of broadband services." ING AT PRODUCER holders will receive .94 shares of that the merger would create a con- ICast and Tribal Voice, providers ARTHUR BAKER'S Clear Channel common stock for centration of power in both the of instant messaging technology, DOG DURING A each share of AMFM held on the Internet and television segment of already have a petition at the FCC RECORDING SESSION. THE DOG HAD record date of the transaction. the communications industry. alleging that AOL has engaged in JUST URINATED ON JAGGER'S FOOT. According to the Washington "monopolistic behavior" in that sec- Post, the petitions will argue that tor of the online market. Smulyan To Receive National Radio Award The National Association of Broadcasters has Dr. Dre Sues Napster selected Emmis Communications Chairman Jeffrey Smulyan to receive the 2000 National Making good on his word last week, rapper Dr. Dre has filed suit against Napster, alleg- Radio Award. ing the company produces a product that encourages Internet users to pirate his music "Jeff has built Emmis into one of the most and trade free MP3 files. The suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, respected names in our industry," commented says that Napster refused to remove Dre's songs from its database; he had given the NAB Exec. Vice President/Radio John David. company until last Friday (April 21) to meet his Napster lawyers responded demands. "His savvy business leadership and service to by saying that Dre should go after individual users of Napster the communities where Emmis has a presence software and not the company itself. exemplify the qualities that the National Radio Dre joins Elektra recording artists Metallica and the Award was created to honor." Recording Industry Association of America, which already have Emmis operates 16 radio stations and seven filed suit against Napster. television stations in the U.S., and also holds several radio properties in Interestingly, Dr. Dre himself is the target of a piracy lawsuit, Hungary and Argentina. Smulyan, who is a past director of NAB and for- having just been sued by Lucasfilm, Ltd. for what it claims is mer principal shareholder of the Seattle Mariners, currently serves as unauthorized use of the THX Deep Note sound used to open Chairman of the Radio Advertising Bureau. Dre's album, 2001. CONTENTS SPECIAL ISSUE ALTERNATIVE 34 MTV: Relevant To a New Generation at Alternative? Class of 2000: Artists Most Likely To Succeed 9 NEWS COUNTRY 39 Groups Aim to Block AOL-TW Merger 3 FORMAT SECTIONS We Guaranteed It! AMFM-Clear Channel Deal Approved 3 AMERICANA 44 TOP 40/RHYTHM CROSSOVER 15 GAvIN Introduces 24-7Jobs 4 Festival Season Can You Say Cheese? RADIO@LARGE 6 TRIPLE A 46 RAP 21 "Caught In The Crossfire" SBR Talks About "Custom Channels" A.G: A Giant In The Mental RATINGS AND RESEARCH 8 JAZZ/SMOOTH JAZZ & VOCALS 53 URBAN/URBAN A/C 24 Meet Arbitron GM Scott Musgrave Artist Profile: Maceo Parker Hire the Underrepresented A/C, HOT A/C 30 1,1, Miller Freeman A Little Mediabase Housekeeping AUniud News &Media company 02000 GAVIN www.americanradiohistory.com GAVIN News FRIENDS OF RADIO Gavin Introduces Web -Based BY ANNETTE M. LAI Frank Wildhorn Community For Radio Jobs "Hiring is very difficult and exasperating. It of the GAVIN Website, www.gavin.com for a your desk? Clear them away. is extremely difficult to find people." Those look at the future of radio hiring. "The Internet is much more immediate," words come from New Media Broadcasting GAVIN has assembled a growing collec- Mosher says. "You're able to contact peo- General Manager John Mosher, but they tion of résumés of radio professionals. ple quickly, especially compared to the way could have come from almost anybody in it's done now. If you place an ad in the the radio industry. Hiring is one of the trades, you have to wait until that comes greatest challenges radio managers face. out, and then wait for people to apply. The 04-7 Job. - the ultImete talent re.ource The good news is, it's getting easier. Internet is immediate." Today, station managers have more Each person in our library has their own While it can save time for managers, it's options, more help, and more resources page, complete with photo (optional), and also a time-saver for talent. Michael Hafner Chairman, Wildhorn than ever before when they're trying to fill complete résumé. Additionally, a PD perus- of Tucson, Arizona told GAVIN, "It is a big Productions, Inc. an opening. GAVIN has introduced a new ing the library of talent can simply click on welcome to find a company who makes it Hometown: New York City service that will revolutionize the way radio a link, which will play the candidate's air possible for all of us to be heard and seen personnel find jobs and the way stations check. Now that stack of tapes in the cor- by hundreds of potential employers with Current/recent credits: On Broadway, find employees. Visit the 24-7jobs portion ner of your office and the résumés piled on just one mailing of a tape and résumé." the musicals Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The War. Not only do candidates save time, but and Civil Wildhorn made musical theatre history in March of they save money, too. There's no charge last year when he became the first for radio professionals to post their résumé MTVi has announced a multi -year agreement with Beatnik, Inc. to provide American composer in 22 years to have the software technology that will enable MTVi users to create their own and air check. It is exposure to potentially three original musicals running simulta- background music, instantly preview new songs, remix tracks to create thousands for the cost of a postage neously on Broadway. He also co -wrote and co -produced wife Linda Eder's cur- their own personalized versions of songs, and email their creations to stamp," says Adrienne Laurent of rent single, "Vienna" (Atlantic). friends. MediaLine, which is partnering with GAVIN to provide the new service. "Some talent ExciteAHome Corp. and MTV' have announced they will jointly develop a What radio stations did you grow up new music and entertainment site on Excite's Internet search directory.