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THREE'S COMPANY IN Al cROWDEHoTJ A CONVERSATION WITH HOUSEKEEPER NEIL FINN SHEILA RENE HEAR & THERE OREN HARARI ON MANAGEMENT MOON MULLINS MOONLIGHTING ERIC NORBERG PD NOTEBOOK ISSUE 1719 AUGUST 12. 1988 www.americanradiohistory.com { E REEL LIFE S VHIS YOU'VE GOT TO HEIR. Boy meets girl. They become a songwriting team. They write "HOW WILL I KNOW?" and "I WANNA DANCE WITH SOME- BODY." Both songs become *1 hits, and they become record- ing stars in their own right. Sound like a fairy tale? It's - "REEL LIFE" 1 -1t the RCA debut album by BOY MEETS GIRL featuring the first single, ING FORA STAR TO s) 0Registered*àrca(sRukrlradsl Ct urWpt ,BMGlogoTMBMG01988 BMG Music Il www.americanradiohistory.com the GAVIN REPORT s TOP 40 URBAN A/C COUNTRY MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MOST ADDED STEVE WINWOOD KARYN WHITE GLENN FREY ROSANNE CASH Don't You Know What The The Way You Love Me (Warner Bros. True Love (MCA) Runaway Train (Columbia) Night Can Do? (Virgin) JOHNNY KEMP SADE MARIE OSMOND/PAUL DAVIS GLENN FREY Dancin' With Myself (Columbia) Nothing Can Come Between Us (Epic) Sweet Life (Capitol /Curb) True Love (MCA) SADE STEVE WINWOOD Three records tied for third... DEF LEPPARD Nothing Can Come Between Us (Epic) Don't You Know What The See page 31. Love Bites (Mercury/Polygram) Night Can Do? (Virgin) RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH GIANT STEPS JAMM FOUR TOPS KIM CARNES Another Lover (A &M) So Fine (Epic) Indestructible (Arista) (Speed Of) The Sound Of Loneliness (MCA) SWEETHEARTS OF CHEAP TRICK terLEVERT RICK ASTLEY THE RODEO Don't Be Cruel (Epic) Addicted To You (Atco) It Would Take A Strong Blue To The Bone Strong Man (RCA) (Columbia) ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM ALTERNATIVE MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MOST ADDED HARVEY SWARTZ JOAN ARMATRADING GLENN FREY HUNTERS & COLLECTORS Urban Earth (GAIA) The Shouting Stage (A &M) True Love (MCA) Fate (IRS /MCA) PAUL MC CANDLESS KENNY RANKIN STEVE WINWOOD THE ROSE OF AVALANCHE Heresay (Windham Hill) Hiding In Myself (Cypress/A &M) Don't You Know What The In Rock (Fire/Restless) JULES BROUSSARD PAUL MC CANDLESS Night Can Do? (Virgin) EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS Headfirst (Headfirst/K -tel) Heresay (Windham Hill) BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars Why Does Love Have To Be So Sad (Geffen) (Island) RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH FOWLER BROTHERS JOAN ARMATRADING BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO HUNTERS & COLLECTORS Breakfast For Dinosaurs (Fossil) The Shouting Stage (A &M) Why Does Love Have To Be So Sad Fate (IRS /MCA) (Island) PATTI AUSTIN STANLEY CLARKE ROBERT CRAY BAND HOTHOUSE FLOWERS The Real Me If This Bass Could Only Don't Be Afraid Of The People (Qwest/Warner Bros.) Talk (Portrait) Dark (Hightone/Mercury) (London/Polygram) August 12,1988/the GAVIN REPORT www.americanradiohistory.com iXTI1è :. Mi GEORGE BENSON "LET'S DO IT AGAIN" PRODUCED BY DAVID LEWIS AND WAYNE LEWIS FOR JODAWAY PRODUCTIONS FROM THE ALBUM TWICE THE LOVE - ....., .... www.americanradiohistory.com the( ;.111N REPORT THERE'S A RADIO JAZZ IN DETROIT RESEARCH WAR STEVE WILLIAMS OF WJZZ PAGE 39 ON THE HOME FRONT N EWS SEE MOON MULLINS ON PAGE 30 KMEL FIRES HALF BILL STAIRS OF MORNING TEAM San Francisco's KMEL fired half NEW KYUU PD of its morning team last week. Ending months of speculation, General Manager Paulette Emmis Broadcasting has named Williams cited philosophical Bill Stairs Program Director of differences as the reason for ter- KYUU in San Francisco. A Bay minating Ron Engleman. Engle - Area native, Stairs was most man and his longtime "Morning recently Operations Coordinator Zoo" partner John London have for Olympia Broadcasting in been a popular duo on KMEL for Seattle. three years. They have consistent- "I am truly excited not only to be ly enjoyed good ARB numbers, working for Emmis, but to be coming rising from 10th among listeners 18 home!" said Stairs. to 49, to number one in the Spring ly Stairs is targeting early Septem- Arbitron. ber as a start date, "but you never Engleman's termination follows know," he said. In any case, it that of former traffic and enter- won't be any earlier than that. As tainment reporter Sue Hall. Hall VAN SHEILA. Scratching for Hear and There column tidbits is Gavin's for KYUU's format, Stairs pro- was replaced on the "Morning Zoo" own Sheila Rene with the entire Van Halen squad. Left to right: Alex, mises that it will be "predictably by KMEL's nighttime personality, Eddie, Sheila, Sammy and Michael. unpredictable. San Francisco is a Renel Lewis. tremendous radio market. We Ron Engleman and John London a team. GM Williams says she has intend on coming in and doing high have worked to$ether at several no plans to replace Engleman with WXXP PITTSBURGH profile programming and pro- stations. Engleman plans to stay in another member for the "Morning motion. We'll be the station in radio, and wants to remain part of Zoo." IN THE DARK your face!" WXXP in Pittsburgh is in the ALL ELVIS, ALL THE TIME dark right now. New General RADI -O -RAMA WCVG in Covington, Kentucky is now all Elvis, all the time. PD/ Manager Chris Wegmann is WDHA -Dover, NJ, OM Mike Innovator Steve Parton says: "We have a normal rotation just like excited about the changes to come. Boyle leaves the station to pursue any other station. I'm working on it now, and by the end of today "We're raising the power from a career in journalism. Replacing (Tuesday 8/9) we will have four categories, including gospel." 20,000 to 50,000 watts and Boyle is Andy Dean from WWPR- Right now a sample hour includes such familiar favorites as "Don't renovating the building," he said. New York...Congrats to Tracy Be Cruel," "Teddy Bear," "Heartbreak Hotel," "Crying in the Only three members of the air staff Johnson at KCPW in Kansas City. Chapel, "Hound Dog," and "Dayton." Parton expects that 1/8 of the remain. Formerly an Alternative Wife Cyndi just gave birth to a records played on WCVG will be gospel recordings. "Would you station, WXXP will return to the baby boy, Alexander...Burns believe that the inspirational songs were the only ones Elvis won airwaves, "hopefully in a few Media appoints Elizabeth Curran Grammies for ?" he asked. weeks," Wegmann said, 'The to the post of VP of Research. An unabashed Elvis fanatic, Parton fully expects the format to last. format will be contemporary. Sarina Araujo is now VP of "As a programmer and a fan I can truly say that this is a workable That's all I'm saying." Operations...At WZIX in Colum- format. Elvis fans are the most devoted fans in the world." CONT. ON NEXT PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS FORMATS COVER STORY FEATURES 23 PROMOTIONS 6 TOP 40 24 CROWDED HOUSE HOLLYWOOD by Tony Richland 14 URBAN CONTEMPORARY by RON FELL 26 26 ON MANAGEMENT by Oren Heran 18 A/C w 27 P.D. NOTEBOOK by Eric Norberg 31 COUNTRY 27 BIOFEEDBACK by Ron Fell 34 JAll e 28 HEAR & THERE by Sheila Rene 36 ADULT ALTERNATIVE y 30 MOONLIGHTING by Moon Mullins 41 ALBUM 39 PROFILE by Keith Zimmerman 42 ALTERNATIVE , JAll 47 CLASSIFIEDS by Natalie Cusenza August 12, 1988 /the GAVIN REPORT 3 www.americanradiohistory.com NEWS the GAVIN REPORT RADI -O -RAMA POLYGRAM HOLDS CONT. FROM PREVIOUS PAGE bus /Starkville, AM Driver MEETINGS Dynamite Damn Stone adds PolyGram's 1988 Sales an Assistant MD duties to his hectic Promotion Conference was held in schedule...Kristie Blake is the Nashville August 1 -5. 150 sales, new MD at WMBC /FM- Columbus. marketing and promotion Former MD John Anthony to moves executives met the WKOR -Starkville...Over at Opryland at 106X Hotel to discuss upcoming -Florence, Dave Baker has been music and video product, as well as promoted to PD, replacing a de- PolyGram's parting Bill Catcher. long range sales and Jay Lewis marketing strategies. will direct music..At KPHR- PolyGram Nashville's Senior Rapid City, Bob Chase is the new Vice President, Steve Popovich, PM Driver. Promoted to MD is Rick was the Allen. Pete host of the company's first Miller joins as Program meetings ever held Director...KX92- in Nashville. Alexandria, MN Popovich provided entertainment has a new phone number, 612 - WHERE'S THE MONEY? RCA's Bob Buziak and Kiss' Gene from PolyGram artists David 763-3131...The new Lynn PD at WNKS/ Simmons celebrate the launching of Simmons Records to be distributed by Jones, Donna Meade and Lynn FM-Columbus is Alan DuPriest. RCA. Far right is BMG's Heinz Henn. Anderson. Clint Wise is still MD...RATINGS MADNESS: Congrats to KASE- Austin President /GM Ron Rogers BIRTHDAYS /BIRTHS /WEDDINGS after grabbing number one 12+ Our Best Wishes and HAPPY BIRTHDAY To: numbers with a 15.9...In the John Austin, WPXR /FM -Rock Island, IL 8/14 Monterey /Salinas area, Mark Hill David Crosby, Connie Smith 8/14 at KLRS (Colors) raged to number Cliff Gorov, All That Jazz 8/15 one in 25-34 adults with a 6.9... Keith Isley, 3WM-Toledo, OH 8/15 KQID -Alexandria, LA PD Gary Chibester, KMTI -Manti, UT 8/15 Cadillac Jack and MD Eddie Kevin Chase, KMOK- Lewiston, ID 8/16 Munster are happy to be the 17.0 Chris Holmberg, WKLI- Albany, NY 8/16 #1 Top Forty...WOVV -West Palm Lee Carlson, KGCH -Sidney, MT 8/16 Beach's PD Chris Mac and MD Tara Stevenson, KDON /FM- Monterey, CA 8 /16 Ron Brooks now helm the number Madonna 8/16 one Top Forty with a 4.9...PD Walt `+ a Bob Greer, KSKI -Sun Valley, ID 8/17 Speck and MD Dena Yasner at Wayne Raye, WWI-Williamsport, MD 8/17 95XXX- Burlington celebrate #1 Judy Haveson, KKHT-Houston, TX 8/17 status in both 12+ and 18 -34 Belinda Carlisle 8/17 overall...PD Butch Menefee at Don Berns, CFNY -Toronto, Canada 8/18 WTAK takes his AM Album Dave Ashton, WHDQ- Claremont, NH 8/18 Rocker from 12th to 5th in the Paul Tyler, WSNI-Philadelphia, PA 8/18 market with a 6.712+ share..