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ISSUE 1823 SEPTEMBER 7, 1990 BRIEFINGS FROM MOON MULLINS LES GARLA 'S VIDEO JUKEBOX Listen Up features: TEVIN CAMPBELL SIEDAH GARRETT KARYN WHITE ICE -T yy AL B. SURE! THE WINANS JAMES I1GRAM EL DE BARGE BIG DADDY KANE ten Up M RAY CHARLES Produced by Arthur Baker and Arif Mardin Listen up. There's a story unfolding. "Listen Up" is the premier single from Listen Up-The Lives Of Quincy Jones, a special "soundbook" created to accompany the forthcoming Warner Bros. film, which documents the life and work of an American musical genius. Listen up, and listen close, as the mightiest voices in music today pay their respects to the master the best way they know how. From the Warner book with music Listen Up-The Lives Of Quincy Jones, a Warner Bros. motion picture. Available with cassette or compact disc on Qwest/ Reprise . O MAO Warnar Bros. Ye. O 1 - Qwest Records the GAVIN REPORT ni AT A AI J Indicates Tie TOP 40 URBAN A/C COUNTRY MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MARIAH CAREY MARIAH CAREY DAN FOGELBERG RANDY TRAVIS & GEORGE JONES Love Takes Time (Columbia) Love Takes Time (Columbia) Rhythm Of The Rain/Rain A Few Ole Country Boys (Warner Bros.) ALIAS TEENA MARIE (Full Moon/Epic) HANK WILLIAMS, JR. More Than Words Can Say (EMI) Here's Looking At You (Epic) MARIAH CAREY Don't Give Us A Reason INXS JANET JACKSON Love Takes Time (Columbia) (Warner Bros./Curb) Suicide Blonde (Atlantic) Black Cat (A&M) ROD STEWART DON WILLIAMS I Don't Want To Talk About It Back In My Younger Days (RCA) (Warner Bros.) RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH VANILLA ICE HI FIVE AFTER 7 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. Don't Give Us A Reason Ice Ice Baby (SBK) I Just Can't Handle It (Jive/RCA) Can't Stop (Virgin) (Warner Bros./Curb) EXILE } GEORGE MICHAEL } TROOP BREATHE Yet (Arista) Praying For Time ' That's My Attitude Say A Prayer (A&M) J (Columbia) (Atlantic) j 15 .f JAZZ ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MOST ADDED MOST ADDED EMILY REMLER DAVID BENOIT NEIL YOUNG SOUL ASYLUM This Is Me (Justice) Inner Motion (GRP) "Mansion On The Hill" (Reprise) And The Horse... (A&M) 'NINO TEMPO THOM ROTELLA ROBERT CRAY LIVING COLOUR Tenor Saxophone (Atlantic) Without Words (DMP) "The Forecast (Calls For Pain)" (Mercury; Time's Up (Epic) *JOHN PATITUCCI STRUNZ & FARAH INXS ALL Sketchbook (GRP) Primal Image (Mesa) "Suicide Blonde" (Atlantic) Allroy Saves (Cruz) RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH RECORD TO WATCH GERRY MULLIGAN EMILY REMLER ROBERT CRAY THE GLOVE Lonesome Boulevard (A&M) This Is Me (Justice) "The Forecast (Calls For Pain)" Blue Sunshine (Rough Trade) (Mercury) MICHEL CAMILO BERNADO RUBAJA LIVING COLOUR de BOB GELDOF % (Epic) On The Other Hand New Land (Narada) 4'r ( The Vegetarians Of J (Columbia) Love (Atlantic) Jj, 1 September 7, 1990/the GAVIN REPORT 1 the GAVIN REPORT GAVIN SALUTES VLADIMIR POZNER TO KEYNOTE GAVIN THE NAB SEMINAR 1991 USSR'S VLADIMIR POZNER TO Ingram To Hot 99.9 Gavin Award -winning Programmer Clarke Ingram has taken over KEYNOTE GAVIN SEMINAR '91 the PD slot at WHTX-Hot 99.9 in Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, Pennsylvania. "There are two twists to this for the USSR State Committee for announcement," Ingram told the Gavin Report. "The first is that I'll be programming Hot 99.9's TV & Radio, Pozner hosts two sister AM, WEEX/AM 1230. The monthly television shows in the second is I'll be doing weekend work at Eagle 106 in Philadelphia for Todd Fisher." Soviet Union. He is the author of Before accepting this his best-selling position, Ingram programmed B94 -Pitts- autobiography, burgh, "Parting With Illusions." and prior to that took KRQ-Tucson up to its lofty position as the highest Vladimir rated Top 40 in the country. He also served as OM at Pozner continues a KZZP-Phoenix. chain of thought -provoking Gavin "It's a great market, we have a good Seminar speakers that have re- staff and I'm happy to be here," Ingram. "I cently included writer Harlan said look forward to taking Hot 99.9 to the top!" Ellison and environmentalist Currently, WEEX/AM is a satellite oldies station. Ingram says he's always wanted to program a Top 40 FM Jeremy Rifkin, as well as past and an oldies AM. "By George, I'm doing it!" he said triumphantly. "Programming in keynoters Tom Peters, Larry King, Allentown The upcoming Gavin Seminar Linda Ellerbee and Charles and being on the air in Philadelphia is truly the best of all '91 will expand its commitment Osgood. possible worlds!" to global awareness with an un- Other Gavin Seminar '91 sur- precedented industry appear- prises are in store. Stay tuned. ance by Vladimir Pozner, famed Soviet broadcaster commentator CBS Records Inc. CEO Walter Records. and noted spokesman for YETNIKOFF Yetnikoff has decided to step Ohga commented that the CBS glasnost and perestroika. down as head of the label. Saying has never been in better shape The event will take place Feb- he intends to speed up his previ- both financially and operation- ruary 14, 15 and 16, 1991 at the St. STEPS DOWN ous decision to go on sabbatical, ally, so it's a good time for Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Yetnikoff plans to return to the Yetnikoff to help the corporation With the exception of the Sony -owned company in a few build an organization and man- Gorbachevs andperhapsRussian months to work on long-term agement structure appropriate to president Boris Yeltsin, Pozner projects that will affect the the company's future growth. is the Soviet citizen most well- corporation's future growth. "Mr. Yetnikoff's record speaks known across America. He's fre- Executives Tommy Mottola, for itself," he said. "The com- quently appeared on American Robert Summer and Neil Keating pany has grown and prospered television (Nightline, The Larry will be responsible for CBS' day- under his leadership. We are King Show) and co-hosted the to-day operations until the Board grateful that he will make him- historic US/ USSR "Citizens' of Directors names a successor, self available as a special advisor Summit" broadcasts with Phil reporting directly to Norio Ohga, to me." Donahue. As political observer Chairman of the Board of CBS NEWS - Beverly Mire TABLE OF CT1ENTS FORMATS COVER STORY FEATURES 8 TOP 40 22 NAB's Lynn Christian 6 THE JUKEBOX NETWORK by Dave Sholin 18 URBAN 16 MOONLIGHTING by Moon Mullins 24 A/C 16 HEAR & THERE by Sheila Rene 34 COUNTRY 30 BIOFEEDBACK by Ron Fell 39 JAll 55 CLASSIFIEDS by Natalie Duitsman 40 ADULT ALTERNATIVE 44 ALBUM 46 ALTERNATIVE The GAVIN REPORT/September 7, 1990 FEWER Network Commercials MRE Local Avails The Countdown Of The 90's Introducing Dave Sholin's In- We've been bombarded by an onslaught of in- sider, the Contemporary Hit dustry support to Save Dave, an unfortunate victim Countdown for a new decade. In of another network's old-fashioned Countdown think- sync with today's radio, the In- ing. Sholin, Editor of The Gavin Report, is consis- sider has only three stopsets tently named among the "Heavy Hundred" in Roll- hourly, instead of the usual four ing Stone magazines list of music experts. Besides, or five. There's a reduced in- his wife just had a baby and he needs the attention. ventory load of four network So, start DAVEPARTING your weekends now minutes per hour, not the stan- with Dave Sholin's Insider. Designed to replace and dard six. And a 25 minute upgrade the quality of 'the nationally hosted count- kicking off each hour. music sweep down program or programs airing on your station. A nationally hosted countdown show that sounds Call your Premiere Radio Networks represen- like your radio station...imagine that. tative today at 213-467-2346. PI" CIV11C1" C SAVE RADIO NiE71/VORKS DAVE NEW YORK LOS ANGELES CHICAGO NEWS the GAVIN REPORT shift...At W WKF-Jackson, TN, Brad Douglass BIRTHDAYS RADI.ORAMA is PD. He comes from a similar position Compiled by Diane Rufer This week's front runner in the KIIS/FM- across town at WZDQ...Veteran Boston Our Best Wishes and HAPPY BIRTHDAY To: L.A. PD sweepstakes is KKBQ-Houston s Bill deejay Bill Smith can now be heard morn- Bob Galliani, The Gavin Report 9/9 Richards...Eddie's back! Butch Patrick, whom ings on WBOS/FM. Bill's been on the Bill Kanui 9/9 you all remember as Eddie Munster, has joined Beantown airwaves for over a decade, in- Kathy Linn, WYHT-Mansfield, OR 9/9 Jim Lee, KFAT/FM-Corvallis, OR 9/9 the morning team at KWTX-Waco, TX...Jim cluding stints at Westinghouse powerhouse J.J. Dark, WDNG-Anniston, AL 9/9 Morales, longtime MD at KKFR-Phoenix is WBZ/AM and at WZLX. Also at WBOS, Tim Maranville, KTHT-Fresno, CA 9/9 available. Give him a call at 602 -491- Loretta Crawford now hosts the station's Billy Preston, Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) 9/9 8681...Q107 -Washington, D.C. is now Adult nightly Adult Alternative program, "Lights Freddy Weller, John McFee Top 40 MIX 107.3FM...KZOR/FM-Hobbs, NM Out Tonight"...Joining Pirate Radio -Los (Southern Pacific) 9/9 PD Harry Harlan leaves the station to do AM Angeles' Shannon In The Morning Show is Les Garland, Video Jukebox Network 9/10 Drive at KODM-Midland/Odessa, TX. Re- personality Katy Manor who was most re- Michael Newman, KHMX-Houston, TX 9/10 placing Harry is Jon Ivan former 6-10 Air Tal- cently on the air at KROQ-L.A...Recently Hollywood Harrison, 93QID- ent POWER 102 (KPRR)-El Paso.