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M&M REPORT: Belgian Radio Scores With Labels... page 8 VOLUME 12, ISsli fjes:J JUNE 24, 19 Pink Floyd Sales Breaker Jii At No. 1 Europe's Radio -Active Newsweekly £2.95 DM8 FFR25 US$5 DFL8.50 Page 29 ScattingAllOver Europe French Gov't Plans To Privatise RMC.... Again by Emmanuel Legrand FM-through the holding com- Theradiostation RMC pany Sofirad. recorded a loss of Ffr11 million PARIS - The French radio The principality of Monaco (app. US$2 million) in 1994, landscape has been strongly holds the remaining 17% of while Nostalgie posted profits shakenbyagovernment of Ffr33 million. RMC also suf- announcement that the pri- fered losses in audience during vatisation processof RMC/ The first attempt to 1993/1994, and only started to Radio Monte -Carlo radio privatise RMC recover in the last ratings. group will be relaunched. Only one radio group has so A similar attempt over a failed in late far has expressed interest in year ago was abandoned and 1993 I early 1994. RMC, the network NRJ. In a Danish -signing Scatman John reached the number one slot in Music & followed by accusations of foul statement, NRJ announces "its Media's Border Breaker Chart with his debut single in week 15 and has- play. French government offi- interest for [the RMC] group." n't left yet. For 11 consecutive weeks Scatman (Iceberg/RCA) has collect- Inthesamestatement, ed more airplay outside his home market than any other mainland Euro- cials have confirmed that the the radio group, and has the pean artist. Pictured celebrating their success above are "Scatman" John second attempt at privatisa- right to veto the French gov- NRJ attacksthe rumoured Larkin (left) and Iceberg president Manfred Zahringer. tion will take place "before the ernment's choice of buyers. attempts by Europe1and end of the year." Sofirad'spresident Jean - RMC to forge closer commer- The government currently Noel Tassez, who also serves cialties."Such astrategic INSIDE Sanz Pulls owns 83% of RMC-which as managing director of RMC, deal, if confirmed, will limit includei' the full -service sta- has been actively "cleaning up" the number of candidates bid- PolyGram's On Spain's tion RMC, ACE FM network the group's financial results to ding for RMC and immediately Brainstormers 7 Radio Nostalgie and senior present an attractive package affect the value of RMC." continues on page 28 SPOTLIGHT Heart Strings citizens'station Montmatre to potential buyers. Jazz Festivals 24 by Robbert Tilli UK Radio Festival Labels Plan Preview 28 MADRID -Spain's Alejandro NRJ/JFK In Joint Sanz has been compared to Own Radio Eros Ramazzotti both artisti- NUMBER ONE cally and physically, and there Hamburg Radio VentureStation is no doubt that his music has a very distinct Italian sound. by Christian Lorenz with a five-year licence on by Nicholas George European Hit Radio Warner Music Spain is cur- & Emmanuel Legrand May 23. M. JACKSON FEAT. JANET rently planning international NRJ has acquired a 25% STOCKHOLM - Sweden's record Scream releases of his Spanish num- HAMBURG -French EHR stake in the station with companies are so angered by (EPIC) ber one album Alejandro Sanz network NRJ has joined Berlin rival 98.2 JFK taking the failure of local commercial 3 in Benelux, Germany, forces with one of its Ger- an equal share. Jazzwelle broadcasterstoplaynew Eurochart Hot 100 Singles France and Denmark. man competitors to revamp itself will maintain a 38% music that some are planning M. JACKSON FEAT. JANET The proof of Sanz' populari- and relaunch a Hamburg - share,withprivatein- to set up their own station. The move follows 18 Scream ty is clear to all who study his based station. vestors taking the remain- ing 12% stake. months of growing frustration (EPIC) track record. Only three days The venture will trans- after its release, his album hit form the existing Jazzwelle NRJ already has shares with what the record industry in five German stations in regards as the blinkered vision European Top 100 Albums gold in Spain. Then it broke Plus into a soft ACE station the country's platinum sales with more than 50% jazz the cities of Berlin, Munich, of Sweden's new commercial PINK FLOYD mark in its second week and and black music, due to a Nuremburg,Leipzigand stations which have increasing- Pulse sold in excess of 120.000 copies ruling by the media authori- Dresden. ly concentrated on strictly -for- (EMI) during week three. ty which issued the station continues on page 28 matted ACE broadcasting. See page 10 continues on page 28 5 fri islr*I 9:Cr V/ taken from the album: let your dim light shine New entry EHR ( 30 ) COLUMBIA Sony Music 9 adds! AmericanRadioHistory.Com M S H I WEEKS Viva! 963 Promises A c1-1] LP310,t)YC] Industry highlights this week Totally Female Outlook by Jonathan Heasman but the flavour will always be in Viva's own "focus" research as marketing director and consistent." panels. UNITED KINGDOM worked successfully with acts LONDON - "Contemporary and When covering news and However, head of music (and Radio 2 Celebrates like Luis Miguel and Laura controversial,sexy and with current afternoon pre- National Music Day Pausini. Prior to working at attitude."That'showchair affairs, Burns senter) Diana BBC Radio 2 is to celebrate Warner Music, Schumacher Lynne Franks describes Lon- is anxious to Luke, who National Music Day on June held executive positions at var- don's Viva! 963, the first ever avoid ghet- joined from 25 by broadcasting 12 hours of ious Spanish independent UK radiostationtargeted toising the BBC live music, including a concert record companies. directlyatwomen, which station by GLR/London, featuring some of the world's Chris Murphy, INXS Split launches on July 3. concentrating says the sta- don's music top pianists and a "'70s extrav- INXS manager Chris Murphy "We will be doing something exclusively on Diana Luke Chris 1? urns aganza." The climax to the day has ended his 15 -year associa- genuinely different," promises "women's policy will be is a Musical Singalong at the tion with the band and plans programmecontrollerChris issues." slightly eclectic, and Royal Albert Hall, when Radio to relocate to Australia, where Burns, formerly managing edi- She comments, Viva! will play some 2 listeners will be able to join a he will concentrate on running tor at BBC Radio Kent. "Not "It's more a question of the less -frequently host of leading stars from Lon- his rooArt label. One of Aus- only are we catering specifically of approaching sto- aired tracks from the don's West End theatre district tralia's most successful indies, for women for the first time, we ries from a woman's big -name artists. The to sing songs from the world's rooArt's roster includes Ratcat, will also be the first station in perspective, or music will also have best -loved musicals. You And I, Electric Hippies London to offer a genuine 50/50 developing certain stories that a contemporary feel, she says. GWR, EMAP Profits Soar and the Screaming Jets. mix of music and speech." other stations would not. It is Despite Viva's female orien- The Bristol -based GWR Group, Burns says the station will how we will treat the stories tation, there will be some male which is currently trying to GERMANY be "a women's magazine of the that will make us different." broadcasterson thestation, buy Chiltern Radio, saw pre- GEMA Members Gather To airwaves" with a strong empha- The station's music policy including breakfast presenter tax profits surge by 121% to Discuss Digital Media sis on lifestyle and emotional willbesoft ACE, with the Bill Overton, who moves over £2.06 million (approx. US$3.26 Performing and mechanical issues. She predicts, "The con- emphasis very much on estab- from the same slot at BBC GLR. million) in the six months to rights society GEMA has tents will never be predictable, lishedartists such as Elton Viva! 963 is owned by Gold- March 31. EMAP Radio's announced the results of its John, Eurythmics and Alison en Rose Communications, annual profits, meanwhile, 1994 business year. The soci- Moyet. Research has consis- which is hoping that around were up a staggering 415% on ety registered a 10% growth in tently shown that women are 400.000 Londoners will retune last year, thanks mainly to the royalties re -distributed to Privates generally less receptive to hard - their AM dials over the next group's acquisition of the copyright owners in Germany edged rock music than men, year or so, giving Viva! a week- north-west based Transworld and abroad to the value of Witness something which was confirmed ly reach of around 5%. Communications radio group. DM1.1 billion (app. US$0.8 bil- EMAP Radio's operating profit lion). GEMA members will Increase In was up from £1 million last gather on June 27-28 in year to £5.2 million this, with Munich for their annual meet- Listeners Italians Back Change turnover up from £8 million to ing. The main topic to come by Nicholas George £22.6 million. Losses continue, under discussion at the event In Nat'l Referendum however, at Golden Rose Com- will be the amendment of STOCKHOLM -Swedish com- munications, the owners of existing laws and regulations mercial radio is continuing to by Mark Dezzani appointed"Napolitano" Com- JFM/London. JFM/north-west to accommodate the amount of increase its listenership with mission can get on with draw- and the soon -to -be launched music playback brought on by more than two million people MILAN - Some 57% of potential ing up new media legislation.