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NEWSSTAND PRICE $6.50 OCTOBER 22, 2004 A Hat Trick For Hook ¡Radio Tips From Homeland Security NAB Radio Show in San Diego, a The Island/IDJMG band from the Los Angeles suburb At the recent of the U.S. Office of Homeland of Agoura Hills pick up Most Added honors at three representative formats this week for the Security joined the session latest off their sophomore "Being Prepared Come album, The Reason. Hell or High Water" "Disappear" scores 62 along with radio adds at CHR/Pop, 18 at execs who have Alternative and 23 at Hot recently experienced AC. Congrats to Ken crises in their Lane, Mike Easterlin, Erik markets. Read about it Olesen and crew! www.rodioandrecords.com on Page 13. E ño" IS ON ROTATION AT 'NIMO jil ,l, ` KCMT I! KIWI WXD1 KPS WBPS` WM -A WKIE WVIV WEDI KTCY KQQK, "We have ersätile artist who writes what he feels KCOR and sings t? g at passion. [Obie Bermúdez's] music gets betweenthe ears, and the lyrics go WFNO-AM straight to KNVO of Programming for Univision Radio KBNA-AM WWVA oo o EI Ano' ïb 1p title'-track to Obie Bermúdez's sophomore album EMI Latin. The romantic ballad is sure to follow predecessors to the top of the charts as radio stations inthe major U.S. Latin IN STORES NO markets are already adding it. Obie Bermúdez EMNI tin debut "Confesiones" (7/22/03) was certified Latin Gold as the album's first two; promotional singles "Antes" and "Me Cansé De hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks Bermúdéz became only the sixth act in history to a etsngles simultaneously among the Top 5 of BillboásHot Latin Tracks. The hit singles remained in the Top 10for a combined six months. elbow few male f Obie Bermúdez is] "one of the very balladeers to successfully break into the Latin market ,.. in recent years," www.emilatin.com / www.ohiebermuflet.com - Billboard NOVEMBER 2 VOTE AND BE HEARD! Ryan Seacrest Host of American Top 40 Heard on over 200 great radio stations r1--1MI[-I RAIz)IO NETVV0I=RK. OCTOBER 22, 2004 INSIDE Arbitron Sees `Shift In Attitude' Morris touts PPM; Q3 earnings beat the Street HOWARD STERN'S SIRIUS MOVE By Joe Howard R&R Washington Bureau R&R Rock Editor Ken Anthony begins a two- jhoward®radioandrecords. com part series on the radio industry's reaction to Arbitron shareholders were treated to Howard Stern's announcement that he'll good news on Tuesday, as the company move to Sirius Satellite Radio in 2006. The posted profits that handily topped Wall comments are from the format's top Ckeet expectations. Arbitron's Q3 earnings per consultants, a PD whose station runs Stern share of 77 cents was well ahead of the 61 cents in morning drive and a PD whose station per share consensus estimate of Thomson First Call analysts, as net income from $17 competes against Stern in mornings. Plus, a improved million (55 cents) to $24.2 million. top 10 list of ways to help stimulate and Revenue grew 9%, to $82 million, while EBIT rose develop radio's future talent. THE INDUSTRY'S NEWSPAPER 10%, to $33.7 million. Arbitron's Q3 operating income improved Page 55 www, radl®andrecords. com ARBITRON b-See Page 10 KRXQ Slapped THE LATIN EXPLOSION Summer Sizzles For Pop, Hip -Hop With $55,000 With recent announcements from Clear Channel and Infinity that each company is KPWR/L.A. earns 10th consecutive No. 1 book Indecency Fine investing in ways to get involved with Latin New York By Adam Jacobson 10th consecutive No. 1 book Entercom's Active Rock formats, R&R Exec. Editor Roger Nadel R&R Radio Editor ajacobson®radioandrecords.com Station Format Sp '04 Su '04 KRXQ/Sacramento is in hot takes a look under the hood of Spanish - in market No. 2, moving 5.0- water with the FCC over two language radio. The first batch of summer 4.912+. Power's feat matches WLTW-FM AC 5.6 5.7 2004 Arbitron is 'of 1 segments from the Rob, Arnie & Page 8 results out, a string No. finishes last WQHT-FM CHR/Rhy. 4.7 4.9 and the CHR/Pop and CHR/ seen by Clear Channel AC Dawn in the Morning show. The WRKS-FM Urban AC 4.7 4.9 Rhythmic formats have proven KOST from 1990-92. SBS's broadcasts, which aired in Sep- once again that when school is Regional Mexican KLAX (La WSKO-FM Tropical 5.4 4.9 tember 2002 and January 2003, in recess, shares surge. Raza) was again No. 2, while WHIZ -FM CHR/Pop 4.2 4.3 each drew a maximum pro- In New York, perennial CC Talker KFI and Infinity WWPR-FM Urban 4.3 4.2 posed forfeiture of $27,500. market leader Clear Channel Alternative KROQ tied for And while the industry has be- NUMBER WABC-AM Talk 3.9 4.1 ONES AC WLTW enjoyed another third. At No. 5 in L.A. is CC come increasingly skittish WCBS-FM Oldies 3.2 3.6 No. 1 finish with a 5.6-5.7 CHR/Pop simulcast KIIS & when it comes to content that CHR/POP uptick. Second-place honors KVVS, which received its best WINS -AM News 3.7 3.6 may push the envelope, Enter- MAROON 5 She Will Be Loved (Cctone/J/RMG) went to a trio overall ratings WXRK-FM Alt. 3.7 3.6 corn is standing tall and de- Continuously updated CHR/RHYTHMIC of stations, as in more than a fending the morning show ratings results: Emmis a 3.3- hosts. USHER & ALICIA KEYS My Boo (LaFace/Zomba) CHR/ www.radioaadrecords.com year with Rhythmic 4.1 leap. In the first segment, one of URBAN WQHT (Hot 97) and Urban Also seeing their strongest the morning hosts imitated a USHER & ALICIA KEYS My Boo (LaFace/Zomba) AC sibling WRKS (98.7 Kiss results in more than a year Station Format Sp '04 Su'04' young boy's voice and de- scribed sexual activities the URBAN AC FM) tied with Spanish Broad-were KLVE (3.1-3.7), KKBT KPWR-FM CHR/Rhy. 5.0 4.9 that casting System's Tropical (3.0-3.6) KHHT (2.7-3.1). boy's father wanted to perform ALICIA KEYS )/TONY, TONI, TONE... Diary (J/RMG) and KLAX-FM Reg. Mex. 4.7 4.4 WSKQ (Mega 97.9). KSSE (Super Estrella) scored on him. In the second, the hosts GOSPEL. In fifth place was Clear its best 12+ book ever, mov- KFI-AM Talk 4.5 4.3 discussed several sexual prac- KIERRA SHEARD You Don't Know (EMI Gospel) Channel CHR/Pop WHTZ ing 2.3-2.412+. KROQ-FM Alt. 4.4 4.3 tices that the FCC ruled were (Z100), which was up 4.2-4.3. In Chicago, Cubs play-by- KIIS/KVVS CHR/Pop 3.3 4.1 degrading and clearly depicted COUNTRY violence against women. Meanwhile, CC Urban WWPR play helped WGN-AM score KLVE-FM Span. Cont. 3.1 3.7 GEORGE STRAIT I Hate Everything (MCA) (Power 105.1) slipped 4.3-4.2 another No. 1 finish. WGCI- While Entercom argued that KKBT-FM Urban 3.0 3.6 AC and placed sixth. FM was again No. 2, while both broadcasts were "oblique" KBUA/KBUE Reg. Mex. 3.5 3.3 LOS LONELY BOYS Heaven (Or/Epic) In Los Angeles, Emmis' WBBM-AM placed third. and less explicit than previous KPWR (Power 106) continued KHHT-FM Urban AC 2.7 3.1 broadcasts that have been cited HOT AC its dominance by seeing its RATINGS See Page 10 KOST -FM AC 3.7 3.1 for indecency, the commission MAROON 5 She Will Be Loved (Octone/J/RMG) KRXQ See Page 20 SMOOTH JAll GERALD ALBRIGHT To The Max (GRPNMG) ROCK Radio Quartet Industry Growth Forecasts VELVET REVOLVER Fall To Pieces (RCA/RMG) Cut ASCAP, Radio ACTIVE ROCK Among Forbes' Analyst expects break-even for 'Less Is More' Ink $1.7 Billion PAPA ROACH Getting Away With Murder (Geffen) Best Small Cos. Citing advertiser apathy, pacted July and August, but Licensing Deal ALTERNATIVE By Roger Nadel Merrill Lynch's Laraine she believes advertisers re- GREEN DAY American Idiot (Reprise) By Brida Connolly R&R Exec. Editor Mancini on Oct. 14 low- turned to radio in September rnadel®radioandrecords.com R&R Technology Editor TRIPLE A ered her 2004 radio-indus- and forecasts 3% revenue [email protected] The annual Forbes magazine U2 Vertigo try growth forecast from growth for the month. Still, The Radio Music License (lnterscope) survey of the toughest little 3.5% to 1.6% and her 2005 she forecasts a 0.3% revenue Committee and ASCAP have competitors in the U.S. busi- CHRISTIAN AC forecast from 5% to 3%. decline for Q3. come to a licensing agreement ness world is out, and, of the JEREMY CAMP Walk By Faith (BEC) "We do not expect ad- For Q4, Mancini slashed 200 companies to earn a spot vertiser sentiment to im- her growth forecast from CHRISTIAN CHR on the "Best Small Companies" prove significantly absent a 5.7% to 1%. She reduced her TOBYMAC Gone (ForeFront/EMI CMG) roster, four are radio -based sustainable economic re- October forecast from 6% ASCAP businesses. That's up from just CHRISTIAN ROCK covery," she said in an in- growth to a 2% decline, that gives the thousands of sta- one radio company a year ago.