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ISSUE NUMBER 825 THE INDUSTRY'S NEWSPAPER FEBRUARY 2, 1990 EMI Elevates Urban INSIDE: To Exec. VP/GM Post EMI Records has promoted Ron Urban from Sr. VP to Ex- ON THE HORIZON: ec. VP/GM. Based at the com- PUBLIC ACCESS, pany's New York headquarters, he'll continue to oversee EMI's DAYPARTED LICENSES? day-to-day operations. EMI President/CEO Sal Li- A new government report cata stated, "The value of Ron's suggests cable -style public guidance and understanding of this company is immeasurable. access airtime grants and He contributes so much to the handing out multiple overall direction and personali- Ron Urban dayparted licenses for a ty of EMI." Urban told R&R, "I have eran, started in RCA's finance in to single station, order very positive feelings about and marketing analysis depart- broaden variety of EMI and the people we have ment, then moved to PolyGram programming content. here. We have a solid and di- in 1978 as Director/Financial roster and a great Operations. He returned to RCA Page 6 $2.76 BILLION TOTAL verse artist group of people to work each as Director/Operational Anal- project. I remain committed to ysis before joining Arista in 1983 Station Trading helping make EMI the best as VP/Administration. He be- gan at EMI in 1987 as VP/Fi- TEN STEPS TO THE that it can possibly be." 1989 Urban, a 16 -year industry vet- nance & Administration. ULTIMATE ORGANIZATION Slows Down in The pace of radio station Communications created a trail Building a strong organization trading slowed in 1989, as finan- of deals valued at about $644 renders your operation immune to cing became more difficult to million. FBI Defends NWA Criticism business ups and downs. Economically ravaged Texas obtain and dealmakers concen- chairs the House Subcommittee ten tips once again led the nation in the FBI Director William Ses- Consultant Rick Ott offers trated on improving operating on Civil Rights, has questioned number of stations traded (99), sions last week said the to strengthen your setup. performance. of an August 1989 followed closely by California bureau's official criticism of the the propriety Page 21 letter from FBI Public Affairs and Florida (85 each). The few- NWA rap song "Fuck Tha Ahlerich to NWA's Complete 1989 est deals were recorded in two Police" was a legitimate at- Director Milt label, Los Angeles -based Priori- US territories, with two stations tempt to combat violent crime. PROTECTING YOUR Transaction Totals Records. In that letter, traded in American Samoa and Sessions staked out that posi- ty Pages 14-18 Ahlerich told Priority execu- INTERESTS only one in Guam. tion in a letter to Rep. Don Ed- tives the feds "take exception" for your own STATION TRADING/See Page 38 wards (D -CA). Edwards, who Useful suggestions to "Fuck Tha Police." self-protection: Dealmakers announced $2.76 worth of proposed trans- Criticism Or Negotiating your optimum salary billion actions - down 29% from $3.85 Intimidation? Surviving a station sale billion in 1988. The number of last Selecting your best career Edwards wrote Sessions stations changing hands dipped Pyramid Promotes fall to express his concern that options. 1337 from 1406 in '88. As in Page 40, 50 5% to Ahlerich's letter came off as an previous years, several major Madison To Sr. VP attempt to intimidate Priority transactions were announced into muzzling NWA. TEN YEARS but not completed, such as the WXKS Boosts Fell To VP/GM, But in his response to Ed- TA Associates -backed deal to OF CROSSOVERS Messerman To GSM wards, Sessions said, "The in- acquire United Broadcasting vestigation and detection of vio- Black music may have been the Corp. for $75 million. lent crimes is one of the priority most influential pop trend of the As occurred last year, the law enforcement missions of '80s. Here's a year -by -year look at transaction statistics are skew- the FBI. Prevention of violent .how successfully black artists ed by a series of transactions in- crimes against law enforce- volving New York radio finan- crossed over into CHR and AC. ment officers is considered an cier Robert F.X. Sillerman. His Page 42 important part of that mission. merger of Legacy -Metropolitan The expression of the FBI's po- Broadcasting with Group W Ra- sition on violence against police dio and the subsequent restruc- officers to Priority Records was turing and sale of Command merely a good-faith effort in furtherance of these responsi- bilities. Those to whom our comments are made have the Lisa Fell Manning Exec. John Madison freedom to accept or reject that I could WXKS-AM & FM (Kiss 108)/ especially pleased them." in Boston with VP/C00 At Boston VP/GM John Madison replace myself closing, Sessions said he and In has been named Sr. VP at par- Lisa Fell. Her experience could understand Edwards's Capstar ent Pyramid Broadcasting, fresh ideas will keep us moving Priority let- 411 191 concern about the III overseeing WXKS-AM & FM ahead." ter, but assured the lawmaker Armstrong Exec. VP/ WXKS as VP/ and WSNI/Philadelphia. Five- Madison joined that "the FBI is committed to O SOUND AFFECTS RADIO CFO; Windham, 1986 serving as Re- year GSM Lisa Fell replaces GM in after the careful respect of the exer- for CBS Records ... MORE OR LESS Cullen VPs him as VP/GM, while NSM Jeff gional VP/GM cise of First Amendment rights He had been a This week the "three-dimensional" WSIX-AM & FM/Nashville Messerman is upped to GSM from 1982-86. by individuals and organiza- Branch Manager in Chi- stereo "O Sound" made its radio VP/GM David Manning has and Promotion Manager Bever- CBS tions." ly Smith Tilden becomes VP/ cago and Houston prior to that. debut via Coca-Cola spots. been promoted to Exec. VP/ Closed? Creative Services. Fell said, "I'm delighted to Case Programmers' reactions varied from COO for parent company Cap - star Communications. Pyramid President/CEO have the opportunity to run one Despite Sessions's unrepen- effervescent to flat. believes the Concurrently, D. Geoff Arm- Rich Balsbaugh commented, of the finest radio stations in the tant tone, Edwards Page 36 he strong, formerly CFO for Sterl- "We've always been committed country." She has been with FBI has learned a lesson and clos- ing Communications, has been to promoting from within, and Kiss 108 since 1978, when she considers the NWA matter named Capstar Exec. VP/CFO. we feel very proud and for- joined as an AE. She was pro- ed. "I think it was injudicious of AOR PLAGUED BY 1981 GSM to write that let- WJDX & WMSI/Jackson, MS tunate to have some of the most moted to ISM in and Mr. Ahlerich think the FBI ARBITRON/BIRCH GAP GM Kenneth Windham be- talented people at the helm - in 1985. ter," he said. "I I think comes VP/GM, as does John people who know radio, the Bos- Messerman joined Kiss 108 realises that and don't A Katz study confirms long -held into the mu- Cullen, GM at WSSL-AM & ton market, and most impor- after a long run with crosstown they'll be venturing suspicions that AOR suffers from FM /Greenville -Spartanburg, tantly, Kiss 108." AOR WBCN, where he was sic criticism business soon." the biggest gap between Arbitron 38 SC. MANNING/See Page 38 Madison remarked, "I'm Sales Manager and NSM. FBI/See Page and Birch numbers. Page 58 Page 54 Newsstand Price $5.00 Cutting Through The Media Logjam ONE ARTIST HAS ALWAYS BEEN AB TO GET DOWN TO WHAT MATTE of the matt r' The Nev% Singh And Track Featuring The Special Remix Edit Recor±ir From The Platinum -Plus Albu THE END OFT IE +Lr2rmenc HK Mar z-ement, Inï. C 1Ç0 "he David Ce n Company MOST-NOMINATED ARTIST THIS FEAR'S GRAMMY AWARDS ALBUM OF THE YEAR RECORD OF THE YEAR SONG OF THE YEAR FOR "THE END OF THE INNOCENCE" BEST ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE, MALE Moffitt Takes KYYS . 11-11 Programming Reins FEBRUARY 2, 1990 Moffitt Communications. Presi- lowed me to fulfill any and all con- COUNTRY'S BIG FALL WINNERS dent Larry Moffitt has been named tractual obligations to my client PD at KYYS/Kansas City. He re- stations, and I will not turn my The fall book was good to many Country places Scott Jameson, who exits af- back on them." stations, some of which won the number one ter four years at the Great Ameri- Ironically, Moffitt's biggest cli- spot for the first time ever. Lon Helton can heritage AOR. ent is KYYS crosstown rival KYYS VP/GM Herndon Hasty KXXR, which he inked last fall. He spotlights some of the big winners as he remarked, "Larry and I talked said there was no problem ending Tom Mitchell begins a series on Country ratings success about this position four years ago, his relationship with KXXR, ex- stories. and he indicated to me this is the plaining, "That was not a contrac- PD Page 63 only radio station in the US he's tual arrangement. It was a hand- Mitchell ever wanted to program. He not shake deal." only has a good grasp of what "Great American killed two At WTIC-FM works in an empirical sense, but birds with one stone," Moffitt add- WPXY-AM & FM/Rochester OM FEATURES understands this particular market ed. "They got rid of a consultant Tom Mitchell has resigned from very well. KY's going to play of- who was reviving KXXR and also the Pyramid MOYL/CHR combo fense; we're not going to play got a good quality PD.