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13 1984 Bruel: A Failure? 10 years 1994 RAI Drops Rock Show 23 Changes At MTV 23 Europe's Radio -A e Newsweek!). Volume 11 . Issue 41 . October 8, 1994 2.95, DM 8, FFr 25, US$ 5 Garcia Joins Former Soap France Inter RTBF Radio Relaunches Star Gayle BELGIUM Sevrin has fulfilled his promise to A national referendum entitled Poised To Whip FRANCE by Marc Maes breathe new life into the broad- the "Carrefour de l'audiovisuel" by Emmanuel Legrand caster with a head -to -toeplan was held in autumn '93 to gauge Up A Storm In French -languageBelgian pub - hoped to better delineate the iden- opinion on the future of broad- After more thana year -long caster the RTBF is rising to the tity of each channel. casting in the territory, and long - Europe break from the radio industry, challenge of increasingly power- The change involves new sta- delayed licence allocations were former Europe2 programme ful private operators and reduced tion names, new logos and new held in February this year. manager Marc Garcia is back in government subsidy with a radi- programming for all five of the The implementationofthe UNITED KINGDOM the business. cal overhaul of allfive of its broadcaster's stations. The new - new frequency plan is expected to by Machgiel Bakker Garcia is to become music channels. look stations are set to start airing authorise private radio to form programmer for public music Only six months after suc- on October 24. networks. It is feared, meanwhile, Following the UK -only success (continues on page 22) ceeding the retired Philippe Das- The move, which follows an that this will pave the way for of Looking Up, a second single noy, RTBFdirectorEtienne extensive market survey, falls in some French networks currently is set to break former star of UK the middle of preparations for a broadcastingprogrammesover soap Eastenders Michelle Gayle new national frequency plan in the border to establish full-blown onto the European airwaves. southern Belgium, scheduled for operations in southern Belgium. Supported by a top 10 single 1995. (see page 9 for more details) status in the UK, Sweetness is reported by 33 European sta- tions. Apart from its solid air- UK's 'Closed Door' play base in the UK, the single (continues on page 23) Policy Under Fire No. 1 in EUROPE UNITED KINGDOM tion to those who do not sing in by Jeff Clark -Meads English. European Hit Radio A panel at UK trade show In YOUSSOU N'DOUR/NENEH CHERRY BASIA, BASIA! - UK -based singer Basia returned to Poland recently to give a The UK record industry has come The City in September contrasted 7 Seconds string of concerts in her home country. The singer's sole meeting with the Polish under renewed criticism for its the success bands can have across (Columbia) press took place at the Digiton Radio Conference. Pictured (I -r) are: Basia's allegedreluctancetorelease borders on the European conti- manager Dee Anthony, Basia and composer/keyboard player Danny White. records by continental European nent with the traditionalresis- Eurochart Hot 100 Singles See page 8 for more information on the Digiton Radio Conference. artists and its particular opposi- (continues on page 23) WET WET WET Love Is All Around (Precious) Regionals Provide Promoters On -Air Support European Top 100 Albums ITALY intothe success formula favoured by the to, marketing manager at PolyGram Italy. "By CARRERAS/DOMINGO/PAVAROTTI nationals? As M&M's Mark Dezzani reports, definition, hit radio acts cautiously when draw- Three Tenors In Concert '94 Breaking a new band or artist, no matter howmany record labels have found that the secret ing up playlists, while programme directors at (Teldec) good, is a tough job anywhere. But the task is lies with the country's numerous regional out-local and regional radios are freer to make doubly difficult in Italy. Many of the country's lets. riskier choices and presenters are often given advertisement record company promotion teams have found The popularity of regional networks in Italy more creative space." themselves backed into a corner as nationalis increasing almost daily and is beating the ArcovitocitesthecaseofSicilian networks restrict themselves to airing onlyaudience share of national webs back into sec- singer/songwriter Mario Venuti. His catchy tried -and -tested artists. The financial consid- ond place. One of the reasons for this success debut single Fortuna is now picking up nation- erations in Italy's saturated and super -com- isthelessscientificand moreintuitive al airplay after being widely adopted by local mercial market forces the countrywide webs to approach to music adopted by the regionals, and regional stations two months ago. The sin- LUCKY ONE play safe, station chiefs insist. resulting in more innovative playlists. gle is an ideal summer hit with its melodic But how then can up-and-coming new "There are too many EHR stations amongst hook, lilting Samba rhythm and smart lyrics, essential bands get the airplay they need to turn them the national networks," says Giovanni Arcovi- (continues on page 22) the cranberries THE ALBUMNo Need To Argue AmericanRadioHistory.Com te. The traffic wasjust horrible.Don't wait up: have to work late tonight J f course THE NEW SINGLE eally: I lov_y Jur haircut. You lookjust like there f0 y00 always. mpu cedinto i t I tried cal : theline wasbusy. temp must have done My answering machine never got your message. You go ahead: I'l e t you there.This hurts me more than it hurts yo e dog ate my homework. What cute baby.I'm sorry out to lunch.Not tonight. I lost track of t You h ave to forgive me I'mnot usually like lost your telephone number. never said I wo tally pure.. I did'nt think it would matterjust is once. It seemed liketheright thing e time. I did'nt want to give you my col d Th p 1e in the n e x t o o m rti h t b e or us 6t FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM sit my sick aunt in hospital. What a thou htfu .youreally shouldn' t,have. I'm sorry INTERNATIONAL AmericanRadioHistory.Com WEA Music Germany Starts EUROPE A T A GLANCE Autumn On A High Note UNITED KINGDOM: Radio Clyde Holds On To Glasgow Licences Radio Clyde, one of the UK's biggest ILR stations, has retained its GERMANY - Still outstanding are new albums MD andheadofmarketing. licences for the Glasgow area without competition. The company, by Christian Lorenz by Madonna, Tom Petty and ex- "Black music is a main topic at which broadcasts ERR on FM and Gold on AM to a catchment area of Pogues frontman Shane WEA," he says. 1.5 million adults, was the only applicant for the franchises by the A host of big name album releas- McGowan. The new Downbeat label will Radio Authority's deadline of September 20. Radio Clyde first began es, three new "trend" labels and supply jungle, dub reggae and broadcasting in 1973 and its new licences will run from the end of restructured marketing, sales and ragga.Meanwhile the MAAD next year to 2003. Jeff Clark -Meads promotion departments form the label in Hamburg will focus on three -pronged plan of attack at German dance acts, while ITALY: Record Industry Roadshow Aims To Outlaw Piracy WEA Germany for the autumn Konigshaus will concentrate on An anti -piracy roadshow has been created by Italian record industry months. alternative pop and rock produc- associations AFI and FIMI to raise awareness of the problem amongst Addressing thecompany's tions by German artists. politicians, law enforcers and the public. The roadshow is scheduled to annual sales conference at Bad One K8nigshaus signing, Frit- visit major cities, including Turin, Rome, Venice and Naples. A new SegebergonSeptember 1-3, ten and Bier (Chips and Beer), TV and cinema advertisement was launched at the Milan show, which WEA Music MD Gerd Gebhardt features Viva -presenter Nils points out the inferior quality of pirate recordings and the damage drew attention to these develop- Bokelberg and targets the video piracy inflicts on the industry. Mark Dezzani ments as good reason to believe generation on the German alter- the company isapproaching a Dopp (left) and Gebhardt native pop market. GERMANY:BMG Reports Successful Business Year '93/'94 promisingtseason. In addition to WEA's efforts Annual results for the business year '93/94 show a 16% growth for A totalof19 new album Bolstered by the company's on the A&R side, Dopp has Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), proving that music is growing releases-I1 by international trioof new labels,Downbeat announced significant changes in more than twice as fast as any other Bertelsmann product line. artists, 8 by national artists-are (Berlin), Konigshaus (Berlin) and the sales, marketing and promo- Turnover reached a record DM5.3 billion (app. US$3.5 billion) in the scheduled for the period from MAAD (Hamburg) specialising tion departments. The new struc- 12 months prior to June 30. BMG contributes near 30% to Bertels- September to October, including in current trends, the A&R mes- ture of WEA Music Germany mann's total sales volume of DM 18.4 billion worldwide. new albums by Marius Muller- sage for the coming year is clear, willbedisclosedbyJanuary Christian Lorenz Westernhagen, REM and Prince. according to Bernd Dopp, deputy 1995. UNITED KINGDOM: "Abbey Road" Album Gets Promoting Push EMI is re -promoting the Beatles' Abbey Road album to mark its 25th Lorenz Joins M&M As Reporter anniversary. The album, the last studio work the band recorded, was first released on September 26, 1969. EMI is commemorating the M&M has appointed 29 -year -old involved in, and writing about, sively on the radio and record event with a weekend of celebrations at the Abbey Road Studios in Christian Lorenz to the post of in- the radio and music industries in industriesinthe GSA region, London.