.., :.':... See giant pull -output -up centerfold 08120 t30 Z49GRE E N L YM O'JT L+G Mt kbt t4O'NTY GREENLY C T Y NEWSPAPER 374) ELM LING BEACH CA «eb07 A Billboard Publication The Radio Programming, Music /Record International Newsweek ly June 13. 1981 $3 (U.S.) New Life For WEA Adopts NAIRD, Indie U.K. Blank Tape Firms CX- Encoded Distribs Agree Unite, Fight Levy Lobby By LEO SACKS CBS System By PETER JONES PHILADELPHIA -A dramatic turnaround By ALAN PENCHANSKY & in the fortunes of the National Assn. of Inde- LONDON -A newly orchestrated cam- He says: "We just cannot accept that the JIM McCULLAUGH pendent Record Distributors and Manufac- paign to fight record company demands for home -taping problem is as bad as the CHICAGO -The WEA labels' adoption of turers, reflecting the growing economic health a sizable levy on blank tape in the U.K. to record companies say. It's not home-taping CBS' CX- encoded disk program has pushed of specialty indie labels and their wholesalers, compensate for home taping, is under way in isolation that is responsible for slumping that noise reduction system farther toward marked the organization's 1981 convention, here following the formation of the Tape record sales. Also to blame are high prices, large scale consumer reality. which convened here last Sunday (30). Manufacturers Group (TMG). poor technical quality and artistic quality. Product on all WEA labels -Atlantic, NAIRD, whose convention in Kansas City The fiery new organization is headed by "But it is time the record companies real- Elektra /Asylum, Nonesuch and Warner Bros. last year was poorly attended and left many at- Bill Fulton, Sony U.K. managing director. ized that the days when British rock music and distributed lines -will be issued in the tendees pessimistic about the group's survival. Other member companies are BASF, 3M, reigned supreme, and groups like the Bea- compatible encoded form, according to last attracted a record number of participants this TDK, Maxell and Memorex. It starts from tles provided enormous sales, are over. The week's joint CBS /WEA announcement. year, including, for the first time, several major the basis of refusing to accept record indus- record companies don't have a God -given WEA thus becomes the first major label en- frontline indie distributors Representatives try estimates of financial loss through tap- right to huge profits." tity outside of CBS to commit to the process. from Western Merchandisers, Progress, M.S., ing and plans to use all media outlets to get Continuing to fight the proposed blank The CX system, which claims to reduce rec- its levy, less Piks, Action, Schwartz Bros. and Zamoiski point across. tape but along pugnacious lines, ord surface noise below audibility, is one ap- were among the 30 distributors who attended Typical of the TMG's aggressive anti - is the long- established European Tape In- proach to the U.S. industry's massive head- the four -day confab at the Sheraton Hotel. levy posture is the view of David Lloyd, dustry Assn. (ETIA), based in London. aches in the disk quality control area. More than 145 folk, jazz, blues and new music head of Marcom, the public relations com- This group includes EMI and Philips, tape CBS, the compatible noise reduction sys- labels were also on hand. pany hired to handle its propaganda. (Continued on page 63) tem's developer, has already committed all of (Continued on page 76) (Continued on page 62) BMI Claiming Juke Dominance By JEAN CALLAHAN WASHINGTON -A study indicating that BMI music accounts for about 54% of the total music currently selected for jukebox plays in the U.S. became a focal point at jukebox royalty distribution hearings here (2 -5). The study, commissioned by BMI through Opinion Research Corp., drew fire from ASCAP, but the Copyright Royalty Tribunal denied a motion by ASCAP general counsel Bernard Korman to strike the survey and all related testimony from the hearing record. Korman claimed that the survey was not reliable or accurate. The hearings provided yet another public forum in the continuing battle by (Continued on page 62) ABC Radio Going Satellite By ED HARRISON LOS ANGELES -A 24 -hour a day, seven -day a week satellite -delivered "live" music programming service is coming from ABC Radio's newly created Every family in America knows this face. And soon they're going to know in Black & White (P -18) for all to see and hear operating group, ABC Radio Enterprises. It's all there on the defini this voice. As Hazzard's lovable Bo Duke, John Schneider's made over forty Live Pointer Sisters album. The uncompromising quality of the music corn The new division, which will provide products and services to radio stations million friends since "The Dukes of Hazzard" hit the top. 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Records Inc. told of the many inroads made by has integrated its sales and fulfill- Internalizing the sales and oper- video in the last several years, but ment services direct y into the label ations functions of PDI within the the recently ended Summer CES operation. label's framework creates a structure made clear the penetration and in- The move is the latest over the similar to that of the CBS and RCA fluence at almost all levels -today past several years that have im- branch systems, while such other the electronic home entertainment pacted on PolyGram Distribution branch setups as WEA and MCA industry's fortunes clearly are Inc., largely resultir g from greatly continue a more autonomous direc- pegged to the video revolution. diminished sales vdume. In 1978, tion under their respective presi- One the manufacturing end, only turnover at PDI, fueled by the dents, Henry Droz and Al Bergamo. a dwindling number of major corn - soundtracks of "Sat_rday Night Fe- Sources indicate that the current ver" and "Grease," were reported PDI wherein in a panies today can count themselves Billboard photo by Alan Penchansky at regional setup, close to with were exclusively in the high fidelity busi- DIGS DIGITAL-Noted authority on sights and sounds Professor Irwin Corey $500 million, current number of branches turned ness. Sansui and Kenwood, for ex- is among those attracted to the Compact Disc (CD) digital audio playback figures said to be at least half that into regional "sales offices" over the ample, both joined the ranks of VTR demonstration at last week's Chicago CES. Trade show coverage begins on amount. past year, stay intact. This includes marketers here, and industry goliath page 56. Under the new structure, two key 13 sales points and three "depots" U.S. Pioneer recently created a sepa- PDI executives function within the located in Sun Valley, Calif., In- rate division to oversee its video framework of the label and sees the dianapolis and and Edison, N.J., all hardware manufacture and market- departure of John Frisoli as PDI's of which contain highly comput- ing. Peaches & Nehi File president, a slot that no longer exists. erized methods of fulfillment. On top of that, laser videodisk Frisoli had been chief of PDI for the With the exception of RSO Rec- have been flowing through Pioneer's past four years, having joined Poly - ords, PolyGram Records Inc.