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NEWSSTAND PRICE $6.50 JUNE 28, 2002 Shakira Serves Up Another Flit Dan Mason R &R Award Winner Epic recording artist Shakira grabs Most Added honors To Infinity and beyond! at CHR /Pop this week Infinity Radio President S with "Objection Dan Mason was chosen H A (Tango) "- the third by R &R readers as this is single from her album year's R &R Industry I Laundry Service. The Achievement Award f R track follows the top winner for Group Execu- A 10 hits "Whenever tive of the Year. This week Whereve r" and R &R's format editors "Underneath Your profile all the 2002 toin,tA Clothes." trophy takers. produced head-n °d -der, "This li\\ sure\y haveha haggy, th bodies moving Mag azr`e R51 gillboard # 1 Phones Everywhere! KXJM Portland ADD!!! KIKI Honolulu 71 plays this week KXME Honolulu 77 plays this week KDDB Honolulu 70 plays this week KLUC Las Vegas 41 plays this week KSFM Sacramento 43 plays this week KUBE Seattle (just added 20 plays this week) KZZP Phoenix 30 plays this week KHTS San Diego 20 plays this week Z90 San Diego 20 plays this week WWKX Providence 24 plays this week KOBT Austin 32 plays this week KZFM Corpus Cristi 41 plays this week KTHT Houston 20 plays this week KHTE Little Rock 30 plays this week KOAR Little Rock 20 plays this week KBOS Fresno 26 plays this week Album in KDON Monterey 20 plays this week Mu 3 I 6L.o...ru. KPRR El Paso 37 plays this weeks stores HOWL l AMERICA www.americanradiohistory.com KBIG, Los Angeles WPU, New York WQSX, Boston KIOI, San Francisco Leeza Gibbons not only loves AC music, she emb-aces rodio as an integral Dart of her own WMWX, Pìladelphia workday, and cs an appealing, well -known working mom, she knows how to connect with WTI, Indianapolis your target demo. Check out this engagirg new TV campaign for AC, Hot AC and Rhythmic KOSI, Denver AC Radio Stations from Waverly Motion Pictures - ideally before your competition does. KRWM, Seattle l" The face on the right will work considerably cheaper as ycur on- camera TV spokesperson. KUDL, Kansas City WLMG, New Orleans WSPA. Greenville ITIMT1U U U U U I I I I CJ E Z, Toronto WAVE R LY M O T I O N P I C T U J E S For a reel, contact: Bill Aydelott at Waverly Mo`;on Pictures in Boston, 978.535.8678 or Rich DePaoh at Highcume.com in Kansas C ty, tollfree 877.828 2323. See more original spots for AC, Morning Teams, NewsTalk, and Classic Rock at www.waverlymopic.com. www.americanradiohistory.com JUNE 28, 2002 N S I D Emmis `Clearly On The Move' Smulyan optimistic despite widened 01 loss BY JOe HOWARD $165.5 million taken due to a management marketing sales R&R WASHINGTON BUREAU [email protected] change in accounting principles This week's MMS section salutes the and a related extraordinary loss. The company that On a per share basis, recipients of the R &R Industry Achievement many look to as a guid- Emmis lost $3.28 with Awards for Station of the Year: KROO/Los ing light for what's hap- the accounting change Angeles (which also won in 2001), WNKS/ 1111 pening in the radio in- and the extraordinary Charlotte and KJEE/Santa Barbara, CA. dustry reported its Q1 loss, but gained 4 cents MMS also spotlights several top results Tuesday morn- without them. First Call/ executives, including KROQ's Trip Reeb THE /ND US TR Y'S NEWSPAPER ing, kicking off an earn- Thomson Financial pre- Amy Clear ChanneVNew and Stevens, ings season that some dicted a loss of 6 cents. Orleans' Ed Turner and CitadeV hope will demonstrate The net loss was 33 Bloomington, IL's Red Pitcher. Additionally, that the radio industry is cents in the previous Ql. veteran consultant Waller Sabo offers on the rebound. And The company's net insights as newspapers to why still beat while Ennis reponed a Smulyan revenues declined I %, radio in sales and how to get tangible June Swoon For Radio Stocks staggering net loss due to $136.8 million, while dollars for generating tangible results from to an accounting charge, its re- EBITDA before certain charges what some advertisers still regard as an 03, 04 growth concerns send issues downward sults, absent that, suggested hope increased 5 %, to $45.3 million. intangible medium. MMS also continues BY ADAM JACOBSON for the sector. After -tax cash flow increased were off $13.70 as of Tues- its weekly exploration of questions and R&R RADIO EDITOR While the company's net loss 34 %, to $22.8 million, or 44 ajaM6sm1 @radia(YY%rrcordc.cv,n day's close as investors swept expanded from $15.7 million to cents per share. The radio answers surrounding Arbitron's Radio's heavy hitters took away the debris after another $167.8 million, that figure in- forthcoming Portable People Meter. heavy hits last week, punctu- disappointing trading session. cludes a one -time charge of EMMIS /See Page 6 ating a monthlong slump for This week started off on a Pages 9 -11 industry stocks that has re- positive note, as the R &R in- r"=,% sulted in a 21% drop in value dex on Monday experienced FORMAT WINNERS SPOTLIGHT for the R &R composite in- its first up session since June Arbitron Welcomes Input Of Ad -Hoc dex. 18. However, the 1.3% gain Last week you read about some of the While some companies did little to shroud the fact Group Of Execs Wary Of People Meter winners this in the national categories of have fared better than others, that the index is off close to BY RON RDDmcuEs R &R EDITOR -IN -CHIEF that would validate the useful- year's R &R Industry Achievement Awards. such companies as Clear 30 points since its previous ronr @radioandrecords.com ness of the meter. Now check out who triumphed format by Channel have seen a substan- positive close. On Tuesday, An ad -hoc group of radio ex- Arbitron was conducting sales format. Winners are showcased through- tial losses in share price since ecutives that last week asked meetings when the radio group's out the issue! May 31. In fact, CCU shares STOCKS/See Page 6 Arbitron to go slow on the devel- request was issued. But on the opment of the Por- following day, Arb- IN THE NEWS table People Meter itron President/U.S. How The Mighty Have Fallen ... is being welcomed "Our goal remains to Media Owen Charle- by Arbitron for its bois released this Lava Records to expand operations: work with the entire 5/24 5/31 6/7 6/14 6/21 interest and involve- statement: Jason Flom signs new deal R &R radio industry to Index ment. "Arbitron wel- create an improved David Lebow joins AOL Interactive 270.25 The group - comes the increasing system for Services as EVP 267.22 which was orga- interest and involve- nized by RAB Presi- measuring radio.- ment of our radio - Max Dugan becomes KEGUDallas PD 259.38 dent/CEO Gary Fries station customers in now - Owen Charlebois ABC names new Pres. /GMs: Steve and represents our decade -long nearly a dozen of Portable Kosbau in Detroit, Dennis Begley People the largest radio or- Meter development in Pittsburgh 238.17 ganizations, including Clear program. It's great to have indi- Page 3 Channel and Infinity - last week viduals at such a high level tak- Here's a snapshot of the closing numbers for unanimously voted to ask ing an active part in the evalua- the R&R stock index over the past five weeks. 213.45 Arbitron to expand its testing to tion of the PPM. at least one market beyond its "We have always worked with +0.5% -1.1% -3% -8.2% -10.3% current test market of Philadel- all the many companies, industry (Change from previous week) phia. It also asked Arbitron to CHR/POP implement coincidental studies ARBITROB/See Page 27 EMINEM Without Me (Shady /A ftermatNlnterscope) CHR/RHYTHMIC Sty NELLY Hot In Herre (Fo' ReeKlniversal) URBAN Radio Revenue Up 'Net Decisions Stuns Streamers McCain Proposes CAM'RON Oh Boy (Roc-A- Fella/IDJMG) URBAN AC 4% In April 2002 Librarian retains Yahoo! drops its Up To $119 Mil. JAHEIM Anything (Divine Mill/W8) BY Jew GREEN most CARP rates local radio streams R &R EXECUTIVE EDITOR Tax On Radio [email protected] COUNTRY BY BRIDA CONNOLLY R &R ASST. MANAGING EDITOR Br N101111 ZRiGI.F.R GEORGE STRAIT Living Md Living Well (MCA) In the midst of the outcry Posting by far its best monthly bconnoll y @radioandrecords.com R&R WASHINGTON BUREAU sales comparison this year, radio over Librarian of Congress [email protected] AC On June 20 Librarian of James Billington's decision to continued to rebound from its Broadcasters would be re- CELINE DION A New Day Has Come (Epic) Congress James Billington retain most of the CARP's winter doldrums, with total reve- quired to pay an annual spec- accepted most of the recom- recommendations, Yahoo! HOT AC nues increasing 4% in April when trum -usage tax mendations of the U.S. Copy- made a surprise decision Tues- SHERYL CROW Soak Up The Sun (A&M/Inferscope) measured against the same month of up to 1% of right day to drop local- station a year ago. Local dollars for the Office's Copyright Arbi- their gross rev- SMOOTH JAZZ streaming and shut down its month rose 2 %, while national tration Royalty Panel on enues to fund PETER WHITE Bueno Funk (Columbia) webcast Yahoo Radio division.