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Both 3 Doors Down and their label, Universal Records, score back -to -back No.1 iv.,Lis) songs this week. 3 Doors have their second Rock Survey Tells All straight CHR /Pop chart- topper with "Here Ifs everything you need to know about stations, program- Without You," following mers and record execs in Rock and Active Rock. R &R Rock labelmate , who Editor Cyndee Maxwell, inspirec by the famous Zagat lopped the chart for Guide, has assembled a conc!se -eview of radio and labels tree weeks with "Shake that you can use the next time you're wondering where to va Tailfeather." go in the format.

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www.americanradiohistory.com OCTOBER 17, 2003 I N S I D E The Rock Survey TIME TO BRAND YOUR TALENT A tongue -in -cheek guide to the format, Zagat style Your air personalities can and should be their means satisfying a hankering own brands, regardless of format. This week, By Cyndee Maxwell R&R Rock Editor for fish, steak or pasta or sim- in the first of a two -part series in the cmaxwelldradioandrecords.com ply filling my belly. It was one Management/Marketing/Sales section, Steve Now for a little fourth-quar- of those very scenarios and the Stockman shows how to exploit the ter levity, with a nod to The subsequent dive into a guide- marketing value of your talent. Also: Dave Zagat Survey for inspiration. book that gave me the idea of Van Dyke explains his five -step employee - For me, choosing a restaurant creating a similar survey for the confrontation technique, Rick Torcasso has always been like the format. advises on the four steps for launching a classic exchange: new format, and Irwin Pollack shares his 19 THE INDUSTRY'S NEWSPAPER "Where do you traits of top salespeople, plus Jeffrey want to go ?" "I Hedquist's latest 60- Second Copywriter and www.radioandrecords.com don't know, where radio's most current Industry Calendar. do you want to go ?" "Oh, I How I would love to have Pages 7 -9 don't know, where do you want had the time to go way in-depth to go ?" On and on. with a rating scale on different Mega Sizzles In Summer Thus, Zagat, other restaurant aspects. For radio, it could have guides and even the phone been a point system in the cat- JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS By Adam Jacobson book have helped me decide egories of ratings, music, on -air It won't be long before holiday cash registers RAR Radio Editor New York where alacobson 4ndioandrecords. tom to dine, whether that See Page 56 are ringing, and industry hopes are high for Station (Format) Wi '03 Sp '03 music. R &R Music Editor Frank Correia Clear Channel AC WLTW WLTW-FM (AC) 6.7 6.6 profiles the superstar releases from a host of (Lite FM) is once again the WUHT -FM ( CHR/Rhythmic) 4.9 4.5 labels, including Arista, Capitol, Epic, Jive No. 1 station in New York, WNEW Taps Rivers As PD slipping 6.7 -6.6 in the sum- WSW-FM (Tropical) 3.5 4.5 and Warner Bros. By Kevin Carter said Rivers, who has spent the WRKS-FM (Urban AC) 3.8 4.2 Page 20 mer 2003 Arbitrons. But R &R CHR/Pop Editor past 10 years as VP /Program- the big news in the Tri- WINS -AM (News) 4.3 4.1 kcarterksradroandrecords.com ming for Infinity/St. Louis and State Area involves Span- Smokey Rivers has been ap- OM /PD of that cluster's AC ish Broadcasting System's Los Angeles pointed to fill the vacant PD KEZK and Hot AC KYKY. Tropical WSKQ (Mega Station (Format) Wi '03 Sp '113 post at Infinity AC WNEW Rivers first became involved NUMBER ONES 97.9). Mega sizzled in the (102.7 Blink)/New York. Rivers KPWR -FM (CHR/Rhythmic) 5.3 4.8 with Blink in September, when summer book, leaping 3.5- will continue as the company's he oversaw the changeover KROO-FM (AK.) 4.4 4.7 CHR/POP 4.5 12+ to move into a sec- VP /AC Programming and re- from an "infotainment"-heavy KFI-AM (Talk) 4.3 4.2 - 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic/Universal) ond -place tie with Emmis' places Steve Kingston, who ex- format to a more mainstream CHR/Rhythmic WQHT. KSCA-FM (Reg. Mex.) 3.5 4.0 ited Blink last month. 'CHR/RHYTHMIC RIVERS Emmis can still boast that KIIS/KVVS (CHR/Pop) 3.5 3.7 "We live for the challenges!" See Page 17 BEYONCÉ f/SEAN PAUL Baby Boy (Columbia) it has the No. 1 station in URBAN Los Angeles, as KPWR re- Chicago BEYONCÉ f/SEAN PAUL Baby peats in the market's top Boy (Columbia) Station (Format) Wi'03 Sp'03 Quimby Named WCBS -AM PD spot. However, the station is WGNAM (News/Talk) 6.7 7.2 URBAN AC down 53-4.8 and now leads Scheld rejoins Infinity station as News Director KEM Lore Calls (Motown/Universal) No. 2 WGCI-FM (Urban) 5.8 6.3 KROQ by just one- By Al Peterson WVAZ-FM (Urban AC) 4.3 4.9 COUNTRY tenth of a point. KFI remains R&R News/Talk/Spans Editor WBBM-AM (News) 5.1 4.4 apetersonâradivandrecords.com GARY ALLAN Tough Little Boys (MCA) in third. With pennant fever grip- WUSN-FM (Country) 2.9 4.4 Infinity's News WCBS -AM/New York has TIC ping Wrigleyville, Tribune's tapped 23 -year news and programming veteran Continuously updated ratings UNCLE KRACKER 1/DOBIE GRAY Drift Away (Lava) News /Talk WGN widens results: www.radioandrecords.com Crys Quimby as PD and longtime network news- 1 man Tim as 1107 AC its lead at No. in Chicago Scheld News Director. They assume with a 6.7 -7.2 move that hold on second 12 +, while duties that were most recently held by Frank SANTANA VALEX BAND Why Don't You & I (Arista) comes, in part, from rabid Clear Channel Urban AC sis- Raphael, who exited the station last month. SMOOTH JAIL Cubs fans tuning in to the ter WVAZ climbs to third. "Crys' passion for News radio and Tim's exten-

------CANDY OULFER Finsbury Park, Café 67(Eagle Rock) team's radio broadcasts. Infinity's Country WUSN -FM sive background in journalism make them WGCI -FM strengthens its uniquely qualified for their respective positions," ROCK RATINGS See Page 17 Quimby

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ACTIVE ROCK STAIND So Far Away (Flip/Elektra/EEG) Streaming ALTERNATIVE STAIND So Far Away (Flip/Elektra/EEG) For Dununiesnies 1RIPLE A By Dave Rahn

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CHRISTIAN AC Streaming is one of those top- ics that radio has largely swept ZOEGIRL You Get Me (Sparrow) under the rug for the past CHRISTIAN CHR couple of years. Some broad- SWITCHFOOT Gone (Sparrow) casters hope streaming - along with satellite radio will just CHRISTIAN ROCK - go away. Others are taking a FM STATIC Crazy Mary (Tooth & Nail) wait- and-see attitude. That usu- CHRISTIAN INSPO ally means they'll wait until

JAMIE SLOCUM I Cannot Turn Away (Curb) there's a viable way to make money streaming. SPANISH CONTEMPORARY But the evidence we're seeing Hats Off To RadioNow/Indianapolis! CHAYANNE Jn Siglo Sin Ti (Sony Discos) and hearing from listeners tells That crashing sound you hear is thousands of Indianapolis commuters colliding with us that we need to make stream- TEJANO each other at the sight of the new billboard campaign being mounted (no pun intend- INTOCABLE Eso Duele (EMI Latin) ing more of a priority lest we risk losing TSL to other services. ed) by the aptly named Wank & O'Brien, the wacky morning guys at Emmis' CHR/Pop REGIONAL MEXICAN We should stream not because WNOU (RadioNow) /Indianapolis. We hear that the duo's original idea of using som- INTOCABLE Eso Duele (EMI Latin) listeners don't like radio, but be- breros was later downsized to top hats, then baseball caps - mostly because no cause we're not always available T1OPICAL yarmulkes were readily available. to them in the traditional way. CELIA CRUZ Rie Y Llora (Sony Discos) See Page 66

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FCC Fines 28 Radio Stations NEWS & For Public -File Discrepancies FEATURES

Agency flexes muscle; media rules criticized Radio Business 4

By Joe Howard Management, BBa Washnpton Bureau Chiet Ken Ferree said, "Our decision Marketing, Sales 7 /h_M0lderMandrK'o,ds.c m to fine these stations reflects the se- Digital Media 10 Taking a hard -line stance to make riousness of the violations. The pub- Street Talk 18 sure radio stations keep their pub- lic file provides citizens with impor- Sound Decisions 20 lic files updated, the FCC on Oct. 8 tant information about broadcasters' Going For Adds 22 announced that it is fining 28 sta- service to their communities. Make tions $3,000 each for failing to effec- Publisher's Profile 84 no mistake about it: The FCC will 4 t tively maintain their public files. not tolerate less -than- diligent efforts While the commission took the ac- to ensure the accuracy and timeli- Opportunities 80 tion as it begins the long process of DOUBLE THE PLEASURE, DOUBLE THE DISCSArista's ness of that information." Marketplace 81 station license renewals, it still must OutKast recently celebrated the release of their two -CD set, Speakerboxxx/The devote time to dealing with the Internal, External Love Below, at a party in New York. Seen here looking especially happy due to harsh criticism and mounting chal- Challenges 510,000 -unit sales in the first week are (I-r) OutKast's Antwan "Big Boi "Patton, lenges facing its media -ownership As the commission flexes its Arista President/CEO Antonio "L.A. " Reid and OutKast's Andre 'Andre 3000" FORMAT Benjamin. rules. muscles by issuing the public -file SECTIONS Among the stations cited for the penalties, its media -ownership public -file violations were Clear rules are taking a pounding from News/Talk/Sports 15 Channel's WGMN, WMGR, WSNV, critics both inside and outside the CHR/Pop 23 WVGM & WYYD /Roanoke, VA agency's walls. WYCB Now Cosby's Show CHR /Rhythmic 31 and Bonneville's WTOP-FM /Wash- Although the NAB has expressed Urban 35 ington. The FCC said the penalties its opposition to a return to the Crawford Urban AC station changes calls to WSRB were issued as part of the three -year FCC's previous television-owner- Country 41 New Ur- talent at KNOK and KKDA (K104) nationwide broadcast-station li- ship regulations, the lobbying Adult Contemporary 48 ban AC WYCB (Soul 106.3) /Chi- in Dallas Cosby was part of the cense- renewal process that began group in a recent submission told Smooth Jazz 54 cago has tapped Glenn Cosby as startup on-air team for the Satellite recently with Washington, DC; the FCC that it should reconsider Rock 56 PD. He was most recently a week- Music Network's Heart & Soul net- Maryland; Virginia; and West Vir- the new radio -ownership regula- Alternative 62 end jock at crosstown Clear Chan- work, which would later become ginia radio stations, and they reflect tions it released June 2. Triple A 66 nel rival WVAZ (V103). WYCB also "The Touch" format under ABC Ra- the commission's effort to "enforce "The FCC failed to present a con- Americana 70 picks up new calls WSRB; its simul- dio Networks. Cosby remained public -file rules in a meaningful way vincing or even legally adequate Christian 71 cast partner, WYCH/Rockford, IL, there until 1995, when the death of as part of the renewal process." case for jettisoning its long- standing Latin Formats 76 becomes WYRB. his father drew him back home. About the action, Media Bureau FCC See Page 11 "I'm extremely excited about Back in Chicago, Cosby became adding Glenn Cosby to our team," PD of Urban Oldies WGCI -AM, T7re Back Pages 82 Crawford /Chicago GM Taft Hams and in recent years he has been a Alpert Heads Susquehanna /K.C. said. "We're blessed to have his ex- well-known air personality on sev- pertise and talent added to our al- eral Chicago stations, as well as Af- Radio and programming veteran VP /Regional Manager Nancy ready outstanding staff." filiate Market Manager for United Dave Alpert has been named Mar- Vaeth -Dubroff. Cosby, a native of the Windy Stations Radio Networks. He joined Bell Becomes A ket Manager for Susquehanna's Alpert, who has been in the in- City, began his career at WJCP /Chi- WVAZ in 2001. Kansas City cluster, where he'll dustry for 22 years, previously held cago working with legendary radio "I've got my sleeves rolled up, CC RVP /Profi. oversee Classic Rock KCFX, News/ similar duties at Clear Channel/ personality Tom Joyner. He later Clear Channel has promoted Talk KCMO -AM, Oldies KCMO- Nashville. Before his stint in Music COSBY See Page 11 made a name for himself as an air Pro- FM and Hot AC KFME, as well as City he owned WPEK/Greenville, Memphis Director /Urban the Kansas City Chiefs Radio Net- SC, which he sold to Radio One in gramming Nate Regional work. He replaces Mike Campbell, 2000. Alpert began his radio career Bell to VP who departed in July. in the 1980s at WEEI /Boston. /Programming. TO THE EDITOR He will oversee the "Dave brings a wealth of knowl- "It's great; it's an absolutely fabu- LETTER edge and experience to Susque- lous company," Alpert told R &R company's stations in hanna Radio, and we are pleased to about his new job. "I'm extremely Reader Says, `Bye, Bye Arbitron in all formats Memphis; welcome him to our team," said Sr. pleased, and it's a wonderful market" Jackson, Last week Arbitron dropped Springfield, IL from its rated TN; Tupelo, MS; markets. In response, Glen Gardner, President/GM of Mid and Jonesboro, AR West Family Broadcasting in Springfield, sent the following and will continue Sell Love Now WKKV /Milwaukee PD letter to R&R: to consult Clear Channel Urbans WUBT /Nashville Veteran Milwaukee radio person- careful evaluation of some tremen- There has been a lot of talk lately about what has caused many of -adio's problems. Those problems have been blamed on the FCC, Clear and WBUV /Biloxi, MS. ality Doc Love has been promoted to dous talent who applied for the job, Channel, Infinity, greed, satellite radio and a sluggish economy. In reality, "Nate has been helping numer- PD of Clear Channel's Urban WKKV we determined that we had the best is none of those things. ous Clear Channel properties with (V100)/Milwaukee. Love has been choice right here under our nose. In reality, Arbitron is at the root of many of radio's problems. I'm not programming issues for some time Asst. PD /MD /night talent at the sta- "Doc did a terrific job in the past alking about poor response rates, voodoo statistics and People Meters; and has demonstrated his abilities tion and replaces Ron Scott, who left as MD, Asst. PD and interim PD, 'm talking about the core assumption radio makes when it buys in to the accordingly," Clear Channel Radio earlier this year due to illness. and we're really impressed with his 'Arbitron game." is is Sr. VP /Programming Bill Richards Love started his career in St. ability to lead and keep things in The assumption that the entire house of cards built upon this:There .s a direct correlation between the size of a radio station's audience and said. "Having his excellent pro- Louis as a mixer at KMJM in 1987 check. He also has some terrific is ability to impact a client's sales. In my opinion, which is based on 30 gramming sensibilities expanded and later became an air personality ideas that we look forward to years of experience and study, that assumption is false. into his new RVP duties will only as the one-half of night team with implementing that should keep I have never seen any good research that validates the Arbitron as- serve to help strengthen the re- St. Louis veteran Tossin' Ted. He V100 at the top of the 18-34 demo- sumption. As a matter of fact, I have seen at least one Ivy League study joined WKKV in 1999 for nights graphic in Milwaukee." :hat indicates just the opposite. Experience also clearly indicates that just Clear Channel Radio Sr. VP and as Mix Show Director. One year Love said, "I am fortunate to :he opposite is true. In many cases it is the station with a small, focused audience that produces much better results than the monster with huge Bruce Demps said, "Natés made a later he earned MD stripes under have trained under some of the -atings down the hallway. name for himself in Urban and Ur- then-PD Gary Young, and in 2001 industry's top programmers: [Clear The reason many radio stations are in trouble is because they are pro- ban AC programming. The leader- Love added Asst. PD duties. Channel /St. Louis Director/Pro- gramming to Arbitron diaries and not people. Cume, TSL and quarter- ship in the programming area just "It is with great pleasure that we gramming] Chuck Atkins, [Clear hours only exist if you believe audience size equals results. They are got stronger with the addition of announce that the search for V100's Channel VP /Urban Programming] artificial terms and measurements that have little or no impact on results. Nate Bell. I commend Bill Richards next superstar PD is over," Clear Doc Wynter, [WMXD /Detroit PD] Advertising agencies and Arbitron have trained the radio industry to wor- for his ability to recognize ability." Channel /Milwaukee Director/Pro- Jamillah Muhammad and [WLVH/ ship at the altar of these worthless numbers. LETTER See Page 17 gramming Kerry Wolfe said. "After Savannah, GA PD] Gary Young." BELL See Page 17

www.americanradiohistory.com 4 R &R October 17, 2003 RADIO BUSINESS SBS Sets Funding To BUSINESS BRIEFS Close KXOL Deal Analyst: Radio Pacings `Erratic' Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Paul Sweeney said this week Broadcaster readies $205 million from loan, stock sale that he's hearing "erratic" reports from his radio- industry contacts concerning 03 ad pacings. According to Sweeney, the industry is still Spanish Broadcasting System has taken the final steps to Standard & Poor's said the down- marked by "limited visibility and continued disparity between large and grades were due to SBS's "sizeable small radio market trends." As for Q4, Sweeney predicted growth of ensure that it will close on its $250 million purchase of KXOL 2%-3%, which he noted is below the Wall Street consensus. He also debt -financed acquisition that in- (El Sol 96.3) /Los Angeles from the International Church of estimated that October could end up a tough month for the industry, creases financial risk" and added, the Foursquare Gospel. noting that difficult comparisons caused by last year's political spend- "The outlook is negative." The ing could cause the month to end flat or down. And while Sweeney SBS said last week that it plans to paying $24 million for KSAH -AM downgrade also reflects the "signif- said he's been unable to get a handle on November and December raise roughly $205 million, and it's & KLEY-FM /San Antonio, while icant spike in leverage" from SBS's because little inventory has been sold, he noted, "We remain cautious taking a two-pronged approach to Chris Devine and Bruce Buzil's reliance on debt and debtlike secu- given the local lag that suggests no change to the current low-singles accomplishing that goal. First, it in- Three Point Media -San Francisco is rities to fund its purchase of KXOL, environment." tends to sell $75 million worth of paying $30 million for class A 011- said S&P. SBS has paid Foursquare preferred stock through a private of- FM/San Francisco. just $60 million of the purchase price Univision Plans Fundraising Effort fering to qualified institutional buy- The SBS announcements led for KXOL. As of June 30, SBS's pro Univision, which recently closed on its long- pending acquisition of ers. Second, the Miami -based corn - Standard & Poor's Ratings Servic- forma total debt outstanding was Hispanic Broadcasting Corp., is planning to sell several series of pany is taking out a $125 million es to assign a "B +" rating to the about $428.2 million. senior notes due 2006, 2007 and 2008 through book managers term loan and $10 - - opening a mil- company's proposed $135 million S&P also expressed concern over Citigroup Global Markets and UBS Securities in a $700 million lion revolving credit facility to pro- senior secured credit facilities. Ad- SBS's desire to target a niche audi- fundraising effort. vide up to an additional $135 mil- ditionally, S&P set a "CCC" on ence that is highly concentrated in lion if needed. SBS's proposed $75 million ex- selected large markets. Neverthe- Miller Kaplan Plans Seminar On Station Reporting SBS has already raised $54 million changeable redeemable preferred less, the purchase of KXOL /L.A. T. help ensure the accuracy of the revenue reports stations submit through the sale of what President stock issue and lowered its long- helps solidify SBS's strong position to Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Co., the Broadcast Cable Financial Raul Alarcon Jr. called "non- strate- term corporate credit rating on the in the nation's top Spanish-language Management Association is hosting a distance learning seminar on Oct. gic assets ": Border Media Partners is broadcaster from "B +" to "B." radio market. 28 from 4-5:15pm ET to help stations improve the quality of their re- porting. Miller Kaplan's George Nadel Rivin will introduce the seminar by discussing the reporting of nontraditional revenue and the impor- HBC Board Member tance of consistency among weekly pacing reports, X -Ray reports and Settles the monthly Miller Kaplan reports completed by stations. Most of the seminar, however, will be devoted to answering participants' questions. Insider -Trading Suit To register, visit wwwbcfm.com. By Joe Howard R &R Washington Bureau ¡ho wards radioandrecords. corn Ballots Mailed For Arbitron Radio Advisory Council Ballots listing the 26 candidates competing for seats on the Arbitron obert Hughes, a member of the board of directors of His- dations, plus prejudgment interest Radio Advisory Council have been sent to Arbitron client radio panic Broadcasting Corp., and three others have settled an of $11,825 and a fine of $195,333. stations in the four formats holding elections. There are openings for White is barred from associating insider-trading lawsuit brought by the Securities and Ex- Continued on Page 6 with brokers or investment advis- a change Commission, heading off situation that could :lave ers but may reapply to do so after marred the image of the just-completed merger of HBC and four years. R &R Stock Index Univision. White's brother William White This weighted index consists of all publicly traded companies that The SEC charged Hughes and manentlybarred from serving as an must pay $10,339 in profits and in- derive more than 5% of gross earnings from radio advertising. Change Since three other men with purchasing officer or director for any publicly terest, as well as a fine of $14,685, 10/10/02 10/3/03 10/10/03 ¡0/10/02 10/3 /01.10/10/0+ stock in HBC after learning of its held company. while former Univision employee plans to merge with Univision but Meanwhile, Dallas -based in- Ernest Bieling will pay $528 in trad- R &R Index 1,84.39 205.60 202.45 +10% -1.5' before the deal was made public. vestment broker Stephen White ing profits and interest and a $1,000 lbw Industrials 7,533.95 9,572.31 9,674.68 +2871 +1' According to Reuters, Hughes must will pay back $195,333 in profits fine. 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BUS/NESS BRIEFS TRANSACTIONS AT A GLANCE All transaction information provided by Continued from Page 4 BIA's MEDIA Access Pro, Chantilly, VA. WVHT-FM /Monticello (Tallahassee), FL $800,000 one person per format to represent CHR/Top 40, Country and News/Talk in continuous markets only, and for WCLA- FM/Claxton, GA S525.000 an MOR rep for all markets. Those elected will serve from 2004 through 2006. All candidates must hold the WFPR -AM & WHMD -FM /Hammond, LA Undisclosed position of GM or higher and must be involved in the daily operations of a qualifying Arbitron client station or WNEB- AM/Worcester, MA Undisclosed radio group for the elected term. WJNZ- AM/Kentwood, MI $360,000 KBFN -FM /Big Sky, MT $400,000 Music Pirate Headed To Jail KLEU -FM /Lewistown, MT $20,000 WZKB- FM/Wallace, NC S425,000 Ian Davis, convicted of selling infringing compilation CDs and cassettes through his Empire Records A WBCO -AM & WQEL -FM/Bucyrus, OH $2.2 million website, has been sentenced to jail for six months and will pay more than $3,000 in restitution for the in WLJM -AM. WFGF-FM & WUZZ -FM/Lima and WZOQ -FM/ recordings, which featured artists from labels including UMG, Sony, J and Zomba. Undercover FBI agents last Wapakoneta (Lima), OH S7 million year purchased 209 illegal rap and R &B mix CDs from Davis' website. KEUG- FM/Cottage Grove (Eugene -Springfield). OR $1.02 million Saga Makes Forbes' Top 200 Small Company Rankings Full transaction listings, posted daily, can be found at www.radioandrecords.com. Saga Communications has once again landed on Forbes magazine's 200 Best Small Companies list, placing at No. 147. Saga is the only radio company on the list and climbs from No. 148 in 2002. Saga has seen steady improvement in Forbes rankings, having finished at No. 156 in 2001 and at No. 160 in 2000. Saga DEAL OF THE WEEK Chairman/CEO Ed Christian said his company has been honored "due to the hard work and ongoing efforts of all the members of our company." He continued, "Since founding the company 17 years ago, we have taken Radio Unica/Multicultural Transaction great pride in being the best in our business." The list appears in the Oct. 27 edition of Forbes. PRICE: $150 million TERMS: Asset sale for cash BUYER: Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, headed by Presi- Corp. For Public Broadcasting Helps Noncomms Go Digital dent Arthur Liu. Phone: 212 - 966 -1059. It owns 34 other sta- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has awarded more than $3 million in grants to 42 public radio tions. stations in 13 markets to enable the stations to purchase equipment to transmit digitally. The 13 "seed" SELLER: Radio Unica, headed by Chairman Joaquin Blaya. markets, identified by HD Radio developer iBiquity, are Los Angeles; New York; San Francisco; Chicago; Se- Phone: 305-463 -5000 attle; Miami; Boston; Dallas; Denver; Atlanta; Detroit; Las Vegas; and Washington, DC. In addition to the grants, COMMENT: Radio Unica 's network operations are not included the CPB has earmarked S6.75 million in second -round funding to assist stations in their transition to digital HD in this deal. All of Radio Unica's stations air the company's Radio. Stations will be able to apply for the second round of funding later this fall. Miami -based Spanish News/Talk format except for WJCC -AM/ Continued on Page 12 Miami, which airs brokered Spanish Religious programming. STATIONS TRADED: KIDR -AM /Phoenix & KQTL -AM/Sahuarita (Tucson), AZ; KWRU -AM/Fresno, KATD- AM/Pittsburg (San Fran- cisco), KIQI- AM/San Francisco and KBLA- AM/Santa Monica (Los Angeles), CA; WJCC -AM & WNMA- AM/Miami Springs (Miami), FL; WNTD-AM /Chicago; WJDM- AM/Elizabeth (Middlesex) and AR BITRON WWRU -AM /Jersey City (New York, NY), NJ; and KXYZ-AM/Hous- ton, KAHZ-AM/Hurst (Dallas), KVJY-AM/Pharr (McAllen) and KZDC -AM/San Antonio, TX 2003 DEALS TO DATE Dollars to Date: $1,896,584,756 "PD Advantage Is (Last Year. $5,385, 718,206) Dollars This Quarter: $3 9,453,01X) the (Last Year $350 388,135) Single Most Stations Traded This Year: 660

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"PD Advantage' gives me quick insights into what is happening on my station - FCC ACTIONS and to my competitors too. The Cume/TSL grid takes all the mystery out of what we NAB Blasts Low-Power FM Study need to achieve our long -term ratings goals. he NAB has taken issue with several points made in a recent LPFM study completed by MITRE Corporation that suggests LPFM sta- "PD Advantage is easy to use and gives me tions won't cause significant interference to existing FM stations if con- actionable information in important areas gressionally mandated third -adjacent channel protections are lifted. such as tracking my 100+ QH diary Specifically, the NAB charged in an FCC response to the study that holders and week -by -week diary returns. MITRE failed to conduct audience tests to determine what listeners would deem "objectionable" interference and that it also failed to con- The Diary Comments are always insightful duct an economic analysis to investigate what financial harms could Jimmy Steal and often entertaining." come to full -power FM stations if third-adjacency protections were lifted. Programming Director The NAB also said the study was "fraught with major technical flaws," Power 106, los Angeles including frequency and site selection, receiver characterization and testing methodology.' The resultant test data could in no way support Find out what PD Advantage insight con do for your any recommendation regarding the feasibility of relaxing third -adjacent stotion-contoct your Arbitron representative or drop channel spacing requirements for LPFM stations," the NAB said in ref- an e-mail to bob.michaels @arbitron.com. erence to the FCC's upcoming decision on whether to recommend that Congress drop the third- adjacent channel protections based on the find- 200) Aalbon Inc. PD Advanbge' 4 a regslered mark of ab.tron Inc. ings of the report.

FCC Localism Hearing Gets After-Dark Spotlight The first of the FCC's series of nationwide hearings designed to , advantage gather citizens' input on the job broadcasters are doing to address local concerns will run from 6- 9:30pm on Oct. 22 at the Charlotte - When You Know More, You Program Better www.ArbitronRadio.com Mecklenburg Government Center in Charlotte. The final agenda and

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What have of paperbacks. What's the biggest thing on the cover? an unbeatable anti- commodity. You contractor for the radio station, you you heard about them? How does that can't counterprogram Tom Leykis or own part of its airtime. Your job is to make you feel? Now, what are your Conventional wisdom says it should be the book title. Rush Limbaugh with "more talk, less maximize the value of that part. Your stories? Brainstorm the ones you tell, After all, that's the product, right? But book publish- commercials" promos. worth as an employee is directly af- and the ones you don't tell but could. ers are smarter than that. On mass -market paperbacks, Even though personality branding fected by the size, consistency and Focus. If your audience tunes in the biggest thing you'll see on the cover is the name of is potentially a huge win -win for tal- quality of your audience. If your to "hear the truth" and you let a ent and management, radio stations brand equity goes up, so does your guest off easy, you may be damaging the author. That's because publishers know the author often miss opportunities to develop station's. the audience's trust in you. Your is the brand. personality brands. Such stations may Brand equals experience plus show and all its facets should focus have confused personality with need- stories. The target audience's percep- on your target audience's desired The author is the one we trust to stoner trust and the more that trust less talk, which it obviously shouldn't tion of your personality brand is a experience and the stories they val- deliver. The product is secondary. We drives consumer purchase decisions. be. They may have a format that isn't function of their personal experience ue from you. Find ways to amplify yank the Stephen King Successful radio person- traditionally known for personality, with you and the stories they hear these things in every aspect of your navel off the shelf ( "Nope, alities are also brands. Lis- such as Soft AC (even though many about you. on- and off-air presentation. Discard haven't read this one! ") teners choose to spend Soft AC morning shows outperform Focus equals brand success. If everything else. and run to the plane. We their time rather than mon- their stations). Or they may not really you only put out experiences and sto- Promote. Brand communication trust that we are buying a ey, but it's a purchase know how to develop a brand. ries that work for your target custom- doesn't happen by accident. Once fast- moving, well -written nonetheless. Radio stations On the talent side, potentially er, you will succeed. That means drop- you're focused on your personality fantasy novel or thriller. pay huge dollars for big strong radio personalities may be ping the stuff that doesn't work. How brand, promote it. How are you show- Assuming King's book morning personalities be- trapped by the same preconceptions do you know what doesn't work? casing yourself on your own show? meets our expectations - cause those personalities as their stations. Perhaps they're wait- Know your target. Who are your Are there opportunities for cross-pro- we' d be pissed if it turned tend to radically outper- ing for someone else (the station, their listeners? They may or may not be motions in other shows? Public rela- out to be a cookbook - the Steve St ockman form the rest of the station agent or whomever) to come along exactly the same as your station's tar- tions? Off-air appearances? Stunts? trust relationship is main- (especially on music sta- and help them. Or maybe they sim- get, but they should be close. 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The Five -Step Employee Four Steps To Starting Confrontation Technique Up A Startup By Dave Van Dyke By Rick Torcasso Before to ing out a report card. Give the em- you walk down that hallway confront an Launching a new station? Here are the four proper- employee, put on your game face - that is, your posi- ployee a clear view of the form, or with ties that will determine whether your startup is suc- tive attitude. Remember, the purpose of confrontation even share it them so they can fill it out with you. This will help cessful. is to correct the person and help him or her behave in keep the discussion focused and 1. Accessibility. This is the degree to which the sig- a more acceptable manner. It should be positive, never controlled. nal is accessible to the target audience, and it will be a harsh. Keep in mird that problem behav- major factor in determining which format you choose. ior is like a bruise. Press in the cen- If there are pockets where the signal is weak, you may Confrontation may never be the in question. Don't yield to it. Hesi- ter, and ouchl Press on the outside need to make the format as mass -appeal as possible, most pleasant thing in the world for tating to come straight at the issue edges, and the pain is much less. Any may limit you to do, but you can may make the employee because overspecializing Arbitron's ability athletic coach will tell you that a to estimate listening. make it a lot easier and think you're not serious bruise doesn't get well until its cen- For example, a signal may not be compatible with less emotional by apply- about the problem. Be ter is dispersed by heat or massage a Country format because it does not efficiently serve ing this five -step tech- pleasant, but be persistent. Rick Torcasso therapy. The problem won't go away areas with the biggest Country audience. Conversely, nique. 2. Take the initiative. until you deal with it directly. Don't a signal that's strong in highly concentrated ethnic areas may be perfect for 1. Be honest. Look, no Having a plan in mind press around the edges. one wants you to beat will make the process specialization. 3. Time the confrontation right. 2. Measurability. This is the degree to which Arbitron can measure us- around the bush. You're more comfortable for both If the problem you're dealing with age of the station. While we all experience vicissitudes in the ratings, some not doing anyone any fa- of you. Address the reason Dave Va n Dyke is a recurring one, try to confront the formats are more susceptible to variance than others because of their target vors if you distort the for the meeting right up person as soon as possible after the audience. truth to save feelings, whether you front, then work together toward re- behavior has occurred. However, if Take care to analyze the measurability of your target. Is the segment a are confronting an employee or ter- solving the problem. Be specific; at the behavior has made you angry or problem for the Arbitron survey method? Formats that are too narrow de- minating one. Certainly, you should this point, generalizing is a waste of upset, wait. Initiate confrontation mographically may not get the ratings deserve. be conscious of feelings - but not time. or culturally they really only when you have control of your 3. Substantiality, or the degree to which the targeted audience exists. immobilized. The temptation will be I find it helpful to have a work emotions, or the only problem that Ask yourself, "Is the substantiality of the segment is very high ?" If you to talk about just about anything else sheet or agenda during the discus- will be noticed is your lack of emo- target the new format to women 25-44, you want to be sure that group is a except the uncomfortable situation sion. But don't look like you're fill- tional control. large portion of the population. 4. Mean what you say. This may 4. Actionability is the degree to which management can make decisions seem obvious, but the truth is, in a and exercise options that ensure listener awareness, interest, trial and adop- Pros On The Move confrontational situation, it's hard- tion. Determining actionability is the most complex part of the startup de- er than you think to be honest. Don't cisionmaking process. The first step involves taking into account the ele- At Clear Channel Advantage: Nicole Fler takes the newly created say anything you're not prepared to ments necessary for listeners to adopt new post of VP /Sales, New York, shifting to CCA after two years as VP/ the station: back up. If ycu resolve to say only Business Development for Clear Channel Outdoor. She earlier worked Relative advantage: the degree to which the product appears as an al- what you can demonstrate is true, for Clear Channel Canada, focusing on mall advertising.Lisabeth ternative to or superior to its rivals. Hayes joins CCA as its first Regional VP/Midwest, based in Chicago. you'll probably show little or no Compatibility: the degree to which the product matches the values Hayes' background includes SVP /Advertising Sales at HGTV and anger in your voice or expression. and experiences of the targeted user. Midwest VP & Director /Advertising Sales for MN Networks. Anyone who has ever heard a par- Divisibility the degree to which the result of using the product is ob- Patrick Amsbry joins Emmis' KPWR/Los Angeles as NSM. A 15- ent lose cont_ol understands that servable with limited usage. year broadcaster, Amsbry returns to California after a stint as Director/ anger creates unrealistic demands, Simplicity the degree to which the product is easy to understand. National Sales for Clear Channel's Miami cluster. He earlier worked as and angry people make claims they is Director of Sales for Clear Channel/San Francisco. Communicability: the degree to which the result of use observable cannot stand behind. and describable to others. Joe Bayliss joins Infinity /San Francisco as Director of Sales. 5. Be human. Here's a secret: Bayliss is a former GM for KABL, KI0I & KNEW /San Francisco. He Through research, it is possible to develop core benefits that target lis- Don't carry unnecessary baggage also helped launch KISQ/San Francisco and has managed WWWQ/ teners can easily understand and that can help them compare the new sta- Atlanta. into the meeting about how you tion with their existing media options. Part of this task is knowing the Elston Butler is promoted from AE to LSM at KABC/Los Angeles. must look or act as a counseling strengths of your competitors and the reasons people listen to them. Then His background includes sales and management posts at All Pro manager. Be yourself. That may the goal is, of course, to communicate your station's benefits to the market- Broadcasting, Infinity, Evergreen Media, Greater Media, Frito -Lay and mean your mouth doesn't feel like place to induce trial. Procter & Gamble. it's working right or your left eye In short, the adoption of your new station will greatly depend on grow- Casey Forbes and Pam Foster join Crystal Media Networks as twitches or your voice cracks. Big ing awareness, interest and trial apart from current stations the target group Sr. AE and Director /Research, respectively, based in New York. deal. You're there to help your team may already use. Make no mistake about it Establishing in the consumer's Forbes previously worked eight years at United Stations Radio and a struggling employee, not to Networks, while Foster has spent the last eight years with Premiere mind what the core benefits are of using a radio station is central to any look perfect. You'll be amazed at Radio Networks. successful startup's marketing campaign. how well people can perceive your David Howard is the new Station Manager of Infinity Broadcast- true self, if you can be real, ing's KTWV/Los Angeles. A 22 -year L.A. radio veteran, Howard was and your Rick Torcasso is co- Chairman and partner in Point -to-Point Direct Marketing So- previously GSM of the station for four years. He has also served as GM point will go a lot further. lutions, which specializes in radio marketing campaigns. The company has offices and GSM of crosstown KLYY and LSM at KLAC & KZLA and KQLZ. When the meeting is over, even if in Dallas; Washington, DC; and Ft. Collins, CO. Reach Rick at 972 -661 -1361 or Michael Linos is named VP /Sales and Arturo Sida VP/General the tone or outcome was not espe- [email protected]. Counsel at VitalStream. A 20 -year sales executive, Linos previously cially great, let the employee know worked at NTTNerio, Affinity Software and BellSouth. Sida is a former that you still value him or her as a VP/Legal Affairs at pharmaceutical distributor AmerisourceBergen. person. Remember, firm is human. 1. What Brent (Lau) Michaels is named interim Promotions Director for Forgiving is human. Hard and un- are the facts of the situa- 8. What rewards can and will you Clear Channel's Bakersfield cluster, while Frank Kruz moves into a tion? give? feeling are no :. webmaster /NTR role. 2. What is the specific behavior Your honest answers to these ques- Chet Osadchey is the new Director of Sales for Citadel's Buffalo Steps To Changing you want changed? tions should be very enlightening! cluster and the Buffalo Bills Radio Network. Osadchey was previously Behavior 3. What open -ended questions Director/Sales & New Media for Infinity's Hartford stations. He earlier Learning to confront employees could create dialogue? worked in sales at WCMF /Rochester, NY and WAQX/Syracuse. Dave Van Dyke is a former VP/GM of about performance issues is one link 4. How can you establish the need Ken Salyer is the new Market Manager of Clear Channel/ KCBS-FM/Los Angeles and currently in the chain of interaction between for change? Asheville, NC, overseeing WKSF, WMFX, WPEK, WQNQ, WQNS & advises GMs through his company, a well- -coach WWNC. Salyer had been GSM of the cluster since April. prepared manager and 5. Who has been assigned respon- RadioMentor. He is also Presidenti a staff member. Another is working sibility for the problem? David Yadgaroff has returned to KYW /Philadelphia as Director of COO of finology, a Los Angeles -based together to change substandard be- 6. How will you help to achieve Sales. A former Sales Manager at the station, he was most recently investment banking firm with broad - GSM at WMGK/Philadelphia and earlier worked in sales at WPST/ havior. One furmula for that is to the change? cast interests. Reach him at 888 -790- Trenton, NJ. answer the following revealing 7. What are the minimum stan- 1102 or dvdtiradiomentor.com. questions: dards you will accept?

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Musicmatch The iTunes Music Store Top 10

i Apple's iTunes Music Store is the leading non -subscription digital - Songs music service in the U.S, offering a catalog of more than 200,000 Selling songs from all five - Starts major label groups. Here's a snapshot of the top selling Monday, 13, And a really cool free Jukebox comes with the deal downloads on Oct. 2003. Top 10 Songs

By Brida Connolly 1. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Stacÿ s Mom Associate Managing Editor 2. OUTKAST Hey Ya! 3. DIDO White Flag 4. BLACK EYED PEAS Hey Mama í fter a post -iTunes lull in the legal digital -music of the Jukebox I had any trouble with: 5. BLACK EYED PEAS Where Is The Love? It put my D: drive through a "con- business (well, BuyMusic launched, but practically no 6. SARAH McLACHLAN Fallen figuration" that included much vi- one noticed), a burst of Windows -compatible non-sub- 7. BEYONCÉ f /SEAN PAUL Baby Boy bration and some scary clunking, 8. SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest scription services is on the way just in time for Christ- then kept refusing to recognize that 9. 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You mas. Roxio's Napster 2.0 is getting most of the atten- there was a CD in the drive. Once 10. OUTKAST Hey Ya! (Radio Mix) tion, but that service isn't actually available yet (the cat running, however, the ripping func- tion is lightning -fast and the sound Top 10 remains napping until Oct. 29). quality of the files excellent. It would, 1. STING Sacred Love (U.S.) Apple at press time was just about basic Jukebox is a fine bit of software. however, have been nice to have stan- 2. DIDO Life For Rent ready to launch a Windows version It rips CDs quicker than quick, de- dard "pause" and "stop" buttons 3. BEN FOLDS Sunny 16(EP) of iTunes that is fully compatible faulting to a plain -vanilla MP3 format rather than the confusing ( "How do 4. ELVIS PRESLEY Elvis - 2nd To None with its marvelous, beautiful and that should play on any MP3- compat- I turn this thing off! ?") "stop" and 5. RICKIE LEE JONES The Evening Of My Best Day really expensive iPod, but you can't ible CD player and transfer to any "cancel" selections. 6. JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS Streetcore have You 7. THE WHITE STRIPES The White Stripes that one right this minute either. portable player. can also record in Buy A Song But brand -new and available right MP3Pro, great big .WAV files or, 8. LYLE LOVETT My Baby Don't Tolerate now is a non -subscription by-the- should the spirit move you, rights - Once all your CDs are neatly 9. BLACK EYED PEAS Elephunk song service from Musicmatch, a managed Windows Media Audio. ripped, what's it like buying a song 10. SEAL Seal IV highly respected and successful web - It used to be understood that me- on Musicmatch Downloads? Easy as caster that launched back in 1997 dia software would offer plain MP3 (Apple) pie. Under the "Get" menu with a dream of selling songs online. as an option, but of late the major is a "Download Music" banner that That idea was thwarted by the record providers are married to proprietary accesses the easiest artist- and song - labels' refusal to license their materi- file formats and glued -on rights man- search function on any of the major al for digital sale (who'd ever want agement that too often makes music services. Search results are instant, in- to get music from a computer ?). you bought and paid for unplayable dude only songs you can actually gracenote.. Rather than giving Music- in the digital player you purchase (are you listening, BuyMu- up, also bought 411110 match turned to webcasting and its and paid for. No wonder Apple-free sic?) and show exactly how many Musicmatch Jukebox, one of the most consumers are still hesitant about this songs are available on Musicmatch If you play digital music or CDs on an Internet -connected computer or streamlined, sensible and altogether stuff. But I digress. by that artist- a surprisingly handy other device', you're probably using Gracenote CDDB, the industry stan- niftiest webcast players and music The $19.99 "Plus" Jukebox offers bit of info. dard for music recognition. Gracenote provides artist and track informa- managers available. With the Juke- even greater wonders, but here we'll Once you've found a song or tion to millions of online music listeners every day. Statistics from those users are collected and anonymously aggregated to determine popular- box and a successful subscription - look at the basic edition. On opening to buy, credit-card info must be en- ity ratings for Gracenote's digital charts. webcast business, Musicmatch has the Jukebox Basic by way of its ten- tered for the first purchase (assuming done very well, even without selling nis -ball-attacking -a- boomerang icon you're not already a registered Music- Gracenote Top 25 Country Currents a single song. (this is intended to abstractly convey match customer.) After that, buying a The Player the sentiment "Freedom for all mu- song takes two clicks, and downloads 1 PAT GREEN Wave On Wave sic lovers"), a handsome gray -blue are near instant on a broadband con- 2 WERKS BENTLEY What Was I Thinkin'

Times have changed, however, interface appears. Adding one's ex- nection. Folks who subscribe to 3 BRAD PAISLEY Celebrity and Musicmatch just went live with isting music library in all formats is Musicmatch's webcasts may find 4 BUDDY JEWELL Help Pour Out (Laceÿ s Song)

Musicmatch Downloads, available to a matter of a few mouse clicks from themselves piling up a library pretty 5 BROOKS & DUNN Red Oirt Road anyone with a Windows 98 or better a blessedly sensible options menu. quickly: Many songs can be pur- 6 LONESTAR My Front Porch Looking In PC. Assuming you're an adult with When a track is played, it becomes chased as they play. That's a first, and 7 TRACY BYRD Drinkié Bone a credit cani, the first thing you have part of the playlist in a smaller win- a real sign of possibilities to come. 8 TRACY BYRD The Truth About Men to do to get access to the 250,000 or dow above. It's from that window As far as the library, I found at least 9 GEORGE STRAIT Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa so 99 cent Musicmatch tracks is that the user saves created playlists something by most of the artists I 10 DARRYL WORLEY Have You Forgotten? download the free Jukebox Basic 8.1. and bums CDs. searched on - though not my stan- 11 TRACE ADKINS Then They Oo So this seems a good time to take a The CD recorder sits at the bottom dard service -depth testers, English fresh look at the player itself. of the screen. It's a pretty standard folk rockers Steeleye Span. However, 12 GEORGE STRAIT Cowboys Like Us Even if you never buy a song, the arrangement, but it was the only part the suggested artists that came up in- 13 DWIGHT YOAKAM The Back Of Your Hand stead of Span were imaginative and a 14 SARA EVANS Backseat Of A Greyhound Bus surprisingly good fit, including not 15 fIJIMMY BUFFETT Its Five O'Clock Somewhere

just the obvious Fairport Convention 16 DUSTY DRAKE One Last Time

and Sandy Denny, but The Pogues 17 JEFF BATES The Love Song

and even The Moody Blues. "Related 18 BRAD PAISLEY Little Moments

artists" for available Dutch cheese 19 LONESTAR Walking In Memphis metal outfit Gclden Earring were not 20 JESSICA ANDREWS There's More To Me Than You just Earring idols Deep Purple, but 21 BRAD PAISLEY Mud On The Tires ELO, The Kinks and Alice Cooper. MusicNet, Napster To Move Into Canada 22 JESSICA ANDREWS Good Time Overall, the taste-based matches are 23 BUDDY JEWELL Abilene On Her Mind MuslcNet and Roxio's soon -to- launch legal Napster have signed impressive-which shouldn't be sur- license deals with the Canadian Music Reproduction Rights Agency 24 I Will Dream prising from a webcaster whose $4.95- and the Canadian Recording Industry Association that will let them a -month "ArtistMatch" streams are 25 ALAN JACKSON Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) bring their services over the border. But the first legal digital -music ratings leaders largely because they do Data for the week of Sept. 29 -Oct. 5. service to go live in will be a new. homegrown Canada outfit called a remarkable job of tracking listeners' Please visit www.gracenote.com PureTracks, set to launch on Oct. 15. The others will soon follow, and tastes and accurately anticipating for more detailed chart information or contact charts @gracenote.com for access to customized reports. all the services will, says the CRIA, offer 250,000 -plus songs for on- what people will like. Musicmatch demand streaming and a la carte sale, with the per -song price starting *For a list of Gracenote -enabled products, visit www.gracenote.com/ Downloads is a worthy addition in a at 99 cents. partners. field that is, finally, beginning to real- ize its potential.

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Federated Names Gillispie Director/ EXECUTIVE ACTION Rock Programming Greg Gillispie has accepted the Sirius Ups Geronimo, Appoints Format Managers Director /Rock Programming post for Federated Media. The 30 -year eronimo, who has programmed and been an air personality for sev- industry veteran has served as an eral of Sirius' dance and hip-hop streams since joining the compa- ny last has promoted to Director/Hip -Hop Dance Program- Atlanta -based VP /Rock-Alterna- year, been & ming. tive for McVay Media for the past Before joining Sirius Geronimo was the in -house consultant and MD for six years. Emmis CHR/Rhythmic WOHT (Hot 97)/NewYork. He's also been MD /night- Gillispie will relocate to Fed - timer at dance -intensive CHR/Rhythmic WKTU /New York. night host at erated's Ft. Wayne, IN headquarters crosstown Urban WBLS and PD at WWKX/Providence. his new Nov. 1. As In other Sirius news, on -air talent José Mangin has been promoted to and begin duties A HEAVY LUNCH WLTW/New York recently held an intimate lunch in its Format Manager of the Octane and Hard Attack Rock streams, while part of his new role, Gillispie will conference room, where Epic artist Gloria Estefan talked with station staff and Rich McLaughlin has risen from MD to Format Manager of Alternative serve as the day-to-day program- 10 listeners for an hour about her latest CD, the shooting of the DVD streams Alt Nation and Left of Center. mer for Federated's Active Rock accompanying the CD and some personal experiences. Seen here are (l -r) "I'm really pleased to have made these promotions," Sirius VP/Music WBYR and Classic Rock WFWI in Epics Paddy Rascona, Estefan, Epic's Bonnie Goldner, WLTW OM/PD & Clear Programming Steve Blatter said. "Geronimo is one of the most skilled

Ft. Wayne, as well as for Classic Channel VP/AC Programming Jim Ryan and Clear Channel RVP & Market programmers I know; he knows these genres inside and out. Rich and Rock WAOR /South Bend, IN. Manager/New York Andy Rosen. José are enthusiastic, dedicated guys, and I'm glad to be able to promote "We're excited to have one of the from within." top Rock programmers in the na- tion come to work with the Feder- ated Media family," Federated Me- Rock stations for some time and been a rewarding and enjoyable ex- through direct contact with labels is commission decided and the stealth dia COO Tony Richards said. "It have known Tony and [Federated perience." also problematic. process it used to get there aroused makes a strong statement about our owner] John Dille since the 1980s. Gillispie began his career as an "Since Clear Channel is a na- the ire of millions of Americans," he commitment to radio as a product- It's a position they kindly created air personality and MD at WIOT/ tional radio group, its description of said. "A majority at the commission driven business." for me, and it's really been a goal of Toledo. He later served as MD at 'groupwide' contests implies that it chose the wrong path. Where are Gillispie, who has been a consult- mine to work with some stations WWWW /Detroit and Asst. PD/ and other consolidated radio chains localism, diversity and competition ant for 16 years and served as Presi- under the same umbrella within a MD of KAZY /Denver. He was PD will very likely program from a cen- in a decision that allows big media dent of BD &A before joining corporate culture. I have had a very at KEZO /Omaha and WDVE/ tralized locale and focus on artists companies to wield up to three TV McVay Media, told R &R, "I've been enjoyable 16 years of consulting, Pittsburgh before getting into con- with groupwide - i.e., national - stations, eight radio stations, the al- working with the Federated Media and working with Mike McVay has sulting in 1987. appeal, at the expense of artists ready monopolistic newspaper and with local appeal," the groups potentially the cable system and wrote. Internet access in the larger mar- FCC "especially in light of a contrary de- as taking advantage of its owner- The groups also reiterated their kets?" Continued from Page 3 cision made just four years ago not ship of both radio stations and con- plea to the commission to investi- to attribute JSAs." cert venues. gate how consolidation in radio has contour -overlap methodology for Meanwhile, a coalition that in- "Once again, we call on the FCC affected public -interest concerns, Cosby defining radio markets and replac- cluded AFTRA, the Recording Art- to investigate whether an artist's something the FCC is already try- Continued from Page 3 ing that approach with the manipu- ists' Coalition, the Future of Music choice to play or not to play certain ing to do through its previously an- lable and inconsistent 'metro' mar- Coalition and the Nashville Song- venues or to use or not use a certain and I'm excited to be part of the nounced localism -in-broadcasting kets defined by Arbitron," the NAB writers Association International on promotion company impacts that Crawford team," Cosby said. "In initiative. said in comments recently filed Oct. 9 sent a letter to the commis- artist's position on or removal from today's radio, it's really going Blasts with the FCC. sion speaking out about issues the radio-group playlists," the groups Copps Again against the grain to work for a cor- The Eddie Fritts-led organization groups believe are threatening the wrote. FCC Policies poration like this, where you can also took aim at the FCC's decision health of the industry. The groups also cite "payola" - FCC Commissioner Michael work hand in hand and face to face to count joint sales agreements as The letter, a followup to a simi- specifically, the independent-pro- Copps - an outspoken critic of his with the company owners on a part of a company's station count in lar one sent in May 2002, listed ver- motion process - as a continuing agency's media-ownership policies daily basis. I'm excited to be team- a market. "The commission had no tical integration of radio ownership problem. While they credit Cox Ra- - during an Oct. 9 speech once ing up with a programmer like basis whatsoever to support its de- with other entertainment and me- dio and Clear Channel for severing again criticized the FCC's new me- [Crawford's WPWX /Chicago PI)) cision to attribute radio joint sales dia enterprises as the top issue the ties with indies, they complain that dia- ownership rules, now stayed by Jay Alan and to be part of changing agreements under the local radio- groups want the FCC to address Clear Channel's new method of a Third Circuit Court oiling. the music landscape in Chicago- ownership rules," the NAB charged, and cited Clear Channel specifically launching nationwide promotions "The brazenness of what the land."

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Chile and that company's eight -station National Radio cluster in Santiago. BUSINESS BRIEFS PHILLANA WILLIAMS becomes VP/Urban Marketing at Arista Records. Products & Services Continued horn Page 4 She rises from Sr. Director/Marketing. TM CENTURY offers free to al radio Clear Channel Adds To Omaha Cluster stations Mannheim Steamroller's Hal- has its 441 RECORDS debuts with Harvey loween, a 13 -track collection of scary r. tear Channel closed on $10.5 million acquisition of KEFM -FM/Omaha from Webster Communica- Rosen as President/COO and Kirk tunes including "The Sorcerer's Ap- tions, bringing to five the number of stations CC owns in the market. AC KEFM joins new clustermates News/ Imamura as Chairman /CEO. The new prentice," "Hall of the Mountain King" Talk KFAB -AM, Oldies KGOR -FM, Rock KRQC -FM and Country KXKT-FM. Webster exits the radio business with the Dick Blackburn Bruce Houston for label will specialize in jazz, blues, R &B, and "Funeral March of a Marionette." deaf. and of Blackburn & Co. were the exclusive brokers the transaction. dance and electronica artists. Among Also available is Steamroller's Boo its first releases will be jazz drummer Salem Closes On Station Acquisitions Joe Chambers' Urban Grooves and Salem Communications has completed its $1.5 million purchase of KZNT-AM /Colorado Springs from Walton Itacuruca by Brazilian jazz vocalist Statio is -a deal that gives Salem a total of three stations in the market. where it already owns KBIQ-FM & Pamela Driggs. For more information, KGFT-FM. Salem has also completed its $1 million acquisition of a CP for a new FM station that will serve the call 212- 765 -7500. Sacramento market.The station, which Salem hopes to finish building by December, will air a gold -based Country format and be part of a cluster that already includes KFIA, KKFS & KTKZ.

Industry Northeast Broadcasting Closes On Citadel Buy Northeast Broadcasting has completed its purchase of WCAT-AM & WAHL -FM/Athol, MA from Citadel Com- munications. No price has been released for the deal, which gives Bedford, NH -based Northeast 15 radio JESSE IGNJATOVIC is upped to stations ac-oss northern New England. Stephan Sloan and Bob Maccini of Media Services Group were the exclu- VP/Music & Talent Development at sive brokers in the transaction, representing Citadel. MTV. He has been with MTV since RI"SRICRII CR21127Rf= 1992, most recently working on the development of Snoop Dogg's Doggy Mannheim Steamroller Radio Companies, Satcasters Set Q3 Earnings Releases Fizzle Televizzle. Westwood One will unveil its 03 2003 fiscal report on Oct. 29, and company executives will participate in a Bumps, 40 minutes of digital sound ef- teleconference with analysts and investors at 8:30am ET on that day. Entercom will unveil its 03 results fects including "Ghost Voices," En- before the markets open on Nov. 6 and will hold a conference call that morning at 11:00 ET. Entravision will release MANAGEMENT BY DESIGN joins chanted Forest" and "Digital Death," its Q3 numbers on Nov. 13 and has set its conference call for that day at 5pm ET. Sirius will release its third -quarter Pollack Media Groups' consulting team Visit www.tmcenturycom and cl'.ck on numbers on Nov. 6 and will hold its call at 11 am that day, while XM Satellite Radio will also hold its Q3 call on Nov. for Claxson's Ibero American Radio the "Mannheim Steamroller" banner. 6, with its conference call at 10am ET.

Viacom Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend Product & Synch Licensing for nfinity parent Viacom has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its class A and class B common stack of 6 share, payable Jan. 1, 2004 to stockholders of record at the close of business on Dec. 8, 2003. Changes Warner Strategic Marketing ... Dale I cents oer Viacom shares are trading near $42 and have traded in the -$48 range for most of the last six months. aside Bobo becomes Sr. VP /Nashville at $40 high Radio: Celeste Wesson becomes Warner /Chappell Music. from a late- September dip into the -S30 range. Producer of Minnesota Public Radio's daily business program Industry: Don Cody Jr. exits Moses Arbitron Drops Springfield, IL From Ratings Marketplace. Media to become President /CEO of capital Springfield, ranked Market No. 206 by Arbitron, will no longer be measured by the radio -ratings web design company Duet Custom company. The market had been being measured twice yearly but was under embargo - meaning its results Records: Mark Pinkus becomes Sr. Designs; visit www.duetcusto,n could not to published until a full year after their release. Arbitron would confirm to R &R only that the market has VP /Strategic Marketing, Custom designs.coni. been dropped but would not comment on its reasons Springfield's commercial radio stations are owned by a total of four companies: Mid West Family Stations and Clear Channel each own four stations in the market, while Saga and NextMedia each own five properties. (See Letter to the Editor, Page 3.) FCC ACTIONS XM `Roady' Receiver Hits Retail Delphi's new plug- and -play "Roady' receiver for XM Satellite Radio is now in stores, featuring the new "Micro Continued from Page 6 Antenna," the smallest satellite radio antenna on the market, and a cassette adapter for in- vehicle use. Weigh- ing just five ounces, the Roady is nearly 40% smaller than previous plug- and -play receivers. The unit also has a witness list are still being ironed out, but the hearing marks an important special feature called "TuneSelect" that remembers songs listeners like and alerts them when a favorite song is first step as the FCC reacts to increasing criticism that it put big business playing on another channel. ahead of consumers when it loosened many of its media regulations on Meanwhile, Delphi said this week that it has shipped a total of 1.2 million XM receivers since it began producing June 2. All five of the commissioners are expected to attend, including the units in December 2001. Combined with production from XM's other suppliers, that ensures that the satcaster Michael Copps, who first sought the hearings prior to the FCC's June won't be dealing with receiver -availability problems as it sets out to attract 1.2 million customers by year's end. The vote on its new media -ownership rules. company is comfortably on track to meet that goal; its subscriber count stood at 929.648 as of Oct. 1.

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ORDO Do You Have A Little Time SIMON STINGER French Connection New Country 2 ENIGMA Voyageur DIDO Lile For Rent HILARY DUFF So Yesterday 74 3 NATURAL What If Hank Aaron DIDO See The Sun KELLY CLARKSON Miss Independent 73 4 ROD STEWART Time After Tome KENNY CHESNEY There Goes My Life DIDO See You When You're 40 MCGUIRE What Dreams Are Made 73 5 JOSH GROBAN Broken Vow TIM MCGRAW Watch The Wtnd Blow By LIZZIE Of BAHA MEN Who Let The Dogs Out 71 DANCE Lia SOUTHWEST Danielle Ruysschaert Ken Moultrie/Hank Aaron STEVIE BROCK All For Love 70 1. LIZ PHAIR Why Can I? HYBRID Morning Sci-Fi Travis Storch 866 -365 -HITS RODNEY ATKINS Honesty (Wile Me A List) LINDSAY LOHAN Ultimate 62 2. NATURAL What II HOLLY PALMER Just So You Know (Mig Tight Mixl SHERRIE AUSTIN Streets Of Heaven JUMPS Do Ya 44 Time Top Rock 3. ROD STEWART Time After KREO Burning For You DIAMOND RIO Wrinkles BRITNEY SPEARS ... I Did It Again 34 4. 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TRS 2004 Online Registration Now Open Mark your calendar now! The annual R &R Talk Radio Seminar returns to our nation's capital in 2004 and will Premiere's Late be held Feb. 26 -28 at the Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel. Online early-bird registration and hotel reservation information for TRS 2004 is now available at www.radioandrecords.com. Save over Night Tag Team $100 on registration and take advantage of our special room rates now as R &R Noory and Bell offer different styles on Coast to Coast continues to make it affordable for you to attend the one News/Talk radio event you can't afford to miss. f71,'I1t! As you plan your 2004 budgets this fall. FEBRUARY 2648 2004 ate -night radio's most successful talk show, Pre- the program entertained seven don't miss the opportunity to join us in miere Radio to Coast, has made its nights a week for years to come. Washington next February for News/Talk radio's most influential and Networks' Coast informative event, TRS 2004. fair share of news over the past few years, most of it R&R: First of all, Art, how is your centered around the program's founder and original health these days? host, Art Bell. AB: I've been exercising and tak my blood, so I missed it, but I didn't ing anti- inflammatory medications pick up the phone and ask to come In March of 2000 Bell left the show full -time, but said he did plan to fill to relieve the back pain, but, most "When I was in back. after a year of personal and family in for Noory now and then some- important, since I went off the air at - R &R: What did bring you back? problems. But just one year later, thing he has, in fact, done several the end of last year I've lost 50 constant pain I just AB: The way it happened was with Coast to Coast experiencing a times in the past few months. pounds. That's 50 pounds less that really sort of interesting. KFI /Los ratings lag and the defections of sev- He refused to classify his exit as a my back has to carry around, and could not go on the Angeles PD Robin Bertolucci called eral key affiliates, Bell agreed to re- "permanent" retirement as he did that has helped tremendously. me on the phone one day. Let me tell turn to the show full -time when he left the show in I did it with what I call "the not air anymore. It ruins you, this woman is unrelenting. She and quickly put it back on 2000. In an exclusive in- eating as much as I used to" diet. You your to think is a triple-A personality type. She a winning track. terview (R &R 10/25/02) start not eating as much, and pretty ability called and asked if I would do a Bell's "comeback" was at the time, Bell said, "If soon you don't want to eat as much. and concentrate." show for KFI on weekends, and I short-lived, however, as there is anything I It really works; it's that simple. It said, "No, Robin, I don't do that. I'm debilitating back prob- learned from all that has wasn't all that hard, and there was no Art Bell retired now." She said, "Yes, I know, lems forced the talk host happened in the past few suffering involved. I just didn't feel but why don't you do a weekend to take an increasing years - probably the like eating as much, and when I start- show for us ?" I said no to her sever- number of nights off from hard way it's that you ed losing the weight, my back start- the kind of pain I was in, that's all - al times, but she would not give up. the show, and rumors of should never say never." ed to get progressively better. there is to it. George Noory Every time I found a reason I his departure again be- Good thing he quali- R&R So you're improved but not R &R Now that you're feeling better, couldn't do it, she'd come up with gan to circulate. After a yearlong fied himself, because last cured, is that correct? any regrets about retiring? another approach or angle and ask struggle Bell announced that he was month Bell agreed to return once AB: Yes, definitely not cured. I've AB: No, I stand by that. I made me again. leaving the show and that the man more to the show he made famous, had a series of MRIs, and I know the absolutely right decision by re- Finally, I told her that the whole taking his place would be his hand- only this time he was coming back what is wrong with my back, but tiring when I did, and, frankly, I was idea was ridiculous and that it would picked successor, George Noory, as its weekend host. carrying around that much less prepared to stay retired. I run my be as much work for me to prepare a who took over in January of this In this exclusive chat with both weight has made my symptoms own station, and that keeps me weekend show for KFI as it would be year. Bell and Noory it's clear that both much, much better. When I was in busy, but I had no plans to return to to do it for 500 stations. She said, When Bell exited the show for the have a sense of what Bell's return constant pain I just could not go on the air on any sort of regular basis. I "Great, then why don't you do that ?" second time he was emphatic that means to Coast to Coast and that they the air anymore. It ruins your abili- had filled in for George a few times, At this point I was hying to find a he had no intention of ever return- share a vision for their tag -team fu- ty to think and concentrate. You and that was great, but, honestly, I ing to the Coast to Coast microphone ture that both hope will keep fans of can't do the sort of program I do in didn't itch to come back. Radio is in Continued on Page 16

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Premiere's Late Night.... little while to get back into the rou- I had to remember that I'm and the show have evolved over the past tine of things, but it doesn't seem to George Noory and Art Bell is Art 10 months? Continued from Page 15 take me very long. Once I open the Bell - that's the way it is. Only Art GN: Since I went on the air, three "I never doubted mike and get into the show, I forget Bell is Art Bell. I couldn't and major events have occurred: the polite way to say no, and so I said, about everything else. It's all about wouldn't copy him. Honestly, when space shuttle disaster, the war in my ability to "You go ahead and call Premiere and what I'm doing at that moment. I fast took over the show, Art was Iraq and the Northeast blackout. ask them about that," figuring that R &R Your response to those who really helpful. He'd call me up and Those were big news events that we capture an she would just let it go. About 10 min- say, "0K, here he goes again. He's corn- tell me to put my mark on the show covered on the show, although with utes later the phone rings, and it's audience, build an ing back just like he did last and tell me to be myself and not to a twist, because I'm not Fox News [Premiere President/ time." listen to anyone else. His advice was or CNN. While we will never step COO] Kraig Kitchin, who affiliate base or AB: Not only no, but probably the most helpful advice I away from what our core audience says, "Robin tells me you hell no. That is my answer. got at the time. wants, which is the paranormal and want to do weekends." keep sponsors I hope that my coming on the unusual, we are growing the At that point I said I for weekends will strength- show when it comes to covering big needed a few days to happy, and all that en the show, and I think news stories that are dictated by think it over and talk to it will. But in regards to "I'm probably a little whatever events happen world- my wife, because I hon- has happened." me having any desire to wide. We have done, and we will do, estly had not given any bit darker than take on more than what I special programming when these George Noory thought to the idea of go- Art Bell have already bargained types of big news events occur. So ing back on the air regu- George is. I tend for, no way. I'd say yes, I am evolving the show larly at all. But when I thought about R &R George, what was your reac- to appeal to more late-night listen- up with the word to describe him, it, I decided that hosting weekends toward darker tion to the news that Art was coming ers than just a core of those interest- but I can't, because he is such a might be just the ticket. It would be back on a regular basis? ed in the paranormal. unique talent. Some of the topics he enough to be doing what I love and aspects of the GN: I love it, and I more than wel- R &R Art, should we expect to hear handles he does with that flavor that having some fun without the grind come it. Both Art and Kraig were anything new on weekends with you only Art can do. A woman who has of having to do it five or six nights paranormal than he very clear with me that none of this back behind the microphone? been picked up by aliens and lived every week. That is the way it hap- would happen unless I felt comfort- AB: Probably not a lot. Every- with them -Art Bell is the only guy pened, and Robin gets all the credit does." able with it. My feeling is that it's the thing evolves, and I guess there may I know who can carry on an inter- for it. Honestly, she was dogged greatest thing that could happen to Art Bell be some things that I might evolve, view with that person. about it; she wouldn't take no for an the show. Having Art hosting the but right now I'm just having too I tend to make people feel good answer. Sunday and Monday shows live is much fun. I'm probably a little bit while Art will bring out that dark R&R: How did it feel to be back in dramatic. I think it could add three R &R Since you air the show on your darker than George is. I tend toward side in people. Some of our guests the saddle? to five shares to an already very suc- own station, Art, kan only assume that darker aspects of the paranormal might even cross over between us, AB: It felt great. I had been filling cessful program. Having Art Bell in you listen regularly. How's George been than he does. I'm the guy who will but I think that Art and I tend to get in for George now and then, so I that slot is like having Babe Ruth doing, in your opinion, since he took put on really scary people, and I'll different things out of people. You wasn't totally rusty. It does take a come back to be on your baseball over? probably keep doing that. I'll scare could listen to us both talk to the team. I think the world of Art, and I AB: George is a different person - the crap out of a lot of people and same guest and hear two complete- think this show now has the best ality than I am, and that is the way probably myself on weekends. ly different interviews. I think it's "I am evolving the team in radio. it should be. He's held on to a lot of That's where I think I'll keep it for a going to be a great mix between the R &R What was the hardest part of the audience and also developed his while, and I believe that will be a two of us. show to appeal to taking over a program so closely associ- own following. He's moved the good combination. R&R Art, you do know that your ated with its host? show to a lighter area with regard R &R George how would you con- return has made a lot of people in radio more late -night GN: I never doubted my ability to the paranormal and even moved trast what you do on weeknights vs. pretty happy, don't you? to capture an audience, build an af- away from the paranormal a little Art's weekend approach to the show? AB: And I'm one of them. This is listeners than just a filiate base or keep sponsors happy, bit, and that's OK. It's a good thing. GN: Art is Art. I'm trying to come great: it really, really is. and all that has happened. What The one piece of advice I gave core of those was hard for me at first was the idea George when he started was, "Don't Got Photos? eD that I was replacing a living legend. try to be me That's not going to interested in the In the beginning I had to stop and work" Copies don't work. You need Whenever you have photos from your News/Talk station's keep reminding myself, "George, to move a show in your own direc- events and promotions, be sure you send them to: paranormal." just be who you are, and you'll be tion. That's what I think George has R &R. News/Talk Photos: 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., I was to doing for the few months, George Hoary fine." Once able do that - been past 3rd Floor. Los Angeles, CA 90067 and it probably took me about two and I think it's working. or e-mail apeterson @radioandrecords.corn weeks or so -I was fine. R&R: George, how do you think you

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Bell Letter Continued from Page 3 Continued from Page 3 RR. Bell joined Clear Channel /Mem- Why is radio so bland in most places these days? Arbitron has cre- phis in 2000 as PD of WHRK (K97) ated an artificial universe that dictates insane contesting, more interrup- 10100 Santa Monica Blvd, Third Floor Los Angeles CA 900674004 Tel (310) 553.4330 Fax (310) 203 -9763 and Urban AC KJMS. He became tions for call letters every 10 seconds, clustered stopsets that lessen re- www.radmandrecords.com Director /Urban Programming in sponse, shock radio and other manipulation of programming to impact dia- December 2002. Bell was instru- ries. Does any of that increase the listener's desire for the products we advertise? EXECUTIVE EDITOR JEFF GREEN ¡green dradioandrecords.00m mental in the launch of the cluster's MANAGING EDITOR RICHARD LANGE /hinge0radoandrecordsrom Many stations spend thousands of dollars on research that does noth- Gospel WHAL -FM earlier this year. ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITOR BRIDA CONNOLLY bconnolly R^ radioandrec0ds.cOm ing more than tell them how to better manipulate and attract diarykeep- NEWS EDITOR JULIE GIDLOW /gidowm'radloandrecords.com Prior to joining Clear Channel/ ers. They spend more thousands of dollars on consultants that tell them MUSIC EDITOR FRANK CORREIA !correla@radmandrecords corn Memphis, Bell was PD of Radio how to improve ratings. How many have spent any money on research RADIO EDITOR ADAM JACOBSON alacobson OOradoandrecords. corn One's WDTJ /Detroit from 1999- that tells them how to build a radio station that gets the maximum result ASSOCIATE RADIO kberman®radioandrecords.com EDITOR KEITH BERMAN for advertisers and offers truly progressive programs? COPY EDITOR CARRIE HAYWARD chaywardOradmandrecords.com 2000. He also programmed WKKV Not many, I would venture to guess. They have all been duped to be- AC/HOT AC EDITOR ANGELA PERELLI aperelli ®radmandrecords.com (V100) /Milwaukee from 1996-99 lieve the only way to go is to play rthe Arbitron game" Ask yourself this ALTERNATIVE EDITOR MAX TOLKOFF mlolkoN @radioandreoords.com and WJBT (The Beat) /Jacksonville CHR/POP EDITOR KEVIN CARTER kcartereradmandrecords.com question: If you didn't have Arbitron to worry about, what would your ra- from 1993 -96. He joined WJBT in CHR/RHYTHMIC EDITOR DONTAY THOMPSON dthompsoneradioandrecords.00m dio station sound like, and would it produce better results for custom- CHRISTIAN EDITOR RICK WELKE rwelkedradloandrecords.com 1990 as MD /afternoon jock. ers? In Springfield, IL we are asking that question these days because COUNTRY EDITOR LON MELTON Melton a'radioandrecords.com "This is a great personal oppor- we have chased Arbitron out of the market. LATIN FORMATS EDITOR JACKIE MADRIGAL Imadrlgaheradloandrecords.com tunity," Bell said. 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VP/MUSIC OPERATIONS KEVIN MCCABE kmccabe eradioandrecods.com DIRECTOR/OPERATIONS AL MACHERA amacheradradioandrecords.com The truth is, if your client has a cash register, he or she already has DIRECTOR/DIGITAL INITIATIVES MAFFEI gmaeel eradioandrecods.com a much better measurement tool than Arbitron. What Arbitron has be- GREG WCBS CHARTS & MUSIC MANAGER ROB AGNOLETTI ragnoletIr radioandrecods.com come is a tool for agencies to beat radio over the head to get a lower Continued from Page 1 PRODUCT A TECH SUPPORT MGR. JOSH BENNETT IbennetteradIOandrecords.com rate. To add insult to injury, radio foots the bill for the beating by paying WCBS VP ASST. OPERATIONS MANAGER MICHAEL TRIAS mtriaseradroandrecods.com -AM /GM Steve Swensen much higher Arbitron rates than ad agencies. PRODUCT MANAGER MIKE THACKER mthackereradmandrecords.com said. 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All you have to worry about is putting together compel- LEAD DEVELOPER CECIL PHILLIPS cphdlrpseradioandrecords.com through the 19805 and '90s with ling programming that produces results for clients. APPLICATION DEVELOPER HAMID IRVANI havanitAradioandrecordacom stints at CNN in Atlanta, KNX /Los What makes us boring is our constant search for the magic bullet to WEB DEVELOPER ABHIJITJOGLEKAR aloglekardradioandrecods.com Angeles and WBBM-AM /Chicago. is WEB/APPLICATION DEVELOPER AMIT GUPTA agupta xì radioandrecords.com increase Arbitron numbers. That also making us vulnerable to attack She joined KFWB in 1996. NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR DAVID PUCKETT dpucketteradmandrecods.com from satellite radio and online music. We are chasing the wrong carrot

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Last Fr day Premiere's Rush Limbaugh ended his show tioned off, with all proceeds benefiting the Susan G. Komen Rrimebne by admitting that he is, in fact, addicted to prescription pain- Fourdation. Gamble is ph Iosophical about the event. "So killers. "I am not making any excuses," he told his audience. YEAR AGO many people have done so much for my boobs," she says. i "Over the years, athletes and celebrities have emerged from "This is their chance to give something back to the com- Jim Ryan promoted to VP /AC Programming for Clear treatment centers to great fanfare and praise for conquer- munity." Channel Radio. ing great demons. They are said to be Mary Quass, Lindsay Wood Davis and Tammy great role for models and examples oth- Since flipping KORQ (96Q) /Abilene, TX from Soft AC to Gilmore join to form NewRadio Group. Los Angeles radio legend Al Lohman dies of bladder ers. Well, I am no role model. I refuse to CHR/Rhythmic about a year ago, PD /morning guy Mark cancer at the age of 66. let anyone think I am doing something McGill has been turning the town upside down - and tor- Dusty Hayes named PD of KTTB /Minneapolis. great here when there are people you turing his morning show sidekick, Grunwald. Putting a hu- never hear about who face long odds and man spin on that fake "flyi-ig cat" bit that swept the coun- YEARS never resort to such escapes. They are the AGO try a while back, McGill actually succeeded in launching his J

role models. I am no victim and do not partner. After two failed attempts using regular helium bal- Andrea Ganis elevated to Exec. VP of portray myself as such. I take full respon- Atlantic Records. Hoping for loons, the innovative 96Q crew bought up all of the inflat- sibility for my problem." Hollander named President/CEO exceüencei, able children's punching bags in Abilene (58 to be exact), Joel rehah Limbaugh will be in rehab for at least of Westwood One. filled them with helium ... and voila Grunwald was air- - Larry Hughes joins Virgin /Nashville as 30 days. Last Sunday's New York Post Joel borne. We tried chasing Hm and couldn't catch him," says VP /Promotion; Doug Baker named Di- speculated that he may have checked into the high -end Hollander Si- McGill. "He got up to abort 2,000 feet, flew about 60 miles rector /National Promotion. erra Tucscn detox clinic in Arizona. and landed in a farmer's field near Wichita Falls." That wasn't According to a statement released by Premiere EVP /Sales the f rst time Grunwald has gone traveling: McGill once had /J Rhonda Scheidel, advertiser support for Limbaugh's show him ump into the back of a semi, thinking it was making a remains strong. "There are more than 100 advertisers in Westwood One acquires Unistar Radio local run only to discover it was on a one -way trip to - Networks. The Rush iimbaugh Show, and you can count on one hand Baton Rouge. Carl Hirsch launches OmniAmerica re- those who are considering holding their spots until Rush Communications. turns," she said. Jon Robbins becomes PD of WLLZJ The Programming Dept. Detroit. Carl Hirsch Former WXRV/Boston PD Joanne Doody heads north Jerry Bobo named VP /Sales for KRLD/ LikeA Lunch Order Of Ribs- HalfA Rack Dallas. on I -93 to become the new PD of Hot AC WHOB/ Last week, Kris Gamble, co -host of The Hot Morning Manchester, NH. Mess on WIHT (Hot 99.5)/Wash- YEARS The FNX Radio Network brings back Keith Dakin as J 460 ington, announced that her left afternoon driver /Asst. MD for WFNX (101.7 FNX) /Boston PD breast implant had sprung a leak. Tony Kidd appointed of WBMX/Chicago. and simulcast buddies WFEX/Portsmouth, NH & WPHX/ Cy Young named PD of WDJY/Washing on. Her genial co -host, Mark Kaye, Portland, ME. Dakin left FNX in May 2001 to become Asst. picks up the story: 'After a close PD /MD/afternoon guy at Cox Alternative WDYL (YI01)/ examination [wink, wink], it was YO Richmond. FNX midday talent Julie Kramer is upped to confirmed that Kris had indeed lost Take me to your leader Asst. MD /Heritage. R &R promotes Ken Barnes to Editor; one of her best friends." Gamble John Leader becomes VP /Managing HITS Assoc. Crossover Editor Mark Feather returns later went under the knife and had both implants removed. Editor. to radio as PD of American General Media CHR/Rhythmic Marty Greenberg named President/ "Its very sad," PD Jeff Wyatt tells ST. "It does, however, KYLZ/Albuquerque. COO of Duffy Broadcasting. explain why she's been walking around in circles for the past Former Citadel /Baton Rouge OM /PD Don Gosselin is Tony Anderson joins Motown as Nation- week or so." al Director /R &B Promotion. the new PD of Clear Channel Classic Rocker WIOT/Toledo. Tony Immediately sensing the cheap promotional value to be Al Peterson promoted to Exec. VP of Anderson Jana Sutter is named PD of Clear Channel CHR/Pop Jeff Pollack Communications; Marilyn gained from Gamble's loss, it was decided that her now - WZNY/Augusta, GA. Most recently she had been MD /mid- Tallman becomes VP /Operations. dormant fun bags will be mounted, autographed and auc- day personality at KMXV/Kansas City. J

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Princess Ivori (may not be actual roy- ST Shot O' The Week Quick Hits alty), adds a few hours to her midday After seven years at Edison shift and is awarded Asst. PD stripes. G.,At\ g10207rr C3 stinks, but we'd do 'ern Media Research, VP Jayne WBZZ /Pittsburgh Creative Ser- ' Charneski is headed to EMI vices Director Spank segues to Clear Group in the newly created posi- Channel Alternative WWDC/Washing- VP Research ton in the same post. / tion of /Consumer & "R: ç Setting his alarm eight Strategy. After 13 -plus years at WAVF/ The Regular Guys POWs earlier. WASH/Washington afternoon Charleston, SC, Asst. PD /MD /night Proving no on a idea, guy (and 30-year DC radio vet) Loo Katz moves to morn- personality Danny "V" Villalobos exits that there's statute of limitations good WKLS (96Rock)/ Atlanta slapped a fresh coat of paint on the old Madonna/Britney makeout 1-igs, where hell team with Lori Brooks. Bill Worthington, a and is replaced by Susie Bowe. shot from the recent MTV Video Music Awards. The evidence is pictured WASH vet, returns to replace Katz in afternoons. Brooks, most WZNE /Rochester, NY Marketing

here. "We put up two boards last Friday, including one on I -75 downtown," recently with Metro Networks, is best -known for her time as Director Jeff Sottolano picks up the says PD Paul Kriegler. "We've already gotten TV coverage and a bunch of "Monica' Brooks, Jay Thomas' co -host on KPWR (Power 106)/ colorful MD stripes once worn by Vio- complaint calls, mostly from women - several of whom tried to explain to Los 1986 let, who left in August. Angeles from -93. Dave Adler, who's been covering their children in the car what 'do 'em' means. On the other hand, we feel it's at swing shift duties. WYLD/ midday per- mornings WASH, returns to a campaign that resonates very well with our male core." Infinity Active Rocker KUFO /Portland, OR revamps its sonality Niecy Davis crosses the street jock lineup: Former WNFZ/Knoxville PD Dan Bozyk is to R &B Oldies KMEZ for the same du- now Asst. PD /MD/midday dude, while longtime afternoon ties. drivers Craig The Dog -Faced Boy and Porkchop exit. Evan "Cabana Boy" Bernstein moves from KBKS/ Condolences They're replaced by Cort & Boomer, who move up from Seattle to KCHZ/Kansas City to do afternoons. We are saddened to report the passing of promo vet

nights. New to nights: Rocko, famous for his years at Clear Channel News/Talk WGY /Albany, NY adds the syn- Kelly Schweinsberg (pictured here circa 1 993) on Oct. 12. WAAF /Boston and infamous for his recent short stint at dicated Sean Hannity Show to afternoons. He replaces Scott She was only 42. Schweinsberg, who W M MS/. Nan Miller, now co- hosting mornings at WRKO/Boston. headed the promotion department at Across the street, Entercom Alternative KNRK is just Lou Pearlman's TransContinental as busy: Morning team Gustav & Dania exit, along with MD Baby Poop Records, checked into New York's St. Jayn. Afternoon dude Marconi, along with cohorts Tiny and Vincent's Hospital & Medical Center Congrats and much love to Arista Exec. VP /Promotion Niki J., moves to mornings at sister KNDD/Seattle; they'll on Oct. 4 due to the effects of a rap- Steve Bartels and his lovely wife, Eileen, on the birth of also be simulcast on KNRK. Joining KNRK for middays is idly debilitating infection that doctors the couple's second child. Daughter Lily Marie Bartels was JC from KITS/San Francisco. Jaime Cooley is upped to Asst. now theorize may have been H.U.S., born at 12:32am on Oct. 14. She weighed in at a healthy 8 FD and is joined in afternoons by Steve KaIlao, who's in- a rare strain of the e. coli bacteria. At lbs., 12 oz. bound from nights at KQXR/Boise, ID. press time, funeral services were After five years, Bo Reynolds leaves The Greg & Bo scheduled to be held Oct. 17 in Elwood City, PA, just out- Morning Show at Entercom's KALC /Denver to concentrate Humanitarian Stuff side of Pittsburgh. on his successful syndicated Country show. For now, PD BJ WOR/New York personality Joan Hamburg was the George "Bud" Armstrong, the last President of Harris slides into mornings with Greg Thunder. recipient of the Humanitarian Award at the Breast Cancer Storz Broadcasting, which pioneered the Top 40 format at Geno Michellini exits nights at ABC Classic Rocker Foundation's 10th anniversary symposium and awards lun- its stations across the nation, died Oct. 7 in Omaha. He was KLOS /Los Angeles. Midday personality Suzanne Ansilio cheon on Oct. 8. 76. moves to nights, while Cynthia Fox is upped from part- Congrats to Clear Channel /South Florida RVP David Forty -year East Texas radio vet Larry Kent passed time to middays. Ross, who was named the 2003 Diversity Champion of the away last week. Kent was best known for his years spent Urban AC KRWP/Houston drops the syndicated Doug Year for the BankAtlantic Equal Opportunity Day Awards as OM of CHR/Pop KISX and Country KNUE/Tyler, TX. Banks Morning Show. Look for the November debut of a new program. Ross' honor, to be presented on Oct. 31, recog- ST also sends its condolences to promo vet Barry local morning show that will include Val Wilson from cross- nizes outstanding work by a South Florida executive in fur- Lyons of Rent -a -Label on the passing of his mother, Jean, town rival KMJQ. PD Maurice Devoe comes off the air as thering equal opportunity, diversity and equal rights. on Oct. 6 in Delray Beach, FL.

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www.americanradiohistory.com 20 FRANK CORREIA SOUND DECISIONS R &R October 17, 2003 [email protected] Latest Greatest When it comes to giving gifts this season, get 'em what they want - just the hits. Already, greatest -hits packages like Jive's R. Kelly set and RCA's Elvis 2nd to None have hit retail. Here's a sampling of other retrospectives to look forward to. Off To The Races Oct. 28 R.E.M., In Time: The Best of R.E. M. 1998 -2003 (Warner Bros.) A look at some of the fourth quarter's big releases Run D.M.C., Ultimate Run D.M.C. (Arista) Nov. 4 Sheryl Crow, The Very Best of Sheryl Crow (A &M/Interscope) trucking at radio, which will most ''ct. 1 is the official beginning of the fourth quar- Toni Braxton, Ultimate Toni Braxton (Arista) likely translate to even more sales ter, but the labels seem to have started early this year Bob Seger, Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Capitol) come gift-giving season. as they rolled out some big names in early to mid -Sep- Odds -on favorite: Korn return to Nov. 11 tember. RCA hit retail with Dave Matthews' solo de- form with Take a Look in the Mirror, due Pearl Jam, Rarities two-CD set (Epic) but, Limp Bizkit made their long- awaited return with to hit shelves Nov. 25. Nov. 28 Other contenders: It's all about live Results May Vary, OutKast dropped the double CD discs and DVCs this season. First up No Doubt, The Singles Collection and a Speakerboxxx /The Love Below, and Nickelback's The are Tenacious D, with a live two-DVD limited- edition Singles Collection boxed set Long Road led fans to stores. set on Nov. 4. All the publicity sur- (Interscope) rounding School of Rock will most like- TLC, Still Crazy ... Always Sexy ... Forever No Doubt While the jack -ó -lanterns aren't urban department in the Tower, West- ly help the cause. The following week Cool (Arista) even carved yet for Halloween, the side Connection could build plenty of Pearl Jam drop their double -DVD set race for Christmastime retail dollars is new relationships with radio. The al- and Rage Against The Machine fans on. And with another tough year for bum tide Terrorist Threats, however, may can witness the band's final show on In the money: R. Kelly Rapture (10/21), (10/ the industry almost in the books, la- sit a little uneasy with some people. a live CD-DVD that hits stands Nov. Odds -on favorite Britney Spears' 28). Hip -hop hooray on Nov. 18, with releases from Big Tymers and Tim - bels are once again pulling out all the Dream Works 18. fourth album, In the Zone, drops Nov. stops to make those registers ring, The dark horse: Mandy Moore's 18. The first single, "Me Against the baland & Magoo - and a remix al- whether it's with greatest -hits packag- Already out of the Coverage arrives Oct. 21. Music," features Madonna - the bum from Nelly the following week. es or bonus DVDs. gate: Alien Ant Farm's She's got tons of expo- sweetest kiss for retail since the MTV December sees releases from Lil We've focused here on a few key la- truAnt, Saves The Day's sure on the silver screen, VMAs. Wayne, David Banner and Juvenile. bels and their entries in the fourth - In Reverie, Leaves' Breathe but will her music make Other contenders: Forces Of Evil The dark horses: quarter retail derby. Space is limited, Odds -on favorite: the cut with aging teeny - -a Goldfinger side project - drops and Hatebreed. The former is a masked so this is by no means a complete list. Toby Keith's Shock 'N poppers? this week, Too Short steps up with a cadre of metal warriors bringing Faith No Mom -style rock to the table. The lat- And keep in mind that these release Y'All (11/4). Interscope/ new release on Nov. 4, and Joe hits dates can change quicker than you can Other contenders: retail on Dec. 16. ter are a rising metalcore act with the Geffen/A &M say "Seabiscuit." No 11 sees Dave Hol- The dark horse Aaron Carter. As hardest of hard -core followings. Arista lister's Real Talk and Ron Already out of the the younger brother of Nick Carter Virgin Isley's Here IAm, featur- Britney Spears gate Sting's Sacred Love, gets further away from the Disney Already out of the gate: Adema's ing Burt Bacharach. A Limp Bizkit's Results Channel demo, he could experience Already out of the gate Ima Robot, Unstable, Didó s Life for Rent, Out - week later a live set from Floetry, Live May Vary, Jonny Lang's Long Time some growing pains. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club In the money: A Perfect Circle's Kast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in New Orleans, hits shelves. Corning Reprise In the money: OutKast The dark horse: Nelly Furtadó s In the money: Limp Bizkit Thirteenth Step Odds -on favorites: Nov 4 sees the Folklore. It's been a while since Nelly Odds -on favorites: Puddle Of Already out of the gate: Paul Oak - Odds -on favorite: Iggy Pop makes new release from Pink, Try This, and (the one from Canada, that is) has Mudd (11 /11), Blink-182 (11/18) and enfold, The Distillers a triumphant return on Nov. 4 with a live Avril Lavigne DVD and bonus been at radio. Can Folklore continue Enrique Iglesias (11/25) Other contenders: Skull Ring, which not CD titled My World. the fairy tale for the singer? Other contenders: Something Cor- Barenaked Ladies return only features The Stoog- es, but young punks like Other contenders: Sarah McLach- Elektra porate hit this week, 2Pac's Resurrec- this week with Every- Ian returns with a new album, After- tion drops Nov. 4, and a live DVD thing to Everyone. Mean- Sum 41. glow, on Nov. 4. Whitney Houston gets Already out of the gate: Jet's Get from U2 hits retail Nov 18. while, Disturbed will Other contenders: in the spirit of things with the holiday Born The dark horse: G- Unit's Beg for release a live CD-DVD Drag -On go to Hell and album One Wish on Nov. 11, and Out - In the money: Metallicá s St. Anger Mercy is due Nov. 18. Can 50 Cent's from their Music As a Back (10/21), and The Kast and Santana see DVD releases at will probably still be stuffing stock- squad follow their leader's lead? Weapon tour, while Thrills say So Much for the end of the month. On Dec. 9 ings come December. Michael Bublé s Let It the City (11/4). Island Def Jam Music The dark horse: gets Tasty and Bonecrusher throws Odds -on favorite: , Group Snow drops on Nov 18. Ne II down Fighting Music This Is Not a Test There's also the sound- Courtney Love. The un- Dec. 16 sees The Reign's Other contenders: Already out of the gate: DMX's track to some little film hinged diva is slated to Reign Supreme and This week newcomers Grand Champ, Ludacris' Chicken and called Lord of the Rings: Return of the return with the ironically titled Amer- Clipse with Hell Rath No The Format brought In- Beer, Nickelback's The Long Road King on Nov. 25, and newcomers Sis- ica's Sweetheart. Fury. terventions and Lullabies In the money: Ludacris, Nickel - ley bring Marvelous Thing to stores Warner Bros. The dark horse Pink to the masses and Lucky back Dec. 2. continues to push pop Boys Confusion deliv- Odds -on favorites: Ja Rule's Blood The dark horse: The Distillers' Cor- Already out of the gate: Seal's boundaries, this time ered Commitment. Gerald in My Eye (11/4), Jay -Z's The Black Al- al Fang. Will Alternative radio wel- Waiting for You, Static -X's Shadow Zone teaming up with Tim Levert's Stroke of Genius bum (11/28) and Hoobastank's The come a female-fronted punk band In the money: It's never too late to Armstrong of Rancid enlightens us on Oct. 28. Reason (12/9) onto playlists? Seems like fans are buy another Linkin Park CD for the and The Transplants. Pi nk Prog-metallers Dream Other contenders: Devildriver re- more than willing to. kids. Odds -on favorites: Speaking of Will Missundaztood fans Theater get rolling with lease their demons in time for Hallow- Universal sample new sounds on Try This? Train of Thought on Nov 11. een on Oct. 28, while Bon Joví s This Linkin Park, they're releasing a CD- DVD combo called Live in Texas on Capitol The dark horse: Jet's Get Born. Left Feels Right drops Nov. 4. Nov. 18 Already out of the gate: Edie Brick - Probably won't be a huge smash by sees 112 get Hot & Wet and Ashanti ell, Michael McDonald, Matt Na- Nov. 18. On the same date The Red Already out of the gate Dave Koz, Christmas, but with huge buzz and under the mistletoe with Christmas thanson Hot Chili Peppers do the same. Bonnie Raitt great press, these Aussies could be a Album. Memphis Bleek gets M.A.D.E. In the money: Bad Boy's Da Band Other contenders: The Matrix Rev- Odds -on favorites: On Nov. 11 slow build that comes to fruition in the on Dec. 9. Odds-on favorite: Singer-TV star olutions soundtrack hacks in to the Coldplay hit stores with a live CD and new year. The dark horse: Jay -Z's The BlackAl- Nick Lachey hits retail Nov. 11. With system Nov 4. DVD. A week later Chingy hopes to bum. Will Black be as good as Blueprint? all the exposure from the MTV reality The dark horse: The dark horse is Epic actually a dog, as Triumph The Insult live up to the title of his album, Jack- Jive series The Newlyweds, starring Nick pot. That same week Beatles fans will Already out of the gate: Howie and wife Jessica Simpson, Lachey gets Dog from Late Night With Conan mob the DVD aisles for John Lennon Day's Stop All the World Now, Fuel's Already out of the gate: R.'s Kelly not only the popular vote, but the O'Brien releases the comedy album and Lennon Legend. Natural Selection greatest-hits disc, The R in R &B Collec- sympathy vote as well. Conte Poop With Me. Looks like that The dark horse: With a revitalized In the money: Audioslave keep on tion, Volume I Other contenders: Loon and The feud with Eminem is paying off.

www.americanradiohistory.com TOP 50 ALBUMS 21

THE INDUSTRY'S NO. 1 RETAIL CHART October 17, 2003

LW TW ARTIST ALBUM LABEL POWERINDEX CHANGE

1 LUDACRIS Chicken & Beer Del Jam South/IDJMG 430,068 -

1 2 OUTKAST Speakerboxxx /The Love Below Arista 191,866 10%

3 ELVIS PRESLEY Elvis: 2nd To None BMG Heritage 188,096 -

3 4 DIDO Life For Rent Arista 104,264 -45%

5 5 DAVE MATTHEWS Some Devil RCA 95,704 -34%

4 6 STING Sacred Love A &M/lnterscope 87,781 -50%

8 7 R. KELLY The "R." In R &B Collection Vol.1 Jive 82,082 -25%

11 8 NICKELBACK Long Road Roadrunner/IDJMG 78,421 -17%

12 9 HILARY DUFF Metamorphosis Buena Vista/Hollywood 77,242 -18%

6 10 LIMPBIZKIT Results May Vary flip /lnterscope 73,862 -38%

11 2PAC Death Row Presents: Nu-Mixx Klaz Death Row 72,711 - 12 VARIOUS Totally Hits 2003 BMG 71,937 - 10 13 JOHN MAYER Heavier Things Aware /Columbia 69,312 -27% 14 Seasons TVT 66,240 -

9 15 081E TRICE Cheers Shady /Aftermath/lnterscope 63,894 -36%

2 16 BAD BOY'S DA' BAND Too Hot For TV Bad Boy/Universal 62,223 70%

16 17 CHINGY Jackpot DTP/Capitol 60,342 -3%

14 18 BEYONCE Dangerously In Love Columbia 59,697 -20%

13 19 DMX Grand Champ Def Jam/IDJMG 56,447 -35% 20 STATIC -X Shadow Zone Warner Bros. 48,957 -

20 21 3 DOORS DOWN Away From The Sun Universal 44,797 -11%

7 22 MARTINA MCBRIDE Martina RCA 42,840 -61"/°

21 23 EVANESCENCE Fallen Windup 42,736 -13%

15 24 BETTE MIDLER Bette Sings The Rosemary... Columbia 42,494 -40% 22 25 ALAN JACKSON Greatest Hits Vol.2 Arista 41,018 -17% 26 RZA Birth Of A Prince Sanctuary /SRG 40,276 - 17 27 Murphy's Law Universal 38,973 -33% 24 28 ERYKAH BADU Worldwide Underground Motown 37,667 -6%

18 29 A PERFECT CIRCLE Thirteenth Step Virgin 35,349 -38% 23 30 ROB ZOMBIE Past, Present & Future Geffen 34,257 -25%

30 31 50 CENT Get Rich Or Die Tryin' Shady /Aftermath /lnterscope 34,110 +10% 32 VARIOUS MTV2 Headbanger's Ball Comp... Roadrunner /IDJMG 33,800 - 32 33 LINKIN PARK Meteora Warner Bros. 32,311 +13%

25 34 SEAL IV Warner Bros. 31,977 -12%

29 35 COLDPLAY Rush Of Blood To The Head Capitol 31,923 +3% 36 PRIMUS Animals Should Not Try To Act... lnterscope 30,110 - 28 37 NORAH JONES Come Away With Me Blue Note /Virgin 29,386 -10% 37 38 YOUNGBLOODZ Drankin' Patnaz So So Def/Ansta 28,975 +12%

26 39 LIL JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYZ Kings Of Crunk TVT 27,906 -23% 40 HOWIE DAY Stap All The World Now Epic 25,930 - 38 41 MICHAEL MCDONALD Motown Motown 25,873 +2%

19 42 GARY ALLAN See If I Care MCA 25,156 -54%

36 43 MATCHBOX TWENTY More Than You Think You Are Atlantic 24,072 -9%

34 44 BAD BOYS II Soundtrack Bad Boy/Universal 22,974 -16% 47 45 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Stripped RCA 21,865 0% 35 46 SOUNDTRACK The Fighting Temptations Sony Soundtrax 21,701 -19% 46 47 BLACK EYED PEAS Elephunk lnterscope 21,637 43 48 STAIND 14 Shades Of Grey Flip/Elektra/EEG 21,169 -10% 39 49 MARY J. BLIGE Love & Life Geffen 21,149 -15% 42 50 GOOD CHARLOTTE Yong & Hopeless Daylight /Epic 20,930 -11%

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Ludacris helps compilation, at No. 3. Double -digit (1 1' 1 ALBUMS himself to a The rest of the top 10 includes Arista's increases are reg- heap of Chick- Dido (No. 4), RCA's Dave Matthews (No. istered by Chicken N Beer Here! en N Beer sales. 5), A &M /Interscope's Sting (No. 6), Jive's Shady/After- The album R. Kelly (No. 7), Roadrunner /IDJMG's math/Inter- Nothing like a goes to No. 1 Nickelback (No. 8), Buena Vista /Holly- scope's 50 Cent little price break to on 430,000- wood's Hilary Duff (No. 9) and Flip /In- ( +10 %), WB's stimulate the plus in sales, terscope's Limpbizkit (No. 10). Linkin Park economy. also fueled by Among the chart newcomers are Death ( +13 %) and So Getting off to a huge airplay Row's 2Pac remixes (No. 11), TVT's Sev- So Def /Aristá s Howie Day nice jump start on "Stand Elvis Presley endust (No. 14), Warner Bros.' Static -X YoungBloodz thanks to UMG's (No. 20), Sanctuary's RZA (No. 26), Roa- ( +12%). innovative new That's more than enough to top the pre- drunner /IDJMG's MTV2 $12.98 pricing pro- vious leaders, fellow Southern hip- hoppers (No. 32), Interscopé s Primus (No. 36) and Next week: it's time to Idol, as RCA gram, Def Jam OutKast, whose two-CD Arista set falls to Epic's Howie Day (No. 40); Day's "Perfect runner-up Clay Aiken gets set to grab the South /IDJMG No. 2, just ahead of the week's other big re- Time of Day" is garnering multiformat top slot, with Columbia's Jagged Edge Dirty South rapper lease, BMG Heritage's Elvis: 2nd to None support. eyeing the second -place position.

www.americanradiohistory.com 22 GOING FOR ADDS October 17, 2003 Special Collections

It's still probably too early to be thinking about the holiday sea son, but next week the labels are going to give you a sneak peek a a few things they believe would make perfect presents for music lov ers everywhere. Special collec- tions, including greatest hits CDs, limited -edition box sets and re- Week Of 10/20/03 mix albums, are on their way and should reach consumers begin- ning in mid- November. (vocals), Tony HOT AC Kanal (bass), (gui- tar) and Adrian Young (drums), DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL Hands Down (Vagrant) JOHN GREGORY Ride Of Your Life (Atlantic) otherwise known as No Doubt, NO DOUBT LINKIN PARK Numb (Warner Bros.) Its My Life (lnterscope) have been at it since the late '80s, TRAVIS Re Offender (Epic) and next week they continue NO DOUBT It's My Life (Interscope) No Doubt down their long path of success SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen (Arista) with "Lt's My Life." The song is a cover of the U.K. band Talk Talk's 1984 hit and is our first look at SMOOTH JAZZ No Doubt's forthcoming album, The Singles 1992 -2003. The clip for "It's My Life," filmed with director Dave LaChapelle, should be hit- CHR/RHYTHMIC

ting video outlets shortly, and the song itself will arrive at Pop, Hot AL GREEN I Can't Stop (Blue Note/EMC) AC and Alternative outlets next week. A four -disc (two CDs, two ALEX BUGNON Cascade (Narada) DVDs) limited- edition deluxe box set, Boom Boom, will hit store BEYONCE' Me, Myself And I (Columbia) MICHAEL MCDONALD Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Motown) shelves on Nov. 25. The CDs included will be The Singles 1992 -2003 DMX Get It On The Floor (Ruff Ryders/IOJMG)

and Evenjthing in Time (B- Sides, Rarities, Remixes), which includes sev- NAJEE Eye 2 Eye (N Coded( G -UNIT Stunt 101 (lnterscope) en previously unreleased tracks. The DVDS will be The Videos 1992- 2003 and Litt' in the . "It feels like the right time to JHENE No L.O.V.E. (Epic) release this collection, because it closes a chapter," says Kanal. "This LIL KIM Thug Luv (Queen Bee/Big Entertainment/Atlantic) is the recap of an incredible journey that we've had, and it sets the ROCK NELLY Iz U (Fo'Reel/Universal) tone for what will come in the future. We decided not to call it 'Great- TGK Hott (Kid Sationall est Hits,' because that sounded too final. There's more to come from SKRAPE Stand Up (RCA) us as a band." SMILE EMPTY SOUL Nowhere Kids (Lava) After emerging in 1992 with their eight-times platinum debut, Core, Grammy -winning California band Stone Temple Pilots return STONE TEMPLE PILOTS All In The Suit That You Wear (Atlantic) to present "All in the Suit That You Wear," the lead single from their URBAN greatest hits CD, Thank You. The single will be Going for Adds at STONE TEMPLE PILOTS BEYONCE' Me, Myself And I (Columbia) ACTIVE ROCK Rock, Active Rock and Alterna- tive, and the album is slated for DMX Get It On The Floor (RuffRyders/1DJMG)

a Nov. 11 release. Thirteen of G -UNIT Stunt 101(lnterscope) SKRAPE Stand Up (RCA) STP's previous hits will be fea- LIL KIM Thug Luv (Queen Bee/Big Entertainment/Atlanticl SMILE EMPTY SOUL Nowhere Kids (Lava) tured on the collection, as well as "All in the Suit..." and an acous- NELLY Iz U (Weal/Universal) STONE TEMPLE PILOTS All In The Suit That You Wear (Atlantic) tic version of "Plush" recorded TGK Hatt (Kid Sational) live on MTV's Headbanger's Ball in 1992. A special CD /DVD pack- ALTERNATIVE Stone Temple Pilots age will also be available. The three -hour DVD will include 32 URBAN AC songs, music videos, live performances and "bootleg" videos shot 311 Beyond The Gray Sky (Volcano) by friends and fans of the band. A version of "Sweet Emotion" with ANTI -FLAG Turncoat (Fat Wreck) Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry and a version of "Wichita VAN HUNT Seconds Of Pleasure (Capitol) DROPKICK MURPHYS The Dirty Glass (HellcatlEpitaphl Lineman" with Glen Campbell will also be featured on the DVD. Counting Crows greatest hits album, Films About Ghosts - The NO DOUBT It's My Life (lnterscope) Best of Counting Crows, will debut Nov. 25. The first single from the COUNTRY SKRAPE Stand Up (RCA) album, "She Don't Want Nobody Near," will reach Triple A outlets SMILE EMPTY SOUL Nowhere Kids (Lava) next week. Counting Crows have been nominated for Artist of the STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Al In The Suit That You Wear (Atlantic) BILLY RAY CYRUS Always Sixteen (Word) Year/Adult Alternative Radio at this year's Radio Music Awards, DIERKS BENTLEY My Last Name (Capitol) where they will compete against KENNY CHESNEY There Goes My Life (BNA) U2, Coldplay, Dave Matthews TRIPLE A PATTY LOVELESS On Your Way Home (Epic /Monument Band and Jack Johnson. The cer-

emonies take place Oct. 27 at the AL GREEN I Can't Stop (Blue Note/EMC) Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. BRENDA WEILER Out Of The Blue (Virt) While Nelly isn't exactly COUNTING CROWS She Don't Want Nobody Near (Geffen) ready to release a greatest hits AC is Da CD, he coming out with a Nelly COWBOY JUNKIES The Way I Feel (Borealis/Northern Blues) Derrty Versions (Rernix Album) on MAN DOKI SOULMATES Daydream (Peroli) CRASH TEST DUMMIES Flying Feeling (Cha- Ching/MusicANes) Nov. 25. "lz U," the first single from the album Going for Adds at Rhythmic and Urban, was produced by Jason "" Epperson MANDY MOORE Have A Little Faith In Me (Epic) DELBERT MCCLINTON Live (New West) and incorporates "The Big One," a.k.a. "Theme From People's SERA That's What You Get (Aezra) LUSTER Careful (Palm/Reprisel Court," in its track. Da Derrty Versions features remixes of Nelly's SUZY K Gabriel (Vellum) VARIOUS ARTISTS Bird Up (Savoy Jazz) biggest hits and also gives fans some brand -new cuts. "It's strict- ly for fun, you know," says Nelly, whose album will also have guest appearances by Murphy Lee and Ron Islet' "I'm not trying IL,R &R's Going For Adds features the complete list of songs impacting radio for the coming week. Going For Adds to gain anything from it. We've been fortunate enough that I've e- mailed each week to participating radio and record executives. For more info, contact Greg Maffei at been able to have this type of success, so it's definitely not a capi- gmattei®radioandrecords. corn. talism thing, it's just having fun." -Mike Trias J www.americanradiohistory.com KEVIN CARTER ,ÇHR/POP October 77, 2003 R&R 23 [email protected]

mentality of Halloween. "Our dus- ter does the Quad City Radio Group Annual Halloween Walk, where we "We're competing decorate the entire building, up- stairs and downstairs, with spider not just against other webs and ghosts and witches and PART ONE OF A TWO -PART SERIES things like that," he says. "Well over stations, but against 2,000 kids and parents usually come by to trick or treat in all the studios. technology that's "It's a big NTR event for us. We sell this to candy companies and drawing listeners Brother, Can You various people who want to have their stuff sampled. It's really quite away from radio a good event." completely, so we A So, shiny, happy community in- Dime? volvement off, opportuni- Spare pays but have to really conk ties like these don't always drop into High on low our laps. Sometimes it takes good, -mileage promotions dough them over the head old -fashioned sales hounding to get By Keith Berman clients involved in promotions - es- and get their Associate Radio Editor pecially when it means they might be able to hook you up with give- attention." away material. op quiz, hotshot: Your GM is breathing down your comes down and sings songs and Jim Allen, PD at KZMG (Magic Casey Christopher neck about getting ratings while at the same time the lights are on the trees and every- 93.1) /Boise, ID, says, "I realize the screaming at you to cut your spending. You're look- thing," Trout explains. value of the relationships that a lot "When we heard the town didn't of our salespeople have with their ing at your budget and seeing that big fat $0 on the We made it a little hipper, terminol- have money for it this year, my better clients - clients who really line for marketing and promotions. You're thinking, ogy-wise, to the audience. morning show asked people on the get it, especially - and I use those "Instead of just giving them the "This stinks worse than that dead fish I left behind air if they wanted to see it happen, relationships to forge some good money and telling them to go to a my ex- girl/boyfriend's couch after we broke up." What and we said we'd do everything we promotions. That way, the money I mall, we play the angle where we do you do? could to make it happen. Business have I can spend in different places drive the truck through the front leaders started coming out of the or over more concentrated periods door of the mall and the winner has Unfortunately, it's not something ideas from some of your peers - woodwork, saying, 'Please help us. of time so I can make them seem like 93 seconds to get what they can, you can just ignore and hope it goes PDs at smaller-market stations who We want to see this thing continue.' bigger deals." throw it in the back of the truck and away, like the rash you are operating on shoe- Allen offers this advice for new get out. The local malls are really hot developed after that cra- string budgets but who sales reps to help them forge strong on that kind of idea because of the zy, drunken night in have still come up with relationships between the station exposure and the promo run they Madrid. The best line I ways to make sure they "Understand as and clients, allowing them to help get." heard about the need to get their names out there. each other get publicity: "Under- Hey, have you heard of this great persistently execute pro- "Shaking hands and much as you can stand as much as you can about pro- thing called the Internet? Some sta- motions comes from kissing babies - that's gramming, marketing and the con- tions are using it to do off -air mar- W HOT (Hot 101) /Youngs- the name of the game, no about programming, cept of how Top 40, as a format keting and contesting. Christopher town, PA PD John Trout. matter where you are," reaches, people. says, "We are about ready to launch He says, "I had a men says WHTS (All Hit 98- marketing and the "Remember that emotional but- a huge instant Casey -messaging campaign for -Roger Ingram, who 9) /Quad Cities, IA -IL PD ton pushing - especial- that will serve as a way to Christopher concept of how Top was my GM during my Tony Waitekus. "We do ly from stations that tar- increase our database as eight years at WZPL /In- something called High get women - is going to well as to alert our listen- 40, as a format, dianapolis -who told me that your School Hits, where every weekend get the most response ers to events and a variety radio station is a slowly deflating we try to hita local high school foot- from listeners. Build pro- reaches people." of things going on at the tire that constantly needs to be ball game, make ourselves known motions that capitalize station. pumped up with promotions." I and hand out All Hit 98.9 stuff. Jim Allen on the excitement of "They'll get an IM say- know what you're all thinking now: "We're also getting into another whatever the product ing something like, 'Lis- "Damn, why can't my GM think that parade season: We just did a parade that's out there may be." ten to the Zoo today at way ?" for the Moline High School homecom- Relationships don't 3pm for the world pre- Kissing Babies ing, and we've got three Halloween "We got so many calls, and now even have to be sales-ori- Jim Allen miere of the new song parades coming up." Light Up Night is going to go on be- ented to be beneficial to from Pink,' or we'll be able to IM our Further need for illuminating the Save The Day cause the businesspeople felt that your station. "We do cross-promo- entire list for an off-air contest where killer is (93 TV," promotions KZZU Zoo with Hot 101's involvement they tion on Trout says. "We're in caller 93 wins a PlayStation 2 or FM) /Spokane PD Casey Christo- WHOT's Trout says, "What I'm could pay for it; the advertising off- pretty solid with one of the TV sta- something." pher, who - vantage is comments, "We're com seeing from my point that set the expenditures. To me, that's a tions here. They get their name on So much stuff, so little space! We peting not just against other stations, promotions morph into community promotion, in that we've taken a lo- our station when they do news up- haven't even begun to venture into but against technology that's draw- events and giveaways. The tradition - cal problem and we've helped peo- dates for us, and they return the fa- the wonderful world of promotions ing listeners away from radio com - al model of the promotion that you ple see it and solve it. vor by attaching our logo or our spot involving artists, how valuable good pletely, so we have to really conk get handed and get told, 'Stick your "My morning show is going to to their programming." relationships with record labels are them over the head and get their at- name on this,' doesn't exist. I have to lead the parade that night because Packaging Is Key and how much those relationships it tention. When comes to contest- go out and fmd or create those situa- they were the ones trying to save can pay off. Tune in again next week, ing, got Once these sales re- it's really to stand out." tions." this evening for this town. We saved you've gotten same Bat-time, same Bat-column. Are we making your stomach roil Trout shares a home-run promo- Christmas - that was the lead sto- lationships to a certain point, you yet by forcing you to think about tion that didn't require too much can easily take advantage of them to ry on the news the next night." TALK BACK TO R &R! how in blue hell you're going to be effort or cash on his station's part. It Apparently, the feel -good ele- throw together a simple, proven able to pull off great promotions fell into his lap after his morning ment still works. It's just a matter of promotion. After the promotion's Do you have questions, comments during the looming fall book with- show learned that a local town looking for nontraditional ways to been firmed up, it's just a matter of or feedback regarding this column would its lipstick on it dress out any money? not be able to hold annu- plug your station into the commu- putting some to or other issues? Fear not, because while we're be- al Christmas "Light Up Night" nity. it up for the public. "How do we change a $1,000 Call me at 310 -788 -1659 ing cruel and unusual and making event due to lack of funds. Emotional Button Pushing you reach for the Maalox, we're also "It's an annual thing where all the shopping spree into something or e-mail: going to provide you with some sol- businesses stay open late and serve Waitekus' station and others in new ?" Christopher asks. "We did kcarter @radioandrecords. com id, creative and mostly inexpensive hot chocolate and the community his cluster tie in to the trick -or -treat what we called a 'Smash & Grab.'

www.americanradiohistory.com 24 CHR/POP CALLOUT AMER/CA,. BY Bullseye J EXCLUSIVE NATIONAL MUSIC RESEARCH ESTIMATES October 17, 2003 CALLOUT AMERICA song selection is based an the top 25 titles from the R &R CHR /Pop chart for the airplay week of September 21 -27.

CALLOUT AMERICA HP* = I-it Potential G CHR/POP á TOTAL AVERAGE DEMOGRAPHICS REGIONS FAVORABILITY ESTIMATE (1 -5) - HOT WOMEN WOMEN WOMEN MID SCORES ARTIST P.. LASE. S: TW LW 2W 3W 12 -17 18 -24 25 -34 EAST SOUTH WEST WEST 81.-t \ MO\ r.4t- -I I//OR I

BEYONCE' fISEAN PAUL Baby Boy (Columbia) 4.10 4.07 4.01 3.96 96.3 23.7 4.18 4.08 4.04 4.07 4.12 3.94 4.26

CHINGY Right Thurr (DTP /Capitol) 4.03 3.96 3.80 3.74 97.4 30.3 4.11 4.05 3.91 4.07 3.95 4.06 4.02 eyoncé holds on to the top spot on Callout America for yet another HI4 BOW WOW Let's Get Down (Columbia) 3.94 3.84 3.77 3.85 94.6 28.9 4.06 3.90 3.84 4.05 3.80 3.78 4.11 week with "Baby Boy" (Columbia),

BLACK EYED PEAS Where Is The Love? (A &M/lnterscope) 3.94 3.95 3.87 3.82 98.9 36.6 4.00 3.91 3.91 3.93 3.87 4.01 3.95 featuring Sean Paul. The song ranks first across all demos: teens, wom- FABOLOUS fITAMIA Into You (Desert Storm/Elektra /EEG) 3.93 3.89 3.86 3.82 92.0 28.0 3.91 3.97 3.91 3.92 3.73 3.88 4.22 en 18 -24 and women 25 -34. to 2 NELLY tip. BIDDY & MURPHY LEE Shake Ya... (Bad Boy/Universal) 3.90 3.91 3.89 3.90 95.1 29.4 3.96 3.93 3.82 3.88 3.89 3.83 4.01 Chingy moves up the No. spot with "Right Thun" (DTP /Cap- 50 CENT P.I.M.P. (Shady/A ftermath/lnterscope) 3.87 3.92 3.80 3.73 97.4 41.1 3.90 3.91 3.78 3.93 3.99 3.59 3.95 itol); this is the best the song has tested since its release. It ranks sec- CHRISTINA AGUILERA MIL' KIM Can't Hold Us Down (RCA) 3.87 3.73 3.58 3.66 64.0 22.6 3.98 3.86 3.77 3.83 3.71 4.12 3.81 ond with teens and women 18 -24 MYA My Love Is Like...Whoa (A &M/lnterscope) 3.86 3.88 3.87 3.88 E4.6 26.9 3.94 3.93 3.72 3.93 3.80 3.88 3.85 and comes in a solid fourth with women 25 -34. HP) LUDACRIS fISHAWNNA Stand Up (Del Jam South/ID MG) 3.85 3.88 3.88 E5.1 23.4 3.94 3.74 3.88 3.85 3.88 3.64 4.06 Bow Wow soars to the No. 3 BEYONCE' IIJAY Z Crazy In Love (Columbia) 3.84 3.77 3.69 3.73 E8.6 40.9 3.73 3.82 3.97 3.73 3.79 3.85 3.99 spot with "Let's Get Down" (Co- lumbia). It ranks third with teens, MICHELLE BRANCH Are You Happy Now? (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 3.79 3.66 151 3.57 E 1.1 33.4 3.74 3.79 3.83 3.77 3.63 3.80 3.95 eighth among women 18 -24 and JLSTIN TIMBERLAKE Senorita (Jive) 3.79 3.74 3.60 3.57 86.6 23.1 3.65 3.80 3.91 3.70 3.80 3.81 3.84 ninth 25-34. Ludacris is off to a strong start ATARIS The Boys Of Summer (Columbia) 3.77 3.71 3.69 3.74 78.6 26.3 3.77 3.77 3.77 3.59 3.80 3.96 3.72 with "Stand Up," featuring Shawn - MATCHBOX TWENTY Unwell (Atlantic) 3.75 3.70 3.60 3.59 86.3 36.9 3.62 3.68 3.95 3.71 3.E2 3.74 3.94 na (Def Jam South /IDJMG). "Stand" ranks seventh with teens TRAPT Headstrong (Warner Bros.) 3.62 3.60 3.58 - 84.0 29.7 3.77 3.56 3.54 3.49 3.E 9 3.68 3.74 and eighth among women 18-24.

JASON MRAZ The Remedy II Won't Worry) (Elektra/EEG) 3.62 3.58 3.41 3.56 78.9 30.9 3.57 3.60 3.67 3.74 3.E5 3.61 3.57 :\ nice four -week trend for Ma- MAROON 5 Harder To Breathe (Octone/J) 3.62 3.54 3.38 3.40 71.4 18.9 3.64 3.60 3.61 3.48 3.E 7 3.73 3.60 roon 5, as "Harder to Breathe" (Oc-

HILARY DUFF So Yesterday (Buena Vista /Hollywood) 3.58 - - 90.0 26.9 3.56 3.58 3.59 3.54 3.55 3.56 3.66 tone/J) scores its biggest week to date with a 3.62. LIZ PHAIR Why Can't I? (Capitol) 3.54 - - 80.9 28.6 3.73 3.40 3.48 3.41 3.58 3.74 3.42 "Unwell" by Matchbox Twenty

GOOD CHARLOTTE Girls & Boys (Daylight/Epic) 3.53 3.51 3.50 3.54 89.4 32.9 3.59 3.51 3.50 3.53 3.60 3.46 3.55 (Atlantic) ranks third 25 -34 while "Senorita" by 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic/Universal) 3.53 3.63 3.67 3.70 71.4 25.1 3.63 3.36 3.58 3.57 3.46 3.69 3.38 (jive) ranks fourth, showing the di- versity of the 25 -34 SACIE ORRICO (There's Gotta Bel More To Life (forefront/Virgin) 3.51 3.49 3.52 3.60 79.1 28.3 3.51 3.49 3.52 3.55 3.41 3.56 3.54 crowd. Each week you can view Callout 71.4 SANTANA fIALEX BAND Why Don't You & I (Arista) 3.50 3.38 3.42 3.60 26.6 3.53 3.38 3.58 3.36 3.66 3.58 3.36 America data online at rrrrrobuflsi. coon, thanks to R &R's partnership FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Stacy's Mom (.5-Curve/EMC) 3.49 3.40 - 76.9 21.7 3.41 3.55 3.52 3.66 3.29 3.45 3.55 with Bullseye Research. You can JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body (Aware/Columbia) 3.48 - 73.7 24.9 3.44 3.40 3.60 3.14 3.'4 3.59 3.44 sort by demo or region. This week's password: bergin. KELLY CLARKSON Low (RCA) 3.41 3.46 3.53 3.62 31.1 30.3 3.37 3.38 3.48 3.42 3.'_6 3.29 3.68

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® October 17, 2003 TOTAL I- TOTAL WEEKS ON TOTAL STATIONS ARTIST - _-_" PLAYS PLAYS AUDIENCE CHART ADDS Most Added IDO) 2 o 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic/Universal) 7643 +655 572290 11 11910 www. rradds. corn 3 BEYONCE' fISEAN PAUL Baby Boy (Columbia) 7579 +635 650489 9 12212 o ARTIST -'d -E -<-. - ADOS

1 NELLY fIP. DIDDY & MURPHY LEE (Bad Boy/Universal) 7122 -366 552856 18 11610 ENRIDUE IGLESIAS Addicted (lnterscopeL 56

4 4 CHRISTINA AGUILERA f)LIL' KIM Can't Hold Us Down (RCA) 6730 -211 561096 14 11910 NO DOUBT It's My Life (lnterscopel 34

5 5 BLACK EYED PEAS Where Is The Love? (A &M//nterscope) 6198 -440 551153 22 12210 GOOD CHARLOTTE Hold On (Epic) 28 OUTKAST Hey Ya! (Arista) 21 6 o MAROON 5 Harder To Breathe (Octone/J) 6162 +190 454573 17 12310 LUDACRIS fISHAWNNA Stand Up (Del JamSouthl/DJMG) 16 7 SANTANA fIALEX BAND Why Don't You & I (Arista) 5888 +200 455970 17 12010 o BRITNEY SPEARS fIMADONNA Me Against The Music (Jive) 13 8 8 MYA My Lave Is Like...Whoa (A &M/lnterscopel 4841 -305 337725 11 11910 BABY BASH Suga Suga (Universal) 13 20 o FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Stacy's Mom /SCurve/EMC) 4303 +914 311137 7 11711 SIMPLE PLAN Perfect (Laval 11 TELLY FURTADO Powerless What You 13 TRAPT Headstrong (Warner Bros.) 4170 +316 280605 13 10713 ISay Want} (Dream Works) 11 CLAY AIKEN Invisible (RCA) 10 9 11 50 CENT P.I.M.P. (Shady/Aftermath /lnterscopel 4049 -355 287985 13 10510 16 ® LIL' JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYZ Get Low (TIM 3972 +392 257843 10 9617 17 o STACIE ORRICO (There's Gotta Bel More To Life (forefront/Virgin) 3686 +106 267542 12 11612 Most 11 1/, BEYONCE' fIJAY -Z Crazy In Love (Columbia) 3543 646 267421 21 12410 Increased Plays 10 15 JASON MRAZ The Remedy II Won't Worry) (Elektra/EEG) 3512 -769 271085 26 114)0 TOTAL 19 KELLY CLARKSON Low (RCA) 3470 +49 262596 10 114)0 PLAY ncnFASE 21 HILARY DUFF So Yesterday (Buena Vista/Hollywood) 3439 +170 273588 12 11713 BRITNEY SPEARS fIMADONNA Me Against The Music (Jive) +2022

12 18 CHINGY Right Thurr (D7P/Capito() 3290 -585 201220 18 10910 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Stacy's Mom (SCurve/EMC) +914 18 19 FABOLOUS fITAMIA Into You (Desert Storm /Elektra/EEG) 3182 249 269661 14 8910 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic /Universal) +655 BEY ONCE' fISEAN PAUL Baby Boy (Columbia) +635 22 PINK Trouble (Arista) 3171 +287 223595 4 122)3 NELLY FURTADO Powerless... (Dream Works) +528 23 BABY BASH Suga Suga (Universal) 3080 +452 217859 8 87113 ® BABY BASH Suga Suga (Universal) +452

15 22 ATARIS The Boys Of Summer (Columbia) 3010 -615 223249 15 11010 OUTKAST Hey Ya! (Arista) +428 14 23 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Senorita (Jive) 2848 -983 234637 15 12210 LIL' JON & THE EASTSIDE BOY2 Get low (TVT) +392 CLAY AIKEN Invisible (RCA) +326 26 ED MATCHBOX TWENTY Bright Lights (Atlantic) 2635 +324 166361 8 9414 MATCHBOX TWENTY Bright Lights (At /antic) +324 24 ® JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body (Aware/Columbial 2560 +58 163317 8 9212 /Debut> BRITNEY SPEARS f /MADONNA Me Against The Music (Jive) 2542 +2022 261184 1 122113 25 1/ LIZ PHAIR Why Can't I? (Capitol) 2442 +120 124458 11 10013 Most 32 OUTKAST Hey Ya! (Arista) 1985 +428 166121 5 97121 Played Recurrents 2] 29 PHARRELL fIJAY -Z Frontin' (StarTrak/Arista) 1940 -107 140796 7 7210

34 SIMPLE PLAN Perfect (Lava) 1829 +313 178927 5 90111 ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S) TOTAL PLAYS MATCHBOX TWENTY Unwell (At/antic) 2599 28 ® STAIND So Far Away (FIiip/E /ektra/EEG) 1802 +124 82298 8 8312 EVANESCENCE Bring Me To Life (Windup) 2393 30 MARIA I Give, You Take ( DreamWorks) 1753 +108 88293 7 9210 M. BRANCH Are You Happy Now? (MavericklWarnerBros.) 1951 35 ® NICKELBACK Someday (Road runer/ID MG) 1691 +197 93626 4 89)5 KELLY CLARKSON Miss Independent (RCA) 1899

33 BUBBA SPARXXX Deliverance (Beatc/ub//nterscope) 1651 +127 82880 7 7113 SIMPLE PLAN Addicted (Lava) 1832 50 CENT In Da Club (Shady /Aftermath/lnterscopeL 1776 37 MICHELLE BRANCH Breathe (Maverick /WarnerBros.) 1582 +235 115762 2 9119 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Rock Your Body (Jive) 1772 29 36 LUMIDEE Never Leave You - Uh Doh, Uh Oooh! (Universal) 1440 237 135221 18 82)0 UNCLE KRACKER fJOOBIE GRAY Drift Away (Lava) 1758 40 BLACK EYED PEAS Shut Up (A &M/lnterscope) 1397 +110 3 7713 ® 90638 R. KELLY Ignition (Jive) 1684

36 LIVE Heaven (Radioactive/Gellen) 1397 +30 87362 13 4710 ASHANTI Rock Wit U lAwww Baby) (Murderinc..l/D MG) 1504

SEAN PAUL Get Busy /At /antic) 38 FEFE DOBSON Take Me Away (Os/and/ADJMG) 1379 +32 54259 5 9111 (VP 1438 ill' KIM f150 CENT Magic Stick (Queen BeelAtlanticl 1347 42 MANDY MOORE Have A Little Faith In Me (Epic) 1270 +57 43830 5 9310 TRAIN Calling All Angels (Columbia) 1313 41 41 BOW WOW Let's Get Down (Columbia) 1175 -64 69947 4 5910 3 DOORS DOWN When I'm Gone (Republic /Universal/ 1226 39 42 GOOD CHARLOTTE Girls & Boys (Daylight/Epic) 1053 .245 80186 17 10610 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Fighter (RCA) 953

48 JOSH KELLEY Amazing (Hollywood) 776 +75 40928 2 4616 JEWEL Intuition (Atlantic) 897 EMINEM Lose Yourself (Shady/lnterscopel 819 46 GAVIN DEGRAW Follow Through (J) 771 +17 20625 2 6413 AVRIL LAVIGNE I'm With You (Arista) 813 47 JEWEL Stand (Atlantic) 724 +12 36288 2 4811 WAYNE WONDER No Letting Go (VPIAtlanticl 147

50 DIDO White Flag (Arista) 702 +30 63013 2 3611 THALIA fIFAT JOE I Want You (EMI Latin/Virgin) 736

*but> MERCYME I Can Only Imagine (/NO /Curbi 721 CD CLAY AIKEN Invisible (RCA) 678 +326 74904 1 57110 FRANKIE J. Don't Wanna Try (Columbia) 662 to.but> (tD LUDACRIS fISHAWNNA Stand Up (Del JamSouth //DJMG) 656 +245 36907 1 55116 DJ SAMMY & YANOU Heaven /Robbins/ 646 /Debut> NELLY FURTADO Powerless (Say What You Want) ( DreamWorks) 654 +528 46519 1 76111 DANIEL BEDINGFIELD Gotta Get Thru This (Island/IOJMG) 628 'Debut> FUEL Falls On Me (Epic) 589 +83 20065 1 5818 BUSTA RHYMES fIMARIAH CAREY I Know What You Want (J) 628

126CHR/Pop reporters. Monitored airplay data supplied by Mediabase Research, a division of Premiere Radio Networks. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week of 10/5- 10/11. Bullets appear on songs gaining plays or remaining flat from previous week. If two songs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays Detailed station playlists for all R &R is placed first. Songs below No. 20 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks on the chart. Most Added is the total number of new adds officially reported to R &R by each reporters are available on the web at reporting station. Songs unreported as adds do not count toward overalltotal stations playing a song. Most Increased Plays lists the songs with the greatest week -to -week increases in total plays. Total Audierce equals Average Quarter Hour Persons times number of plays (times 100). Each daypart on each station is assigned an AOH number. www.radioandrecords.com. Average Quarter Hour Persons used herein with permission from the Arbitron Company (© 2003, The Arbitron Company). ©2003. R &R, Inc.

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www.americanradiohistory.com 26 CHR/POP TOP INDICATOR r 50 October 17, 2003 R& R'S EXCLUSIVE REPORTED OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL AIRPLAY Most Added' www- rrin di ca tor- coin TOTAL I- TOTAL WEEKS ON TOTAL STATIONS/ YffEK EEn ARTIST TITLE LABELIS PLAYS PLAYS AUDIENCE CHART ADDS (w) ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S) ADDS ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Addicted (/nterscope) 28 1 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic /Universal) 2868 +136 70447 12 5010 NO DOUBT It's My Life (/nterscope) 20 4 0 MAROON 5 Harder To Breathe (Octone/J) 2497 +137 57276 15 4710 BRITNEY SPEARS MADONNA Me Against The Music (Jive) 18

6 I SANTANA fIALEX BAND Why Don't You & (Arista) 2436 +159 63698 17 4610 GOOD CHARLOTTE Hold On (Epic) 7

7 BEYONCE' ((SEAN PAUL Baby Boy (Columbia) 2426 +319 61328 8 4811 SEAL Waiting For You (Warner Bros.) 6

LIU JON & THE EASTSIOE BOYZ Get Low (TIT) 5 2 5 CHRISTINA AGUILERA MIL' KIM Can't Hold Us Down (RCA) 2418 -44 60211 14 4711 CLAY AIKEN Invisible (RCA) 5 3 6 NELLY fIP. DIDDY & MURPHY LEE Shake Ya Tailfeather /Bed Boy/Universal) 2336 63 55608 16 4711 BABY BASH Suga Suga (Universal) 4 5 7 BLACK EYED PEAS Is The (A Where Love? &M//nterscope) 2056 277 44397 21 4510 SIMPLE PLAN Perfect (Lava) 4 8 MYA My Love Is Like...Whoa (A &M//nterscope) 2055 +139 48351 11 4510 MISSY ELLIOTT (Gold Mind/Elektra /EEG) 4 LILLIX Tomorrow (Maverick/Reprise) 4 19 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Stacy's Mom (SCurve/EMC) 1571 +370 38701 6 4611 HILARY DUFF So Yesterday (Buena Vista/Hollywood) 3 15 STACIE ORRICO (There's Gotta Be) More To Life (forefront/Virgin) 1447 +95 38530 12 4010 0 In SEAN PAUL I'm Still Love With You (VP/Atlantic) 3 13 KELLY +23 9 CLARKSON Low (RCA) 1437 33108 4011 YOUNGBLOODZ fILIL' JON Damn! (Arista) 3 11 12 50 CENT P.I.M.P. (Shady/Aftermath //nterscope) 1426 51 32781 11 4410 18 ® TRAPT Headstrong (Warner Bros.) 1411 +207 36403 16 4012

9 14 JASON MRAZ The Remedy (I Won't Worry) (Elektra/EEG) 1371 -285 30375 26 3510 16 0 JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body /Aware/Columbia) 1350 +72 32504 9 4211 17 MATCHBOX TWENTY Bright Lights (Atlantic) 1318 +91 32910 9 4212

21 HILARY DUFF So Yesterday (Buena Vista/Hollywood) 1295 +165 31690 11 4013

23 PINK Trouble (Arista) 1247 +191 30637 3 4411

10 19 BEYONCE' fIJAY Z Crazy In Love (Columbia) 1192 -418 28620 20 4010

12 20 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Senorita (Jive) 1092 -370 25947 14 3310

24 NICKELBACK Someday (Roadrunner /IDJMG) 1043 +152 25885 5 4212

14 22 CHINGY Right Thurr (DTP/Capitol) 1042 -337 21513 15 3110

26 BABY BASH Suga Suga (Universal) 976 +206 23755 6 3414

25 LIZ PHAIR Why Can't I? (Capitol) 913 +101 27396 11 3210 Most 27 ® MICHELLE BRANCH Breathe (Maverick/WarnerBros.) 909 +142 22713 3 4111 Increased Plays 22 26 Into You /Elektra /EEG) -231 13 2711 FABOLOUS fITAMIA (Desert Storm 836 18940 TOTAL PLAY 20 27 ATARIS The Boys Of Summer (Columbia) 829 325 18230 12 2910 ARTIST INCREASE

29 LIL' JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYZ Get Low (TVT) 800 +155 17859 4 3715 BRITNEY SPEARS MADONNA Me Against The Music (Jive) +446 28 MARIA I Give, You Take (Dream Works) 741 +32 17291 10 4211 NELLY FURTADO Powerless... (DreamWorks) +399 30 CD PHARRELL f!JAY -Z Frontin' (Star Trak/Arista) 694 +104 17437 4 2510 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Stacy's Mom (S-Curve/EMC) +370 BEYONCE' ASEAN PAUL Baby Boy +319 32 ® BLACK EYED PEAS Shut Up (A &M //nterscope) 666 +138 14914 4 4012 (Columbia) TRAPT Headstrong (Warner Bros) +207 31 BUBBA SPARXXX Deliverance (Beatclub //nterscope) 604 +31 14657 7 3010 BABY BASH Suga Suga (Universal) +206 +89 9 2812 34 STAIND So Far Away (Flip/Elektra /EEG) 579 14302 PINK Trouble (Arista) +191

(Debut BRITNEY SPEARS MADONNA Me Against The Music (Jive) 521 +446 12170 1 41118 HILARY DUFF So Yesterday (Buena Vista/Hollywood) +165

SANTANA fIALEX BAND Why Dont You & I (Arista) +159 (Debut NELLY FURTADO Powerless (Say What You Want) (Dream Works) 514 +399 15026 1 3912 LIL' JON & THE EASTSIDE 60YZ Get Lowing) +155 35 LIVE Heaven (Radioactive/Geffen) 457 +5 11140 12 1510 (1) NICKELBACK Someday (Roadrunner/IDJMG) +152

37 FEFE DOBSON Take Me Away (lsland/IDJMG) 452 +38 11365 6 2910 OUTKAST Hey Ya! (Arista) +151 46 OUTKAST Hey Ya! (Arista) 432 +151 9916 2 2612 MICHELLE BRANCH Breathe (Maverick/Warner Bras.) +142 +139 33 39 GOOD CHARLOTTE Girls & Boys (Daylight /Epic) 419 90 9462 17 1610 MYA My Love Is Like...Whoa (A &Mllnterscope) BLACK EYED PEAS Shut Up (A &M//nterscope) +138 38 CD MANDY MOORE Have A Little Faith In Me (Epic) 401 0 10387 6 2111 MAROON 5 Harder To Breathe (Octone/J) +137

41 Never Leave You - Uh Ooh, Uh Oooh! (Universal) 395 -31 11300 15 1410 36 LUMIDEE 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (RepubliclUniversal) +136 41 (1) KK All The Pieces (Independent) 368 +22 8278 7 1111 PHARRELL fIJAYZ Frontin (Star Trak/Aristal +104 +101 42 JEWEL Stand (Atlantic) 352 +18 9794 4 2510 LIZ PHAIR Why Can't I? (Capital) STACIE ORRICO (There's Gotta Bel... /Forefront/Virgin/ +95 44 SIMPLE PLAN Perfect (lava) 351 +43 7751 3 2514 MATCHBOX TWENTY Bright Lights (Atlantic) +91 351 -47 5 2711 39 45 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS Time Stands Still (Doghouse/Dream Works) 9750 STAIND So Far Away (Flip/Elektra,EEG) +89 43 46 DIDO White Flag (Arista) 29E -15 8067 4 1310 JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body (AwarelColumbial +72 MISSY ELLIOTT Pass That Dutch (Gold Mind/Elektra /EEG) +72 50 KILEY DEAN Who Will I Run To? (Beatclub/ /nterscope) 282 +68 7902 2 2811 THALIA Baby, I'm In Love (Virgin) +70 49 JOSH KELLEY Amazing (Hollywood) 245 +27 7194 2 1312 KILEY DEAN Who Will I Run To? (Beatclub//nterscope/ +68 [Debut First Is 218 +49 6487 1 1211 SHERYL CROW The Cut The Deepest (A &M /Intarscope) ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Addicted Ilnterscopel +64 40 50 STEPHANIE RICHARDS Get Used To It (Independent) 208 -148 5411 7 810 PLUMB Real (Curb) +53

NO DOUBT It's My Life Ilnterscopel +49

50 CHRiPop reporters. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay reek of Sunday 10/5 - Saturday 10/11. SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &Mllnterscope) +49 I 2003 Radio & Records ' oWhat Are You Waiting For? 6 Q ö Radio's Only "Paperless" Promotion Information System LIVE DEMO Call 212.509.1200 Go Paperless! or visit www.PromoSuite.com

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Few stations have the all -star alumni of WKCI (KC101) /New Haven, "Con- Oki THE necticut's No. 1 Hit Music Station." Over the course of KC101's 25 years IP) in the CHR format, some of the big- IFIECOR gest names in the industry have worked for or been involved with its Kerry Collins success, including: WHTZ (Z100)/New ARTIST: Nelly Furtado MD, WKCI /New Haven, CT York PD Tom Poleman, a former Asst. PD /MD; Scott Shannon, a former con- LABEL: DreamWorks sultant; Premiere -syndicated talk show host Glenn By MIKE TRIAS/ ASSOCIATE EDITOR Beck, a former PD; WPRO -FM (92PRO) /Providence PD Tony Bristol, a former PD; VP/ Tt took awhile for her debut album to Hot AC Pete Cosenza, a former PD; Clear Channel begin picking up steam, but eventu- VP /Urban Programming Doc Wynter, a former over- ally Nelly Furtado took the world by night jock; KZHT/Salt Lake City PD Jeff McCartney, a former Asst. PD/ storm. Whoa, Nelly! achieved multiplati- MD; and KIIS -FM /Los Angeles afternoon driver and Premiere- syndi- num status on the strength of its lead cated host Valentine, a former weekend talent. s Clearly, KC101's single, "I'm Like a Bird," which also won quarter of a century of success can be attributed to the many great Furtado a Grammy in 2002 in the cat- personalities who've walked through its doors. There isn't enough room egory of Best Female Pop Vocal Perfor- to name all of the individuals who've worked at KC101, but this list is mance. Since then, she has been living life to the fullest, and she and her DJ, a tribute to them and their contributions to WKCI. I hope in 10 or 20 Jasper Gahunia (a.k.a. DJ Lil Jaz), wel- years my name will be associated with the ones above. comed baby daughter Nevis to the world last month. This week Furtado has even legend Caetano Veloso guest on the CD, There's a new king of the hill, as 3 more reason to celebrate, as "Powerless adding to its folk feel. (Say What You Want)" the lead single Remarks Furtado, "Folk is universal; it Doors Down rule R &R's CHR/Pop - from her upcoming CD Folklore - debuts exists in every single country, every na- chart. "Here Without You" (Republic/ at No. 32* and No. 49* on R &R's Hot AC tion, every language. This idea of some- Universal) moves 2 -1 ", Beyoncé fea- and CHR/Pop charts, respectively. body picking up a guitar and singing turing Sean Paul's "Baby Boy" (Colum- Born to Portuguese parents in Canada, about what's around him or her - it's bia) rises 3 -2*, and Nelly featuring P. Furtado began performing in both Portu- spontaneous, real, down -to-earth and Diddy & Murphy Lee's "Shake Ya guese and English at age 4. She also family- oriented. We're playing with those Tailfeather" (Bad Boy /Universal) falls 1- learned the ukelele and trombone, play- themes, with taking folk instruments ing the latter in marching, jazz and con- from all these different countries. That's 3 ... Fountains Of Wayne's "Stacy's cert band. Her passion for music did not why we've included things like banjo and Mom" (S- Curve /EMC) rockets 20 -9*. Hot on their heels is Trapt's end there - Furtado also participated in accordion, trying to mix it up a little bit." "Headstrong" (Warner Bros.), which climbs 13 -10* ... Stacie Orrico's musicals as a teenager. These diverse The single "Powerless" incorporates the "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (ForeFront/Virgin) runs up 17 -13* ... musical experiences, along with her beat from Malcolm McLaren's "Buffalo Kelly Clarkson's "Low" (RCA) rolls up 19 -16* ... Britney Spears fea- strong sense of heritage, helped create Gals" with a hyperactive banjo and con- turing Madonna's "Me Against the Music" (Jive) debuts at No. 26* and her unmistakable sound. tains Furtado's poignant lyrics: "Paint my also grabs Most Increased Plays honors, with 2,022 additional plays Many of the songs on Folklore (due in face in your magazines /Make it look stores Nov. 25) focus on Furtado's heri- whiter than it seems/Paint me over with OutKast's "Hey Ya!" (Arista) jumps 32 -28" ... Simple Plan's "Per- tage, in particular her Portuguese roots. your dreams." She goes on to deal with fect" (Lava) climbs 34 -30" ... Black Eyed Peas' followup to their last Producers Track And Field (Gerald Eaton these feelings in the lines: "Cuz this life song, which reached No. 1, is "Shut Up" (A &M /Interscope), and it rises and Brian West) returned to contribute is too short to live it just for you/But when 40 -37" ... Josh Kelley's "Amazing" (Hollywood) rolls up 48 -43* ... Dido to the project, with DJ Lil Jaz and Mike you feel so powerless, what are you gonna waves her "White Flag" (Arista) to hop 50-46' ... Most Added honors Elizondo also lending a helping hand on do? /But say what you want." Explains go to Enrique Iglesias, who snags 56 adds for "Addicted" (Interscope) certain tracks. Immigrant themes are Furtado, "The lyrics are initially in your ... Other chart debuts this week take up the bottom four positions: Clay prominent on the album, especially on face, like, 'OK, I know I'm going to be ste- Aiken, Ludacris featuring Shawnna, Nelly Furtado and Fuel. tracks such as "Picture Perfect" and reotyped in my life because that is the "Fresh Off the Boat." Banjo maestro Bela world we live in; that's society.' But the - Keith Renew, Radio Editor Fleck, Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger, song tries to find some sense of order in The Kronos Quartet and Brazilian folk this complicated world."

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Women Women Women BLAQUE I'm Good (Elektra /EEG) Artist Title (Label) TW LW Familiarity Burn 12 -17 18 -24 25 -34 Total Plays: 580, Total Stations: 41, Adds: 5

3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic/Universal) 4.26 4.21 88% 13% 4.21 4.41 4.25

MAROON 5 Harder To Breathe (Octane/J) 4.23 4.26 87% 14% 4.20 4.30 4.13 MISSY ELLIOTT Pass That Dutch (Gold Mind/Elektra /EfG)

SANTANA IIALEX BAND Why Don't You & I (Arista) 4.12 4.10 88% 19% 3.98 4.21 4.26 Total Plays: 511, Total Stations: 42, Adds: 9 TRAPT Headstrong (Warner Bros.) 3.99 4.06 77% 19% 4.18 3.98 3.85 MATCHBOX TWENTY Bright Lights (Atlantic) 3.97 - 68% 10% 3.75 3.88 4.18 O.A.R. Hey Girl (Lava) BLACK EYED PEAS Where Is The Love? (A &M /lnterscope) 3.96 3.90 97% 45% 3.80 4.05 4.09 Plays: 427, Total KELLY CLARKSON Low (RCA) 3.95 3.85 90% 20% 4.00 4.01 3.90 Total Stations: 38, Adds: 4

STACIE ORRICO (There's Gotta Be) More To Life (forefront/Virgin) 3.95 3.97 83% 14% 4.04 4.01 3.63 MATCHBOX TWENTY Unwell (Atlantic) 3.93 3.95 96% 41% 3.60 3.93 4.19 EVANESCENCE Going Under (Windup) CHRISTINA AGUILERA fILIL' KIM Can't Hold Us Down (RCA) 3.92 3.84 97% 29% 3.83 3.96 4.13

Total Plays: 426, Total Stations: 41, Adds: 1 JASON MRAZ The Remedy II Won't Worry) (E/ektra /fEG) 3.88 3.94 94% 36% 3.92 3.90 3.81

LIZ PHAIR Why Can't I? (Capitol) 3.86 3.79 74% 16% 3.75 3.86 4.08

ATARIS The Boys Of Summer (Columbia) 3.83 3.90 93% 30% 4.04 3.95 3.60 CHINGY fISNOOP DOGG & LUDACRIS Holidae In (DTP/Capitol) MICHELLE BRANCH Are You Happy Now? (Maverick /Warner Bros.) 3.78 3.80 97% 42% 3.55 3.95 3.82 Total Plays: 400, Total Stations: 20, Adds: 6 BEYONCE' f)SEAN PAUL Baby Boy (Columbia) 3.72 3.52 94% 32% 3.77 3.63 3.91

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Stacy's Moni (SCurve /EMCI 3.71 3.83 88% 23% 4.06 3.58 3.41

NELLY fIP. BIDDY & MURPHY LEE Shake Ya Tailfeather (Bad Boy /Universal) 3.67 3.71 97% 40% 3.70 3.54 4.00 KILEY DEAN Who Will I Run To? (Beatclub/lnterscope) Senorita (Jive) 3.59 3.56 96% 38% 3.40 3.85 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 3.88 Total Plays: 361, Total Stations: 38, Adds: 5 JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body/Aware/Columbia) 3.59 3.46 77% 22% 3.31 4.07 3.48

BEYONCE' fIJAY Z Crazy In Love (Columbia) 3.53 3.45 98% 58% 3.12 3.36 4.04 HILARY DUFF So Yesterday (Buena Vista /Hollywood) 3.53 3.61 94% 31% 3.46 3.46 3.64 YOUNGBL00DZ MIL' JON Damn! (Arista) FABOLOUS f)TAMIA Into You (Desert Storm /Elektra /EfG) 3.48 3.27 781), 29% 3.36 3.52 3.54 Total Plays: 329, Total Stations: 17, Adds: 4 PINK Trouble (Arista) 3.44 3.34 70% 16% 3.17 3.34 3.58

MYA My Love Is Like...Whoa (A &M /lnterscope) 3.42 3.34 95% 39% 3.46 3.40 3.43

BABY BASH Suga Suga (Universal) 3.35 3.35 56% 19% 3.54 3.51 3.28 EAMON F "k It (Jive) LIL' JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYZ Get Law (TVT) 3.31 3.49 69% 28% 3.47 3.44 3.19 Total Plays: 301, Total Stations: 18, Adds: 6 PHARRELL f)JAY.Z Frontin' (Star Trek/Arista) 3.25 - 68% 25% 3.25 3.29 3.30 50 CENT P.I.M.P. (Shady/A ftermath/lnterscope) 3.17 3.33 94% 54% 3.26 3.03 3.38 CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &Mllnterscopel CHINGY Right Thurr(DTP/Capifo0 3.11 3.21 91% 51% 3.32 3.00 3.13 SHERYL

Total Plays: 300, Total Stations: 17, Adds: 1 LIL' KIM ff50 CENT Magic Stick (Queen Bee/At/antic) 3.08 - 91% 57% 2.97 3.14 3.10

Total sample size is 454 respondents. Total average favorability estimates are based on a scale of 1-5. (1 =dislike very much, 5 = like very much). Total familiarity represents the percentage of respondents who recognized the song. Total burn represents the number of respondents NO DOUBT It's My Life (lnterscope) who said they are tired of hearing the song. Sample composition is based on persons 12 +. Persons are screened via the Internet Once passed, Total Plays: 297, Total Stations: 34, Adds: 34 they can take the music test based on the formaUmusic preference. RateTheMusic.com results are not meant to replace callout research. The results are intended to show opinions of participants on the the Internet only. RateTheMusic is a registered trademark of RateTheMusic.com. The RTM system. is available for local radio stations by calling 818-377-5300. RateTheMusic.com data is provided by Mediabase Songs ranked by total plays `Research, a division of Premiere Radio Networks.

KISS & FUZZY Atlantic artist Jewel stopped by WNKS (Kiss 95.1)/ Charlotte to play the station's Superstar Showcase and show off her new running suit to 95 lucky listeners. Seen here are (l-r) Kiss morning show sidekicks Yankee Pete and Angie, morning show co -host Ace, Jewel, morning show co -host TJ and sidekick Ryan.

MORE FROM Z100! Apparently, you people just can't get enough of KKRZ (Z100)/Portland, OR, because you're not sending us any pictures of anything going on at your station to fill this space. So, enjoy this photc of (I-r) 2100 afternooner CK. artist Baby Bash. Z100 PD /MD Michael Hayes and two members of Baby Bash's crew

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(color or black & white). DIDN'T YOU GET THE MEMO? Apparently, a couple people in this Please include the names and titles of all pictured and send them to: picture didn't realize they were supposed to be dressed in sports jerseys. Can you figure out who? Seen here are WHYI/Miami MD Michael Yo, Universal artist R &R, c/o Keith Berman: kberman @radioandrecords.com Lumidee, WHY! PD Rob Roberts and Universal rep Dave Reynolds.

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Stations and their adds listed alphabetically by market

KHTS/San Diego. CA' KHTT/Tulsa. OK' WELT/Albany. NY' WXXX/Burlinglon WVYBNallona Beach. FL' WYKS;Gainesville. FL' WWSTAInonille. TN' WHHYIMOMgomery. AL WERZJPpdsmouth.NH' ow Bin June PD Mae 0aanal PO- Diana lack OMPO. tad tucker PO Donnie Mehaeh Rovo Ben Hannon PO Koller POND kn Banta Po- Rich Balky Po' Rim APOAICJMrreMM N Me APO. May "mw Bran gem* Mo. John fon APO Pee kin OPD Mae lade MO,5an Bohannon hllen u. Mi1.9917 091M MO:emg MD. Man Ryder L ll 99.5199999IV7 eaMwocms

KSMBM1alayetle. LA' HFMDDemer. CO' WSNX-Gand Rapid!. MI' Nomad Po' BOhQy WSPIOPaughkeepsie. NY PO Jim Lawson PO OPD eND Ene o Bnen MO Aaron Sam= CA PD. Scatly Mac KSLYSan Luis Obispo. WZKIJtaMm, OH' MO Gerry gnon Kenn Rorer WWKI/TUpeIO. MS WKKF /Albany. NY' MAW Won WVAOMorgantown, WV APO. Sky Waltrr DM Aim PO. Adam flumes PDM0. Rip Stevens POMO Rao Oases OM' Holly Ker[Aeval MO Penile Gon Mo Marshall ] f StaSyaMeut PO lacy Non Craig SHE, CPS.

WAIL/Greensboro. NC' WLANAancaster, PA' PD. Jell McHugh OM. Michael McCoy WRZE/Cape Cod. MA KKOMBes Moines, IA' WAEVJSavannah, GA APT Mole Might PD. ST Bosch KOIDAIeKandria. LA OM Sle.e All'J e POND Gro Gnaw WFHNIProvidence, RI DM Mae Kelly Mo: MMta Can WOMB 11019, 00.e KISX/TYIeA T% Ran Patens PO James ONO POND PO MD Shane Mue POMO'.CMMAhn DMDeseAVMnn MD Dread Dunn WWXM/Myrlle Beach. SC APO. Rw FrawM PO MD' Willi Berlingere MATT NY91uPS r lwr.rA+ APD all ReddeslIX

WERO/Greenville. NC' WORODetroit. MI' PD. Tom Banks Mann WHZZAansiny, MI' PO Alex Tear APDMD Urn Po. Dave B. Goode KBKSSeaNle, WA' WSKSItNica. NY AP D. Jay towers Po min WAEB/Allenlown. PA' KZIAtedar Rapids, IA MO'. Stem Soon WRVWMashville. TN' WPROProvidence. RI' Ns, CUOMO Mee Spant no MO Kalb Crory MO Maus n SI Jam. DM Rob Morton POSSO han Doss ON PD TonyOrrstal NOAA.L Vee. thon MD Mae Xe lug APO DaeyMÓnes

WRIST/Greenville. NC' WLKTM1eainglon, KY' WKOI/DeBOiI, MI' OMPD. Jon Reilly PDIMD. Wes McCain PO. Dote ellNNre KPRF/Amarillo. TX MD: Blake Larson MOGeni Deiaia WBLINassau,NY' DM On Montgomery in Msmu v KRUFlXhreveporl. LA' POW!? Marshal Weems WSSXIChadestOn,SC' OM: Nancy Camino KBEADuad Cities. IA' Po. Choi CalMnay Po. Mae Foram PO JJ Rrte WLDIIW. Palm Beach. FL' MO: End nark! AMMO Karen Paige APÓ Leone 81100e. OM: Dare Berner KFRXLincoln. NE MD 1J2aleeiske PO: Cars Main OM Coby Mach MO: Ore IMAM KGOT/Anchoage.MK WFBCBIeelnille, SC' PD Sonny Valentine APO. wmFreae OM Mark Murphy PO. NM Michaels PD. Bill Stewart XHTOIEI Paso. IX' Mo Adam AFOiMT. TOM Schmer WHTSBuad Cities. IA' PDMD: Fanmm Ataire WNOVBDulh Bend, IN Sic Mds POTorpWaieam oMPO Gum, Daniels WVSRrCharleslon. WV MD: Mn Mahar DM JenWAnmead WKCINew Haven. CT' I APDMD AIU PO Ctrs Unnrpael MD Kerry Collins , Leóe9Lïee9wa MO Apollo KWTXWac0, TX OM. Zack Owner WIXX/Appleton. WI' Rock. AR' Po Darren Taylor PDMD Dmd Burs KL /Liiie WHKFMaaisbul1gg. PA' KZIUBpokane, WA' APDMD. John Oakes MO Ed Johnson WLVY/EImia. NY OMPD. M¢nael mph DM Mw *duets MO Sydney Taylor OMPD MD Mike scow WOCG/Raleigh. NC' PD MD Casey CMSlapher APO Bran Stoll WOGNNew London. CT 0M Chie Snebel WNKS,CharIDtit PO Kean Patina POMO. Corn Edge SM Roo WAnenead MO' Shawn Mumlry APO Chase W$TR/Allama. GA' PD Jan Reynolds MD Kell Peynota OM Clap, Brown WIHTAVashtnglon, DC' WDBRISpnnglield. IL PO Dan Bowen PO' ream Man OMPD. Michelle Mathews APO JR WKSSMamoM, CT' MO. Alele Dee APD. Dare Mo MrcOaelChase PD Rusk Vaughn Danes WRTSIEne, PA MO:JO Jo Moots KIISAos Angeles, CA' MD .Bob Pamsh WKXJthadanaoga. TN' DM. Rs! RambaMo Po John Ney KNEVBena.NV' Po Jett Haney MO MO Julie Nat DM Clay Honour OMIT ClinTadny APO MO Karen Black PO Tommy Shuck Orleans, LA' APOMD.Mavenp OyRtplmgGA WEZBAIew MD Riggs Jahn Reams pWµPW Omni Bryan MD Jell Miles et Mane KRBEMouston, TX' MO' Mom G_,s KSIIISS. louis, MO' WIFC/Wausau, WI PI mgason Po Boomer PD Cans Pct. MIS: Leslie While WOJX/Louisville, NY' MD TabJ AMMOA &Yt PO Shane Casrs Is rr WXSClthieago. K,' PD Rod Pur Laps KDUK/Eugene. OR WRVOBIChmond. VA' MD Jen Manly OM. Urn Sariem /MúaatiÑCity. NJ' WHTZMew York. NY' PD Billy Sul PO. Valerie Sleep, POND Pa PD. Tom POleman MD Jake Glen WZKFtOuiwille, KY' APO. Shama Dinar MD'. Pall "Cabe" Bryant WNEEIHunlington PDMD Cnm Randolph WNTOByacuse. NY' KKRDIWichiM. KS' PD. Wm Davis PO Tom mama POSAD. PJ APO MD Gary Miller MD Jrm1V Olsen KLRSDhico. CA WSTOIEvansville. IN PO. Ken, Allen PO MD Ent Brown WAS/Roanoke. VA' WZNY /Augusta. GA' APO. Brad Docker Po' Dane One Michael Adds MD: JOSl wawa KZlIAubbock. TX M5:Gaq No KBAT/Odessa, TX 0M Wes Newmann WZYP/Numsville, AL' OM: John Moeun POND MCI Carson PO BM W61 Po TM Leo Caro WWHTIS acuse, NY' MD Ally Mai Bllion PO Bien Chari. . WONT/Wilkes Barre. PA' MD.JITWIS PT MM Malay KMCKRayyetleville. AR MD: A J. li. OM' WMGBIMacon. GA KHFVAustin. TX OM Jay Phdhps WXLWAoanoke, VA' DMM S mñ Re inhart OM. Jed Sirren POND Tommy astra Po end Newman Kevin PO Donna BotanIer PD MO'. HIM Bergmond XCRS/Odessa. TX MD JJ Ryan.. WNOUAndianapolis.IN' APOVO yWMAMyen APO MD More Rupp APOMO Kathy Redwine WHTFIfallaSassee. FL OMPO DavrOEdga PDMD Besan 0 Conner MD. Doc Mild APo Amon WKRZWilkes Barre, PA' WZE /Madison, WI' PD. Joni Padden OM. Mae Rams WFM6Balon Rouge. LA' MO'. Kelly PD Kevin Campoell XMXFIFayelteville. AR PO MD'. Tommy Bolean WKGSIROChesler, NY' aMPO rinn Wein NJYO,Oklahoma Clly, OK' PO HnkMderson WAKS /Cleveland. OH' APDMD Ike 0. PO Mae Maim Io. Wok OW. OM Renn Melnny WOBTOackson. MS' AO :J Rod PO Dan Mason PDMD: Jonathan Reed APO TAD Kasper. APD. Torro WFLZamppa, FL' OM PO Jett Kapugr APO Tony Knap1 WJYYRMaot hester, NH Mo Stan The Man Priest KOXYBeaumonl. TX' WWCIL/Flinl. MI' PD Ham Amon. WSTWiWdmington. DE' POND Bnmmn Shaw PD Soon free 01) MD A DOVene WPXYMochester, NY' Po. John WIlson 00. Patna Sanders WYOY /Jackson. MS' KOKO/Omaha. NE' PC MAn Danger Rossi PO'. Tom freeman OM. Bann Bums MD. Mike KKMOCOnradD Sgnngs. CO' APO Mo' Busta MD'. Kos fnAer MD lacas OMIT Bobby Irwin

WMGI7erre Haute. IN WJMXÚlorence. SC PD Steve smnn TX' OM. Dave Allan KBFM/MPAllen, MD Malt lue[amg PDMD Scorn ON rally Santiago WXYKBilOn. MS' WNOKtolumbia, SC' APo'. And Phillips WAPE;Jacksonville. FL' PD Tory Ronne KFFM/YakÍma. WA MOMO. PO XYIe Curley OM Dan Balls OMPD: Cat mamas Jen DeMm WX%VOdando, FL' WZOKMocklord, IL DM Ron Haros MO MD. Tory Mann lues PD TJ McKay OMPO Adam Cook PO OM Johnson POMO Steve Rocha MO Sammy Owens MONO. RM de Gra m APO'. Todd China MO'. Pancho MD Mona wen WVKSAbledo. OH' DMPO: Bill Mtals APOMD. Mark Postman KWYE/Fresno. CA' WMRVBinghamlon. NY PO Mae Yeager WAOAMelboume. FL' GA WFKS/Jacksonville. FL' WYCR/Yark.PA' OM An Free WBFAtollmhos. Richards APO Ryder PO Ba POMO Beau POMO Bobby 0 OM Brian Wirers Mathews PO: Davy Costow Mo'. NIAI Thomas WPPYPeoria. II POND Mks Carroll MD Man MD-. Miry Venus PO MO'. Mrke Stechmau APD. Aman Loner WKHOiTaverse City, MI OM. Bran mane KONO,Sacamenlo, CA' PDMo Ran Pen[nak WHYIMiaml. FL' PO Sine weed KSME/FI. Collins, CO' MD Ens-loner M WOEWBirmingham. AL' Po Rob omen PD. Dana Can PO JohnnyV Chns MO'. Jo Jo Tumbeaugn MO Markus Reeves WCGOItolumbus. GA WAEZ/JOhnsan City' MD M chaenaYO WMZ/YounNMOwn, OH' PO' Patna WIDOPhiladelpma. PA' Dan WM Bob Dina Jay 0M: flaws toy Real PO Todd Shannon MM APO MO WFST/Tremon. NJ' POW Jeep APOND Marran Newsome no ems WIOG/Saginaw. MI' DM PD. Dare McKay PO Brent Carey APOMo Chris Norm WXKB/FI. Myers, FL' MO'. Mason PO' Chris Cue KSAS/Boise. 10' MUD Randy Sherwin WXSSrMilwaukee. WI' PO Noes Grigg WHO/Columbus, OH' WGLU/JohnslOwn, PA WBZZPibsburgh, PA' OMPO Besan Keen Kean Clap PO JAmnry Meek PO. Mkt Edwards OM: MDMD PJ Mill KROOTucson, AZ' AMMO' JOB Kelly MDMD: Jonathan Reed Po No Aals WHOTIYOU1qMOMn, OH' a ni ü DOS MT. Kobe OM PD Tim Amanda APD MO Ken Can PO: Jaie gu1 MO' lm RMndM KUOO/Salt Lake City. UT' KISRIFt. Smilh. AR OM Po MO. Brian Minne KZMGBoise. ID' OM Rick Hayes PD. Jim Alle PO FredBaka,w WKFRMalamaao0. MI KOWBMinneapolis. MN' APOMD: Mmael OMban OM: Mike McKelty PO Pao Moms PO Bnaa 'Woman PDMD: v_MSa ray wale,, MO'. Derek Moran WKSTPINsburgh. PA' AMMO Fernando Verdun Po Man Anderson MOMO orno RnAnllle

KZHT /SAIT Lake City. UT' WXKSBoslot MA' no ,Jon McCartney *Monitored Reporters KRBV1DSIIAs. TX' KCHZMansas City. MO' MD Mitt 'Jagger llamas OM Dale Ocean AR PD Dan BICOS KZBBIPI. Smith. PO Dan Johnson WABBMObile, AL' 180 Total Reporters PO Cadillac lark McCartney OM' Matthews APo. Ales Valentine let APO Po Jay insane WJBOPOdland, ME APO MO David Corey MD Bethany Par. PDMD Todd Chase MD Pablo MD JappuWr Wckk RN To Moore MD'. Mie Maros 126 Total Monitored

KXXM/San Antonio. TX' OM Alan Rural Total WNHTPI. Wayne. IN' WB80/Manmouth, NJ' 52 Indicator WNSEButlalo. NY' POMO Jay Shannon WGTZNallon.OH' OM PD Dace Eubanks PO. Marc Mace Tpremas Po. Dave Jneaenal MD Amon Seller KMXVXansas Clty, MO' AI9MÓ:ar.KaaixS MD. Bean Wade OM J 0 hares iv;..... PDAPDTAD Sm.nShaa PO MO Jon /einer KKRZryonland,OR' PD: MiWel Mares NoMas

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BEYONCE' fISEAN PAUL Baby Boy (Columbia) 4.15 4.29 97% 23% 4.35 4.07 4.10 ARTIST: Ja Rule NELLY tiP. BIDDY & MURPHY LEE Shake Ya Tailfeather (Bad Boy/Universal) 4.05 4.07 99% 37% 4.16 3.93 4.07 LABEL: Murder Inc. /IDJMG BLACK EYED PEAS Where Is The Love? (A &M/lnterscope) 4.00 3.92 96% 43% 3.94 3.85 4.08 By MIKE TRIAS Assistant Editor LIL' JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYZ Get Low (TNT) 3.99 4.02 80% 20% 4.20 3.94 3.95 BOW WOW Let's Get Down (Columbia) 3.89 3.80 80% 18% 3.97 4.03 3.73 Usually Ja Rule employs the LUDACRIS fISHAWNNA Stand Up (Del Jam South/1DJMG) 3.87 4.04 68% 11% 4.12 3.85 3.85 U services of beautiful R &B 50 CENT If I Can't (Shady/A ftermath/lnterscopel 3.85 4.00 68% 15% 423 3.93 3.53 songstresses or their male coun- FA BO L OU S f !TAM I A Into You (Desert StorndElektra /EEG) 3.83 3.96 87% 30% 3.94 3.84 3.76 terparts for the hooks on his hit BEYONCE' fIJAY Z Crazy In Love (Columbia) 3.82 3.86 99% 56% 3.81 3.69 3.97 songs. This time around he is on CHINGY Right Thurr (DTP/Capitol) 3.62 3.96 97% 39% 4.11 3.72 3.74 his own. "Clap Back" follows the street -released "Crown" as 5G CENT P.!.M.P. (Shady/Aftermath /lnterscopel 3.79 3.81 97% 44% 4.02 3.75 3.76 the latest single from the rapper's upcoming album, Blood in MYA My Love Is Like...Whoa (A &M/lnterscopel 3.78 3.70 98% 38% 3.86 3.89 3.71 My Eye. Produced by Scott Storch, "Clap Back" is driven by MARK RONSON International Affair (flektra/EEG) 3.70 3.86 29% 4% 3.82 3.54 3.97 bass drum and handclaps, with a guitar lick and occasional YOUNGBL000Z fILIL' JON Damn! (Arista) 3.67 3.87 55% 15% 3.94 3.80 3.60 strings rounding out the simple track. This week "Clap Back" OUTKAST The Way You Move (Arista) 3.66 3.76 60% 12% 3.54 3.74 3.76 continues its ascension on R &R's Urban chart, climbing to BABY BASH Suga Suga (Universal) 3.64 3.87 59% 14% 3.95 3.65 3.40 No. 36 *. PHARRELL fIJAY Z Frontin' (Star Trek/Arista) 3.63 3.76 83% 31% 3.77 3.62 3.59 When it came to deciding whether to shoot a video for ei- CHINGY fISNOOP DOGG & LUDACRIS Holidae In (DTP/Capitol) 3.62 3.89 62% 14% 3.93 3.63 3.43 ther "Crown" or "Clap Back," Ja Rule chose both. The upcom- BUBKA SPARXXX Deliverance (Beatclub /lnterscopel 3.57 3.52 56% 13% 3.59 3.78 3.51 ing clip will feature both songs, and it began shooting in Brook- MURPHY LEE f!JERMAINE DUPRI Wat Da Hook Gon Be (Fa'Reel/Universal) 3.56 3.63 43% 9% 3.89 3.47 3.48 lyn in early October, with director Benny Boom calling the shots. MISSY ELLIOTT Pass That Dutch (Gold Mind/Elektra /EEG) 3.55 - 41% 9% 3.36 3.66 3.63 Eye, to ASHANTI Rain On Me (Murderinc. /IDJMG) 3.54 3.81 76% 22% 3.72 3.42 3.34 Blood in My which was originally slated be an EP but MARY J. BLIGE Ooh! (Geffen) 3.52 3.53 49% 11% 3.33 3.31 3.79 has since turned into a full -length LP, is scheduled for release

LUMIDEE Never Leave Yell Uh Ooh, Uh Oooh! (Universal) 3.46 3.60 90% 45% 3.33 3.47 3.53 on Nov. 4. With Blood, Ja Rule is out to prove his detractors YOUNG GUNZ Can't Stop, Won't Stop (DelJam /1DJMGl 3.46 3.79 65% 17% 3.61 3.42 3.41 wrong - in other words, we may be in store for a more thug- GINUWINE In Those Jeans (Epic) 3.45 3.62 81% 34% 3.61 3.41 3.32 gish album than his previous efforts. 213 Fly (Geffen) 3.45 - 35% 10% 3.51 3.55 3.35 Though music is his bread and butter, Ja sure does have a R. KELLY Thoia Thoing (Jive) 3.35 3.60 85% 34% 3.53 3.40 3.17 lot on his plate when it comes to the big screen. He will appear T.I. 24's (Grand Hostle/Atlanticl 3.34 3.52 44% 14% 3.68 3.48 3.02 in Scary Movie 3, play a small role in Jennifer Lopez's Shall We OB1E TRICE Got Some Teeth (Shady/Altermath /lnterscopel 3.14 3.40 46% 14% 3.03 3.30 3.32 Dance ?and is also set to star in an indie film with Ving Rhames called Back in the Day. Reportedly, Ja has also been cast to Total sample size is 458 respondents. Total average lavorability estimates are based on a scale of 1 -5. (1= dislike very much, 5 = like very much). Total familiarity represents the percentage of respondents who recognized the song. Total bum represents the number of respondents who said theyare tired of hearing the song. Sample play a part in The Cookout, a comedy about a basketball

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www.americanradiohistory.com DONTAY THOMPSO NCHR/RHYTHMIC October 17, 2003 R &R 31 Pi dthompson@radioandrecords. corn "I think mixing 24 hours a day, seven days week could be done with some success in certain markets, but it's not for every market." Keepin' It `Crunk' D Rock R &R: Is all the mixing live? If not, MB: Probably not. With all of the when do you guys use recorded mated- copyright problems and red tape, it's al? best if the label comes up with a re- In Memphis MB: C'mon, its all live, not mix targeted at hip -hop audiences. Memorex! The only thing recorded R &R How long do you plan on keep- KXHT drops regular programming for 24 -hour mixing is our commercials. ing this type of programming on the sta- R &R: When you first started, did tion? you have enough mixers on the staff to MB: Until it doesn't work. Right get the mixing done? If not, what steps now the vibe is great. Every time I did you take to get more bod- go to the malls now, re- ies mixing on the station? tailers that wouldn't play want to mix on the station 24 hours a adio stations across the country often do interest- MB: We did not have us before are playing us, day? ing things to set themselves apart from the competition enough mixers when we and the malls sound like MB: Our owner, George Flinn, in their markets. With more and more music crossing started. Unlike at any oth- nightclubs. had a vision and wanted to stand er station in the country, R &R Has the change in over to different formats and stations playing similar out from every other station in the most of our mixers are programming made the sta- music and using similar imaging elements, making a nation, so he said, "Let's mix live also our jocks. We have tion a harder or easier sale 24/7." I think he might have been station stand out can be a challenge. Boogaloo, Superman, for your sales department? on a trip to New York and heard Nappy Wilson, Lil Larry, MB: It's much easier One programming element that er radio station in the county has some of the mixers on WQHT (Hot Mo Better far. Freddy Hydro and DJ 007, when you have a product seems to be part of almost all Rhyth- done so 97) cutting it up, and the rest was and we recently brought back Spy- that no one else in the market has. mic and Urban stations across the D Rock will admit that the change history. is mix shows. At KXHT been easy to execute. "We der Man. They all have double du- Advertisers are willing to spend country hasn't R &R How have the station's listen- to mix, ties as mixers and DJs. money on something their kids or (Hot 107.1) /Memphis, station own- didn't have enough bodies ers been reacting to the change in pro- R&R: What rules have you given customers are talking about in the er George Flinn - along with his and we are still short- handed," he gramming? them to follow while doing their mixes streets. Everyone from Hispanic programming and marketing staff says. "When we first started we had MB: As with any other change, - has definitely gone against the six mixers in the house, and we had on the air? nightclubs to rim -and-tire shops is grain of traditional music program- to go and hire someone who used MB: For the moment we are very requesting live remotes from their ming by mixing around the clock, to work here. Now we have about hit- oriented, rotating about 60 -65 stores. seven days a week, a move that has seven mixers, and the longest some- "Every time I go to songs. They have to follow those R &R Do you see more and more pro- definitely set KXHT apart from its body will mix is six hours. songs, no exceptions. granvmers opting to do mix show pro- competition in the market. "I think mixing 24 hours a day, the malls now, R &R Since you're mixing around gramming fill- time? If so, what words "If you're a hip -hop station, mix- seven days week could be done with the clock, you never play slow records. of advice can you give them? ing is definitely a part of the cul- some success in certain markets, but retailers that What is the record industry's reaction MB: I can't see anyone else trying ture," says D Rock, PD of KXHT. it's not for every market. A 24-hour to that? to do what we're doing. I have been wouldn't play With artists such as Lil Jon & The mix station is a cool thing, but you us MB: Personally, I don't care what at and have seen stations stunt when with labels think. We are running a radio they flip formats, and some launch Eastside Boyz, Youngbloodz, Luda- have to be situated your staff, before are playing cris, Three 6 Mafia and Ymg Yang you have to understand what mu- station and are trying to please our lis- with live mixing, but it's impossible teners, not label executives. It's time to do around the clock if you don't Twins being mixed in heavy rotation sic needs to be played, and you def- us, and the malls at the station around the clock, the initely have to have the imaging for them to sign better rap artists. have many quality mixers in your R &R If a slow record is a hit, will market. They should stay with the energy and dynamic of the station around it to make it sound right. You sound like have taken KXHT's "Keepin' It also have to understand that at cer- you have one of your mixers do a remix usual 10,000 songs Ma row and leave Crunk" slogan to a whole new lev- tain points in the day - for the nightclubs." that they'll be able to play in the mix? the mixing to us. el. morning show and afternoon drive "George Flinn suggested we play - certain pieces have to fall into Mo Better 'crank music' with a lot of energy all place to make those shows success- the time," says D Rock. "We don't ful." play any slow songs. If they don't With the buzz KXHT has created some people disapprove, and others have the bounce sound or the crunk on the streets, I recently spoke to Mo love it. I can tell you that, just being sound, we won't be able to do any- Better, Hot 107.1's Marketing & Pro- in the streets, I've noticed that more thing with those records." motions Director, to get some insight people are listening. Just last week I With this change, not only has on the reaction of the staff - from was at a red light, and four cars on KXHT repositioned itself as the No. the promotions and sales depart- both sides were blasting our station. 1 station for hip -hop in the market, ments to the jocks - and the mar- Shit like that never happened before. it's also taken mixing to a whole ket to the changes. R &R: What were some of the pro- new level by being dedicated to it 24 gramming and imaging elements you hours a day, something that no oth- R &R What initially made you guys had to put on the air to let the listeners know that Hot 107.1 was doing noth- ing but mixing from here on out? MB: Killer promos. Our slogan "Personally, I don't care what labels think. We used to be "Blazin' Hip -Hop and R&B." After two weeks of intensive CONGRATULATIONS with the recent birth of her baby, Liz Pokora, Sony are running a radio station and are trying to promos, we kind of relaunched the Music's VP/Rhythmic & Pop Promotions, can now breathe with a sigh of relief. station with two jocks taking it over Who wouldn't be relieved alter lugging a child around in her stomach for nine please our listeners, not label executives. It's for the weekend. Boogaloo and Lil months? Just before giving birth, Liz met up with some of her friends in the Larry mixed nonstop for three days, time for them to sign better rap artists." industry to discuss plans for the baby's shower Pictured here with Liz sizing up and we repositioned ourselves as the round mound are (l-r) Sony Music's Lawrence Cod, WLLD/Tampa PD Mo Better "No. l for Hip -Hop." The response Orlando, WDHT/New York MD Ebro, R&R CHR/Rhythmic Editor Dontay was inaedhble. The phone lines blew Thompson and Greg Lawley of Lawman Promotions. up. As a result, we are still mixing.

www.americanradiohistory.com 32 f CHR/RHYTHM /C TOP 50 .J J ® October 17, 2003 LAST THIS TOTAL 1- TOTAL WEEKS ON TOTAL STATIONS' WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE LABELISI PLAYS PLAYS AUDIENCE CHART ADDS Most Added 001

1 1 BEYONCE' fISEAN PAUL Baby Boy (Columbia) 6294 -133 696758 11 8410 www.rradds.com

2 2 LIL' JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYZ Get Low (TVT) 5486 -62 537961 24 7610 ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S) ADDS

3 YOUNGBLOODZ fILIL' JON Damn! (Arista) 4675 +249 446245 14 7811 JA RULE Clap Back (Murderinc. /IDJMG) 45

7 LUDACRIS fISHAWNNA Stand Up (De1 Jam South/IDJMG) 4502 +534 475175 9 8111 JS Love Angel lOreamWorks) 21

NELLY Iz U (Fa'Reel/Universal/ 17 5 0 BABY BASH Suga Suga (Universal) 4462 +327 379215 19 6010 BOW WOW fIJAGGED EDGE My Baby (Columbia) 14 8 0 CHINGY fISNOOP DOGG & LUDACRIS Holidae In (DTP/Capitol) 4317 +578 417962 8 8311 NAPPY ROOTS Sick & Tired (Atlantic( 13 7 4 NELLY fIP. DIDDY & MURPHY LEE Shake Ya Tailfeather (Bad Boy/Universal) 3929 470 370537 19 8110 & MAG00 fISEBASTIAN Indian Flute (B/ackGround) 11 6 8 CHINGY Right Thurr (DTP/Capitol) 3598 -401 423348 25 7810 NICK CANNON Gigolo (Jive) 9 JAGGED EDGE Walked Outta Heaven (Columbia) 8 9 9 YOUNG GUNZ Can't Stop, Won't Stop (Def Jam/IDJMG) 3570 -8 374325 17 7810 TRILLVILLE Neva Eva (Warner Bros.) 8 12 0 OUTKAST The Way You Move (Arista) 3023 +335 259842 7 7311 10 11 PHARRELL fIJAY -Z Frontin' (Star Trek/Arista) 2984 -564 278679 19 8010

11 12 50 CENT P.I.M.P. (Shady/Aftermath /Interscope) 2517 -436 285462 20 7910

15 ASHANTI Rain On Me (Murderinc. /IDJMG) 2481 +197 253062 9 6812 14 14 OB1E TRICE Got Some Teeth (Shady/Aftermath / lnterscope) 2384 -102 203514 8 7810 Most 24 MISSY ELLIOTT Pass That Dutch (Gold Mind/Elektra /EEG) 2316 +718 196701 2 8214 Increased Plays 13 16 FABOLOUS fITAMIA Into You (Desert Storm /Elektra /EEG) 2204 -310 232078 25 7210 TOTAL PLAY 16 MARY J. BLIGE Ooh! (Gellen) 2183 +61 178975 7 7011 ARTIST - INCREASE 21 MURPHY LEE fIJERMAINE DUPRI Wat Da Hook Gon Be (To'Reel/Universal) 1956 +141 151393 8 7114 MISSY ELLIOTT Pass That Dutch (Gold Mind/Elektra /EEG) +718 19 50 CENT If I Can't (Shady/Aftermath /lnterscope) 1946 +34 188740 14 1810 CHINGY f /SNOOP DOGG & LUDACRIS Holidae In (OrP/Capitol) +578 18 20 BUBBA SPARXXX Deliverance (Beatslub/Interscopel 1708 289 123087 12 5710 2PAC fINOTORIOUS B.LG. Runnin'... (Death Raw/lnterscopei +537

20 21 R. KELLY Thoia Thoing (Jive) 1676 165 215122 15 6710 LUDACRIS $ISHAWNNA Stand Up (Defiant Southl/DJMG) +534

22 22 T.I. 24's (Grand Hustle /Atlantic) 1668 -13 118418 11 6410 NELLY h U (fa'ReellUniversell +345 OUTKAST The Way You Move (Arista) +335 26 23 MARK RONSON International Affair (Elektra/EEG) 1371 65 98598 6 4610 BABY BASH Suga Suga (Universal) +327 36 2PAC fINOTORIOUS B.I.G. Runnin' (Dying To Live) (Death Row/Interscope) 1324 -537 151506 2 6512 BAD BOY'S DA BAND Bad Boy This Bad... (Bad Boy/Universal/ +303 17 25 BOW WOW Let's Get Down (Columbia) 1324 694 98998 16 6110 112 fILUDACRIS Hot & Wet (DelSoul/IOJMG) +302 23 26 MYA My Love Is Like...Whoa (A &M /lnterscopei 1280 -369 111548 20 5810 OUTKAST Hey Ya! (Arista) +255

27 213 Fly (Geffen) 1277 0 156859 7 1411

28 MISSY ELLIOTT (J) 1228 +111 90470 3 6614

32 JAGGED EDGE Walked Outta Heaven (Columbia) 1122 +168 88848 5 5418 29 CD BIG TYMERS This Is How We Do (Cash Money/Universail 1095 +44 76120 5 4412 New &Active 38 112 fILUDACRIS Hot & Wet (DefSool/IDJMG) 1043 +302 81957 3 5716 CASSIDY (IR. KELLY Hotel (J) 30 32 MARQUES HOUSTON fIJOE BUDDEN & PIED PIPER Cltlbbin' (T.UG./EEG) 951 -79 80686 9 3212 Total Plays: 416, Total Stations: 47, Adds: 6

42 BAD BOY'S DA BAND Bad Boy This Bad Boy That (Bad Boy/Universal) 922 +303 106184 3 4916 LENNY KRAVITZ (IP. DIDDY & LOON & PHARRELL Show Me Your Soul (Bad Boy/Universal) 39 KELIS Milkshake (Star Trek /Arista) 898 +190 116876 3 3916 Total Plays: 388, Total Stations: 30, Adds: 2 37 YING YANG TWINS Naggin' (TVTI 882 +110 85590 5 3112 ERYKAH BADU Danger...Block On Lock (Motown/Universal) 34 36 CHRISTINA AGUILERA fILIL' KIM Can't Hold Us Down (RCA) 839 48 73069 13 3310 Total Plays: 386, Total Stations: 13, Adds: 0 33 37 GEMINI fINB RIDAZ Crazy For You (Catalyst) 832 -59 51089 10 910 AVANT Read Your Mind (Geffen)

50 OUTKAST Hey Ya! (Arista) 728 +255 81966 2 1916 Total Plays: 357, Total Stations: 11, Adds: 1

41 R. KELLY Step In The Name Of Love (Jive) 726 +80 108532 4 1612 WESTSIDE CONNECTION Gangsta Nations (Capitol) Total Plays: 348, Total Stations: 22, Adds: 7 43 (1.) BLAME I'm Good (Elektra /EEG) 685 +69 28271 3 4712 G 101 (Interscopel 40 41 TECH N9NE Imnia Tell (Independent) 681 -14 24929 5 3113 UNIT Stunt Total Plays: 324, Total Stations: 11, Adds: 7 35 42 FRANKIE J. We Still (Columbia) 655 -228 50993 12 3210 JA RULE Clap Back (MurderInc. /IDJMG) 5310 31 43 DMX Where The Hood At? (RuffRyders/IDJMG) 627 -344 61960 10 Total Plays: 309, Total Stations: 47, Adds: 45 49 LIMP BIZKIT Red Light Green Light (Flip/lnterscopei 576 +103 33330 2 3411 BRITNEY SPEARS fIMADONNA Me Against The Music (Jive)

'Debut> TOO SHORT fILIL' JON Shake That Monkey (Short /Jive) 517 +82 55783 1 1514 Total Plays: 301, Total Stations: 14, Adds: 3

45 46 SASHA Oat Sexy Body (VP) 503 -85 51935 8 2411 MONTELL JORDAN Superstar (Koch)

Total Plays: 253, Total Stations: 15, Adds: 1 'Debut> NELLY Iz U (To'Reel/Universal/ 497 +345 54516 1 23117 MYA Fallen (A &M/Interscopel /Debut> (1) ELEPHANT MAN Pon De River (VP/Atlantic) 470 +55 74623 1 2910 Total Plays: 230, Total Stations: 12, Adds: 7 (Debut> (1) LOON fIMARIO WINANS Down For Me (Bad Boy/Universal) 441 +52 40069 1 2512

(Debut> 50 BLACK EYED PEAS Shut Up (A &M/Interscope) 427 -31 15649 1 2810 Songs ranked by total plays

89 CHR /Rhythmic reporters. Monitored airplay data supplied by Mediabase Research, a division of Premiere Radio Networks. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week of 10/ Detailed station playlists for all R &R 5- 10/11. Bullets appear on songs gaining plays or remaining flat from previous week. It two songs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays is placed first. Songs below No. 20 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks on the chart. Most Added is the total number of new adds officially reported to R8R by each reporting station. Songs unreported reporters are available on the web at as adds do not count toward overall total stations playing a song. Most Increased Plays lists the songs with the greatest week -to -week increases in total plays. Total Audience equals www.radioandrecords.com. Average Quarter Hour Persons times number of plays (times 100). Each daypart on each station is assigned an AOH number. Average Quarter Hour Persons used herein with permission from the Arbitron Company (0 2003. The Arbitron Company). 02003. RBR. Inc.

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B CHINGY fISNOOP DOGG & LUDCARIS Holidae In (DTP/Capitol) Chris Rollins (Arista): I'm feeling this whole damn thang. 9 NELLY fIP. DIDDY & MURPHY LEE Shake Ya Tailfeather (Universal) PD, WGBT /Greensboro Even André s flower ass! 10 BABY BASH Suga Suga (Universal) Blaque's "I'm Good" (Elektra /EEG): Lee L' Heureux 11 MARY J. BLIGE Ooh! (Geffen) Great song! Unmistakably Blague! MD, WRED/Portland, ME 12 R. KELLY Thoia Thoing (Jive) Mark Ronson featuring Sean Paul & Kanye West's "Through the Wire" (Roc- 13 PHARRELL fIJAYZ Frontin' (Star Trak/Arista) Tweet's "International Affair" (Elektra/ A- Fella /IDJMG): This is a record that start- 14 MURPHY LEE fIJ. DUPRI Wat Da Hook Gon' Be (fo'Reel/Universal) EEG): I love the new Mark Ronson album, ed on our exclusive show but is now mov- 15 T.I. 24's (Grand Hustle/Atlantic) and "International Affair" is one of the ing to the mix show. We also have an eye 16 50 CENT fINOTORIOUS B.I.G. P.I.M.P. (Shady/A ftermathllnterscope) strongest tracks. on it for rotation purposes. Kanye definite- 17 BAD BOY'S DA BAND Bad Boy This, Bad Boy That (Bad Boy/Universal) ly has talent, and this is a good radio record. Sarah O' Connor 18 OUTKAST The Way You Move (Arista) Capone -N- Noreaga featuring Wayne MD, WPGC/Washington 19 2PAC fINOTORIOUS B.I.G. Runnin' (Death Row/lnterscopel Wonder & Lexxus'"Anything Goes" (Def Nelly's "IZ U" (Fo' Reel /Universal): 20 213 Fl y(Geffen) Jamaica /IDJMG): Has a great feel for us. Now you know back in the day we all 21 YING YANG TWINS Naggin' (TVT) Reggae records do very well here, and with watched The People's Court and bobbed our 22 JA RULE Clap Back (Murderinc. /IDJMG) the video support it is starting to receive the heads. Don't front now 'cuz Nelly used it song has strong potential for us. It's already 23 GUNIT Stunt 101 (lnterscope) in a song. receiving phones off the mix -show spins. 24 KELIS Milkshake (Star Trak/Arista) Monica's "Knock Knock" (J): Being the Jae Millí s "No, No, No ": We are killing 25 WYCLEF JEAN Party To Demascus (J) angry woman I can be, I love a song that this record in the mix and starting to get a 26 50 CENT If I Can't (Shady/Aftermath /lnterscopel captures just the right amount of nastiness good reaction on the phones and in the 27 BIG TYMERS This Is How We Do (Cash Money/Universal) with a touch of arrogance. Oh, this wasn't clubs. It may be a little tough for our mar- 28 FABOLOUS Into You (Elektra/EEG) about me? Damn! My female listeners ket, but we are definitely watching it. 29 OBIE TRICE Got Some Teeth /Shady/A ftermath/lnterscopel seem to feel the same way, 'cuz I am get- J.D. Gonzalez 30 BUBBA SPARXXX Deliverance (lnterscope) ting a good response already. The fact that the video is a continuation of "So Gone" PD, KBBI /San Antonio Monitored airplay data supplied by Mediabase Research, a division of Premiere Radio should really push this record forward. Nelly's "IZ U ": Nelly doesn't strike out Networks. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week of 10/12- 10/18/03. much in San Antonio. "Shake Ya Tailfeath- 02003, R &R, Inc. Antdog er" started slow and is still a power. The PD, KKUU/Palm Springs, CA timing is right for a new single from Nelly, Jae Millz's "No, No, No" (Reprise): This and this is it. is just a hot beat. If they blow this up right, Missy Elliott's "Pass That Dutch ": Oh -; P. Diddy will be mad they let him go. yeah, right on target. I am sure this won't _. Missy Elliott's "Pass That Dutch" (Elek- take long to make it to power. We have been tra /EEG): Every time we play this our playing it for a couple of weeks and are engineers think our studio speakers are getting great reaction already. MISSY ELLIOTT Pass That Dutch (Elektra/EEG) going to blow up. A hot record. Baby Bash's "Shorty Doowop" (Universal): 2PAC fINOTORIOUS B.I.G. Runnin' (Amaru/lnterscope) Westside Connection's "Gangsta Na- Since we are way ahead of the curve on JA RULE Clap Back (Murderinc. /IDJMGI tions" (Capitol): It's gangsta! If I don't play Baby Bash and the last single is already a MYA fIPHARCYDE Fallen Unterstapel this out here, Cube will come and take my power recurrent, we are already jammin' JAE MILLZ No, No, No (Reprise) hood pass. the new single. No. l phones already in San G -UNIT Stunt 101 (GUnit/lnterscopel OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Antonio.

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Realizing The Dream How one programmer became a station owner

ing If s it unrealistic to think that a programmer could one your bills, you're OK. you can DREAM TEAM AND DA BAND Bad Boy's Da Band stopped in pay your staff decent wages on day be a station owner? Most people would say yes - Philadelphia to visit WUSL. Seen here are (l -r) WUSL's 0 -Deezy; Da Band you're Here in that in consolidated radio today, run by mega- corpo- schedule, doing OK. members Babs, Sara and Chopper; WUSL's Golden Girl; and Da Band's Young Lufkin, I would say that the top five City, Dylan and (kneeling in front) Frederick rations, not only is it too difficult for independent stations are all making budget, and owners to compete, but there are also few affordable we're in that group. The other sta- stations left to buy. That may be true in the major- and tions may be having a more difficult than it is for today's new generation of in every aspect of the stations I medium -sized markets, but there are still opportuni- time. radio programmers? worked for. I was interested not only The other advantage of a small ties in small, even tiny, markets to begin to build a LB: Programmers today feel that in growing my station, but also in market and being a small company broadcast empire. ownership is impossible. In fact, a lot helping to grow the company. is that we are more hands -on. The of them probably don't even think on I wasn't only concerned with what In fact, we've seen several veteran That's when we found the Lufkin sta- staff has daily interaction with the that kind of level anymore. Most went on -air, but also how the air Urban programmers accomplish this tiom. The company is still looking to ownership, face to face. jocks and PDs are more worried sounded, meaning the processing in the years since the Telecom Act's grow into other markets, so my role A disadvantage would have to be about finding their next gig or keep- and engineering. How could I affect passage, including Steve Hegwood, in that area continues to evolve. not getting as much attention from ing the one they have. You never hear those things, and did I understand with On Top Communications, and R &R: Were there any challenges or the labels, although I haven't really a young PD talk about owning a ra- how they worked, if it meant chang- Mike Roberts, with his obstacles that surprised you run into that much. I attribute that to dio station. I knew I wanted to own ing a signal direction or power? I also Macon, GA cluster. in the process of expanding my relationships with label people as soon as I had my first job in radio. had to understand all the FCC rules More recently, veteran the company? over the years. I look at it that if I Back then we saw it as a possibility. and regulations that governed those Baton Rouge program- LB: There were only want to give away a box of CDs for a I also think things have changed areas. I was the type of PD who mer Lou Bennett ven- some minor challenges - winning weekend and I can't get because passion among radio people didn't just call the engineer about a them from a label, I'll go out and buy tured into ownership legal issues and stuff - has diminished. Most programmers problem; I would go out and meet when he joined Prime Cor but once you get through them. We'll just have the giveaway don't feel they have the power to him at the transmitter site. Communications as co- the initial financial maneu- sponsored. make decisions anymore. Entrepre- Of course, working with the sales owner and VP /Opera- vering, it's a lot easier than neurship within the industry isn't staff was always a challenge, but it tions & Programming. I expected. Once we get nurtured either. I was lucky while was a challenge that had to be met. The company owns Ur- Lou Be nnett the stations under our con- working at Cumulus. I was able to Because no matter how well you pro- ban KCIJ, Country KSBH trol, it's simply about do- "I also think things learn a lot about the business, but gram a station, if they can't sell it, you and News /Talk KNOC -AM /Natch- ing good radio, the way I was taught also, working with the people at cor- all lose. So I learned to understand have itoches, LA and recently acquired Ur- coming up. changed porate, like [Director /Urban Pro- where the sales team was coming ban KVLL and Country KJCS/ There are some issues, though, af- because passion gramming] Ken Johnson and with the from and how I could help them. Lufkin, DC ter the purchase is complete that can market management, I was given the R&R What didn't you understand Bennett left Cumulus' Beaumont, be challenging. For example, we've among radio people heedom to make more decisions. about owning a station when you were TX cluster in 2000, where he was OM been trying to get approval from the R&R What advice do you have for a PD that you understand now? of four stations, to take on his new FCC to move our tower for better has diminished. progranmters who are interested in sta- LB: I didn't realize there was so challenge. R &R spoke with him coverage, and that process can be tion ownership? much paperwork to be taken care of. about how he finally achieved his very long. Things that you would Most programmers LB: You have to broaden your ho- It's all crucial. On a business level, if goal of becoming a station owner and think would be simple can take rizons. That means you should learn your paperwork isn't correct, you his advice for others who have the months, even years, whereas a ma- don't feel they have all aspects of radio, not just program- could lose your entire operation. Pa- same dream. jor corporation, like a Clear Channel, ming - sales, marketing, manage- perwork is involved in everything I may have the money and the influ- the power to make ment and engineering. That's one of do - budgets, FCC forms, legal doc- R &R: How did you come to be part - ence to get things done a lot quicker. the advantages of being in a smaller uments - and you have to be on top owner of Prime Cor Communications? R &R What are the advantages and decisions market, even at a larger corporation, of all of it. LB: While at Cumulus in Beau- disadvantages of small-market owner- because you often handle more than R &R Who were your role models in mont, I worked closely with the Mar- ship? anymore." one job. Also, don't limit yourself to broadcasting, and how did they help you? ket Manager, Bill Vince Jr. He and his LB: I see many more advantages. just the Urban format. In Beaumont LB: Bill Vance, who gave me this family had been in broadcast owner- While a small- market station may not I was overseeing Urban, Country, opportunity and really showed me I ship before, and he was thinking be making the same big dollars that CHR/Pop, Gospel and Sports. was capable of succeeding. I've also about getting back to it. When he a top-10 or even a top -50 market out- It's not that difficult to figure out, Also, keep and develop relation- looked up to and had many good found the right opportunity, he asked let makes, we still have a healthy base but I can see how it may be frustrat- ships over the years. If you're pro- programming conversations with me to come along not only to over- in our markets. You have to consid- ing for a lot of smaller markets deal- gramming in a medium or large mar- [consultant] Tony Gray over the see the programming of the chain, er, too, that there isn't much market ing with the labels. Some can't even ket and you're approached by a small years. I've never worked with him but to be one of the owners in on the competition, so the pie is shared get service. Again, this business is company that wants to give you a directly, but he's always been there ground floor. It was an opportunity among fewer players. In Lufkin there about relationships, and if you keep bigger role, albeit in a small market, to give advice. [Consultant] Harry I couldn't pass up. are only 15 or 16 stations. While we those relationships good over the don't rule it out. It might be your way Lyles, whom I have worked with and R &R: How involved were you in the do have Clear Channel in this mar- years, you probably won't have as into ownership. It's all about hook- who has helped to instill in me that process of finding and buying the sta- ket, it owns several stations, and we great a problem with little things like ing up with the right people. passion for radio. tions? also own several. We're more on the that. R&R: How has having been a pro- Both Harry and Tony bleed radio; LB: When I joined, the stations in same level here than we would be if Another disadvantage- well, it's grammer helped you in your new role? that's all they talk about. Even when were already purchased. I we were in a top 50 market, where more an inconvenience - is that in LB: The type of PD I have been has I try to change the subject, they al- came on board and started to work they would have an entire cluster vs. small markets you have to drive to helped me. What I mean is that a lot ways bring it back around to radio. with their programming and staffing. a small owner who could afford only get anywhere, or at least drive to an of programmers feel that their job is Ken Johnson was also like a big But when the company began to one or two stations. airport. Nothing is close. all about what goes on -air. the mu- brother to me when it came to pro- grow, I became much more involved The bottom line is, in a small mar- R&R Ten years ago it wasn't unusu- sic, the jocks, the imaging, the sound gramming. They all helped me to see in the process of helping to find the ket or larger, if you're making mon- al for a PD to have aspirations to own a of the station. But I always felt my job that I could achieve my dream to be right stations in suitable markets. ey, you're doing OK. If you're pay- radio station. How was it different then was more than that. I was involved a broadcast owner.

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1 O BEYONCE' fISEAN PAUL Baby Boy (Columbia) 3690 +58 499129 11 6410 www.rradds.com 2 2 YOUNGBLOODZ fILIL' JON Damn! (Arista) 3542 23 431063 16 6210 ARTIST 7.E .re_.- ADDS 4 0 LUDACRIS fISHAWNNA Stand Up (Del Jam South¡IDJMG) 3178 +344 414159 8 6410 JA RULE Clap Back (Murder /nc. /IDJMG) 63 3 ASHANTI Rain On Me (Murderinc./IDJMG) 3090 +202 410812 9 6210 0 JS Love Angel (DreamWorks) 42 5 Q R. KELLY Thoia Thoing (Jive) 2518 +8 364706 15 6710 TIMBALAND & MAGOO fISEBASTIAN Indian Flute (BlackGround) 35 9 0 JAGGED EDGE Walked Outta Heaven (Columbia) 2365 +225 289459 11 5911 NAPPY ROOTS Sick & Tired (Atlantic) 29 LIL' WAYNE Get Something (Cash Money /Universal) 26 14 0 R. KELLY Step In The Name Of Love (Jive) 2134 +202 306629 13 6410 TRILLVILLE Neva Eva (Warner Bros.) 16 8 8 MARY J. BLIGE Ooh! (Geffen) 2126 .107 191916 9 6510 LOON fIMARIO WINANS Down For Me (Bad Boy /Universal) 7 16 0 OUTKAST The Way You Move (Arista) 2121 +327 229582 6 6015 7 10 PHARRELL fIJAY -Z Frontin' (Star Trak /Arista) 2117 167 247338 21 6410

10 11 YOUNG GUNZ Can't Stop, Won't Stop (De(Jam/IDJMG) 2098 -39 245580 18 5110 13 ® MARQUES HOUSTON fIJOE BUDDEN & PIED PIPER Clubbin' (TUB/EEG) 2082 +37 231050 12 5210 11 13 LIL' JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYZ Get Low (TVT) 2058 -54 298754 26 5710 18 0 CHINGY fISNOOP DOGG & LUDACRIS Holidae In (DTP/Capitol) 2032 +445 235342 6 6210 Most 6 15 NELLY f /P. DIDDY & MURPHY LEE Shake Ya Tailfeather (Bad Boy/Universal) 1975 -421 253816 17 5810 Increased Plays 17 AVANT Read Your Mind (Geffen) 1743 +25 186146 9 5910 o TOTAL 12 17 FABOLOUS fITAMIA Into You (Desert Storm/Elektra /EEG) 1705 .363 199755 18 6110 PLAY ARTIST ".k:. INCREASE 19 MONICA Knock Knock (J) 1608 +61 156065 7 5810 o CHINGY fISNOOP DOGG & LUDACRIS Holidae In (DTP/Capitol) +445 15 19 CHINGY Right Thurr (DTP/Capitol) 1582 -319 246878 27 6610 2PAC fINOTORIOUS B.I.G. Runnin'... (Death Rowllnterscope) +416

21 MURPHY LEE fIJERMAINE DUPRI Wat Da Hook Gon Be (Fa'ReeuUnive /Sal) 1383 +223 136343 8 4513 MISSY ELLIOTT Pass That Dutch (GoldMind/E /ektra/EEG) +402 LUDACRIS fISHAWNNA Stand Up (Del Jam SouthlIOJMG) +344 24 ® MISSY ELLIOTT Pass That Dutch (Gold Mind/Elektra /EEG) 1297 +402 156571 2 6212 OUTKAST The Way You Move (Arista) +327 20 22 ERYKAH BADU Danger...Block On Lock (Motown/Universal) 1278 .78 90280 11 5310 BAD BOY'S DA BAND Bad Boy This Bad... (Bad Boy /Universal) +239 23 ® BAD BOY'S DA BAND Bad Boy This Bad Boy That (Bad Boy/Universal) 1247 +239 134594 5 4814 JAGGED EDGE Walked Dutta Heaven (Columbia) +225 36 2PAC fINOTORIOUS B.I.G. Runnin' (Dying To Live) (DearhRow/lnterscope) 1012 +416 96604 2 6114 M. LEE NJ. DUPRI Wat Da Hook Gon Be (Fa'Reel/Universal) +223 112 fILUDACRIS Hot & Wet (Del Soul/IDJMGI +211 22 25 YING YANG TWINS Naggin' (TVT( 1011 -51 64898 12 2910

30 112 fILUDACRIS Hot & Wet (DefSaul/IDJMG) 930 +211 84141 3 6113 25 ® GINUWINE Love You More (Epic) 909 +23 88671 4 3710 28 WYCLEF JEAN fIMISSY ELLIOTT Party To Damascus 'J) 786 +54 63842 3 5412

26 29 OBIE TRICE Got Some Teeth (Shady/A ftermath/lnterscopel 781 -70 47520 5 4510 32 JOE More & More (Jive) 774 +92 63492 4 5415 New &Active

27 31 T.I. 24's (Grand Hustle /Atlantic) 708 -61 67414 20 3710 T.I. Be Easy (Grand HustlelAtlantic) 33 32 BIG TYMERS This Is How We Do (Cash Money/Universal+ 658 .18 40894 4 3610 Total Plays: 354, Total Stations: 38, Adds: 4 35 ISLEY BROTHERS fIRON ISLEY Busted (Dream Works) 623 +2 73537 12 2610 ® CASSIDY fIR. KELLY Hotel (J/ 41 Pon De River (VP +69 4 4110 Q ELEPHANT MAN /Atlantic) 612 72530 Total Plays: 287, Total Stations: 24, Adds: 0 37 FLOETRY Getting Late (Dream Works) 608 +15 64900 5 3211 e BOW WOW WAGGED EDGE My Baby (Columbia) 46 JA RULE Clap Back (Murder lnc./IDJMG) 565 +186 68484 2 64163 Total Plays: 286, Total Stations: 36, Adds: 5

LOON 557 +91 3 4017 43 ® fIMARIO WINANS Down For Me (Bad Boy/Universal) 64857 DWELE Find A Way (Virgin) 39 38 TOO SHORT fILIL' JON Shake That Monkey (Short/Jive) 541 -23 36959 6 2910 Total Plays: 271, Total Stations: 27, Adds: 3

31 39 ATL Calling All Girls (Epic) 521 185 34679 12 3010 TIMBALAND & MAGOO fISEBASTIAN Indian Flute (BlackGround) Total Plays: 265, Total Stations: 35, Adds: 35 (Debut> G UNIT Stunt 101 pnterscope) 508 +165 69000 1 211 DAVE HOLLISTER Never Gonna Change Moo Rag) (DreamWorks) 50 NICK CANNON Gigolo (Jive) 506 +142 46419 2 3915

Total Plays: 205, Total Stations: 22, Adds: 1 42 JAHEIMBacktight (Divine Mill/WarnerBros.) 501 +2 45892 5 3711 TRILLVILLE Neva Eva (Warner Bros.) 34 43 SEAN PAUL Like Glue (VP/Atlantic) 461 168 53592 20 5010 Total Plays: 189, Total Stations: 17, Adds: 16 29 44 BOW WOW Let's Get Down (Columbia) 458 264 28576 18 4910 L. KRAVITZ PIP. DIDDY & LOON... Show... (Bad Bay /Universal) 48 CD MONTELL JORDAN Superstar (Koch) 444 +75 40044 2 3111 Total Plays: 162, Total Stations: 20, Adds: 0

'Debut> KELIS Milkshake (Star Trak/Arista) 426 +103 80730 1 2213 JHENE No L.O.V.E. (Epic) 44 47 R. KELLY I'll Never Leave (Jive) 408 -56 64650 17 510 Total Plays: 157, Total Stations: 19, Adds: 2

49 DAVID BANNER Cadillac On 22's (Universal) 386 +19 21343 3 2110 BLAQUE I'm Good (E/ektra /EEG) Total Plays: 151, Total Stations: 20, Adds: 3 (Debut> RAH DIGGA Party &... (Elipmode/J) 365 +18 24141 1 2410

40 50 JACK( O Nookie Real Good (Poe-Boy/Sobel 356 -208 23503 B 3310 Songs ranked by total plays

69 Urban reporters. Monitored airplay data supplied by Mediabase Research. a division of Premiere Radio Networks. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week of Detailed station playlists for all R &R 10/5-10/11. Bullets appear on songs gaining plays or remaining flat from previous week. If two songs are tied in total plays. the song with the larger increase in plays is placed first. Songs below No. 20 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks on the chart. Most Adoed is the total number of new odds officially reported to R&R by each reporting reporters are available on the web at station. Songs unreported as adds do not count toward overall total stations playing a song. Most Increased Plays lists the songs with the greatest week -to -week increases www.radioandrecords.com. in total plays. Total Audience equals Average Quarter Hour Persons times number of plays (times 100). Each daypart on each station is assigned an AQH number. Average Quarter Hour Persons used herein with permission from the Arbitron Company (© 2003. The Arbitron Company). © 2003, R &R. Inc.

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America's Best Testing Urban Songs 12 + Indicator RieTbeMusic.cmn° For The Week Ending 10/17/03 Most Added° In 18111111111'' NAPPY ROOTS Sick & Tired (Atlantic) Persons Persons Persons A- DAM -SHAME Dont Play Dat (Trump Tight) Artist Title (Label) TW LW Farriliarity Burn 12 -17 18 -24 25 -34

TRILLVILLE Neva Eva (Warner Bros.) BEYONCE' /(SEAN PAUL Baby Boy (Columbia) 4.33 4.27 99% 24% 4.28 4.33 4.08

LUDACRIS fISHAWNNA Stand Up (DefJam South/IDJMG) 4.29 4.19 90% 11% 4.23 4.19 4.36 JA RULE Clap Back (Murder Inc. /IDJMG) OUTKAST The Way You Move (Arista) 4.19 4.05 84% 8% 4.18 4.14 4.30 TIMBALAND & MAG00 f/SEBASTIAN Indian Flute (BlackGround) LIL' JON & THE EASTSIOE BOYZ Get Low (TVT) 4.17 4.21 97% 29% 4.00 4.04 3.86

CHINGY /(SNOOP DOGG & LUDACRIS Holidae In /DTP/Capitol) 4.10 4.03 88% 15% 3.97 3.95 4.02 LIL' WAYNE Get Something (Cash Money/Universal) FABOLOUS fITAMIA Into You (Desert Storm /Elektra /EEG) 4.06 4.09 96% 35% 4.02 4.08 3.83 T.I. Be Easy (Grand Hustle/Atlantic) CHINGY Right Thurr (DTP/Capitol) 4.05 4.02 100% 41% 3.90 3.94 3.76 JAGGED EDGE Walked Outta Heaven (Columbia) 4.05 4.08 66% 9% 4.05 4.14 3.74 Songs ranked by total plays /(TANK Come Over (BlackGround/Universal) 4.04 3.99 81% 22% 4.10 4.15 3.92 Recurrents YOUNGBLOODZ fall' JON Damn! (Arista) 4.02 4.03 84% 19% 3.87 3.86 3.90 NELLY GIP. DIDDY & MURPHY LEE Shake Ya Tailfeather (Bad Boy/ Universa) 4.01 4.11 °9% 43% 3.90 4.00 3.54 AALIYAH f/TANK Come Over (B/ackGround /Universal) 1165 GINUWINE Love You More (Epic) 4.01 E'3% 7% 3.91 3.98 3.73

50 CENT P.I.M.P. (Shady/Aftermath /Interscope) 3.99 4.07 E 9% 54% 4.01 4.01 4.03 50 CENT P.I.M.P. (Shady/Aftermathllnterscope) 908 MARQUES HOUSTON WOE BUDDEN & PIED PIPER Cluhhin' (TUG./EEG) 3.98 4.02 E7% 9% 3.91 3.95 3.80 MONICA So Gone (J) 787 MURPHY LEE fIJERMAINE DUPRI Wat Da Hook Gan Be (To'Reel/Universal) 3.96 4.06 E8% 10% 3.79 3.82 3.70 AVANT Read Your Mind (Geffen) 3.95 3.86 48% 7% 3.91 4.01 3.62 GINUWINE In Those Jeans (Epic) 658

ASHANTI Rain On Me (Murder lnc. /IDJMG) 3.91 3.97 89% 20% 3.84 3.97 3.38 BEYONCE' fIJAYZ Crazy In Love (Columbia) 644 BOW WOW Let's Get Down (Columbia) 3.89 3.91 94% 31% 3.75 3.79 3.62 MISSY ELLIOTT Pass That Dutch (Gold Mind/Elektra /EEG) 3.87 51% 7% 3.97 3.98 3.93 TYRESE Signs Of Love Makin' (J) 626

PHARRELL fIJAY -Z Frontin (Star Trek/Arista) 3.86 3.89 95% 40% 3.90 3.90 3.92 DAVID BANNER f /LIL' FLIP Like A Pimp (Universal) 615 BAD BOY'S DA BAND Bad Boy This Bad Boy That (Bad Boy /Universal) 3.78 3.86 62% 9% 3.64 3.72 3.44 SEAN PAUL Get Busy (VP/Atlantic) 432 R. KELLY Step In The Name Of Love (Jive) 3.77 3.77 71% 18% 3.86 3.82 3.98 YING YANG TWINS Noggin' (TVTI 3.77 3.81 58% 14% 3.65 3.62 3.73 50 CENT In Da Club /Shady/Aftermath /lnterscope) 396 YOUNG GUNZ Can't Stop, Won't Stop (Del Jam/IDJMG) 3.76 3.81 91% 30% 3.54 3.53 3.56 LIL' KIM 1150 CENT Magic Stick (Queen BeelAtlantic) 392 R. KELLY Thoia Thoing (Jive) 3.74 3.72 96% 33% 3.73 3.66 4.00

MARY J. BUGE Doh! (Geffen) 3.72 3.78 72% 14% 3.78 3.77 3.80 BONE CRUSHER Never Scared (Arista) 390 OBIE TRICE Got Some Teeth (Shady /Altermath/lnterscope) 3.70 64% 13% 3.63 3.57 3.78 SNOOP DOGG Beautiful (Doggystyle/Priority/Capita/) 356 All Calling All Girls (Epic) 3.65 48% 7% 3.43 3.44 3.38

On ERYKAH BADU Danger...Black Lock (Motown /Universal) 3.64 3.75 53% 12% 3.70 3.74 3.60 ASHANTI Rock Wit U IAwww Baby) (Murder lnc.IIDJMG) 343 MONICA Knock Knock (J) 3.57 3.55 52% 12% 3.63 3.69 3.43

BUSTA RHYMES MARIAN CAREY I Know What You Want (J) 329 Total sample size is 493 respondents. Total average favorability estimates are based on a scale of 1 -5. (1= dislike very much. 5 = like very much). Total familiarity represents the percentage of respondents who recognized the song. Total burn represents the number of respondents who said they are tired of hearing the song. 50 CENT 21 Questions (Shady/Aftermathllnterscope) 329 Sample composition is based on persons 12 +. Persons are screened via the Internet. Once passed, they can take the music test based on the formaUmusic preference. FABULOUS Can't Let You Go (Desert Storm /Elektra /EEG) 316 RateTheMusic.com results are not meant to replace callout research. The results are in:ended to show opinions of participants on the the Internet only. RateTheMusic is a registered trademark of RateTheMusic.com. The RTM system, is available for local radio stations by callirg 818- 377 -5300. RateTheMusic.com data is JAHEIM Put That Woman First (Divine Mill/Warne /Bros.) 298 provided by Mediabase Research. a division of Premiere Radio Networks. Reporters

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DJ Irie ARTIST: JS Mixer, WEDR /Miami LABEL: DreamWorks Trina's "Heated" (Slip -N -Slide /Atlantic): Miami's self -proclaimed "Dia- mond Princess" is back in rare form with this record. She's on point with CURRENT PROJECT: Ice Cream

her usual sexual wordplay, but the track gives it an original twist. This IN STORES: NOW record is already poppin' in the M.I.A., and the whole country's going to feel it soon! Natasha's "Who Needs You" (Arista): Natasha deliv- CURRENT SINGLE: "Love Angel" ers the R &B counterpart to Freeway's "Flipside," and it's straight fire! The response to this record on radio and in the clubs has been crazy. Natasha laid the perfect vibe down on the funked -up Having Ron Isley as a manager cer- track. Ying Yang Twins'"Georgia Dome" (TVT): In Miami we call it tainly helped sisters Kim and the answer to Lil Jon's "Get Low." From the ceilnnung to the floor, "Geor- Kandy Johnson get the star -power pro- gia Dome" is the perfect single off the Ying Yangs' own project to keep ducers any debut artist would die for. R. with the vibe of "Get Low." This record reacts instantly! o Ja Rule's Kelly wrote and produced the album's "Clap Back" (Murder Inc. /Def Jam): Last year Nas delivered the come- title track and first single, "Ice Cream," Andrae Crouch and Shirley Caesar, but back joint of the year with "Ether." This year it's all Ja Rule and "Clap and its remix, as well as the current their musical interests stretched beyond Back" The track is a sinister infectious groove, and Ja is back on that single, "Love Angel," and the songs "Bye- gospel to include R &B, jazz hip -hop and real street shit, lettin' his opposition know he's not going to take it lying Bye," "Slow Grind," "Half," "Stay Right pop. After auditioning to sing backup on down. They will clap back. Here" and "Sister." Other producers on The Isley Brothers' tour, they were hired the disc include Robert "RL" Huggar, the on the spot by Ronald Isley, who, along lead singer of the trio Next and a writer with their mother, eventually became Kathy Brown and producer for Usher, Luther Vandross their manager. The older of the two sis- PD, WMMJ/Washington and Jaheim; Tim and Bob (Sisqo, TLC, ters. Kandy says she's more the "Manolo 112 and Boyz II Men); and Walter Millsap [Blahnik] stilettos" type, while Kim is Throughout the month of "more into hip -hop gear." October we are celebrat- (Karen Clark -Sheard, Brent Jones and Kiley Dean). Influences: Whitney Houston, Aretha ing two major accomplishments : WMMJ/Washington's16th anniversary Ron Isley, a.k.a. "Mr. Big," is Stevie Wonder and the fifth anniversary of the 30 and Over Club card. It's a marketing featured Franklin, on the song "Handle Your Business," Past successes: In addition to their and promotion tool I developed when I was at WWIN /Baltimore. We which was produced by Huggar. While tour as backup singers for the Isley expanded the concept to WMMJ when I joined as PD, as well as to Radio One's the debut single, "Ice Cream," was Brothers, Kim and Kandy have per- Urban AC stations in Augusta, GA and "naughty," according to Kim, the follow- formed backup for a number of artists, in- "Iffgr up, "Love Angel," is more "sexy," says cluding Christina Aguilera, Michael Jack- Richmond, with more markets to come. Here in DC we have 150,000 club -card carriers, and there are 175,000 Kandy. "It makes me think of a tropical son and Sting, and opened for Erykah in Baltimore. The club allows us to develop a database of African- Ameri- vacation, standing on the beach, being Badu. As teenagers, the girls performed can women, 30 years and older, to market our stations to. n In cel- free -spirited and having fun," she says. "It on television on The Oprah Winfrey ebration of these anniversaries we're holding a number of events. First makes you want to grab a piña colada and Show, in an episode of Ally McBeal and is our Thursday -night concert series. We've already had performances pamper your man!" on BET. They also sang with Barbara by Javier and Dwele and an Old School Revue with The Dells, The Man- Hometown: Los Angeles Streisand when she performed for Presi- hattans and Blue Majic. On Oct. 16 we had Calvin Richardson and Will Personal stats: While still in elemen- dent Clinton. Later Kim was a featured Downing. Coming up we have Kem on Oct. 23, Teena Marie and Rick tary school, the girls began performing as singer on the soundtrack to the film James on Oct. 30, and Gerald Levert on Oct. 31. But the 30 and The Johnson Sisters under the watchful Armistad. The sisters were also featured Over Club card isn't just about partying. We also have sponsored a eye of their mother. Denise Johnson. as backup singers on The Isley Brothers homebuyers' seminar and a minority business workshop. And since Starting in church, the duo moved on to LPs Eternal (2001) and Body Kiss (2003). October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, we're providing informa- perform at weddings and banquets, in tal- See them: Oct. 25 on Soul Train and tion on breast health. The club card gets you access to so much more ent shows. for anniversaries. in malls and in their upcoming video, "Love Angel," than just a good time. at high schools. Their background in the shot on location in Chicago with R. Kelly church allowed them to sing with legends and Ron Isley.

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LAST TOTAL .I- TOTAL WEEKS ON TOTAL STATIONS, Most Added® WEEK .,=. ARTIST TIT -E LABEL SI PLAIS PLAYS AUDIENCE CHART ADDS foo) www.rradds.com 3 0 KEM Love Calls (Motown/Universal) 992 +19 116983 38 3211 ARTIST TITLE LA6EL(S) ADDS 1 2 LUTHER VANDROSS Dance With My Father (J) 967 -40 110012 24 4211 KEM Matter Of Time (Motown) 14 4 3 HEATHER HEADLEY I Wish I Wasn't (RCA) 895 -21 101906 31 3711 JOE More & More (Jive) 1 6 O R. KELLY Step In The Name Of Love (Jive) 893 +76 110404 24 1711 ERYKAH BADU Back In The Day (Motown) 6 2 5 TAMIA Officially Missing You (Elektra/EEG) 893 -94 82788 23 3411 ASHANTI Rain On Me (Murderinc.,IDJMS) 5

5 6 GERALD LEVERT U Got That Love (Elektra/EEG) 820 -20 85531 8 3810 FLOETRY Getting Late (DreamWorks) 3

7 0 JAVIER Crazy (Capitol) 804 +16 75016 22 34/1 SMOKIE NORFUL I Need You Now (EM/Gospel) 2 JAHEIM Backlight (Divine MilllWarnerBros.) 2 9 0 DWELE Find A Way (Virgin) 789 +103 85861 15 3911 WILL DOWNING A Million Ways (GRP/VMG) 2 8 9 SMOKIE NORFUL I Need You Now (EMI Gospel) 684 -44 70049 28 3612 FREDDIE JACKSON Natural Thang (Mart /and) 2

12 RHIAN BENSON Say How I Feel (DKG) 550 +21 45154 14 3510 D JEFF BRADSHAW fIJILL SCOTT Slide (Hidden Beach) 2 10 11 JAHEIM Put That Woman First (BivineMill/Warner Bros.) 545 18 63366 32 3011 11 12 RUBEN STUDDARD Superstar (J) 501 -45 51967 19 3210 Most 17 ® ARETHA FRANKLIN Wonderful (Arista) 485 +85 62843 3 3110 Increased Plays 15 0 ANTHONY HAMILTON Comin' From Where I'm From (So SoDef/Ansia) 462 +52 36184 9 3110 TOTAL 13 15 KINDRED Far Away (Epic) 414 -45 48715 32 2611 PLAY ARTIST TITLE LASE_ s INCREASE 16 0 ISLEY BROTHERS fIRON ISLEY Busted (DreamWorks) 406 +2 46143 12 2011 DWELE Find A Way (Vigo) +103 14 17 FLOETRY Getting Late (Dream Works) 378 -50 34142 10 2913 JOE More & More (Jive) +101 18 18 CALVIN RICHARDSON Keep On Pushin' (Hollywood) 374 -8 29154 14 2510 ARETHA FRANKLIN Wonderful (Arista) +85 20 JAHEIM Backtight (DivineMill /Warner Bros.) 360 +15 25046 7 2812 WILL DOWNING A Million Ways (GRP/VMG) +80 23 a WILL DOWNING A Million Ways (GRP/VMG) 336 +80 22702 4 2512 ERYKAH BADU Back In The Day (Motown) +77 25 ® JOE More & More (Jive) 332 +101 32275 2 3417 R. KELLY Step In The Name Of Love (Jive/ +76 JAGGED EDGE Walked Outta Heaven (Columbia) +71 21 22 VIVIAN GREEN What Is Love? (Columbia) 321 -13 28020 8 1910 A. HAMILTON Comiñ From Where I'm From (So So Del/Arista) +52 24 23 AVANT Read Your Mind (Geffen) 239 -1 22810 2 2411 MICHAEL JACKSON One More Chance (Epic) +51 26 MANHATTANS Turn Out The Stars (Love-Lee) 225 +7 14318 6 1310 ASHANTI Rain On Me (Murderinc.IIDJMG) +39 22 25 ARETHA FRANKLIN Only Thing Missing Is You (Arista) 204 -101 17499 18 2810

28 IMPROMP 2 Mocha Soul (Big3) 190 +27 9776 5 1410

27 27 MONICA So Gone (J) 175 -40 36148 18 411

/Oebut> ASHANTI Rain On Me (Murder lnc./IDJMG) 164 +39 14835 1 1315

/oebut> EARTH, WIND & FIRE Hold Me (Kalimba) 150 +15 7070 1 2011 ¡Debut> Most JAGGED EDGE Walked Outta Heaven (Columbia) 146 +71 20740 1 311 Played Recurrents 44 Urban AC reporters. Monitored airplay data supplied by Mediabase Research, a division of Premiere Radio Networks. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week of 10/5 -10/11. Bullets appear on songs gaining plays or remaining flat from previous week. If two songs are tied in total plays. the song with the larger increase in plays is TOTAL placed first. Songs below No. 15 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks on the chart. Most Added is the total number of new adds officially reported to R &R by each ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S) PLAYS reporting station. Songs unreported as adds do not count toward overall total stations playing a song. Most Increased Plays lists the songs with the greatest week -to -week increases in total plays. Total Audience equals Average Quarter Hour Persons times number of plays (times 100). Each daypart on each station is assigned an AOH number. FLOETRY Say Yes (OreamWorks) 388 Average Quarter Hour Persons used herein with permission from the Arbitron Company (© 2003, The Arbitron 2003, R &R, Inc. Company). © R. KELLY I'll Never Leave (Jive) 369 New &Active BRIAN MCKNIGHT Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda (Motown /Universal% 355 TYRESE How You Gonna Act Like That (J) 258

STEPHANIE MILLS Can't Let Him Go (J&M) ERYKAH BADU Back In The Day (Motown) VIVIAN GREEN Emotional Rollercoaster (Columbia) 235 Total Plays: 142, Total Stations: 10, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 96, Total Stations: 19, Adds: 6 LUTHER VANDROSS Take You Out (J) 226 MARY J. BLIGE Ooh! (Gellen) GERALD LEVERT Funny (Elektra /EEG) 216 INCOGNITO Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Narada) Total Plays: 118, Total Stations: 4, Adds: 1 RON ISLEY fIR. KELLY What Would You Do? (DreamWorks) 212 Tctal Plays: 79, Total Stations: 5, Adds: 0 DEITRICK HADDON Sinner's Prayer (Verity) SYLEENA JOHNSON Guess What (Jive) 211 Total Plays: 108, Total Stations: 9, Adds: 0 SILK Silktime (Liquid 8) MUSIO Donichange (Del Soul/IDJMG) 194 JEFF MAJORS Heard My Cry (Music One) Total Plays: 68, Total Stations: 3, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 106, Total Stations: 7, Adds: 0 Detailed station playtists for all R &R GOAPELE Even Closer (Skyb/ar) TONY RICH PROJECT Red Wire (Compendia) reporters are available on the web at Plays: Total 1 Total Plays: 97, Total Stations: 5, Adds: 0 Total 59, Stations: 6, Adds: www.radioandrecords.com. Songs ranked by total plays 119,1n At, 'Say How I Feel" Now Top 10* Urban AC! r (3,41- 43 million in audience and growing ! "A breath ofresh air"

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www.americanradiohistory.com LON HELTON COUNTRr October 17, 2003 R &R 41 Lhe/ton@radioandrecords. com until 10am. Radio insiders may not listeners by giving the talent the realize it, but for the average listen- chance to become real personalities er it is a real disconnect from the sta- by allowing them to advance a con- tion, because to them the station is cept on their own. not telling the truth. "You must engage the listeners' "Radio doesn't seem to believe minds to fully become part of their that listeners are intelligent enough lives. Seven -word liner cards may to figure out that if the station says have made on -air people more effi- it plays 24 in a row but only does it cient, but they have not made them three times a day, the station really more effective. The Forest From isn't a 24 -in -a -row station, and they're being lied to. "A huge part of what's wrong with radio today is that we don't "A huge part of Outside The Trees give listeners enough credit for knowing when they're not getting what's wrong with A longtime PD returns to radio with fresh eyes - and ears what they've been promised." Learning From Listeners radio today is that Johnson's point that he learned a we don't give lot about radio from the people he hile no one wants to leave radio, circumstances ed in radio's inability - or unwill- worked with is especially intrigu- listeners enough a sometimes force hiatus from the business. The silver ingness- to exploit what is perhaps ing. "They recognize the difference lining of a sabbatical is the opportunity to listen to its greatest opportunity. "Radio has between someone trying to do some credit for knowing radio like a real listener- and with real listeners. The always performed on the most fan- good in the neighborhood and tastic stage ever the human experience of it is cer- - someone lying to them to get them when they're not using radio like the utility can mind," he said. "And yet so many to listen longer," he said. "A line I tainly alter a programmer's idea of programming. times stations bombard listeners heard all the time was, 'Why don't getting what with That is very much the case for 25- effective. And lastly, the fine art of propaganda instead of gently they do what they say they're going that is year veteran Country programmer persuasion as practiced by radio is persuading them the station to do ?' they've been Paul Johnson, who recently re- dead and needs to be revitalized." - and should be - an important "The biggest point to me is that part of their lives. promised." turned to the business after more Johnson went on to say that much to build ratings, you have to build than 18 months in nonradio jobs. of what he learned came not only "Listening to the radio in a real- loyalty. To do that you have to build for Prior to his leave of absence Johnson from hearing radio as a regular lis- world environment hours and a belief among listeners in what you hours a day, I was in- was the Promotions Director at tener, but also from the jobs he held. struck by the do. If you play country music, a credible insincerity of it all. I say this W KKT/Charlotte, a job he left at the "I learned a very valuable lesson as country fan will tune in. But wheth- "If we want a person's time - with love in my heart, I end of 2001. a police deputy" he explained. because er or not they like you and accept which is how we get ratings we worked at WSOC /Charlotte and - Because his son was in high "As a 911 operator, you're ac- other facets of your station - like need to be more respectful of them. school at the time, Johnson was un- countable for never, ever misleading shopping at your advertisers and We need toprovidea little more sub- willing to relocate. So, he had to find anyone. Every transmission that believing that your station is more stance, information and entertain- something else to do. He goes out of that room is special than any other - depends ment and give them a little some- dabbled in another pas- recorded. Not misleading "Radio has always on their trusting you as they would thing to think about. sion of his for a while, the public and making a friend. "It's much more beneficial to lead performed on the computer programming, sure that the information "If it's their perception you're ly- people to a positive decision about but, he says, "If you think you are giving the officers most fantastic stage ing to them - whether you are or the station than it is to try to talk there are a lot of people is accurate are important. it's just one of radio's neat little TSL them into something by bombarding out of work in radio be- "It reminded me how ever the human tricks - you will never build that them with seven -word phrases. cause of - trust. consolidation critical open, honest com- They might be listeners, but More than ever before it has come and the soft economy, munication with your au- mind. And yet so without trust, you'll never turn down to doing the right thing and you should see what's dience is. I realized that them irto friends, which is where using imagination to serve your lis- happened in the comput- Paul J ohnson for a station to really be many times stations real lisiening and ratings come teners." er industry." successful, it has to make from. The Human Dimension His next job was as a laborer in a a difference in its listeners' lives by bombard listeners "Radio people give all kinds of door factory. (Talk about a job that trying to develop more dimensions. lip service to building a better Johnson admitted that he's a bit will really make you appreciate ra- The key is to do the right thing and with propaganda brand while at the same time un- disappointed in radio right now, not- dio.) From there he went to work for use persuasion and credibility to dermining the very essence of ing, "Radio is at a low ebb. Most of the Charlotte Police Department as build something better than what's instead of gently brand-building: loyalty. When we what we have on the air is filler. Peo- a deputy and 911 operator. out there." lie to listeners, we do them a dis- ple are put on the air to fill a shift, persuading them that service. In return, they use radio as not to contribute to the community A New Perspective The Insincerity Of Today's Radio a commodity." or listener. How much are the jocks We talked on the phone shortly af- the station is an even the voicetracking jocks Develop A Bond - - ter Johnson had returned to Country Another of Johnson's observations meant to be a force? Or are we just programming as PD of WKML /Fay- is that music radio, in particular, has important part of Another of the building blocks praying they won't screw up the etteville, NC, and it struck me that his gotten weaker under consolidation. Johnson thinks is missing from shift?" having been away from radio for a "Listening to a lot of different sta- their lives." today's radio is the one-to-one lis- Relating what he's learned in the while might have altered the way he tions, you hear how they have tener bond. "Radio has the oppor- last few years to his new situation, was approaching his new job. younger, less experienced people on tunity to go greater distances in Johnson said, "More effort must be Asked if that was the case, the air," he said. building relationships with listen- put into execution to make great ra- Johnson laughed and said, "Abso- "They're not seasoned in how to WKKT, but they're on the air clob- ers," he said. "Too many times we dio -no matter if it's live and local, lutely. I learned a lot about radio by instruct others how to live and be bering each other with '24 in a row' miss the chance to persuade listen- syndicated, voicetracked or en- listening to it with people. At the part of a community. They sound and 'double the music' promises. It ers that the station is a special part hanced with recorded material. We door factory I listened to Tom Joyner good and may have the mechanics gets to the point where it's about of their lives and community. It all must create a better product by mak- every day, because that's what was down, but there is no intellectual which station is yelling the loudest, comes down to the air talent. ing radio count more in people's on the radio. Listening to people basis by which to bring some com- and it's at that point that reality be- "As a PD for over 25 years, I have lives. around me talk about Tom and what munication with the listeners. comes disconnected. to admit that there are times when "Making that happen means chal- he was doing on the air confirmed "There aren't a lot of jocks - vir- "It's not about playing more mu- you want jocks to stick to what lenging your people to come up with for me three things I have long felt tual or local - who are able to di- sic, it's about how often and how you've written on the liner cards, creative ideas of their own while also every broadcaster should do. gest the essence of what is going on loudly you can tell people you're because that's where the truth lies. making sure they give listeners more "First, do the right thing. Next, in a market and mold it into useful playing more music. As a listener, But after hearing the insincerity of credit for being smart about what know the difference between effi- information that can be put on top you hear a morning guy talking the liners on most stations, I've they want from a radio station. We're ciency and effectiveness - and that of a 12- second intro." about playing more music but not come to think you have a better missing a complete dimension of being efficient is not always being Johnson is especially disappoint- doing it - because it doesn't start chance of building your brand with humanity on the air."

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Label: BNA Single: "Days Like This" Album: Days Like This Release Date: Spring Almo/Irvings Last Chapter Publisher: Murrah Music

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Hometown: Charleston, WV Hometown Station: WQBE Favorite Team: Tennessee Titans Music Row's detractors are quick to illuminate its Moss, Rondor Music maintained of- Influences: , Reba McEntire, fices in London, Los Angeles and faults. Some even go so far as to dismiss Nashville's Martina McBride, Tanya Tucker Nashville (which retained the original music community in its entirety. But those whose fo- Album I Wore Out: Whoever's in New England, Almo /Irving name) until Oct. 3of this Reba McEntire cus doesn't extend beyond the Row's commercialism, year. Universal Music Publishing in The Day Music Changed My Life: I was 6 formulaic approach and clannishness are blinded to a Nashville has absorbed the Almo/Irv- years old. My teacher was trying to get me to ing catalog, writers and four of eight spirit and character not found to the same extent in sing in music class, and I wouldn't, so they employees. Rondor's L.A. office re- other music centers. called my grandmother to pick me up after Rachel Proctor mains open as of this writing. school. They explained to her I wasn't singing in Nestled in the hearts of corporate upon that core principle and was suc- "It wasn't a surprise," says David class but needed to do it to get a grade. My warriors and embodied in the small cessful because of it. Conrad, who opened Almo /Irving's grandma asked me why I wasn't singing, and I said, "My voice wiggles when it comes out." It was vibrato and different from everybody else's. companies still housed in residential "There was not a song that came Nashville office with Mary Del They figured out then that I could sing. structures up and down the Row is the into this building that we didn't hear Scobey in 1980. "The surprise was Five -Minute Life Story: I've been singing my whole life and never fundamental though too often tenu- and pay attention to," says former when Universal purchased the com- wanted to do anything else. I had a manager in New York for a while ous belief that the love of music is this Almo /Irving VP Bobby Rymer with- pany and left [the creative staff] intact. and did Star Search. I studied accounting for a year at West Virginia industry's greatest imperative. Which out a hint of exaggeration in his voice. It's a real tip of the hat to Rondor that State, but I'd sit in class and write song lyrics, so I moved here with my makes the demise of Almo/Irving "We just flat-out cared." Universal thought enough of the husband to write songs and ended up getting a divorce after about five Nashville much more than a speed name to trade on it for a few years." No Limits years. I wrote "Where Would You Be," which was a single for Martina bump on the consolidation superhigh- Conrad, now Executive VP /A &R McBride. My ex called and asked if I wrote that song about him. I told way. As much as any company, Purchased by Universal in 2000 for MCA /Mer-ury, recalls humble be- him I did, which started a whole conversation, and we ended up back ginnings. "We had a card table and Almo /Irving represented and relied from founders Herb Alpert and Jerry together. some beach chairs," he says. "I was The Right Stuff: I wanted to meet New Kids On The Block because Py sitting in an office surrounded by sev- they were huge when I was in the ninth grade. I sent a tape to their en -inch reel -to-reel tape, trying to find management company, and we were in New York within a month. They I could pitch to Alabama or Ken- tunes were really nice guys. I'm actually in the "I'll Be Forever" ny Rogers." video. My dad had to go with me, so he's in it too. Almo /Irving On Top Scobey, who was the business All In The Family: I was in a group called The Young Riders with Blake A publishing company's most enduring legacy is its mu- counterpart to Conrad's creative ef- Shelton when we first got to town. My husband still plays in his band sic. Here's a look at a small portion of Almo/ Irving's histo- forts, remembers sharing a telephone and is his road manager.

ry in the form of No.1 R &R Country singles. in those early days. The company Porterhouse, Please: I do work out a lot, especially during the radio grew quickly. "We never hired people tour. I'd be on the treadmill at 11 some nights, because we always ate Title Artist (Writers) Year until there was an overwhelming at these really nice restaurants. You can't eat at a great steak "These Days" Rascal Flats (S. Robson/J. Steele/D. Wells) 2002 need," she says. "We also hired from restaurant and just get a salad. "That's the Way It Is" Jo Dee Messina (A. Roboff/H. Lamar) 2000 "Write This Down" George Strait (K. Robbins/D. Hunt) 1999 within. Who knows your catalog bet- L "Please Remember Me" Tim McGraw (W. Jennings/R. Crowell) 1999 ter than the guy in the tape room ?" "Where the Green Grass Grows" Tim McGraw (C. Wiseman/J. Leary) Almo /Irving's mandate was differ- rad recalls. "He would say,'If I hadn't 1998 ent, to say the least. "We never had been with Tree for so long and didn't "This Kiss" Faith Hill (A. Roboff/B.N. ChapmarVR. Lerner) 1998 limits or boundaries," Scobey recalls. have a catalog so deep, there ain't but "She's Got It All" Kenny Chesney (C. Wiseman/D. Womack) 1997 "I don't think we even had a budget one other place I'd be, and that's with "There was not a "Everywhere" Tim McGraw (C. Wiseman/M. Reid) 1997 until the last three years I was there. Almo and Irving Music. Them juve- "To Be Loved by You" Wynonna Judd (M. Reid/G. Burr) 1996 Anytime we needed to sign a writer, niles know what they're doing.' song that came into "This Woman and This Man" Clay Walker (J. Pennig/M. Lunn) 1995 buy the building on Adelicia or ex- "The love of music was a bright "Summer's Comin " Clint Black (C. Black/H. Nichols) 1995 pand the building, the answer was spot, and I don't think I'm overstat- this building that we "Almost Goodbye" Mark Chestnutt (D. Schlitz/B. Livsey) 1993 always yes. We didn't have the corpo- ing it when I say that writers aspired "Straight Tequila Night" John Anderson (K. Robbins/D. Hupp) 1992 rate limitations the big companies to Almo /Irving. They'd see Nanci didn't hear and pay in This Life" Collin Raye (M. Reid/A. Shamblin) 1992 have, and we didn't have the finan- Griffith, , Kent Robbins "If I Didn't Have You" (M.D. Barnes/S. Ewing) 1992 dal limitations of a small company." and Mike Reid on our staff. These peo- attention to. We just "Walk on Faith" Mike Reid (M. Reid/A. Shamblin) 1991 ple weren't just great writers; they "Forever's as Far as Ill Go" Alabama (M. Reid) 1991 Music First didn't mind being teachers. You could flat -out cared." "Daddy's Come Around to Mama's Way of Thinking" Paul Overstreet Almo /Irving never seemed to lose go to school there and make a dandy (D. Schlitz/P. Overstreet) 1991 sight of its core mission. "Any com- living at the same time. It was a very Bobby Rymer 'Where Did I Go Wrong" Steve Wanner (S. Wanner) 1989 pany is a product of its leadership," generous company in terms of the "Let Me Tell You About Love" The Judds (P. Kennerley /C. Perkins/B. "Herb and Jerry and support it gave to human beings." Maher) 1989 Conrad says. A &M Records were for "We always wanted to help a writer Irving 20 years of her life, says, "Too Gone, Too Long" Randy Travis (G. Pistilli) 1988 legendary the best be the best he or she could be," Rymer "It was very family." "Joe Knows How to Live" Eddy Raven (G. Lyle/T. Seals/M. D. Barnes) supporting recording artists, and that much a 1988 nurturing culture trickled down to says. "We never wanted to be the big- "Over the last 13 years, every day "If You Change Your Mind" Rosanne Cash (H. Devito /R. Cash) 1988 their publishing company. gest, we just wanted to be the best." when I got up, I couldn't wait to get "Straight to the Heart" Crystal Gayle (G. Lyle/T. Britten) 1987 "Money did not drive us. We were Sad Farewell to work," Rymer says. "How many "Maybe Your Baby's Got the Blues" The Judds (G. Lyle/T. Seals) 1987 never Publisher of the Year, although people can say that?" "Cry Myself to Sleep" The Judds (P. Kennerley) 1987 we came dose once. Clearly, we sur- "No writer or staff member ever "We had a lot of fun and left it bet- "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" Oak Ridge Boys (F. Knight) 1985 vived and prospered, but it's because passed through that company who ter than we found it," Conrad con- "Love Is Alive" The Judds (K. Robbins) 1985 we paid attention to the music." wasn't the better for it," Conrad says. cludes. "Personally, I'm going to miss "Stay Young" Don Williams (G. Lyle/B. Gallagher) 1984 That respect or creativity became "And that was because of the attitude it the same way I miss Chet Atkins "Our Love Is on the Faultline" Crystal Gayle (R. Kirk) 1983 the company's calling card. "Harlan and philosophy toward music of and the same way I miss Joe Talbot 'The Closer You Get" Alabama (M. Gray /J.P. Pennington) 1983 Howard was the reason several writ- Herb, Jerry and [ Rondor president] and the same way I miss Kent Rob- "Take Me Down" Alabama (M. Gray /J.P. Pennington) 1982 ers, not the least of which was Nand Lance Freed." bins. That's as strong a point as I can Griffith, came to work with us," Con- Scobey, who calls her time at Almo/ make about that."

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TOTAL TOTAL TOTAUD. AUD. WEEKS TOTAL WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S) POINTS POINTS PLAYS PLAYS (W) IW) ON ADOS Most Added 2 GARY ALLAN Tough Little Boys (MCA) 14637 890 4750 +281 419355 25331 18 11510 0 www-rradds. corn 1 2 TIM MCGRAW Real Good Man (Curb) 12825 950 4250 328 368104 26077 24 11510 ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S) ADDS 7 0 TOBY KEITH I love This Bar (Dream Works) 12803 1148 4061 +401 367757 24729 9 11510 CLINT BLACK Spend My Time (Equity Music Group) 51 4 This Ones For The Girls +145 21938 19 11410 0 MARTINA MCBRIDE (RCA) 12776 545 4115 368386 BUDDY JEWELL Sweet Southern Comfort /Co/umbra/ 43 5 0 KEITH URBAN Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me (Capitol) 12405 380 3980 +167 357568 18381 19 11410 KENNY CHESNEY There Goes My Life (BNA) 43 SHANIA TWAIN She's Not Just A Pretty Face (Mercury) 19 8 0 RASCAL FLATTS I Melt (Lyric Street) 11694 715 3925 +257 327776 7496 16 11510 TRACY LAWRENCE Paint Me A Birmingham (DreamWorks) 17 9 0 PAT GREEN Wave On Wave (Republic /Universal South) 9530 538 3053 +175 270057 20268 22 11510 REBECCA LYNN HOWARD I Need A Vacation (MCA) 11 12 GEORGE STRAIT Cowboys Like Us (MCA) 8744 491 2730 +157 250353 18568 12 11414 0 TRACE ADKINS Hot Mama (Capitol) 10 11 0 BILLY CURRINGTON Walk A Little Straighter (Mercury) 8320 26 2866 +39 233871 1081 25 11211 Handprints On The Wall (Dreamcatcher) 10 14 0 MONTGOMERY GENTRY Hell Yeah (Columbia) 7259 495 2336 +121 189128 12504 14 11411 BLUE COUNTY Good Little Girls (Asylum/Curbl 9 KEVIN DENNEY A Year At A Time (Lyric Street) 9 13 Q CHRIS CAGLE Chicks Dig It (Capitol) 7059 76 2396 +7 182532 1164 17 11311 18 0 LONESTAR Walking In Memphis (RNA) 6701 1009 2167 +382 178035 22427 11 11113 16 ® REBA MCENTIRE I'm Gonna Take That Mountain (MCA) 6479 336 2128 +123 173120 5268 8 11112

17 ED RUSHLOW I Can't Be Your Friend (Lyric Street) 6022 246 2047 +88 150925 6593 24 10811 22 ® BROOKS & DUNN You Can't Take The Hanky Tonk... (Arista) 5288 1232 1667 +364 153463 32825 5 10812 Most 21 0 TRACY BYRD Drinkin Bone (RCA) 5183 656 1563 +246 130893 16559 12 10313 Increased Points 19 RODNEY ATKINS Honesty (Write Me A List) (Curb) 5065 213 1690 +120 136173 8712 18 10818 TOTAL D POW 20 SHERRIE AUSTIN Streets Of Heaven (C4 /BBR) 4871 181 1720 +101 118607 399 19 9611 ARTIST _ +5ELs INCREASE

SHANIA TWAIN She's Not Just A Pretty Face (Mercury) +1417 23 10 JO DEE MESSINA I Wish (Curb) 3897 142 1273 +81 100238 5415 14 9317 BROOKS & DUNN You Can't Take The Hanky Tonk... (Arista) +1232 24 e BLAKE SHELTON Playboys Of The Southwestern World (Warner Bros.) 3734 3 1254 +1 89915 609 16 9313 KENNY CHESNEY There Goes My Life (UNA) +1162 27 ® DIAMOND RIO Wrinkles (Arista) 3684 560 1279 +189 92136 11401 13 9413 TOBY KEITH I Love This Bar (Dream Works) +1148

26 ® SCOTTY EMERICK I Can't Take You Anywhere ( DreamWorks) 3407 276 987 +71 85326 6895 14 8417 LONESTAR Walking In Memphis (BNA) +999 GARY ALLAN Tough Little Boys (MCAT +890 28 ® TERRI CLARK I Wanna Do It All (Mercury) 2941 280 900 +55 74461 7792 8 7518

RASCAL FLATTS I Melt (Lyric Street) +715 31 ED JIMMY WAYNE I Love You This Much (Dream Works) 2577 282 898 +96 64454 9674 9 8314 TRACY BYRD Drinkin' Bone (RCA) +656 30 JOSH TURNER Long Black Train /MCA/ 2568 98 924 +69 62406 3694 19 7213 ® DIAMOND RIO Wrinkles (Arista) +560 34 0 BRAD PAISLEY Little Moments (Arista) 2500 449 832 +127 65736 13055 6 6818 MARTINA MCBRIDE This One's For The Girls (RCA) +545 29 27 MARK WILLS And The Crowd Goes Wild (Mercury) 2425 -212 882 81 61014 5843 13 7210

[Debut> aT SHANIA TWAIN She's Not Just A Pretty Face (Mercury) 2395 1414 737 +420 65367 36817 2 70119 32 tsr CRAIG MORGAN Every Friday Afternoon (BBR) 2224 115 727 +5 53967 3537 11 7311 35 a SARA EVANS Perfect (RCA) 2083 154 586 +69 55885 4608 6 6017 Most 36 JOE NICHOLS Cool To Be A Fool (Universal South 1772 267 479 +133 43954 342 6 5116 Increased Plays 38 ® TRACE ADKINS Hot Mama (Capitol) 1633 284 590 +98 39398 5764 5 58110 TOTAL 33 33 DARRYL WORLEY Tennessee River Run (Dream Works) 1630 -508 553 -211 41921 11760 15 6010 PLAY ARTIST '.'.E , -i. S INCREASE 37 34 RICK TREVINO In My Dreams (Warner Bros.) 1461 -12 411 -14 33040 924 15 4711 SHANIA TWAIN She's Not Just A Pretty Face (Mercury) +420 39 35 RYAN TYLER Run, Run, Run /Arista/ 1361 -17 394 31261 2614 8 5510 3 TOBY KEITH I Love This Bar (DreamWorks) +401

41 NELLIE COFFEY Texas Plates (BNA) 1307 266 425 +109 29404 5800 3 4816 LONESTAR Walking In Memphis /BNA/ +382 BROOKS & DUNN You Can't Take The Honky... (Arista) +364 42 tIè WYNONNA Heaven Help Me (Asylum/Curb) 1186 196 392 -74 25402 6091 5 4612 KENNY CHESNEY There Goes My Life (RNAI +334 LDebut> KENNY CHESNEY There Goes My Life (BNA) 1162 1162 334 +334 41240 41240 1 43143 GARY ALLAN Tough Little Boys (MCA) +281

[Debut> BLUE COUNTY Good Little Girls (Asy /um/Curb) 1016 500 373 +181 22789 10439 1 5319 a RASCAL FLATTS I Melt (LnicStreet) +257

45 AMY DALLEY I Think You're Beautiful (Curb) 906 62 347 +29 20672 3392 5 4514 TRACY BYRD Orinkin Bone (RCA) +246 DIAMOND RIO Wrinkles (Arista) +189 46 () WARREN BROTHERS Sell A Lot Of Beer (RNA) 862 90 257 +31 20018 2269 6 1910 BLUE COUNTY Good Little Girls (Asy lum/Curb) +181 (Debut> BRIAN MCCOMAS You're In My Head (Lyric Street) 841 311 332 +92 13549 5438 1 5016

40 43 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. I'm One Of You (Asylum/Curb) 819 -291 285 -119 14881 -7993 8 4010

50 I'm In Love With You (View21 774 208 267 +75 18308 6260 4 2210

47 (1) JAMES OTTO Gays Of Our Lives (Mercury) 722 78 299 +27 14045 -826 3 3715 LDebut> (D DIERKS BENTLEY My Last Name (Capitol) 682 376 197 +116 13796 3751 1 1116 Breakers [Debut> (D VINCE GILL Young Man's Town (MCA) 670 171 240 +73 16024 4446 1 3416

48 CLEDUS T. JUDD Martie, Emily & Natalie (Audiuml 526 -30 196 +14 17950 4599 2 212 No Songs qualify for Breaker Status this week. CD KENNY CHESNEY Luckenbach, Texas (BNA) 474 -11 72 +12 12670 -490 2 010

LDebut> KENNY ROGERS Handprints On The Wall (Dreamcatcher) 450 109 172 +41 11889 1620 1 30110 Songs ranked by total plays 115 Country reporters. Monitored airplay data supplied by Mediabase Research, a division of Premiere Radio Networks. Songs ranked by total points for the airplay week of 10/5- 10/11. Bullets appear on songs gaining points and /or plays or remaining flat from previous week. If two songs are tied in total points. the song with the larger Detailed station playlists for all R &R increase in points is placed first. Songs below No. 1 and down in points and plays for three consecutive weeks are moved to recurrent. Most Added is the total number of new adds officially reported to R &R by each reporting station. Songs unreported as adds do not count toward overall total stations playing a song. Most Increased Points reporters are available on the web at lists the songs with the greatest week -to -week increases in total points.Station Weight = AGH Persons+ (Market rank X 10) divided by 4180. Total Audience equals Average Quarter Hour Persons times number of plays (times 100). Each daypart on each station is assigned an AOH number. Average Quarter Hour Persons used herein with www.radioandrecords.com. permission from the Arbitron Company (© 2003. The Arbitron Company). © 2003. R &R. Inc.

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www.americanradiohistory.com 44 ( COUNTRY TOP 50 INDICATOR October 17, 2003 R &R'S EXCLUSIVE REPORTED OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL AIRPLAY Most Added www.rrindicator. corn LAST THIS TOTAL I' TOTAL 1. TOTAUD. .I. AOD. WEEKS TOTAL WEEK WEEK ARTIST " -_ POINTS POINTS PUYS PLAYS ;00) *DI ON ADDS ARTIST -T E ,BELS ADDS 2 0 GARY ALLAN Tough Little Boys (MCA) 5683 47 4210 +40 117824 1076 17 11010 KENNY CHESNEY There Goes My Life (BNA) 40 3 0 KEITH URBAN Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me (Capitol) 5642 179 4155 +117 118470 4010 18 11210 BUDDY JEWELL Sweet Southern Comfort (Columbia) 26 4 0 MARTINA MCBRIDE This One's For The Girls (RCA) 5536 127 4081 +67 115708 3253 18 11110 SHANIA TWAIN She's Not Just A Pretty Face (Mercury) 20 KELLIE COFFEY Texas Plates (BNA) 16 1 4 TIM MCGRAW Real Good Man (Curb) 5296 511 3836 -370 111388 -11342 21 10610 CLINT BLACK Spend My Time (Equity Music Group) 16 5 0 RASCAL FLATTS I Melt /Lyric Street) 5235 281 3836 +224 111435 6686 16 11110 BLUE COUNTY Goad Little Girls (Asylum /Curb) 14

6 TOBY KEITH I Love This Bar (DreamWorks) 5202 296 3856 -224 110273 6469 9 11210 0 SCOTTY EMERICK I Can't Take You Anywhere (DreamWorks) 11 8 O PAT GREEN Wave On Wave (Republic /Universal South) 4511 224 3364 +181 92679 4513 20 11010 TRACY LAWRENCE Paint Me A Birmingham (DreamWorks) 11

TERRI CLARK I Wanna Do It All (Mercury) 10 9 0 GEORGE STRAIT Cowboys Like Us (MCA) 4346 252 3197 +167 90609 6009 11 11210 SARA EVANS Perfect (RCA) 10 11 Q CHRIS CAGLE Chicks Dig It (Capitol/ 4066 212 2971 +149 86229 5467 17 11210 12 0 BILLY CURRINGTON Walk A Little Straighter (Mercury) 3973 269 3065 +242 81517 5698 24 10710 13 0 REBA MCENTIRE I'm Gonna Take That Mountain (MCA) 3537 220 2502 +177 74561 5128 8 11211 15 0 MONTGOMERY GENTRY Hell Yeah (Columbia) 3349 169 2492 +136 59863 3569 13 10510 16 ® LONESTAR Walking In Memphis (BNA) 3167 213 2402 +174 64993 4498 12 10711

17 0 RUSHLOW I Can't Be Your Friend (Lyric Street) 2983 100 2222 +72 61688 2302 24 10412 18 0 SHERRIE AUSTIN Streets Of Heaven (C4/BBR) 2914 359 21)2 +260 61538 8119 17 10211 24 O BROOKS & DUNN You Can't Take The Honky Tank... (Arista) 2650 625 19E3 +434 54900 13541 6 10617 21 10 TRACY BYRD Drinkin' Bone (RCA) 2584 383 1935 +267 52136 8424 11 10112 20 0 DIAMOND RIO Wrinkles (Arista) 2460 231 1827 +162 51249 5835 14 10311 19 0 BLAKE SHELTON Playboys Of The Southwestern World (Warner Bros.) 2383 119 1719 +113 50138 2483 16 9811 Most 22 a RODNEY ATKINS Honesty (Write Me A Listl (Curl) 2303 145 1748 +146 48544 2241 16 9316 Increased Points 23 JO DEE MESSINA I Wish 2259 216 1662 +188 48645 4302 13 8911 0 (Curb) TOTAL POINT 25 ® BRAD PAISLEY Little Moments (Arista) 1829 210 1372 +141 38236 5067 7 8015 ARTIST TITLE LABEL ¡S) INCREASE 26 ® JOSH TURNER Long Black Train (MCA) 1671 110 1186 +98 35626 2094 15 7011 BROOKS & DUNN You Can't Take The Honky Took... (Arista) +625 SHANIA TWAIN She's Not Just A Pretty Face (Mercury) +528 28 JIMMY WAYNE I Love You This Much (DreamWorks) 1627 165 1237 +137 34038 2752 9 8115 TRACY BYRD Drinkin' Bone (RCA) +382 31 ® TERRI CLARK I Wanna Do It All (Mercury) 1462 199 1092 +122 31078 3775 8 79110 SHERRIE AUSTIN Streets Of Heaven (C4/BBR) +359

32 SCOTTY EMERICK I Can't Take You Anywhere (DreamWorks) 1442 247 1094 +181 29722 4844 14 73111 TOBY KEITH I Love This Bar (DreamWorks/ +296 33 ® TRACE ADKINS Hot Mama (Capitol) 1333 172 993 +141 28324 4231 6 7213 SARA EVANS Perfect (RCA) +282

RASCAL FLATTS I Melt (Lyric Street) +281 30 28 MARK WILLS And The Crowd Goes Wild (Mercury) 1211 136 904 -83 25475 .2791 11 6111 BILLY CURRINGTON Walk A Little Straighter (Mercury) +269 35 Q JOE NICHOLS Cool To Be A Fool (Universal South) 1142 180 919 +133 22927 4231 6 6212 GEORGE STRAIT Cowboys Like Us (MCA) +252 34 CRAIG MORGAN Every Friday Afternoon (BBR) 1135 123 854 +78 23027 1907 11 7213 Q SCOTTY EMERICK I Can't Take You Anywhere (DreamWorks( +247 36 © SARA EVANS Perfect (RCA/ 1105 289 810 +179 23020 6063 5 64110 41 ® SHANIA TWAIN She's Not Just A Pretty Face (Mercury) 1072 522 863 +387 22881 11798 2 65120

29 33 DARRYL WORLEY Tennessee River Run (DreamWorks) 761 -599 473 -424 15550 13224 17 3910

38 34 RYAN TYLER Run, Run, Run (Arista) 645 -39 461 -7 14269 1208 8 4412 43 ® BRIAN MCCOMAS You're In My Head (Lyric Street) 598 128 441 +89 13351 2883 4 4114 46 KELLIE COFFEY Texas Plates (BNA) 581 190 492 +166 11254 3751 3 52116 48 ® BLUE COUNTY Good Little Girls (Asylum/Curb) 576 214 452 +186 11997 4487 2 48114 40 33 RICK TREVINO In My Dreams (Warner Bros.) 545 -12 427 20 10361 308 14 3510

45 VINCE GILL Young Man's Town (MCA) 536 99 416 +89 11160 2260 3 3811

44 CD WYNONNA Heaven Help Me (Asy lum /Curb) 533 102 434 +78 12243 2390 3 4313 39 41 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. I'm One Of You (Asylum/Curb) 506 167 382 124 11627 .2907 9 3310 Most 47 AMY DALLEY I Think You're Beautiful (Curb) 401 20 267 +20 9555 185 5 2811 Increased Plays 37 43 RANDY TRAVIS Pray For The Fish (Curb/Warner Bros.) 379 313 297 229 7856 7051 12 3210 TOTAL PLAY [Debut> CD KENNY ROGERS Handprints On The Wall 326 103 260 +91 6240 2049 1 2414 (Dreamcatcher) ARTIST TITLE LABELS INCREASE 49 JAMES OTTO Days Of Our Lives (Mercury) 315 46 267 +40 6415 692 2 3014 BROOKS & DUNN You Can't Take The Honky Tank... (Arista) +434 [Debut> 1) BUDDY JEWELL Sweet Southern Comfort (Columbia) 272 173 214 +136 5007 3398 1 30126 SHANIA TWAIN She's Not Just A Pretty Face (Mercury) +387

(Debut> KEVIN OENNEY A Year At A Time (Lyric Street) 250 129 164 +80 5332 3405 1 1515 O TRACY BYRD Drinkin' Bone (RCA) +267 CD WARREN BROTHERS Sell A Lot Of Beer (BNA) 239 22 202 +15 4630 234 3 1610 SHERRIE AUSTIN Streets Of Heaven (C4/B8R) +260

BILLY CURRINGTON Walk A Little Straighter (Mercury) +242 (Debut> CD KENNY CHESNEY There Goes My Life (BNA) 195 195 145 +145 4134 4134 1 40140

TOBY KEITH I Lave This Bar (DreamWorks) +224 [Debut> BILLY DEAN l'In In Love With You (View/) 186 16 168 +15 3702 443 1 1511 RASCAL FLATTS I Melt (Lyric Street) +224

JO DEE MESSINA I Wish (Curb) +188 112 Country reporters. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week of Sunday 1015 - Saturday 10)11. +186 © 2003 Radio & Records. BLUE COUNTY Good Little Girls (Asylum/Curb)

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® EXCLUSIVE NATIONAL MUSIC RESEARCH ESTIMATES October 17, 2003

Callout America song selection is based on the top 35 titles from the R &R County, chart for the airplay week of September 22 -28.

TOTAL ARTIST LIKE A LiJT POSITIVE NEUTRAL FAMILIARITY DISLIKE BURN CALLOUT AMERICA GARY ALLAN Tough Little Boys (MCA) 43.0% 73.3% 14.0% 98.3% 7.3% 3.8% SCORES

TOBY KEITH I Love This Bar (Dream Works) 36.E% 79.3% 11.3% 98.3% 6.5% 1.3%

BUDDY JEWELL Help Pour Out The Rain (Lacey's Song) (Columbia) 36.5% 74.5% 15.0% 98.8% 4.8% 4.5% assword of the Week: Wilson. SHERRIE AUSTIN Streets Of Heaven (C4/BBR) 34.3% 69.0% 19.5% 98.3% 7.0% 2.8% Question of the Week: If you could vote in the 2003 Country Music Awards, MARTINA MCBRIDE This One's For The Girls (RCA) 33.8% 72.0% 17.8% 99.3% 3.3% 6.3% which of the following female singers CLAY WALKER A Few Questions (RCA) 32.1% 73.3% 18.5% 99.5% 5.0% 2.8% would you select for Female Vocalist of the Year? TIM MCGRAW Real Good Man (Curb) 31.E% 67.5% 19.8% 97.0% 5.0% 4.8%

BILLY CURRINGTON Walk A Little Straighter (Mercury) 31.5% 72.0% 17.5% 98.0% 6.5% 2.0% Total Martina McBride: 55% RUSHLOW I Can't Be Your Friend (Lyric Street) 30.0% 57.8% 23.5% 87.3% 4.8% 1.3% Dolly Parton: 14% DARRYL WORLEY Tennessee River Run (OroamWorks) 28.3% 58.8% 21.5% 94.5% 10.0% 4.3% Alison Krauss: 13% Patty Loveless: 11% MARK WILLS And The Crowd Goes Wild (Mercury) 28.5% 49.3% 22.3% 90.5% 16.5% 2.5% Terri Clark: 7% TRACY BYRD Drinkin' Bone (RCA) 26.B% 59.8% 24.5% 92.5% 8.3% 0.0% P1 JIMMY WAYNE I Love You This Much (Dream Works) 26.5% 65.0% 21.8% 95.0% 4.5% 3.8% Martina McBride: 54% GEORGE STRAIT Cowboys Like Us (MCA) 26.5% 63.8% 23.5% 96.8% 8.8% 0.8% Dolly Parton: 13% Alison PATTY LOVELESS Lovin' All Night (Epic) 26.3% 68.0% 22.5% 98.0% 4.5% 3.0% Krauss: 12% Patty Loveless: 11% JOSH TURNER Long Black Train (MCA) 25.5% 59.5% 26.5% 92.5% 5.8% 0.8% Terri Clark: 10%

TERRI CLARK I Wanna Do It All (Mercury) 25 3% 64.3% 18.8% 93.3% 8.0% 2.3% P2 JO DEE MESSINA I Wish (Curb) 25 3% 62.5% 24.0% 96.5% 7.0% 3.0% Martina McBride: 55% Dolly Parton: 17% LONESTAR Walking In Memphis (BNA) 25.0% 66.0% 19.8% 96.8% 6.3% 4.8% Alison Krauss: 13% MONTGOMERY GENTRY Hell Yeah (Columbia) 25.0% 63.0% 25.0% 94.8% 5.5% 1.3% Patty Loveless: 12 % Terri Clark: 3% RODNEY ATKINS Honesty (Write Me A List) (Curb) 24.8% 60.3% 25.3% 92.5% 5.8% 1.3%

SCOTTY EMERICK I Can't Take You Anywhere (Dream Works) 24.8% 58.3% 25.0% 91.3% 5.5% 2.5% Male

PAT GREEN Wave On Wave (Republic /Universal South) 24.3% 62.8% 18.8% 92.3% 7.5% 3.3% Martina McBride: 50% Dolly Parton: 18% BROOKS & DUNN You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl (Arista) 24.3% 59.5% 24.3% 90.0% 5.8% 0.5% Alison Krauss: 10% KEITH URBAN Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me (Capitol) 22.8% 69.8% 18.0% 98.0% 7.0% 3.3% Patty Loveless: 12% Terri Clark: 10% DIAMOND RIO Wrinkles (Arista) 22.5% 63.5% 22.0% 92.0% 4.5% 2.0% Female RASCAL FLATTS I Melt (Lyric Street) 23.3% 63.3% 19.3% 95.3% 7.5% 5.3% Martina McBride: 59% BLAKE SHELTON Playboys Of The Southwestern World (Warner Bros.) 23.3% 56.3% 28.0% 93.0% 5.3% 3.5% Dolly Parton: 10% CRAIG MORGAN Every Friday Afternoon (BBRI 22.3% 59.5% 21.0% 91.8% 8.0% 3.3% Alison Krauss: 15% Patty Loveless: 11% CHRIS CAGLE Chicks Dig It (Capitol) 22.3% 57.8% 29.0% 95.3% 6.5% 2.0% Terri Clark: 5% RACHEL PROCTOR Days Like This (BNA) 21.8% 57.3% 27.8% 96.3% 6.8% 4.5% 25-34 BRAD PAISLEY Little Moments (Arista) 21.8% 49.5% 29.3% 85.3% 6.5% 0.0% Martina McBride: 57% SARA EVANS Perfect (RCA) 20.5% 51.3% 24.3% 87.8% 9.3% 3.0% Dolly Parton: 9% Alison Krauss: 9% REBA MCENTIRE I'm Gonna Take That Mountain (MCA) 13.3% 54.0% 27.0% 93.0% 11.5% 0.5% Patty Loveless: 17% JOE NICHOLS Cool To Be A Fool (Universal South) 14.5% 46.5% 21.5% 17.0% 9.0% 0.0% Terri Clark: 5%

Total sample size is 400 persons weekly with a +1- 5% margin of error. Scoring is done each week using live interviewers conducting the interview with each respondent. Scores are: a) I Like It A Lot, In Fact It's One

Of My Favorites b) I Like It c) It's Okay..Just So -So d) I Don't Like It e) I'm Tired Of Hearing It On The Radio t) I Don't Recognize It . To be included in the weekly callout songs must enter the top 40 positions on R &R's Country airplay chart. The sample is composed of 400 25- 54- year-old persons who identity Country as their favorite music and who listen daily to competitive country radio in the sample markets. The sample is 50% male/female ... 1 /3r° each in the 25 -34, 35 -44, and 45 -54 demos. The sample is balanced by region, and markets within that region. Bullseye Callout is conducted in these regions and markets. Market selection is determined by Bullseye. NORTHEAST: Washington, DC., Harrisburg, PA., Providence, Rochester, NY, Springfield, MA, Hartford, Portland, ME, Portsmouth, NH. SOUTHEAST: Charlotte, Atlanta, Tampa, Nashville, Chattanooga, Mobile, AL, Charleston, SC, Jackson, MS. MIDWEST: Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City, Lansing, MI, Ft Wayne, IN, Rockford, IL, Indianapolis. SOUTHWEST: Dallas -Ft. Worth, Tucson, Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Houston -Galveston, Phoenix, Lafayette, LA, San Antonio. WEST: Portland, OR, Salt Lake City, Fresno, Bakersfield, Spokane, WA, Riverside -San Bernardino, Boise, Denver, Monterey -Salinas. © 2003 R &R Inc. © 2003 Bullseye Marketing Research Inc..

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Women Women Women PHIL COLLINS Look Through My Eyes (Walt Disney/Hollywood) Artist Title (Label) TW LW Familiarity Burn 25 -54 25 -34 35 -54 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &Mllnterscope)

JOSH GROBAN You Raise Me CLAY AIKEN This Is The Night (RCA) 4.13 4.20 88% 19% 4.26 4.16 4.29 Up (143/Reprise)

MATCHBOX TWENTY Unwell (At/antic) 4.05 4.10 95% 32% 4.03 3.84 4.08 Recurrents

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A 1183 TRAIN Calling All Angels (Columbia) 3.85 3.84 93% 28% 3.89 3.82 3.91 VANESSA CARLTON Thousand Miles (A &Mllnterscope)

NORAH JONES Don't Know Why BlueNote/Viirglnl 1155 PHIL COLLINS Look Through My Eyes (Walt Disney /Hollywood) 3.79 3.82 67% 13% 184 3.82 3.84

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Hero (Interscope) 1029 CELINE DION Have You Ever Been In Love (Epic) 3.77 3.78 94% 35% 3.79 3.47 3.87 SHERYL CROW Soak Up The Sun (A &Mllnterscope) 1012 JIM BRICKMAN Peace (Where The Heart Is) (AAL) 3.76 3.82 62% 11% 3.81 3.45 3.90 LONESTAR I'm Already There (RNA) 936

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EAGLES Hole In The World (ERG) 3.70 3.74 88% 30% 3.72 3.61 3.74 CELINE DION A New Day Has Come (Epic) 796

SHANIA TWAIN Forever And For Always (Mercury//DJMG) 3.69 3.69 94% 34% 3.68 3.62 3.70 FAITH HILL Cry (Warner Bros.) 760

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Diamond Fans Reminisce My most vivid Neil Diamond moment was at a concert two

years ago. During "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," I noticed my friend crying. She told me she was pregnant. "And

you're telling me during 'You Don't Bring Me Flowers' ?" I exclaimed. We were crying and laughing at the same time, moved by the music, the exciting news and the cheeri- Welcome to Diamondville ness of it all. Neil Diamond has touched so many of us with his music that it occurred to me that others might have Reflections on a 37 -year career stories of their own. Here are a few of them. Mike McVay President, McVay Media

hen I went to WBMX/Boston's annual MixFest really something I'm known for, but When I was a kid in the early '70s, my buddies and I used to ride last weekend, "Sweet Caroline" came on during the re- I do enjoy it every now and then. around in my 1962 Corvair Spider, singing "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show" at the top of our lungs. In those days I actually wanted corded music between sets. Everyone in the arena, "I'm not the only person to write great songs. It's so much easier to sing to be a Lutheran minister, so I wrote a youth sermon about that song. there for Duran Duran, Barenaked Ladies, Train, Dido other people's songs. You're not as Chris Patyk and others, jumped to their feet. Even the high school critical. If you love the song, you sing Asst. PD Angeles girls behind us knew when to "Wo, wo, wo" and w:ien it; you don't think about how you hate /MD, KYSR/Los to "So good! So good! So good!" that line. The covers have a lot less Neil Diamond is the Elvis of the next century! There, I've said it. It's baggage than songs I wrote." a lofty claim, but let's face it, the guy has it going on. I was fortunate Speaking of cover versions, Dia- enough to attend a Neil Diamond show in the front row. That's right, The contagious energy that erupt- mond was pleased with Smash baby. I was feelin' Neil's vibe. Did he sing "Shilo "? Yes. And I cried. ed at the sound of Neil Diamond's Mouth's rendition of "I'm a Believer" Before I took my seat with destiny, the usher warned me that I voice explains his status as one of the in Shrek. "Even Eddie Murphy did a would not be able to get out of my seat while Neil was singing. That top five performing artists in the pop- I I nice job with the song," he says. meant if wanted a beer, would have to wait until Neil deemed it cool. ular music arena and my excitement That is rad. Not many are able to command and wield such power, but On being covered by a donkey, he at getting to speak with him one on Neil does. And you obey. adds, "I've come to realize that you one. really have no idea where the next Rhonda Herlich Diamond has just released a de- opportunity wall come from. When luxe -CD set, six Stages: Performances they approached me about 'Girl, RJ Promotion 1970 -2003. The project includes 83 You'll Be a Woman Soon' for Pulp Fic- People can borrow any of my CDs, but they can't borrow my Neil live tracks on five CDs and a DVD tion, I originally turned it down. I Diamond CDs, because you know you're not gonna get 'em back. And of a live Dublin concert and behind - read the script and thought it was too his concerts - he's such a showman! You know every song. It's a the- scenes documentary. Neil Diamond violent. sing -along. I saw him at Madison Square Garden shortly after 9/11. He sang "America," and all these red, white and blue streamers came Humble Beginnings "But then I spoke with my pub- down. He represented so much more than his music. It was like he was he doesn't think to ask why. "I just lisher, and he said the director was On the set's jacket Diamond remi- the Statue of Liberty for a moment. As I looked around the crowd, it am grateful that people still want to really well respected. As it turned nisces about the early days: "I will was so nice to see smiles on everyone's faces. hear me - that they come out, sur- out, I'm glad I changed my mind. I'm never forget my excitement as I rounded by thousands of people, to really happy with it. You need to Max Telkofl boarded a Tampa -bound flight at La listen to music and have a good have good instincts and to have good Guardia in New York City in 1966 Alternative Editor, R &R time," he says. people around you giving you good and headed off for the beginnings of "9/11 definitely had something to advice." I remember it like it was yesterday. One minute I had only an an unimagined future. I certainly had intellectual concept of music, no real interest. The next, right do with it. I think people feel like, 'As but after no thoughts of where this journey Doing The 'Whoop' hearing "Solitary Man," I it my to to real long as Neil Diamond is still singing, knew was destiny get as close would ultimately take me." music as possible. Hence, I can trace my career in broadcasting all is right with the world.' It became Diamond has been in the business directly back to Mr. Diamond. As for my later career as a know- nothing about more than the entertainm.ent. for more than 30 years, which gives industry roustabout, I can trace that directly to the lack of current Neil It was reassuring and comforting to him insight into how it has changed, Diamond music. hear familiar songs. And it wasn't good and bad, over the years. He "I like the idea of just comforting for them; it was com- sums up those changes simply: "The Dare Kravitz forting for me too." main thing I notice is that there's not National Dir. /Hot AC Promotion, Geffen other people singing much Neil Diamond radio. Covering Up as on the Back when they played me on the Lou Diamond Phillips, four -carat diamonds, Neil Diamond - my songs badly. The Diamond would listen to different radio, everything was going great." diamonds are a girl's best friend. I'm such a big Diamond fan that I stayed up until lam last week to watch him on Larry King. He's a hit takes of each live track on his iPod I couldn't resist the temptation to machine not only for himself, but for others as well. "I'm a Believer" for worse they are, the between cities on the tour looking not ask Diamond about karaoke, since I The Monkees and Smash Mouth, "Red Red Wine" for UB40 he's for perfect performances, but for have friends who have been known - I even made it onto my iPod! better sound." those magical moments when he, the to throw back a few drinks, eat some audience and the band were all into fish sticks at the club and then belt out Duncan Payton it. Assembling a multi -CD set was "Solitary Man" or "America." What PD, KMYI, KMYT & XHRM/San Diego He continues his train of thought daunting, however. does Diamond sing when he goes to on the phone with me: "The process "It was quite a process to put all a karaoke bar? ": hate to sound insu- My first Neil Diamond show was in 1986 at the Oral Roberts Mabee is so much different when it's just you these recordings together," Diamond lated, but I've never been in a karaoke Center (OK, you can stop laughing now!). To say I was a bit skeptical is

an understatement. You might say I was drugged and dragged to the and a guitar, your show clothes over says. "It was interesting to go back bar," he says. "But I like the idea of show. Either those were some seriously good drugs, or Neil was your shoulder. You call and make and listen. Some of the songs I didn't other people singing my songs badly. incredible. What a showman, and what a show. He must have played your own plane and hotel arrange- even remember performing at all. It's The worse they are, the better I sound. for nearly three hours. I don't usually do well with shows that are over ments. It was a lot simpler, not so something I'm very proud of, but not Tell them to keep singing!" the hour -and -a -half mark, but the entire show rocked. If you haven't many moving parts. And no one has I'm going to Having watched the behind -the- something ever do seen him in concert, you don't know Neil Diamond. thrown anything at me in a long again. There are more tracks, but I'm scenes documentary about this leg- time." Not even underwear? "Well, not going to do it. Maybe they'll do endary performer, Backstage: Welcome yes, every now and then." Ah, the life it after I'm gone." to Diamondville, the sixth disc in the of a rock 'n' roller. "Yeah, it's hell, Diamond wanted to give fans new set, I highly recommend it to any fan. "whoop" together. "We do our smiling faces, and you're just a hun- isn't it ?" songs and new versions of old favor- It provides insight into the small 'whoop,' and then we're on our way dred times higher than you were be- Diamond's last tour, from Septem- ites. He also included covers of oth- town he calls "Diamondville" that to the stage," he says. "We're ready." fore you saw them." ber 2001 through January 2003, con- er legendary artists, like Bob Dylan, accompanies him from city to city. Then Diamond sits alone with two It makes you believe that he's sin- sisted of 119 shows all over North The Beatles and Elton John. "I've The film shows him and the band techs who load him up in the lift for cere when, during "Sweet Caroline," America and Europe. It was the most sung a lot of other people's songs gathering at the Eve- minute warning his big entrance. "You're lifted up," he proclaims, "How can I hurt when successful tour of his long career, and over the years," he says. "It's not before a show to hold hands and he says. "You see that audience, their I'm here with you ?" I'm a believer.

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LAST ;a5 TOTAL l - TOTAL WEEKS ON TOTAL STATIONS( WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE LABEIS, PLAYS PLAYS AUDIENCE CHART ADDS Most Added' 100) 1 o UNCLE KRACHER fIDOBIE GRAY Drift Away (Laval 2455 +81 211177 33 10710 www.rradds. corn 2 0 SHANIA TWAIN Forever And For Always /Mercury//OJMGI 2306 +51 185003 25 11210 ARTIST TITLE LABEL(Si ADDS 3 3 MATCHBOX TWENTY Unwell (At/antic) 2116 67 194706 23 10010 ROD STEWART (OCHER Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered (J) 39

4 4 CELINE DION Have You Ever Been In Love (Epic) 2013 30 161727 26 11810 JOSH GROBAN You Raise Me Up /143/Reprise) 20

5 5 LUTHER VANDROSS Dance With My Father (J) 1938 -55 162596 19 10811 TARRALYN RAMSEY Up Against All Odds (Universal) 12

6 6 COUNTING CROWS Big Yellow Taxi (Geffen/ /nterscope) 1629 16 154054 24 9211 HALL & OATES Getaway Car (UWatch) 9 TIM MCGRAW Tiny Dancer (Curb) 8 9 0 MERCYME I Can Only Imagine (/NO/Curb) 1616 +77 98343 24 9110 CELINE OION Stand By Your Side (Epic) 7 12 SIMPLY RED Sunrise (simplyred.com) 1516 +157 88552 15 9112 0 PHIL COLLINS Look Through My Eyes (Walt Disney/Hollywood) 6 10 TRAIN Calling All Angels (Columbia) 1462 +35 130650 16 10113 0 MICHAEL MCDONALD AO No Mountain High Enough (Motown) 6

8 10 SANTANA fIMICHELLE BRANCH The Game Of Love (Arista) 1453 -95 127784 53 10710 BANGLES Something That You Said (Koch) 6 7 11 DANIEL BEDINGFIELD If You're Not The One (island/LDJMG) 1453 -132 109819 28 10610 CLAY AIKEN Invisible (RCA) 5

11 12 EAGLES Hole In The World (ERC) 1347 -80 102075 21 10311 13 ® PHIL COLLINS Look Through My Eyes (Walt Disney/Hollywood) 1205 +74 78213 5 9316 14 14 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Beautiful (RCA) 1009 -76 89316 43 9210 15 ® JIM BRICKMAN Peace (Where The Heart Is) (AAL) 942 +96 40590 10 9211 19 o CELINE DION Stand By Your Side (Epic) 681 +127 33534 4 5917 11 16 17 MICHAEL BOLTON When I Fall In Love (Passion Group) 662 -58 24340 6 6814 17 18 LEANN RIMES We Can (Asylum /Curb) 514 195 18616 16 7610 "Forever And For Always" 21 MICHAEL BUBLE How Can You Mend A Broken... (143/Reprise) 507 +19 26172 8 6011 New: WOZN, WMXB, KYIS, KSRZ 26 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &M//nterscope) 471 +130 44347 3 3514 25 ® KENNY LOGGINS With This Ring (All The Best) 456 +91 22834 11 5611 R &R AC:© R &R Hot AC:0 -9 20 22 DARYL HALL Cab Driver (Rhythm & Groove/Liquid 8) 442 -104 21839 14 6510 AC Monitor: 3*- 2* 23 SEAL Waiting For You (Warner Bros.) 426 +29 35797 8 4612 ® Adult Top 40 Monitor: 34 * -31 * 22 24 GLORIA ESTEFAN Wrapped (Epic) 364 -96 27632 10 6010 Q 18 25 CLAY AIKEN This Is The Night (RCA) 341 -353 26979 18 5010 c44

28 SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen (Arista) 324 +82 38090 2 3013

24 27 K. CARLSON fIB. MARDONES I Know You By Heart (Kataphonic) 305 78 8472 12 5411

)Debu TIM MCGRAW Tiny Dancer (Curb) 293 +110 10897 1 4918 (Debut > a CLAY AIKEN Invisible (RCA) 287 +61 17712 1 3915 Most 29 a DIDO White Flag (Arista) 277 +40 33975 3 2114 IncreasedPlays 121 AC reporters. Monitored airplay data supplied by Mediabase Research. a division of Premiere Radio Networks. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week of TOTAL 10/5 -10/11. Bullets appear on songs gaining plays or remaining flat from previous week. If two songs are tied it total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays is PLAY INCREASE placed first. Songs below No. 15 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks on the chart. Songs below No. 10 are moved to recurrent after 50 weeks on the chart. Most Added ARTIST TITLE LABELS)

is the total number of new adds officially reported to R &R by each reporting station. Songs unreported as adds c o not count toward overall total stations playing a song. SIMPLY RED Sunrise (simplyred.coml +157 Total Audience equals Average Quarter Hour Persons times number of plays (times 100). Each daypart on each station is assigned an AOH number. Average Quarter Hour Persons used herein with permission from the Arbitron Company (© 2003, The Arbitron Company). © 2003, R &R, Inc. HALL & OATES Do It For Love (BMC) +132 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &Mllnterscopel +130 New &Active +127 CELINE DION Stand By Your Side (Epic)

HALL & OATES Getaway Car (11-Watch) +115 BURKE RONEY Let It All Come Down (R World) JOSH GROBAN You Raise Me Up (143/Reprise) TIM MCGRAW Tiny Dancer (Curb) +110 Total Plays: 251, Total Stations: 25, Adds: 2 Total Plays: 126, Tote Stations: 40, Adds: 20 JOSH GROBAN You Raise Me Up (143 /Reprise) +108 HALL & OATES Getaway Car (11 Watch) The JIM BRICKMAN Peace The Heart Is) IAN) +96 Total Plays: 235, Total Stations: 43, Adds: 9 SIEDAH Man In Mirror (0mtown) (Where Total 17, +91 ANNIE LENNOX Wonderful (J) Total Plays: 86, stations: Adds: 3 KENNY LOGGINS With This Ring (All The Best) Total Plays: 229, Total Stations: 33, Adds: 2 SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen (Arista) 82 ROD STEWART OCHER Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered (J) JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body (Aware/Columbia) Total Plays: 24, Total Stations: 40, Adds: 39 Total Plays: 150, Total Stations: 14, Adds: 0 Detailed station playlists for all R &R MICHAEL MCDONALD Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Motown) TARRALYN RAMSEY Up Against All Odds (Universal) reporters are available on the web at Total Plays: 143, Total Stations: 25, Adds: 6 Total Plays: 1, Total Stations: 12, Adds: 12 www.radioandrecords.com. Songs ranked by total plays

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We're keeping ourselves busy at KLLY (Kelly 95.3) /Bakersfield this fall OM THE as we continue our Kelly Lounge se- ries. Past acts include Michelle Branch, Avril Lavigne, Duncan Sheik, Sixpence R ECHO None The Richer, Lisa Loeb, Hootie & With The Blowfish and Jason Mraz, to name artist tivit a few. Taking a from reality TV Erik Fox cue shows, we've decided our next Kelly Asst. PD, KLLY /Bakersfield Lounge will have a surprise ending and ARTIST: Phil Collins a twist! No, we're not offering anyone a million dollars. Here's what we're LABEL: Walt Disney /Hollywood up to: We're not going to tell our listen- ers who will be appearing until the act By MIKE TRIAS/ASSOCIATE EDITOR KELLY95.3 hits the stage. OK, so maybe this is sto- len from Miller Blind Dates, but what as still pretty young when I was in- the heck? We still have many dates troduced to the music of Phil Collins. we'd love to fill between now and the end of the year (hint, hint), and When I first heard the songs "Against All Bakersfield is a very short drive from Los Angeles! Our listeners love Odds" and "Separate Lives" I was in- the opportunity and the experience to meet artists in person. ea In the stantly drawn to them. What caught my music department, Seal's "Waiting for You" should be a huge record attention was the way Collins presented for Hot AC - it's all over NBC on the Friends final- season promo. Who those ballads. While the music and melo- doesn't love Friends? Gavin DeGraw's "Follow Through" is getting a dies constructed the mood, it was his sense lot of curiosity calls. He would make a great Kelly Lounge act! Jason of conviction while singing these songs Mraz's "You and I Both" sounds great on the radio and looks like it will that ultimately turned them into classics. throughout, escalating not only in volume, have some legs. We're all very excited about the new Sarah McLachlan Collins has returned, this time with "Look but also in complexity of orchestration. song, "Fallen." It's great to hear from one of our original core artists Through My Eyes," an uplifting single in Toward the end of "Eyes," strings sing over after such a long time. which he maintains that sense of convic- Collins' confident vocals and heavy percus- tion with an impassioned vocal delivery. sion, and immediately after the climax of Born in London, Collins has been in love the last chorus the key changes and the On the mainstream AC chart, Uncle with the drums since he was a wee lad. He drums drop out, creating a feeling that you Kracker's smash "Drift Away" fi- has been a part of many bands since his have just witnessed something grand. nally tops format stalwarts Phil Collins teenage years, including The Real Thing, Brother Bear itself should be as grand and Celine Dion by holding the No. 1 Flaming Youth, Brand X and, most nota- as "Eyes." Set in the American Northwest, I spot for a record 20 weeks ... Nice week bly, Genesis. When Peter Gabriel decided the film is billed as "an unforgettable tale for Simply Red, as "Sunrise" moves into to leave Genesis in 1975, what followed was of courage, honor and self- discovery." the top 10 12 -8* ... Most Added honors not the demise of the legendary band, but Joaquin Phoenix voices the lead character, go to another cover, this time the stan- Collins' rise to prominence. Kenai, with Rick Moranis and Michael dard "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewil- Collins stepped up to become the band's Clarke Duncan among others lending the dered," performed by Rod Stewart fea- frontman and singer, which would inevita- star power Brother Bear needs to conquer turing Cher ... Josh Groban picks up 20 adds, and Tarralyn Ramsey bly lead to his well -documented solo career. the box office. We'll find out for sure if gets 12 ... Over on the Hot AC chart, Train dominate the Most Added Though his solo fame rose to epic propor- Disney's formula for success works when column with "When I Look to the Sky" (which sounds to no one but me tions in the '80s, he still was a team player. the film opens nationwide on Nov. 1. like Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting ") ... No Doubt score 22 adds Not only did Genesis continue to flourish As for the soundtrack, Collins contrib- with a cover, this time of Talk Talk's "It's My Life" ... "Why Don't You & I" during this period, Collins drummed on uted six songs and scored the film with by Santana featuring Alex Band stays in the top spot for the second some of Gabriel's solo efforts as well. How- Mark Mancina. Other stars on the album week ... Matchbox 20's "Bright Lights" jumps 9 -6* ... 3 Doors Down ever, in 1996 Collins finally called it quits, include Tina Turner and The Blind Boys enter the top 10 with "Here Without You," going 11 -8' ... Strong spin departing Genesis after 26 years. Of Alabama. Expectations are high for the increases go to the girls this week: Nelly Furtado's "Powerless" ( +373), "Look Through My Eyes" is Collins' lat- CD, considering that the last time Collins Sarah McLachlan's "Fallen" ( +243), Sheryl Crow's "The First Cut Is est effort and the lead single for the Disney and Disney teamed up - for the Tarzan the Deepest' ( +242) and Michelle Branch's "Breathe "( +234) all show animated feature film Brother Bear. soundtrack - the album went double serious gains .... Moving into the top 20 this week are Nickelback (21- "Eyes" has all of the elements an animated platinum, earning an Academy Award, a " 19') and Staind (23 -201 .... Meanwhile, Black Eyed Peas debut on tale needs - and that's in addition to its Golden Globe and a Grammy. Things are the chart at 40. positive message and unforgettable hook. looking good for a repeat; "Look Through - Angela Perelli, AC/Hot AC Editor The 6/8 time signature of the track is per- My Eyes" is currently No. 13* and rising fect for a song that is supposed to build on R&R's AC chart.

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LAST THIS TOTAL I - TOTAL WEEKS ON TOTAL STATIONS/ WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE LABELS( PLAYS PLAYS AUDIENCE CHART ADDS Most Added' OUI www.rradds. corn 1 SANTANA fIALEX BAND Why Don't You & I (Arista) 3992 +119 266757 19 8910

2 2 MATCHBOX TWENTY Unwell (At/antic) 3317 -207 239536 36 9510 ARTIST 'ITLE LABELS) ADDS

3 3 TRAIN Calling All Angels (Columbia) 3155 -132 202233 28 9210 TRAIN When I Look To The Sky (Columbia) 30

4 LIVE Heaven (Radioactive /Geffen) 3054 +149 184257 23 8611 NO DOUBT It's My Life Ilnterscope) 22 NELLY FURTADO Powerless ISay What You Want) (DreamWorks) 15 5 1© JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body (Aware/Columbia) 2743 +51 177865 10 9110 MICHELLE BRANCH Breathe (MavericklWarne /Bros.) 13 9 MATCHBOX TWENTY Bright Lights (Atlantic) 2639 +214 165078 11 9212 0 SEAL Waiting For You (Warner Bros.) 8

6 7 JASON MRAZ The Remedy (I Won't Worry) (Elektra/EEG) 2633 .7 184540 35 8310 SUGAR RAY Chase You Around (At /antic) 8 11 Q 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic/Universal) 2608 +240 157955 11 8211 DAVE MATTHEWS Save Me (RCA) 6 SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen (Arista) 5 7 Q LIZ PHAIR Why Can't I? (Capitol) 2582 +33 154796 22 8811 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &M/Interscope) 5 8 DIDO White Flag (Arista) 2557 +98 173876 14 8712 0 JASON MRAZ You And I Both (Elektra /EEG) 5 10 11 JOSH KELLEY Amazing (Hollywood) 2311 -79 145742 28 7910

12 12 UNCLE KRACKER fIDOBIE GRAY Drift Away (Lava) 2144 -51 143727 39 8110

16 SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen (Arista) 1896 +243 125641 6 8615

13 14 MICHELLE BRANCH Are You Happy Now? (Maverick /Warner Bros.) 1817 -339 114919 22 7710 14 15 EVANESCENCE Bring Me To Life (Wind-up) 1656 -147 124312 31 7110 NIKELBA 18 0 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &M/lnterscopel 1638 +242 107501 4 8315 some ay 17 4:1) BARENAKED LADIES Another Postcard (Chimps) (Reprise) 1504 +107 86525 6 7613 New: 19 18 VERTICAL HORIZON I'm Still Here (RCA) 1210 -28 63134 12 5711 KFME, WDVD, KDMX, KHOP, WIKZ 21 0 NICKELBACK Someday (Roadrunner/ID MG) 1129 +156 53859 5 5914 R &R Hot AC: et- ® ! 23 STAIND So Far Away (Flip/Elektra/EEG) 1046 +84 41179 10 4711 ( +262! - #4 Most Increased!) 20 21 GUSTER Amsterdam (Gonna Write You A Letter) (Palm /Reprise) 940 -190 38346 13 6210 BDS 25 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Stacy's Mom (S- Curve/EMC) 827 +27 48485 14 3811 Modern Adult: 22 * -19* AIRPOWER! 22 23 ATARIS The Boys Of Summer (Columbia) 807 -156 41719 16 3510 ROADRUNNER Rifam 24 24 SALIVA Rest In Pieces (island/IDJMG) 734 -144 40208 14 3110 A R E C O. D s 26 SEAL Waiting For You (Warner Bros.) 657 +82 41732 8 4518

34 MICHELLE BRANCH Breathe (Maverick/WarnerBros.) 648 +234 31339 2 53113 28 ® SHANIA TWAIN Forever And For Always (Mercury/IDJMG) 631 +64 38301 9 3313 29 28 SUGAR RAY Is She Really Going Out With Him? (Atlantic) 537 -2 42367 16 2210 Most 31 STING Send Your Love (A &M/lnterscopel 525 +1 28004 8 4210 Increased Plays 27 30 GAVIN DEGRAW Follow Through (J) 512 .62 15277 15 4513 TOTAL

30 31 MERCYME I Can Only Imagine (INO/Curb) 501 37 24329 13 2010 PLAY

ARTIST T TLE LABELS INCREASE !Debut> NELLY FURTADO Powerless (Say What You Want) (DreamWorks) 471 +373 28461 1 48115 ® NELLY FURTADO Powerless... (DreamWorks) +373

32 HOWIE DAY Perfect Time Of Day (Epic) 467 +33 23957 4 3211 SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen (Arista) +243

35 JASON MRAZ You And I Both (Elektra/EEG) 458 +60 18850 2 4015 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &Mllnterscope) +242

3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (RepubliclUniversal) +240 33 ® BEYONCE' fIJAY Z Crazy In Love (Columbia) 453 +38 33964 10 810 MICHELLE BRANCH Breathe (Maverick/WarnerBros.) +234 36 JEWEL Stand (Atlantic) 425 +42 21321 5 3012 MATCHBOX TWENTY Bright Lights /Atlantic) +214 37 37 UNCLE KRACKER Memphis Soul Song (Lava) 366 -9 10551 7 3112 NO DOUBT It's My Life Ilnterscope) +208 39 38 SIMPLY RED Sunrise (simplyred.com) 265 81 20444 9 1610 NICKELBACK Someday (Roadrunner/WAG +156

- 39 BANGLES Something That You Said (Koch) 254 -5 8374 4 2412 LIVE Heaven (Radioactive/Geffen) + 149

SANTANA fIALEX BAND Why Don't You & I (Arista) +119 'Debut> CD BLACK EYED PEAS Where Is The Love? (A &M/lnterscope) 251 +14 15237 1 510

95 Hot AC reporters. Monitored airplay data supplied by Mediabase Research, a division of Premiere Radio Networks. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week Detailed station playlists for all R &R of 10/5- 10/11. Bullets appear on songs gaining plays or remaining flat from previous week. If two songs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays is placed first. Songs below No. 15 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks on the chart. Most Added is the total number of new adds officially reported to R &R by each reporters are available on the web at reporting station. Songs unreported as adds do not count toward overall total stations playing a song. Total Audience equals Average Quarter Hour Persons times www.radioandrecords.com. number of plays (times 100). Each daypart on each station is assigned an AQH number. Average Quarter Hour Parsons used herein with permission from the Arbitron Company (© 2003, The Arbitron Company). © 2003. R &R. Inc.

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TRAIN When I Look To The Sky (Columbia) Women Women Women Total Plays: 227, Total Stations: 41, Adds: 30 Artist Title (Label) TW LW Familiarity Burn 18 -34 18 -24 25 -34

MATCHBOX TWENTY Bright Lights (Atlantic) 4.24 4.29 87% 8% 4.39 4.38 4.42 MARIA I Give, You Take (Dream Works)

3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic/Universall 4.23 4.27 91% 18% 4.37 4.33 4.44 Total Plays: 218, Total Stations: 19, Adds: 0

SANTANA I /ALEX BAND Why Don't You & I (Arista) 4.22 4.18 91% 22% 4.28 4.27 4.31

VERTICAL HORIZON I'm Still Here (RCA) 4.07 4.11 77% 10% 4.14 4.10 4.21 NO DOUBT It's My Life (lnterscope) Total Plays: 210, Total Stations: 22, Adds: 22 MATCHBOX TWENTY Unwell (Atlantic) 4.06 4.12 98% 44% 4.21 4.12 4.37

JASON MRAZ The Remedy II Won't Worry) Iflektra/fEGI 4.05 4.11 97% 41% 3.94 3.96 3.89 FUEL Falls On Me (Epic) NICKELBACK Someday (Roadninner//DMG) 4.02 4.14 73% 12% 4.24 4.25 4.24 Total Plays: 204, Total Stations: 18, Adds: 3 JOSH KELLEY Amazing (Hollywood) 4.00 3.99 75% 19% 4.10 4.20 3.95

SALIVA Rest In Pieces (island/IOJMG) 3.97 3.89 73% 15% 4.06 4.08 4.04 MEAT LOAF I Couldn't Have Said It Better (Sanctuary/SRG/ LIVE Heaven (Radioactive/Geffen) 3.93 3.98 85% 26% 3.95 3.93 3.98 Total Plays: 190, Total Stations: 17, Adds: 2

LUSTER Amsterdam (Gonna W'ite You A Letter) (Pa/m /Reprisel 3.92 3.93 55% 10% 3.93 3.94 3.92 STACIE ORRICO (There's Gotta Bel More To Life (forefront GAVIN DEGRAW Follow Through (J) 3.91 3.92 38% 6% 4.13 4.17 4.05 /Virgin) Total Plays: 162, Total Stations: 12, Adds: 3 STAIND Sn Far Away (flip /Elektra/fEGI 3.90 3.89 83% 18% 4.15 4.21 4.05

JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body (Aware/Columbia) 3.88 3.93 91% 21% 3.91 3.96 3.82 EASTMOUNTAINSOUTH You Dance ( DreamWorks) SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen (Arista) 3.88 3.94 62% 9% 3.93 4.03 3.80 Total Plays: 152, Total Stations: 11, Adds: 0 3 DOORS DOWN When I'm Gone (Republic/Universal) 3.86 - 98% 46% 4.04 3.90 4.28

LIZ PHAIR Why Can't I? (Capital 3.86 3.91 88% 26% 3.76 3.74 3.81 FRANKY PEREZ Cecilia (Laval

ATARIS The Boys Of Summer (Columbia) 3.82 3.96 95% 36% 3.67 3.84 3.36 Total Plays: 127, Total Stations: 17, Adds: 2

DIDO White Flag (Arista) 3.82 3.82 81% 19% 3.88 3.97 3.73 BEN HARPER Diamonds On The Inside (Virgin) TRAIN Calling All Angels (Co/umbra) 3.78 3.82 98% 46% 3.85 3.74 4.03

Total Plays: 121, Total Stations: 11, Adds: 1 MICHELLE BRANCH Are You Happy Now? (Maverick /Warner Bros.] 3.74 3.78 97% 48% 3.64 3.78 3.41

SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &M/lnterscope) 3.74 3.73 51% 10% 3.87 3.83 3.90 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS Time Stands Still (Doghouse/Dream Works)

EVANESCENCE Bring Me To Life (Wind-up) 3.73 3.69 97% 58% 3.83 3.78 3.92 Total Plays: 98, Total Stations: 11, Adds: 0 BARENAKED LADIES Another Postcard (Chimps) (Reprise) 3.73 3.67 56% 11% 3.84 3.93 3.73

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Stacy's Mom (S-Curve/EMC) 3.70 3.56 91% 28% 3.45 3.43 3.48 Songs ranked by total plays SEAL Waiting For You (Warner Bros.) 3.54 - 40% 10% 3.48 3.31 3.11 Indicator SHANIA TWAIN Forever And For Always (Mercury/ /DMC) 3.37 - 70% 26% 3.42 3.42 3.43 Most Added- UNCLE KRACKER fIDOBIE GRAY Drift Away (Lava) 3.29 3.36 97% 55% 3.28 3.07 3.62

TRAIN When I Look To The Sky (Columbia) KELLY CLARKSON Miss Independent (RCA) 3.19 3.34 96% 57% 3.16 3.19 3.10

Total sample size is 470 respondents. Total average tavorability estimates are based on a scale of 1 -5. (I =dislike very much. 5 = like very much). Total familiarity NICKELBACK Someday (Roadrunner) /DJMG) represents the percentage of respondents who recognized the song. Total burn represents the number of respondents who said theyare tired of hearing the song. Sample composition is based on persons 12.. Persons are screened via the Internet. Once passed, they can take the music test based on the format/music preference. NELLY FURTADO Powerless (Say What You Want) (DreamWorks) RateTheMusic.com results are not meant to replace callout research. The results are intended to show opinions of participants on the the Internet only. RateTheMusic NO DOUBT It's My Life (lnterscope) is a registered trademark of RateTheMusic. com. The RTM system. is available for local radio stations by calling 818 -377 -5300. RateTheMusic. com data is provided \, by Mediabase Research, a division of Premiere Radio Networks. J Reporters

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Business When Rendezvous Praful played a Smart KELLY artist saxophonist gig at SIGHS Humphrey's, KIFM/San Diego Asst PD/MD Kelly Cole (I) says the audience was Or why you never hear 'I'd like to teach the block to sing in completely caught up in his performance and on its feet, dancing through the perfect harmony' second set. Cole told Rendezvous' Frank Cody, "It was so cool to be a part of what I feel is a hot new direction for Smooth Jazz to reach out and touch that cutting -edge younger demo."

Diversity speaks to a beautiful paradox: We're all the tigious literary journals, including ple here from the start," Abuiysa same, united by our humanity, yet unique in our details. Story Quarterly, Iowa Review and says. "It takes guts to get ahead, and Southern Review. A national figure- the diversity gave me It is in business' best interest to reflect these details company's - skating champion, Julie Gidlow self- confidence to come to my man- "Aside from checking and society's cultural diversity - for, as R &R General brings an athlete's intense focus and ager with ideas for improvement, to Counsel Lise Deary observes, "A company benefits from determination to her work as News change things for the better in the out the occasional Editor. Perelli teaches yoga. Exec. accounting department. What I like diverse viewpoints that reflect the diversity of potential cute deliveryman listeners, advertisers or customers. A less obvious an- Assistant Ted Kozlowski stars in - and what I am very grateful for the wickedly hilarious short film is that I was given the opportu- is loyalty. If a - with the women here swer that diversity promotes company Presents, which will hit the film-fes- nity to express myself." First gives a chance to an employee who doesn't fit the cor- tival circuit soon. Abuiysa earned a promotion to Ac- in the office, there's porate mold, that employee is usually extremely loyal." Tryg, the alter ego of Circulation counting Manager, and in 2002 she Manager Jim Hanson, performs with rose to the position of Comptroller. nothing different I have encoun- an improvisational As Kozlowski notes, "Who we are tered few work- comedy group in local today comes from where we came about me being here, places as culturally clubs and theaters. Di- from, which shapes how we see and diverse as R&R (al- rector /Conventions react to most of our experiences. A straight or gay. And though Clear Chan- Jacqueline Lennon single event or statement can be per- nel /San Francisco's fronts the popular ceived in countless different ways, that's the way it offices run a pretty band Westside Crew depending on where someone is close second). At as a funk- rock- blues- coming from. should be." R &R our corporate jazz singer. I could go "Having knowledge of as many culture polyglot, on, but you get the of these points of view as possible Ted Kozlowski - Ted Kozlowski Erica Farber Ma ria Abuiysa multicultural, pan - point: We are the is the best way to tailor a response, everything and so striking that it multinational and multiethnic. world, and each of usbringsa unique influence your customers and listen- evokes comment from many first- We split almost evenly along gen- perspective to the party. ers and maybe even avoid a lawsuit. time visitors to our Los Angeles of- der lines. More significantly, unlike Upward Mobility Don't believe me? Just ask Rush tant for us to be reflective of the ar- fice - reflects management and in organizations that pay lip service Limbaugh and ESPN. eas we represent. I hope we mirror staff who are open to a host of in- to diversity, women occupy numer- The benefits of a culturally diverse "As an out gay man, I've learned who our customers are. fluences and who relate across eth- ous middle- and senior- management workplace for employees are obvi- to get a sense of a company in terms "It's important to relate to your nic, generational, gender, religious positions. For example, five of R&R's ous, but diversity is also a boon for of how tense it's going to be for me customer base, and diversity offers and other so -called barriers. 11 format editors are women Cynd- employers. Without traditional ob- to work there. By the end of my first different voices when coming up advancement I Microcosm Of Society ee Maxwell (Rock), Dana Hall (Ur- stades to professional day here, 10 years ago, knew R &R with any decisions. The more diver- ban), Angela Perelli (AC), Jackie - such as gender, ethnicity, sexual was a place I wanted to work. Once sity, the more points of view you have Reflecting the city of Los Angeles' Madrigal (Latin) and myself (Smooth preference and age - employees' I realized that no one here really to consider when making decisions, ethnic diversity (students from more Jazz). Gender equality is a given. motivation and productivity soar. cared who I was sleeping with, my whether short-term or long -term. than 90 nations attend Hollywood Our company culture also bene- The awareness that their contribu- sexual preference became the non- "The challenge, especially for ma- High School), many on our staff fits from the diverse interests and tions will receive recognition and re- issue that it should be. ture companies that don't have a lot come from countries around the avocations of its staff. Off the clock, ward based on merit alone engenders "Honestly, aside from checking of training positions, is that it can be world - Mexico, Guatemala and Managing Editor Richard Lange is deep loyalty to the company. out the occasional cute deliveryman very difficult to fill jobs successful- the Dominican Republic, India, Iran a fiction writer whose work has Dear)/ says, "I was laid off from with the women here in the office, ly while taking diversity into ac- and the Philippines. Our staff is been published in numerous pres- my last job when I was five months there's nothing different about me count. But we all probably need to pregnant. R &R gave me an oppor- being here, straight or gay. And take that extra step now and then to tunity to work part-time, and it that's the way it should be." make sure we are reaching out to evolved into a job that has lasted A Reflection Of Values find the best people for the job." over nine years." "The company's diversity gave me self - Or take the case of Maria Just as all organizations reflect the Abuiysa, who didn't speak English values of those who lead them, TALK BACK TO R &R! when she arrived in Southern Cal - R &R's diverse, multicultural work- confidence to come to my manager with ideas Do you have questions, comments ifomia from her native Veracruz, force expresses Publisher /CEO Ed- or feedback regarding this column for improvement, to change things for the Mexico to enroll in high school. In ca Farbersintent. "I've never set out or other issues? 1992, after completing undergrad- specifically to fill a position with a better in the accounting department." uate studies in business at Cal State certain type of person," she says. "I Phone: 310-788-1665 University, she found her first full- have, however, encouraged depart- E -mail: Maria Abuiysa time job, as a billing clerk in the ac- ment heads looking to replace peo- [email protected] counting department at R &R. ple to objectively consider all the Fax: 310-203-9763 "I liked the business and the peo- candidates, because it's so impor-

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TOTAL I - TOTAL WEEKS ON TOTAL STATIONS/ ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S) PLAYS PLAYS AUDIENCE CHART ADDS Most Added (Dot

2 Q CANDY DULFER Finsbury Park, Cafe 61 (Eagle Rock) 815 +39 98884 19 4110 www-rrindicator corn ARTIST-" ADDS 4 0 PRAFUL Sigh (Rendezvous /NCoded) 803 +87 103523 14 4210 LEE RITENOUR Inner City Blues (GRP/VMG) 5 1 Q PAUL JACKSON, JR. Its A Shame (Blue Note) 793 +1 81200 22 3810 MICHAEL MCDONALD Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Motown) 5 3 0 KENNY G. Malibu Dreams (Arista) 723 +3 97708 15 3610 NICK COLIONNE High Flyin' (3 Keys Music) 4 6 KOZ Honey Dipped +108 8 0 DAVE (Capitol) 718 100222 4210 BRIAN CULBERTSON Serpentine Fire (Warner Bros.) 4 7 Q MINDI ABAIR Flirt (GRP/VMG) 607 +37 65758 14 3810 SPECIAL EFX Ladies Man (Shanachie) 4

5 7 URBAN KNIGHTS Got To Give It Up (Naradal 584 21 56024 22 3110 STEVE COLE Everyday (Warner Bros.) 3

9 0 M. MCDONALD I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Motown/Universal) 494 +4 46859 20 3610 8 9 DAVID SANBORN Comin' Home Baby (GRP/VMG) 480 .51 49820 23 3511 Most 12 10 LUTHER VANOROSS Dance With My Father () 43] 3 55110 21 3210 Increased Plays 11 11 RICK BRAUN Green Tomatoes (Warner Bros.) 433 25 42382 12 3811 TOTAL PLAY 13 12 PAUL TAYLOR On The Move (Peak) 424 24 49735 19 2910 " ARTIST _.. _ ._... INCREASE 14 ® DARYL HALL She's Gone (Rhythm & Groove /Liquid 8) 419 +2 36114 5 3111 DAVE KOZ Honey Dipped (Capitol) +108 17 CHRIS BOTTI Indian Summer (Columbia) 416 +15 46705 5 3711 ED PRAFUL Sigh (Rendezvous/NCoded) +81 16 15 JAllMASTERS Puerto Banus (Trippin 'N' Rhythm) 395 .1 51331 10 3310 NICK COLIONNE High Flyin' (3 Keys Music) +50

18 16 CHUCK LOEB eBop (Shanachie) 365 .22 49903 12 3111 LEE RITENOUR Inner City Blues IGRP/VMGI +48 21 6) LEE RITENOUR Inner City Blues (GRP/VMG) 319 +48 36902 4 3115 BRIAN CULBERTSON Serpentine Fire (Warner Bros.) +48 CANDY DULFER Finsbury Park, Rock) +39 19 0 JIMMY SOMMERS Take My Heart... (Gemini/Higher Octave) 318 +11 42890 9 2711 Cafe 67 (Eagle MINDI ABAIR Flirt IGRP/VMG) +31 22 0 SIMPLY RED Sunrise (simplyred.com) 279 +18 14935 10 1911 DAVID BENOIT Watermelon Man (GRP/VMGI +35 24 NICK COLIONNE High Flyin' (3 Keys Music) 244 +50 28703 3 2514 a SEAL Touch (Warner Bros.) +34 20 21 ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY No Messin' (Higher Octave) 241 -44 9587 16 1910

23 22 STEVE OLIVER Positive Energy (Native Language) 200 -2 6187 8 1911 26 a STEVE COLE Everyday (Warner Bros.) 198 +24 22501 2 2213 Most 25 MARC ANTOINE Funky Picante (Rendezvous) 185 +7 15966 3 1812 Played Recurrents

Tebwr DAVID BENOIT Watermelon Man IGRP/VMGI 178 +35 20762 1 1912 TOTAL . ARTIST PLAYS 29 RONNY JORDAN At Last (NCoded) 172 +8 28551 12 1411

1 1610 28 27 PAMELA WILLIAMS Afterglow (Shanachie) 164 13323 3 BRIAN CULBERTSON Say What? (Warner Bros.) 356 27 28 JEFF GOLUB Boom Boom (GRP/VMG) 162 6 14735 8 1710 RICHARD ELLIOT Corner Pocket (GRP/VMGI 297 Toebut> JEFF LORBER Gigabyte (Narada) 271 e SEAL Touch (Warner Bros.) 160 +34 13776 1 1311 CHIELI MINUCCI Kickin' It Hard (Shanachie) 249 30 30 BLAKE AARON She's So Fine (Innervision) 150 .11 4814 6 1210 PHIL COLLINS Come With Me (Atlantic) 195 WALTER BEASLEY Precious Moments (NCoded) 173 42 Smooth Jazz reporters. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week of 0/5- 10/11. Bullets appear on songs gaining plays or remaining flat from previous week. SPYRO GYRA Getaway /Heads Up) 158 If two songs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays is placed first. Songs below No. 15 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks on the chart. DARYL HALL Cab Driver (Rhythm 143 Most Added is the total number of new adds officially reported to R &R by each reporting station. Songs unreported as adds do not count toward overall total stations & GroovelLJquid 8) playing a song. Total Audience equals Average Quarter Hour Persons times number of plays (times 100). Each daypart on each station is assigned an AQH number. PIECES OF A DREAM Love's Silhouette (Heads Up) 118 Average Quarter Hour Persons used herein with permission from the Arbitron Company (© 2003, The Arbitron Company). © 2003, R &R, Inc. EULE GROOVE Rewind (Warner Bros.) 90 New &Active KIM WATERS Waterfall (Shanachie) 88 RICK DERRINGER Hot And Cool (Big3) 81 FATTBURGER Sizzlin' (Shanachie) 63 RIPPINGTONS Bella Luna (Peak) BRIAN CULBERTSON Serpentine Fire (Warner Bros.) Total Plays: 70, Total Stations: 11, Adds: 4 GREG 'Sup With That (Riga /Blue Note) Total Plays: 120, Total Stations: 9, Ads: 0 ADAMS 42 BOB Just One Thing (Warner Bros.) PAUL HARDCASTLE Desire (Trippin' N' Rhythm) 41 MARION MEADOWS Treasures (Heads Up) JAMES Total Plays: 65, Total Stations: 5, Adds: O NELSON RANGELL Look Again (A440 Group) 40 Total Plays: 87, Total Stations: 4, Adds: O Musk KEM Love Calls STEVE OLIVER High Noon (Native Language) 39 BASS X Vonni (Liquid 8) (MotownlUniversal) Total Plays: 59, Total Stations: 4, Adds: 0 BRIAN MCKNIGHT Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda (Motown/Universal) 39 Total Plays: 83, Total Stations: 10, Adds: 2 Cape Town Love Up KIRK WHALUM Do You Feel Me (Warner Bros.) SPYRO GYRA (Heads International)

Plays: Total 7, Adds: 1 Total Plays: 81, Total Stations: 10, Adds: 2 Total 58, Stations: Detailed station playlists for all R &R STEVE WINW00D Why Can't We Live Together (Wincralt/SC/Eidelity) KIRK WHALUM Another Beautiful Day (Warner Bros.) reporters are available on the web at

Total Plays: 52, Total Stations: 4, Adds: 1 Total Plays: 71, Total Stations: 5, Adds: 0 www.radioandrecords.com. Songs ranked by total plays 1 Reporters

/Albany, NY FL Lake City, UT WZMR WNWV /Cleveland. OH KHJZ/Hauslan, TX WJZN/Memphis, TN WLOO /Orlando, KBZN/Salt SSDMrs lb is, MO OM Michael Morgue OMPOMD Bernie Kimble PD: Manne Todd POMP. Norm Miller PD. Morgan OM/PÓIAD. Dan Jess00 PD: PO. Kevin Callahan APOMO Greg Morgan MD: Palana James

WYJZnndianapolis. IN WJZA/Calumbus, OH WIVE/Miami, FL WJJZ/Philadelphia, PA WSJT/Tampa. FL KAJZ/Albuquergue, NM PD/MO BHI Harman ah/PO MD Carl Frye ON: Rob Kobens PD. Michael Tour KIFM/San Diego. CA PO: Ross Block PD. Paul Lavoie POMO. Rich McMillan MO: Frank Childs OM. Jahn oimick MO: Kathy Curtis AMMO Jeff Young No Adis PO Mike Vasque: No Adds APOMD: Kelly Cole KOAUDallas, TX KOAS;tas Vegas. NV OM/PO. Kun Johnson PD MO Erik fori WJZI/Milwaukee, WI M0: Mark Sanford OM/PO'. Steve Scott MO: Jell Peterson KYOT/Phoenh, AZ PO Shaun Holly KKSF/San Francisco. CA APDMO' Angie Ramie KNIK/Ancharage. AK OM. Michael Mania WJZW/Washinglon. DC No Adds King OM'PO Aaron Wallanden KSBR/Los Angeles. CA POND Steve Williams OM Kenny Po Carl Anderson KJCC/Denver, CO CMRO benry Wedel KRVR/Modesto, CA Michael Doug MO'. Renee Depuy POMO Fischer MD: Suaan ILO hbay DMMO: Wulff PD'. Jim Bryan

KJZS/Reno. NV KJZY/Sanla Rosa, CA OM: Rob Brooks Po. Gordon not jeton WJZLAtlanla, GA Jones Smooth Jan/Network PO' Harry Reynolds APO Rob Sin PO:MO Nick Francis CA APOMO. Thomas MO. Pal Schaffer WVMVOelroit, MI KD PD Steve Hibbard Doug P ae somññles, No Adds MD Mamuan OM.PO. Tom Sleeker APOMO SamanthaWiedmann :hni MO'. Sandy Kovach

KWJZ/Seattle, WA 'Monitored Reporters KSMJ/Bakerslield, CA Po Carol Handley WELV/Macon, GA 42 Total Reporters OMIPDMD: Chris ID.nmene KEZUFresno.CA WJZV/Richmond. VA MO. Dianna Rase PO/MO Rick Smith PO' Reid Snider APO: Mn K4fly OM: Scoli Keith WOCO/New Yak, NY OM. John Mullen No Ole : J. ,lrnTENauP POMP Weidenhelmer A (1 t: PO MD Chaney Connally No Longer Reporter KVJZ/Des Moines, IA WEIR/Springfield. MA PD: Carol Cutting WCJZ/Madison, WI KSSJ/Sacramenlo. CA WNUA/Chiragd, IL WDRRJTt. Myers. FL WJCO /Norfolk, VA MO'. Juanita Shavers GM/PD: Mike Ferris POMO Lee Hansen 0M Bob Mae PO: Ran -Jeanine Shepard Orden Daisy Davis APR: Sybil McGuire APO. Ken Jones PDMD: Shure Stiles MD: Rendi Bachman APDrMO'. Larry Hollowell Adds No Al, No

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WIYY/Baltimore PD: Dave Hill MD: Rob Heckman "One of the last remaining bits of proof that you don't need to be owned by Clear Channel to be a well -pro- grammed, local Rock station in a big market" topped The Rock Survey the reviews. The more cynical said, "More Guns N' Roses, please." Comments like "I love Heckman; call me Continued from Page 1 WLZR (Lazer)IMilwaukee hack nave" were inter- PD: Sean Elliott imaging and street essence. For labels, it could have been ros- spersed with ter, A &R, promotion people and chart success. MD: Marilynn Mee "Yawn snore" and But while restaurant guides employ dozens of contributors, Saga is the parent of this "tight and toned" station that "Sleepily rocking alas, I am but one person, and therefore woefully unable to "could be s000 away" and the opinion that the Hearst outlet is "tak- do much more than what I present to you now. Still, that much better by be- doesn't mean we can't have some fun! So let's do it. ing a turn for the better" and is a "strong station pro- ROCKS MILWAUKEE ing just a bit more This column is intended to be fun, non -politically correct tecting the upper demos." Also, "Dave Hill is getting a Active." The sarcastic sauce shows up here, too, with and a little in your face. It is Rock, after all, so put your sensi- good rep finally after getting away from National." tive side on the back burner as we let a variety of people weigh one reviewer saying, 'They sound great. Probably need in with their reviews of some of the people and the stations to tighten up a little - playing way too many currents." WLZX/Springfield, MA that make up the format. The station's transition in programmers is akin to We employed the same methodology as a guide that col- PD: Scott Laudani changing menus, as it goes "from the rabbi of rock to lects opinions from a cross- section of reviewers, except in a MD: Becky Pohotsky brewski party on rock."Yet, "love 'em or hate 'em, they much cheaper and easier -to-do way. The verbatims (in quotes) A "great station" that was urged to "keep up the good win consistently." " rules, and Lazer rocks" came from both radio and record people. Identities are being work." Others said it was "better before they over- withheld to protect the guilty, so don't even ask. WYSP/Philadelphia whelmed Laudani with too much work." With its "au- dience of Wilderness Hair Rock," "for years no one The Stations PD: Tim Sabean break a two share in Spring- MD: Rich DeSisto said that signal could field. Now it's just shy of a four share in the shad- KXXR/Minneapolis Infinity lays claim to this "Metallica mothership," which - ow of WCCC and WAAF, no less." 'They've got it goin' PD: Wade Linder some maintain "sounds great;' while others cry, "Not on" and are "decent," though "a little conservative." MD: Pablo enough time for music" Most critics agree that it's a tough Some insist it's "WCCC Jr" No station is more universally adored than this "well- add, though one says, "Hey, if I had Howard Stern's No. packaged source of entertainment," which is 'the real 1 ratings, it wouldn't WHJY/Providence deal. Smart chance takers, in touch with their audi- sPmatter what I played ei- APD: Doug Palmieri ence," the "second best station in the country" is "one ther!" The changing THE ROCK STATION MD: John Laurenti of the best on the stance of "Rock. Talk. Drew comments like "Good station," "How 'bout panel." "Thank Rock. Talk. Rock. Talk" creates "a cacophony of confu- those numbers! Huge ratings" and "It's been kicking God for KXXR, sion" that this longtime Rocker will have to work hard to ass for decades." "Bill Weston and Joe Bevilacqua one of two sta- change. Did we say it's the "Metallica mothership?" steered a mighty tions that make a ship on a true difference." This ABC Active Rocker "sells records, WXTB/Tampa course for many gives feedback, breaks bands can I get a dozen of PD: Brad Hardin (94 H1 Y - a year. Great sta- these? "The props continue with remarks like "Some- MD: Brian Medlin tion, and it will be one forgot to tell them they have enough balls, they Being the flagship of Bubba The Love Sponge in- interesting to see who's next and what they do or don't didn't need to order extra" and "The mad scientists of spires comments like "all Bubba all the time" and 'the do with it." One area vet remarked, 'There are three rock, brewing a concoction of alchemy. " Thoughts on land of Bubba," although cries of "Brian Medlin saves constants in Providence: clams, corrupt politics and KXXR would not be complete without 'They rock your the station, baby! Woo -hoo!" were heard across the na- WHJY," while another noted that WHJY is "a station balls." tion. Flashing bill- . that sounds like it's a place where fun still exists in -, boards cause remarks radio." Afternoon duo Charles and Laurenti "are con- KBPVDenver like "midday girl has sistently funny and intelligent, and more jocks should PD: Bob Richards nice boobs," but it's take notes from them rather than Howard Stern." "Joe MD: Willie B. truly the "definition of Clear Channel" and a "challeng- and John destroyed the competition across all for- This Colorado stalwart defines "Rocky Mountain ing" but 'tried and true" vestige of "the dead -end Darth mats," and now the "awesome station" has "big shoes Rock," even though it should "just change its damn Vaders" that is "hopefully getting better," despite those to fill" as the search for a PD continues. name to K- Willie -B -P -I already!" The last great ves- who ask, "I'm sorry, did you say Active ?" tige of Jacor" earns comments like "love /hate," "a force" and "a pain WQXA/Harrisburg The Radio Guys 106.7 in the ass," along PD: Claudine DeLorenzo with notes like "It's MD: Nixon Doug Podell Bob, ya know ?" With a reference to Three Mile OM, WRIF/Detroit TMTHE ROCKIES and "Which ego Island, one devotee cracks wise The Greater Detroit Media

should I comment about "three smile dial -in,"while others "respect Claudine's Group has it's own "Doc of on first ?" Views of the mountains notwithstanding, one unbuyability (damn her!)." "Claudine is very smart. A Rock" who is "passionate," reviewer added, "When I was in second grade the big- solid Rock station" that's "well run," although exces- "solid" and the "hardest -work- gest kid always pushed me around and bullied me. sive catering to the PD's tastes causes one reviewer ing man in the hardest -work- Later in life, he's a dull, boring idiot. There's a com- to exclaim, "I don't care if Claudine likes your record - ing town." His ability to "put parison in there somewhere." And compliments like leave me alone" This Cumulus station has fans who in- butts in seats" and affinity for "Bob Richards always calls back. No problem getting sist "I love Claudine." Nevertheless, one diabetic remark- a certain clothing line rewards him on the phone. Pleasure to work with" came drip- ed "Hershey's chocolate sucks. Signed, Willie Wonka," him with "I'm not only a client, Doug Podell ping in sarcastic sauce. and another said, "Smells like chocolate, must be'QXA." I'm a member."

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The Record Keith Hastings time I see him, I start drooling." Someone else add- Guys PD, WAAF/Boston ed, "Fore!" Entercom's "Father Rock" "works the industry," George Cappellini though he's "one of the few guys who could kill your VP/Rock Promotion, Elektra Entertainment The Dude cat, bang your wife and take all of your ratings away, "The Dan Haggerty of MD, WEBN/Cincinnati and you would still think he's the nicest guy on the Rock" who, says one wag, The Dude draws comparisons to an actor from one planet." People "love Keith" and "like working with him "always has me looking reviewer who "can't wait for the sequel to The Lost a lot" because he's "a good partner," though some sug- over my shoulder for Tom- Boys- he was great in that' and to a porn wannabe gest he "take it out of overnights." Fans insist he is my 'The Knuckle' and his for all the 'T &A at his desk." In fact, one reviewer sug- "the best" and "deliberate" despite the "small font." knee -breaker club when gests, "Go to an H.R. class, dude. It's a new millenni- my spins are down. Ca- um take the porn down." Other comments ranged Harvey Kojan - pisce?" Yes, "he's family" from "How can such a loony be so damn good" and PD, WNOR/Norfolk and "Mr. Metallica:' "out Numerous mentions of "wine" and "vino" are at- "cocktails anyone" to "hysterical," of control" and George Cappellini "music lover." Some actually say, "Everyone should tached to his name, as well as the description "Paul Howie Miura be like The Dude." Williams on acid" and comments like "I love Harvey VP/Rock & Alternative Promotion, - he gives great quotes." Some are "glad he loves Island/IDJMG wine as much as [they] do" and say he's "wonderful." Sean Elliott It was "really nice of Island Def Jam to give him time Naggers persist with jokes about "seven overnight PD, WLZR/Milwaukee off to film the Harry Potter se- spins for a bottle of Opus" and think he's `full of him- "Can hang with the best' and "will be big in the for- ries." He "has worked at Island self" at this Saga Active Rocker. An insider adds, "I mat." This "future star" is since the late '50s" because "he want to thank Harvey for taking the blame for all my "on the fast track," a "duu- was the midwife for the birth of wine bills all these years. He takes the heat for me." uuude" who was "born and Chris Blackwell but continues to raised in Des Moines and look like he's 17 years old." "At Randy Hawke has been hangin' 10" all his a moment's notice" this promo PD, WJJO /Madison life. Gives programming a rep "can take you on a tour of

Gets comments like "Rocks his butt off, and I love new meaning when he all the Fatburgers in Los Ange- it" and "Finally getting the respect he deserves" amid says, "Yo, bud, gotta per- les," and he is "loved by radio" accolades of "good ears" ceptual." "The only guy and "knowledgeable about mu- Howie Miura and "the real deal." Many Sean Elliott know who grew up a sic" even though he "looks like "love Randy" even though beach bum in the middle of the United States," says he's 14." Insiders assume he `will probably be at Is- he's a "wiseass," and his one reviewer. land when the great, great, great-grandson of Presi- penchant for brew is well dent Bush is in office in 2107:' documented: "Last count at the R &R Convention Ken Richards Mike Rittberg KHTQ/Spokane bar, he drank 39 beers in VP/Rock & Alternative Promotion, The "king of rave reviews: "Love one night" and "Every time schwing" earns Warner Bros. Randy Hawke I've seen Randy, he's him, but very high maintenance," "Old and dear friend This "consummate profes- who rocks Spokane," and 'The mf -er has helped me sional" can also be "a calming drunk. I will assume he's probably drunk now, but at least he's smiling." out on more than one occasion." complainer." He's a "nice guy, but that little laugh of his tells me J.J. Jeffries Jack Paper he knows where the bodies are hidden," and it's clear "he's on PD, KUPD/Phoenix PD, KMRQ/Modesto, CA the fast track." His "kung fu rock" prowess is feared by one who This "great Active PD" who is wanted "in a bigger Mike Rittberg wonders, "If I bad-mouth him, will he kill me ?" He is market" is a "great e- mailer" and a "decent guy at a Ross Zapin known to "hold a grudge" and is "tough to know," "chal - small station." A "great guy doing a great job" who Head of Rock & Alternative, Dream Works lenging" and "Captain Cranky Pants" Fans say, "lives in home Levi's" is "passionate so the of and - This "awesome promotion man -just ask him" - "Some in the industry - like record reps, jocks and what's he doing at Clear Channel ?" Some wonder if can be credited with having "added a word to Web - clients - think he's `Mr. Hard -Ass' and have the im- he's "Lenac's guy," and others quip, "Slow down, ster's Dictionary: howaya." He is also known as "Mr. pression that he doesn't care, when, in fact, he is prob- Speedy." New York" and "Ross Howard Stern Zapin." ably the only PD I know who has them all fooled. Jef- fries is a hilarious guy with the sickest humor and a Dave Loncao great father." "There is no 'in between' with J.J.; he Hal Fish PD, WBZX/ Sr. VP/Promotion, likes if it's either you or he doesn't. And the latter, well, "Southside Johnny's evil pissed his ass off big time." To to Columbus, OH you probably add twin" is called `the Man," the reviewer This "wizard of Rock" and the mystique, one said to "ask him his col- "second -best person to run avid hockey fan is a "good lege nickname." the department" and the guy' who is "smart," "the "rocking runner of the road" Don Jantzen youngest -looking Rock PD out there" and "the Dick before the sarcastic sauce is Asst. PD/MD, KQRC/ poured on: "A little too excit- Clark of Rock." "To know Kansas City able. Other than that, a great him is to love him." A "great jock" with "great Hal Fish guy" and "Hey, Dave, try the ears" who "just needs to decaf." Dave Loncao learn more business sav- Paul Cannel) vy." The "steamroller of PD, KOOJ/Baton Rouge Joey Scoleri Rock" and a "great kid," he He is begged to "start returning calls please" and VP/Rock Promotion, Hollywood Records is "a hit barometer" who in- called "the sweetest thing with an attitude" and "an- 'Through thick and thin he stays with his L.A. Kings." spires some to say, "Par- noying already." "Working in another market, another He is known for trademark phrases like "Say hello to Don Jantzen ty on, Wayne." One re- huge ratings result - same story, different city." "He my little friend :'"Hey, I know a guy" and "Hey, I know viewer says, "I always have the best Kansas City does a great job - look at how he put that station on this porn star :' He's "the next Santa Claus, because steak with Don, so he is like Pavlov to me: Every the map" say those who "love him." he can make it snow on the hottest day."

www.americanradiohistory.com 58 r ROCK TOP 30 L=uLL"CíC-".G !=1 October 17, 2003 LAST TOTAL .l- TOTAL WEEKS ON TOTAL STATIONS WEEK ARTIST TILE LASEL,5 PLAYS PLAYS AUDIENCE CHART ADDS 1001 Most Added" +7 1 Q STAIND So Far Away (flip /Elektra/EEG) 736 44619 17 3010 www.rradds. corn 2 2 -17 11 2910 NICKELBACK Someday (Roadrunner /IDJMG) 696 38013 ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S) ADOS 3 3 AUDIOSLAVE Show Me How To Live (Interscope/Epic) 459 -90 22408 18 2610 PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Geffen) 21 4 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic /Universal) 414 +2 20924 10 2110 0 KID ROCK Feel Like Makin' Love (Lava /At/anticl 7 5 5 GODSMACK Serenity (Republic/Universal) 363 -9 18301 16 2210 DEFAULT Taking My Life Away (TVT) 4 8 O A PERFECT CIRCLE Weak And Powerless (Virgin) 342 +2 11459 10 2310 RUSH Working Man (At/antic) 4 HOOBASTANK Out Of Control (Island/ /DJMG) 4 9 7 LINKIN PARK Faint (Warner Bros.) 322 .18 22241 17 1410 KORN Right Now (Epic) 2 12 WHITE STRIPES Seven Nation Army (ThirdMan/V2) 320 +24 18757 10 1710 0 DARKNESS I Believe In A Thing Called Love (Atlantic) 2 312 43 17878 29 2110 7 9 BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Stillborn (Spitfire) LIMP BIZKIT Behind Blue Eyes (Ebp/Interscope) 2 6 10 FUEL Falls On Me (Epic) 310 -53 11629 12 2210

11 11 SHINEDOWN Fly From The Inside (Atlantic) 296 -23 16236 22 1910

13 12 AUDIOSLAVE Like A Stone (lnterscope/Epic) 285 -6 19490 38 2610

10 13 TRAPT Headstrong (Warner Bros.) 284 -53 22107 40 2410

15 14 SEETHER Gasoline (Windup) 244 12 8405 7 2110 14 15 TRAPT Still Frame (Warner Bros.) 235 22 10083 11 2010 Most 16 16 DISTURBED Liberate (Reprise) 229 -7 9138 16 1410 Increased Plays TOTAL 18 AUDIOSLAVE I Ant The Highway (lnterscope /Epic) 223 +23 10984 4 2011 m PLAY ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S) INCREASE 17 18 SMILE EMPTY SOUL Bottom Of A Bottle (Laval 204 -2 8207 16 1510

19 19 JET Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Elektra/EEG) 184 -4 6154 6 1510 PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Geffen) +76 KID ROCK Feel Like Makin' Love (Lava /Atlantic/ +64 20 COLD Suffocate (flip /Geffen/lnterscope) 18:. +11 10811 6 1410 DEFAULT Taking My Life Away (TVTI +40 21 SEVENDUST Enemy (TVT) 182 +23 4320 6 1311 ® SHINEDOWN 45 (Atlantic) +38 22 P.O.D. Will You (Atlantic) 154 +29 3580 2 1810 ® LINKIN PARK Numb (Warner Bros.) +31 +31 2 25 ® LINKIN PARK Numb (Warner Bros.) 134 5296 1511 P.O.D. Will You (Atlantic) +29 26 24 ZZ TOP Piece (RCA) 85 -16 2550 5 710 KORN Right Now (Epic) +29 RUSH Working Man (Atlantic) +28 24 25 MUOVAYNE World So Cold (Epic) 82 -26 2439 8 610 WHITE STRIPES Seven Nation Army (Third Man /V2) +24 29 26 CHEVELLE Closure (Epic) 81 -4 3339 2 810

30 27 Action (Dream Works) 79 6 1757 3 810

'Debut> PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Geffen) 73 +76 4301 1 21121 'Debut> a BLACK LABEL SOCIETY The Blessed Hellride (Spitfire) 76 +6 2407 1 610 (Debut> 30 THREE DAYS GRACE II Hate) Everything About You (Jive) 73 -7 1411 1 710 Most

30 Rock reporters. Monitored airplay data supplied by Mediabase Research. a division of Premiere Radio Networks. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay Played Recurrents week of 10/5- 10/11. Bullets appear on songs gaining plays or remaining flat from previous week. If two scngs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger TOTAL increase in plays is placed first. Songs below No. 15 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks on the chart. Most Added is the total number of new adds officially ARTIST r_. PLAYS reported to R &R by each reporting station. Songs unreported as adds do not count toward overall total stations playing a song. Most Increased Plays lists the F00 FIGHTERS Times Like These /RCA) 202 songs with the greatest week-to -week increases in total plays. Total Audience equals Average Quarter Hour Persons times number of plays (times 100). Each (Roswell daypart on each station is assigned an AQH number. Average Quarter Hour Persons used herein with permission from the Arbitron Company (© 2003. The 3 DOORS DOWN When I'm Gone fRepublic/Universall 193 Arbitron Company). © 2003. R &R, Inc. SEETHER Fine Again (Windup) 184 New &Active CHEVELLE Send The Pain Below (Epic) 166 SALIVA Always (Islandl/DJMG) 153

F00 FIGHTERS All My Life (Roswell/RCA) 149 LYNYRD SKYNYRD That's How I Like It (Sanctuary/SRG) SHINEDOWN 45 (Atlantic) 129 Total Plays: 72, Total Stations: 9, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 61, Total Stations: 9, Adds: 1 GODSMACK Straight Out Of Line (RepubliclUniversal)

KID ROCK Feel Like Makin' Love (Lava/Atlantic) REVIS Seven (Epic) GODSMACK I Stand Alone (Republic/Universall 120

Total Plays: 72, Total Stations: 8, Adds: 7 Total Plays: 59, Total Stations: 7, Adds: 1 Not Falling (Epic) 117 PORCUPINE TREE Blackest Eyes (Lava) JANE'S ADDICTION True Nature (Capitol) QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE No One Knows (Interscope) 108 Total Plays: 69, Total Stations: 5, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 56, Total Stations: 5, Adds: 0 STATIC-X The Only (Warner Bros.) R.E.M. Bad Day (Warner Bros.) Detailed station playlists for all R &R Total Plays: 47, Total Stations: 4, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 66, Total Stations: 6, Adds: 0 reporters are available on the web at DEFAULT Taking My Life Away (TVT) FINGER ELEVEN One Thing (Windup) www.radioandrecords.com. Total Plays: 63, Total Stations: 8, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 44, Total Stations: 8, Adds: 4 Songs ranked by total plays Reporters

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TOTAL WEEKS ON TOTAL STATIONS( ARTIST TITLE LABEL(SI o PLAYS AUDIENCE CHART ADDS 11 Most Added 1 1 STAIND So Far Away (flip/Elektra /EEG) 2073 -59 119482 18 6210 www-rradds-com 2 2 LINKIN PARK Faint ( WarnerBros.) 1865 146 110684 23 6110 ARTIST' ADDS 3 3 DISTURBED Liberate (Reprise) 1839 -15 103367 20 62(0 PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Gellen) 58 4 Q A PERFECT CIRCLE Weak And Powerless (Virgin) 1755 +22 101439 11 6310 DEFAULT Taking My Life Away (TVTI 11 5 5 NICKELBACK Someday (Roadrunner/IDJMG) 1565 121 74990 11 6010 HOOBASTANK Out Of Control (Island/WWI 16

6 6 AUDIO SLAVE Show Me How To Live (Interscope/Epic) 1514 136 78975 29 5810 KORN Right Now (Epic) 9 9 1p TRAPT Still Frame ( WamerBros.) 1439 +35 66387 18 6110 SHINEDOWN 45 (Atlantic) 9 ROB ZOMBIE Two Lane Blacktop (Geffen) 8 8 SMILE EMPTY SOUL Bottom Of A Bottle (Cava) 1430 +4 69419 28 6110 KID ROCK Feel Like Makin' Love /Cava /At/antic) 8 7 9 GODSMACK Serenity (Republic/Universal) 1423 23 84062 18 5811 LINKIN PARK Numb (Warner Bros.) 6

10 10 SHINEDOWN Fly From The Inside (Atlantic) 1167 -151 61908 30 5610 LIMP BIZKIT Behind Blue Eyes (F/ipllnterscopel 6

11 11 WHITE STRIPES Seven Nation Army (ThirdMan/V2) 1063 -12 41716 22 5111

12 FUEL Falls On Me (Epic) 1046 +57 51594 12 5010 15 ® SEVENDUST Enemy (TVT) 1036 +124 44934 9 5910 14 0 SEETHER Gasoline (Windup) 956 +43 33073 10 5810 18 ® P.O.D. Will You (Atlantic) 885 +71 32888 4 5811 16 0 COLD Suffocate (Fhip /Geffen/lnterscopel 882 +24 31770 10 5610 13 17 TRAPT Headstrong (WarnerBros.) 863 -69 50798 53 5810 21 e THREE DAYS GRACE II Hate) Everything About You (Jive) 806 +68 28650 21 5513 Most 22 STATIC -X The Only (WarnerBros.l 785 +51 26744 6 5810 Increased Plays 32 LINKIN PARK Numb (Warner Bros.) 741 +244 29769 4 5616 TOTAL 23 CHEVELLE Closure (Epic) 700 +26 26401 6 5613 PLAY ARTIST TIRE IABELISI INCREASE

24 AUDIOSLAVE I Am The Highway (lnterscope/Epic) 671 +56 26939 5 5313

34 KORN Right Now (Epic) 596 +257 27645 2 5619 PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Geffen) +428 +257 19 24 KORN Did My Time (Immortal/Epic) 570 219 26792 16 4110 KORN Right Now (Epic) LINKIN PARK Numb (Warner. Bros.) +244 25 25 SLOTH Someday (Hollywood) 55B -43 14894 13 5110 HOOBASTANK Out Of Control (/s /and//DJMG) +228 28 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic /Universal) 543 +7 19713 11 3010 LIMP BIZKIT Behind Blue Eyes (Flipllntescopel +134 29 27 POWERMAN 5000 Action (Dream Works) 499 28 14699 9 4510 SEVENDUST Enemy (TVT) +124

26 28 Down (No Name/EEG) 499 66 16508 13 4710 KID ROCK Feel Like Makin' Love (Cava/At /antic) +95 ROB ZOMBIE Two Lane Blacktop (Geffen) +94 27 29 ILL NINO How Can I Live (Roadrunner /IDJMG) 481 69 20510 11 4410 MEMENTO Saviour (Columbia) +93 30 30 EVANESCENCE Going Under (Windup) 457 60 17066 13 2410 DEFAULT Taking My Life Away (TVTI +79 !Debut> ® PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Geffen) 430 +428 33646 1 58158 37 ® REVIS Seven (Epic) 323 +49 10259 3 3511 36 ® JANE'S ADDICTION True Nature (Capitol) 309 +18 8302 3 3111 35 34 JET Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Elektra/EEG) 305 13 7225 7 3014

IDebut> HOOBASTANK Out Of Control (Island/IDJMG) 284 +228 9453 1 42116

31 36 LIMP BIZKIT Eat You Alive (Flip/Interscope) 259 253 8449 10 3710

33 37 FINGERTIGHT Guilt (Hold Down) (Columbia) 234 107 4625 12 3110

/Debut> LIMP BIZKIT Behind Blue Eyes (Flip/Interscope) 215 +134 17486 1 1516 39 39 FINGER ELEVEN One Thing (Windup) 212 -4 4356 5 2411 Most 38 40 V SHAPE MIND Monsters (Republic /Universal) 200 23 3263 8 1811 Played Recurrents

(Debut> MEMENTO Saviour (Columbia) 186 +93 4423 1 2412 TOTAL ARTIST TITLE LABELS, PLAYS 42 42 SPINESHANK Smothered (Roadrunner /IDJMGI 175 -3 3349 5 2210

47 ELEMENT EIGHTY Broken Promises (Universal) 173 +42 6069 2 1811 CHEVELLE Send The Pain Below (Epic) 714 MUDVAYNE World So Cold (Epic) 708 45 M USHROOM H EAD Sun Doesn't Rise (Republic/Universal) 170 +36 4089 7 1712 SEETHER Fine Again (Wind-up/ 636 40 45 JANE'S ADDICTION JustBecause (Capitol) 168 -39 10050 20 1410 AUDIOSLAVE Like A Stone (Interscope /Epicl 608 44 46 LACUNA COIL HeavensALie (CenturyMedial 157 -5 5370 4 1610 MUDVAYNE Not Falling (Epic) 577

LINKIN PARK I (Warner IDebut ROB ZOMBIE Two Lane Blacktop (Geffen) 148 +94 7091 1 1818 Somewhere Belong Bros/ 525 (Debut> 3 DOORS DOWN When I'm Gone (Republic/Universal/ 515 CD SHINEDOWN 45 (Atlantic) 142 +72 5046 1 2619 COLD Stupid Girl (flip/Geffen /Interscope) 509 43 49 METALLICA Frantic (Elektra/EEG) 124 3498 15 2010 44 CHEVELLE The Red (Epic) 493

(Debut> DEFAULT Taking My Life Away (TVTI 117 +79 9436 1 24117 GODSMACK Straight Out Of Line (Republic/Universal) 487

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America's Best Testing Active Rock Songs 12 + New &Active BaielheMusic.cnm For The Week Ending 10/17/03 III 169110.151:' 40 BELOW SUMMER Self Medicate (Razor & Tie) Men Men Men Total Plays: 113, Total Stations: 21, Adds: 3 Artist Title (Label) TW LW Familiarity Burn 18 -34 18 -24 25 -34

DISTURBED Liberate (Reprise) 4.34 4,34 959/o 18% 4.29 4.23 4.40 KID ROCK Feel Like Makin' Love /lava /Atlantic)

STATIC X The Only (Warner Bros.) 4.32 4.24 63% 3% 4.29 4.38 4.11 Total Plays: 111, Total Stations: 12, Adds: 8

MUDVAYNE World So Cold (Epic) 4.24 4.23 84% 13% 4.19 4.18 4.21 ADEMA Promises (Arista) KORN Did My Time (Immortal /Epic) 4.15 4.19 91% 19% 4.07 3.96 4.27 Total Plays: 70, Total Stations: 20, Adds: 4 SEVENDUST Enemy (TVT) 4.13 4.15 72% 8% 4.33 4.40 4.18

A PERFECT CIRCLE Weak And Powerless (Virgin) 4.10 4.05 85% 13% 4.01 4.01 4.00 Songs ranked by total plays GODSMACK Serenity (Republic/Universal) 4.08 4.04 95% 23% 3.86 3.89 3.79 TRAPT Still Frame (Warner Bros.) 4.07 4.11 89% 19% 4.03 3.94 4.18 Indicator COLD Suffocate (Flip/Geffen /lnterscope) 4.07 4.11 77% 10% 3.96 3.96 3.97 Most Added° STAIND So Far Away (Flip/Eleklra /EEG) 4.06 4.12 98% 29% 3.75 3.74 3.77 PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Geffen) THREE DAYS GRACE II Hate) Everything About You (Jive) 4.06 4.04 78% 14% 3.80 3.85 3.69 HOOBASTANK Out Of Control (Island SHINEDOWN Fly From The Inside /Atlantic) 4.04 4.09 74°/D 14% 3.91 3.87 3.97 /IDJMG) TRAPT Headstrong (Warner Bros.) 3.96 3.89 98% 48% 3.79 3.67 4.00 DEFAULT Taking My Life Away (TVT)

LINKIN PARK Faint /Warner Bros.) 3.95 4.15 97% 33% 3.90 3.95 3.81 ROB ZOMBIE Two Lane Blacktop (Geffen) SEETHER Gasoline (Windup) 3.94 3.84 68% 9% 3.73 3.70 3.76 KID ROCK Feel Like Makin' Love (Lava/Atlantic) POWERMAN 5000 Action (Dream Works) 3.93 3.87 64% 9% 3.91 3.83 4.06 SHINEDOWN 45 (Atlantic) SMILE EMPTY SOUL Bottom Of A Bottle (lava) 3.91 3.94 86% 25% 3.65 3.66 3.62

CHEVELLE Closure (Epic) 3.90 3.85 70% 12% 3.85 3.89 3.78 LIMP BIZKIT Behind Blue Eyes (Flip /Interscope)

AUDIOSLAVE Show Me How To Live (loterscope/Epic) 3.88 3.82 95% 33% 3.99 3.99 4.00 GARY HOEY Frankenstein (Surfdog) ILL NINO How Can I Live (Roadrunner/ /DMG) 3.88 3.94 59% 10% 3.78 3.89 3.58 l CHEVELLE Send The Pain Below (Epic) 3.86 3.76 96% 46% 3.75 3.73 3.80 SLOTH Someday (Hollywood) 3.83 3.62 52% 10% 3.50 3.31 3.90

FUEL Falls On Me (Epic) 3.81 3.79 82% 18% 3.70 3.61 3.86 Please Send Your Photos NICKELBACK Someday (Roadrunner /IDJMG) 3.77 3.72 93°6 26% 3.57 3.53 3.64 R &R wants your best snapshots AUDIOSLAVE I Am The Highway (Interscope/Epic) 3.76 3.73 69% 17b/ 3.70 3.64 3.80 P.O.D. Will You (Atlantic) 3.72 570,6 11% 3.59 3.87 3.23 (color or black & white). EVANESCENCE Going Under (Wind-up) 3.67 3.82 92% 32% 3.44 3.47 3.40 Please include the names and titles of all pictured LIMP BIZKIT Eat You Alive (Flip/Interscope) 3.35 3.59 88% 30% 3.33 3.34 3.31 WHITE STRIPES Seven Nation Army (ThirdMan/V2) 3.24 3.30 94% 53% 3.22 3.04 3.52 and send them to:

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When I was offered the opportunity

to write an On the Record I wasn't sure OM THE which of the many aspects of radio I wanted to cover. Then, on Oct. 2, my (tir wife gave birth to our first child, ECO Madeline Isabel. As I was changing my 191th daughter's diaper I realized something:

I 160 don't particularly care for changing ilk Monte Montana Asst. PD/MD, KNCN/ dirty diapers or the lack of sleep that Corpus Christi, TX comes with a newborn, but I love my ARTIST: Mushroomhead daughter, and enduring these things allows me to enjoy being with her. There are a LABEL: Universal

lot of dirty diapers in radio. I don't particularly care By FRANK CORREIA /ROCK SPECIALTY EDITOR for getting worked on records, last- minute produc- tion, egos, sales slugs trying to jack with program- efore we even start, let's just get it ming, engineering lapses and a salary with so few B out of the way, shall we? Yes, Mush- zeros at the end, but I love radio, and enduring roomhead wear masks. Scary black these things allows me to enjoy it. When I'm on the masks with X's for eyes and skeletal -look- air connecting with listeners, giving them informa- ing teeth that make them look like tion they want or need, making their day a little bit fucked -up rag dolls from some Tim Bur- better by playing their favorite song or ripping the latest idiot in the ton movie. news a new one the way they'd like to, I forget all about the dirty And, no, they didn't get the idea from diapers. Enduring dirty diapers allows me to work with talented the hydra- headed masked beast from people like R &R Rock PD of the Year nominee Paula Newell, who is Iowa known as Slipknot. The 'Shroomers an incredible dirty- diaper juggler, and our No. 1 rated morning show, have been creating chaos in their home- town of since 1993, when to be songs that we could go out and per- Rex & Rios. I also enjoy helping to create edgy station imaging and Cleveland promotions that keep listeners tuned in, being able to express my- drummer Skinny created the band. From form for the next three years and still love self creatively and pounding the competition into the ground - all there, the group independently released to play every single night." despite the dirty diapers. I'm lucky enough to have time off dur- a self- titled debut in 1995, following up There's no doubt that crowds will de- with Superbuick the next year. By the velop a love affair with the new material. ing a book, but I can't wait to talk about Madeline on the air and com- time M3 hit in '99, the group had A crushing blend of monolithic beats, bine two of my loves. I'll talk about her, but not in an annoying Kathy amassed a dedicated following in their smooth as glass keyboard atmospheres Lee and Cody kind of way. When it comes down to it, my love for hometown. and guitar lines sharper than razor wire, my daughter whether she's "baking brownies" or howling at the - Signing to indie label Eclipse in 2000, Mi./resurrects the latter days of Faith No is I The moon at 4am - stronger than the poop smell, so endure. Mushroomhead sprouted their best effort More and combines them with a nu -metal same goes for radio. to date with XX. By then there was no sensibility that is a refreshing escape denying the group, and Universal picked from the baggy -panted hip -hoppin' up re- released XX, which made Was the format waiting for Puddle them and heschers. impressive inroads at specialty and col- Need proof? Look no further than the Of Mudd or what? Fifty -eight lege. As good as XX was, it only hinted at lead single, "Sun Doesn't Rise," an un- Actives and 21 Rockers make "Away what Mushroomhead are capable of. That apologetic alt -metal gem that's accessible From Me" No. 1 Most Added and give promise has been fully realized with XIII, without being limp -wristed. Already pull- the track a nice landing spot on each ON ME one of the best metal releases this year. ing No. 1 phones at WXTM/Cleveland, chart ... Default's "Taking My Life "We really pushed the envelope this this track could be the antidote to Away" picks up 17 Actives and four time," says Skinny. "Everyone was really playlists in serious need of an attitude Rockers ... Hoobastank ( "Out of Con- RÄ1D)O focused and anxious to show what we adjustment. This could be the year that trol") debut at 35 on the Active chart, could really do. Our only criteria was that Mushroomhead's fungus grows on a and this week's 16 adds bring the station total to 42 during the offi- the songs had to fucking rock. They had whole new audience. cial add week. Four Rockers add it this week too: WEBN /Cincinnati; KOOJ /Baton Rouge; KIOC/Beaumont, TX; and KNCN /Corpus Christi, TX ... Korn have a great move on the chart, going from 34 -23. Nine more adds, with just seven stations left to add them. Seems like "Right rr TOP2O SPECIALTY ARTISTS, Now" would be a good time to do that ... Rob Zombie ( "Two Lane ") ( ") Blacktop and Kid Rock "Feel Like Makin' Love both get eight adds 1. HATEBREED (Universal/ "This Is Now" at Active, and Rock gets another seven at Rock (do you follow ?) ... 2. SEVENDUST (TVTI "Enemy" It's always surprising to me how often I need a second, third or fourth 3. HEADBANGERS BALL /Roadrunner/ /DJMG) "Reign In Blood (Live)" listen to a record before I really get it. That's certainly the case with this week's MAX PIX: Skrape "Stand Up" (RCA). 4. STATIGX (Warner Bros./ "Monster " - Cyndee Maxwell, Active Rock/RockEditor 5. MUSHROOMHEAD (Universal/ "Sun Doesn't Rise" 6. LIFE OF AGONY (SPV) "Weeds (Live)"

7. KING DIAMOND (Metal Blade) "Living Dead"

Record Of The Week 8. BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME (Victory) "Mordecai" Now" ARTIST: Rob Zombie 9. KORN (Immortal/Epic/"Right TITLE: Past, Present & Future 10. ARCH ENEMY (Century Media/ "We Will Rise" LABEL: Geffen 11. SIX FEET UNDER (Meta/Blade) "Amerika The Brutal" With Halloween fast approaching, Rob Zombie couldn't have 12. ILL NINO /Roadrunner/IDJMGI "How Do I Live" picked a better time to release a 17 -track retrospective with two excellent new songs thrown in the mix. From "Thunder 13. ROB ZOMBIE (Geffen//nterscope/ "Two Lane Blacktop" Kiss '65," his breakthrough hit with White Zombie, up to his 14. SEPULTURA (SPVI "Bullet The Blue Sky" work from the House of 1,000 Corpses soundtrack and his Ramones tribute, all the 15. CHILDREN OF BODOM (Century Medial "Chokehold" visceral cuts are here for fans to sink their fangs into. The one notable absence is the excellent deep cut "Blood, Milk & Sky" from 1995's Astro Creep 2000, but the inclu- 16. DIMMU BORGIR (Nuclear Blast / "Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse" sion of "The Great American Nightmare," the cover of "I'm Your Boogie Man" and 17. SPINESHANK (Roadrunner/I0JMG) "Slavery" the amazing "Feed the Gods" - all heretofore confined to soundtracks - more than 18. DOPE (Recon/Artemis/ "I Am" makes up for it. Add to that a 10 -video bonus DVD with three previously unreleased videos and a 36 -page booklet designed by the Astrocreep himself, and you've got a 19. FREDDY VS. JASON SOUNDTRACK (Roadrunner/1DJMG) "When Darkness Falls" greatest hits package tricked out with a ton of treats. 20. UNDERWORLD SOUNDTRACK (Lakeshore/"Throwing Punches" - Frank Correia, Rock Specialty Editor Ranked by total number of shows reporting artist.

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"I have a much better understanding of where the delineation is and what the differences

are than I ever did before, now that I've stepped out of our little cocoon and have seen Return Of The Punk it from the other side." A conversation with Mike Stern on the eve of his arrival at

WKQX /Chicago live stations an alternative to? You have audience, the attitude and the life- many situations where they are, in fact, style are easier to tap into. The de- the Rock station for the market and are gree of difficulty goes up at Alter- not an alternative to anything. Alterna- native. But, overall, if I had to pick Next week you will be treated to an Alternative R &R: Can you get specific about tive used to bean alternative to the Rock one, I think Active Rock does a bet- mini-special called Punks on the Rise. Our little visit some of those differences? station. ter job of it. MS: The biggest one really is the MS: We've been asking this ques- R &R If there's one thing that both- with Mike Stern was going to be part of it. Instead, I consumption of and the interest in tion as long as I can remember, and ers you about the way radio and records you to consider an appetizer. Mike's a vet- want this new music. That's really the under- I bet you've been asking it longer interact with each other, what is it? eran Alternative punk who strayed to the Active side lying difference. We've always than I can remember, and there's MS: This is not format -specific. for a while. That gives him a great perspective on our known that, but living on this side never going to be a cut- and -dried This crosses the boundaries of all universe. It's also still early in his career. That should of it has really been an education. answer to it. But what Alternative the formats I've been involved in. scare you. The rock guys want a Rock sta- should be, I think, is a lifestyle ra- There's all this crying and moaning tion; they don't necessarily care dio station. Within a couple of and gnashing of teeth about how Mike's early days were MS: It's like coming about new music. That's why the records we can all figure out the we need artists, not songs; about spent toiling away in the home after being away at rotations are different and why the music. It's delivering between the how we need artists who have fac- "data" department in the college, being around fa- pace of new music is different. Al- records, providing compelling en- es and personalities that the fans dungeons of Jacobs Me- miliar surroundings with temative people are seeking out tertainment for our listeners. can relate to. Here's the other side dia World Headquarters good friends. It's cool, something different and are gener- of that argument: In every format, on the outskirts of De- because those people out ally seeking out that music. They're no matter where I am - and it feels troit. Right before his there are weird, those looking for new music. like it's gotten worse lately - get- eyesight failed and car- other format people. Just R &R How does that play into this ting the simplest band promotions pal tunnel syndrome set kidding, I really can't overall question that a lot of people have "The rock guys want done, the simplest things - let in, Mike escaped to his Mike Stern trash the Rock people. been asking: What's the difference be- alone good, creative, standout first programming job at R &R What perspective tween the two formats? The current a Rock station; they things - has become so difficult Alternative outlet WXEG /Dayton. did you gain from being at an Active charts of both Active and Alternative and so disheartening that it's al- Eventually, Mike wound up in Rocker? What differences have you seen look almost identical. don't necessarily most not worth it. Las Vegas at KXTE as one of the ar- between the two? MS: Gold is truly a different an- R &R You mean bands aren't will- chitects of Extreme Radio. He then MS: In all seriousness, what I imal. The advantage that Active care about new ing to do the work? fled back to Detroit for a stint at learned is the difference in the au- Rock has, without a doubt, that I'm MS: "We don't want to leave the WKRK, trying the Extreme game dience that we're talking to and try- going to miss, is the ability to reach music. That's why venue, we don't want to have to do there. After that blew up it was west ing to attract. I have a much better back for a band like Guns N' Roses anything." God forbid it's some- the rotations are again to KALC & KXPK /Denver as understanding of where the delin- or Led Zeppelin and have an audi- thing creative and fun. It's even get- OM. (Sigh.) More blowing up en- eation is and what the differences ence that loves it. When new mu- different and why the ting to the point where simple meet sued, and Mike finally settled down are than I ever did before, now that sic isn't as hot - it's cyclical - 'n' greets - "It wasn't in our itiner- at legendary Active Rocker WLZR/ I've stepped out of our little cocoon Active Rock has a great library to pace of new music is ary. We didn't know." What we in- Milwaukee. But wait, the call ofChi- and have seen it from the other side. lean on. Alternative has to rely on variably end up with, as radio guys, cago came wafting on the wind. I understand now the difference in finding something that drives pas- different." is a bunch of listeners whom we told Now it's time to whip Q101 into the listener - who we're talking to, sion in its listeners, which is a dif- would have a chance to meet a band shape as PD. how we should talk to them, why ferent challenge. that they're very excited about who they're attracted to an Active Rock R &R Should Alternative be leaning end up pissed at us. It doesn't help R &R What's it like coming back into or Alternative station, and what more on its library? Do you think the us. the fonnat after being away for a while? we're supposed to be selling. format has been too quick to dispose of What makes Alternative stations "Hey, do you think I can get the certain songs and artists in the interest Alternative? When this started it artist to cut some liners for this of being so intensely current? was Keith Eubanks' production promo ?" "Oh, I don't know if MS: The challenge in Alternative style that stood out compared to that we're going to have time." "Do has always been - and having old, sleepy Rock station imaging. you think we can get a phoner be- stepped outside it now, I see it more And it was DJs who talked about fore the show ?" "Oh, we'll try, but clearly -a balance between new, other things. The records are impor- if they don't have cell service...." cutting-edge music that drives lis- tant - and you've got to get that Look, I know there's touring pres- tener passion and well-known, es- right -but everybody thinks that's sures and all that stuff, but for the tablished hits that make it friendly the hardest part or focuses on that. few of us out there who are fight- to a broader audience. If you get too The hardest part is building the ra- ing the fight, trying to build these far to one side, to the new, cutting- dio station around that. artists, it doesn't feel like we get a edge stuff, you lose the opportuni- R &R: Having been on both sides, lot of support. ty to have a broad enough come to which format, in general, do you think The other thing is that everyone be successful. If you step too far captures the vibe of their markets better, wants us to invest in these bands over into "We're very accessible, Active Rock stations or Alternative sta- when they're getting started. When we play a lot of older music," you tions? we do break them, we need some lose the chance to drive passion in MS: I have to take a shot at it and equity on the backside. Getting an the core of the audience, the core say the Active Rock stations. The artist who's sold any number of listeners who are going to love your Active Rockers do a better job of records to do anything is fruitless. SEETHING WITH EXCITEMENT KROX/Austin PO Melody Lee is radio station. talking to their audience and living They don't do it. So we don't get any surrounded, and she likes it. Seen here are (l -r) Seethers Shaun Morgan, Lee R &R 'willgive you a new car ifyou their audience's lifestyle. To be fair, mileage out of it when we do break and Seether's Pat Callahan during a station visit. can answer this question: What is Al- Active Rock stations also have an them, and even during the process ternative these days? What are Alterna- easier agenda to do that with. The it's really difficult.

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LAST TOTAL I- TOTAL WEEKS ON TOTAL STATIONS, PLAYS PLAYS AUDIENCE ACDS Added CHART Most WEEK ARTIST "'.E LABELISI vo1 www.rradds.com 1 1 STAIND So Far Away (flip/Elektra /EEGI 2883 -100 202331 18 7810 2 0 A PERFECT CIRCLE Weak And Powerless (Virgin) 2714 +1 177900 11 8210 ARTIST ADDS 3 3 LINKIN PARK Faint (Warner Bros.) 2600 -112 197587 29 7810 PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Gellen) 71 HOOBASTANK Out Of Control (ls/and /IDJMG/ 31 4 4 NICKELBACK Someday (Roadrunner /IDJMG) 2268 117 149284 11 7410 DISTILLERS Drain The Blood (Sire /Reprise/ 15 5 5 EVANESCENCE Going Under (Wind-up) 2028 196 132970 19 7110 EVE 6 At Least Weree Dreaming (RCA) 12

6 6 AUDIOSLAVE Show Me How To Live (Interscope/Epic) 1950 110 160491 19 6010 COLDPLAY Moses (Capitol) 11 7 0 TRAPT Still Frame (Warner Bros.) 1915 +74 109610 15 7112 IGGY POP Little Know It All (Virgin) 11 DEFAULT Taking My Life Away (TUT) 8 8 0 WHITE STRIPES The Hardest Button To Button (ThirdMan/V2) 1788 +64 124230 17 7913 KORN Right Now (Epic) 1 11 Q THREE DAYS GRACE II Hate) Everything About You (Jive) 1716 +116 103191 18 6911

9 10 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL Hands Down (Vagrant) 1614 -81 102152 15 70/0

10 11 GODSMACK Serenity (Republic/Universal) 1594 -53 91134 17 6210

14 12 FUEL Falls On Me (Epic) 1452 38 89447 12 60/0 16 ® P.O.D. Will You (Atlantic) 1433 +66 94986 4 70/0 45 lip BLINK-182 Feeling This (Geffen) 1421 +920 128654 2 7714

12 15 WHITE STRIPES Seven Nation Army (ThirdMan/V2) 1404 -170 119231 35 7410

13 16 SMILE EMPTY SOUL Bottom Of A Bottle (Lava) 1380 178 89790 27 6110 21 D LINKIN PARK Numb (Warner Bros.) 1363 +322 111843 7 6816 17 D JET Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Elektra/EEG) 1345 +15 93273 7 6812 Most 15 19 TRAPT Headstrong (Warner Bros.) 1277 135 104467 50 7210

19 SWITCHFOOT Meant To Live (Red Ink/Columbia) 1249 +82 64236 15 5613 Increased Plays TOTAL 25 ® STROKES 12:51 (RCA) 1067 +112 78369 6 5712 PLAY ARTIST TTRE LABELIS) nCREASE 24 COLD Suffocate (flip /Geflen/lnterscope) 1018 +55 43536 8 5210 BLINK -182 Feeling This (Geffen) +920 28 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic/Universal) 985 +64 59927 11 3811 e PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Gelten) +570 23 24 BILLY TALENT Try Honesty (Atlantic) 963 -44 46014 13 5510 LINKIN PARK Numb (Warner Gros.) +322 26 ® DISTURBED Liberate (Reprise) 930 +2 54306 18 3710 KORN Right Now (Epic) +251 HOOBASTANK Out Of Control (Island//GJMG) +228 27 26 YELLOWCARD Way Away (Capitol) 889 -34 37465 11 5610 COLDPLAY Moses (Capitol) +166 18 27 An The Leaving Song Part II (Dream Works) 867 -301 65185 18 5410 FOO FIGHTERS Darling Nikki /Roswell/RCA/ +140

22 28 311 Creatures (For A While) (Volcano) 862 -176 51873 16 5810 NO DOUBT It's My Life (Interscope) +118 29 a SEVENDUST Enemy (TVTI 860 +38 36648 8 4110 THREE DAYS GRACE (I Hate) Everything About You (Jive) +116 DEFAULT Taking My Life Away (TM +113 30 AUDIOSLAVE I Am The Highway (Interscope/Epic) 826 +43 51607 4 5314 32 ® CHEVELLE Closure (Epic) 767 +53 39454 5 5111 36 ® JANE'S ADDICTION True Nature (Capitol) 741 +74 35752 2 5110 47 ® KORN Right Now (Epic) 734 +251 67262 2 5017 35 Q HOT HOT HEAT Talk To Me, Dance With Me (Sub Pop/Reprise) 721 +52 45788 6 4412 37 ® THURSDAY Signals Over The Air (island/IDJMG) 710 +50 42110 7 5010 31 36 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Stacy's Mom (S- Curve/EMC) 683 -84 40651 9 3510 39 ® OUTKAST Hey Ya! (Arista) 663 +52 76759 7 2913 34 38 SEETHER Gasoline (Wind -up) 655 15 29149 8 3811 Most 38 39 BRAND NEW The Quiet Things That No One... (Razor& Tie) 590 -49 44389 10 3510 Played Recurrents (Debut) CD PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Gellen) 585 +570 70701 1 72171

TOTAL 43 f9 STORY OF THE YEAR Until The Day I Die (Maverick/Reprise) 575 +52 22006 7 4111 ARTIST S PLAYS 33 42 JANE'S ADDICTION Just Because (Capitol) 535 136 39158 20 3810 CHEVELLE Send The Pain Below (Epic) 1055 !Debut > HOOBASTANK Out Of Control (/s /and/IDJMG) 512 +228 36012 1 60131 AUDIOSLAVE Like A Stone (Interscope /Epic) 1027 ALIEN ANT FARM Glow (Dream Works) 476 +50 19709 2 3612 ATARIS The Boys Of Summer (Columbia) 921

! Debut> ATARIS The Saddest Song (Columbia) 459 +86 17134 1 4413 OUEENS OF THE STONE AGE No One Knows (lnterscopel 862 F00 FIGHTERS Times Like These (Roswell/RCA) 859 !Debut > SOMETHING CORPORATE Space (Drive- Thru/Geffen) 456 +35 16109 1 3911 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Can't Stop (Warner Bros.! 853 50 CD STATIC -X The Only (Warner Bros.) 450 +8 18198 4 3311 F00 FIGHTERS All My Life /Roswell/RCA/ 802 46 48 B.R.M.C. Stop (Virgin) 443 -56 20416 10 3610 LINKIN PARK Somewhere I Belong (Warner Gros.) 670

42 49 DAVE MATTHEWS Gravedigger (RCA) 405 -124 38648 8 3110 COLD Stupid Girl (Flip/Gellen/Interscope/ 620 EVANESCENCE Bring Me To Life 608 40 50 RADIOHEAD Go To Sleep (Capitol) 400 -175 28811 8 3410 (Wind-up)

83 Alternative reporters. Monitored airplay data supplied by Mediabase Research. a division of Premiere Radio Net. forks. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week Detailed station playlists for all R &R of 10/5- 10/11. Bullets appear on songs gaining plays or remaining flat from previous week. If two songs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays is placed first. Songs below No. 20 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks on the chart. Most Added is the total number of new adds officially reported to R&R by each reporting reporters are available on the web at station. Songs unreported as adds do not count toward overall total stations playing a song. Total Audience equals Average Quarter Hour Persons times number of plays www.radioandrecords.com. (times 100). Each daypart on each station is assigned an AOH number. Average Quarter Hour Persons used herein with permission from the Arbitron Company (© 2003, The Arbitren Company). © 2003. R &R, Inc.

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Persons Men Women Artist Title (Label) TW LW Familiarity Burn 18 -34 18 -34 18 -34 1. DISTILLERS (Reprise) "Drain The Blood"

2. F00 FIGHTERS (RCA / "Darling Nikki" LINKIN PARK Faint (Warner Bros.) 4.30 4.21 98% 21% 4.22 4.20 4.23 3. RYAN ADAMS (fs/and / /DJMG/ "So Alive" LINKIN PARK Numb (WarnerBros.) 4.23 - 83% 10 °% 4.07 3.99 4.14 4. THRILLS (DreamWorks) "One Horse Town" SWITCHFOOT Meant To Live (Redlnk/Columbial 4.17 4.06 66% 9% 4.01 3.89 4.11 5. SPIRITUALIZED (Sanctuary/SRG) "She Kissed Me (It Felt Like A Hit)" YELLOWCARD Way Away (Capitol) 4.14 - 55% 5% 4.05 4.12 3.96 6. HEY MERCEDES (Vagrant) "Quality Revenge At Last" TRAPT Still Frame (Warner Bros.) 4.13 3.97 84% 15% 4.00 3.9( 4.08 7. FIRE THEFT (Rykodisc) "Chain" TRAPT Headstrong (Warner Bros.) 4.09 3.96 99% 44% 4.01 3.90 4.09 8. BELLE & SEBASTIAN (Sanctuary/SRGI "Step Into My Office, Baby" THREE DAYS GRACE II Hate) Everything About You (Jive) 4.06 3.95 82% 13% 3.91 3.85 3.97 9. IGGY POP (Virgin) "Little Know It All" SMILE EMPTY SOUL Bottom Of A Battle (Lava) 4.05 4.03 85% 23% 3.90 4.06 3.76 10. HOOBASTANK (Island/IDJMG) "Out Of Control" FUEL Falls On Me (Epic) 4.04 3.81 79% 12% 3.96 3.73 4.14 11. RAPTURE (Universal) "House Of Jealous Lovers" STAIND So Far Away (Flip /flektra /ffG1 3.97 3.94 96% 32% 3.89 3.76 4.00 12. NETWORK (Adeline) "Supermodel Robots" CHEVELLE Send The Pain Below (Epic) 3.97 3.79 95% 44% 4.01 3.92 4.09 13. BLINK -182 (Geffen/Jnterscope) "Feeling This" AFI The Leaving Song Part II (DreamWorks) 3.97 3.99 79% 18% 3.85 3.83 3.83 14. TAKING BACK SUNDAY (Victory/ "You're So Last Summer" SEVENDUST Enemy (TV]) 3.95 - 47% 6% 3.77 3.73 3.76 15. T.S.O.L. (Nitro) "Serious" 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic/Universal/ 3.93 3.75 80% 21% 3.93 3.71 4.13 16. A.K.A.S (Fueled By Ramenl "Generation Vexed" COLD Suffocate (Flip/Geffen/lnterscope) 3.93 3.79 58% 8% 3.95 4.00 3.90 17. MOTOR ACE (Sputnik) "Pieces" EVANESCENCE Going Under (Wind-up) 3.92 3.88 97% 34% 3.91 3.98 3.86 18. STRIKE ANYWHERE (Jade Tree) "Infrared" DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL Hands Down (Vagrant) 3.92 3.83 79% 15% 3.82 3.73 3.89 19. LORDZ OF BROOKLYN (Tunnel Vizion) "Sucker MC" NICKELBACK Someday (Roadrunner/IDJMG) 3.91 3.90 94% 21% 3.78 3.60 3.91 20. FRANK BLACK & THE CATHOLICS (SpinArt) "Nadine" 311 Creatures (For A While) (Volcano) 3.91 3.80 86% 18% 3.97 3.79 4.12

A PERFECT Powerless Ranked by total number of shows reporting artist. CIRCLE Weak And (Virgin) 3.89 3.76 77% 13% 3.82 3.75 3.88 J ATARIS The Boys Of Summer (Columbia) 3.83 3.92 98% 46% 3.74 3.E9 3.61

DISTURBED Liberate (Reprise) 3.79 3.69 77% 18% 3.70 3.57 3.82

P.O.D. Will You (Atlantic) 3.64 3.45 56% 9% 3.46 3.39 3.53 Record Of The Week

AUDIOSLAVE Show Me How To Live (lnterscope /Epic/ 3.63 3.60 88% 31% 3.65 3.58 3.71 ARTIST: BILLY TALENT Try Honesty (At /antic) 3.63 3.62 51% 11% 3.61 3.70 3.52 TITLE: Money Money 2020 GODSMACK Serenity (Republic/Universal) 3.59 3.45 81% 25% 3.55 3.33 3.74 LABEL: Adeline

JET Are You Gonna Be My Girl /E/ektra/ffG) 3.58 3.53 53% 13% 3.55 3.50 3.60 Who are these masked strangers invading our senses with their unique brand of outer -rim robot rock? Sound WHITE STRIPES Seven Nation Army (ThirdMan/V2) 3.44 3.45 95% 50% 3.46 3.33 3.56 samples of "Supermodel Robots" are suggesting that The STROKES 12:51 (RCA) 3.34 3.26 46% 12% 3.37 3.J5 3.62 Network's frontman, Fink, is none other than 's Billy Joe Armstrong. WHITE STRIPES The Hardest Button... (Third Man /V2) 3.25 3.28 69% 26% 3.22 3.00 3.41 And other operatives are thinking that Money Money 2020 is a rejected Green Day album released independently and anonymously.True or not, Mon- Total sample size is 402 respondents. Total average favorability estimates are based on a scale of 1 -5. (1= dislike very ey Money 2020 is no factory defect. "Reto" sounds like the Cars cruising much, 5 = like very much). Total familiarity represents the percentage of respondents who recognized the song. Total into Gary Numan's backyard to check out the latest keyboard technology, burn represents the number of respondents who said they are tired of hearing the song. Sample composition is based while "Hungry Hungry" is like Devo snorted Nyborg and tried to write a on persons 12+. Persons are screened via the Internet. Once passed. they an take the music test based on the format/ new theme to Dr. Who. With its blasting phaser -like keyboards, police sirens music preference. RateTheMusic.com results are not meant to replace callout research. The results are intended to and infectious guitar strut, "Supermodel Robots" is hotter than a Fembot and show opinions of participants on the the Internet only. RateTheMusic is a registered trademark of RateTheMusic.com. twice as deadly. Set your phasers to stun. The RTM system. is available for local radio stations by calling 818-377-5300. RateTheMusic.com data is provided by Mediabase Research. a division of Premiere Radio Networks. - Frank Correia, Rock Specialty Editor

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Reporters Stations and their adds fisted alphabetically by market

WHRL Albany, NY' WBTLeudmglon KTCL/Denver, CO' WEEOMagersfown KROOJLos Angeles. CA' KORX'Odessa. TX WBRU/Providence,Rl KARA/Salt Lake City, UT' WAR/Syracuse, NY' OM'. Alan Hague DM Mimi Griswold OM John Cooper OM Man Grasso PD Mike °'Coen, APDMD Dare Roberts PO'. Kevin Waller], PO MD Memel Todd PD SeM Resler PO. Todd Maker PDMO'. /Me Weber PO Lisa Cieli) MO Crnsline Pawlak APO: RIO Ruant 1 EVE 6 APO. Gene Sandaloam MD:,AndL Yen CF Mo Anie Mon 1 PI,O LE MO "_C JS A"TA':K M0: Hill Jordan 1 ADEMA 31 NO OOUB' ? JC L' OF AUDC COLDPLAY 12 CAUTERIZE 1 HOOBASTANK , I HOOBASTANK DYNAST EIS r .OS IINKIN PARK 1 DEFAULT AUOIOSLAV> Hu OOUSTONK LIMOS TANK PJJA'i U NiJDD I PUDDLE OF MUDD 3 COOPS 003';N PUDDLE OF MOOD WAVE/ Charleston. SC' PO Dare Rossi WMFS/Memphis, TN' APO Dam V11.100as CIMA/Delroit, MI' PO Rob Gramm WASR/Tallahassee. FL KTEG /Albuquerque. NM' PD'. Murray BeDaM. KUCDAIonolulu, NI' MD'. Mike K,Inbrm KBZT/San Diego, CA' p WWRJIIProvidence, RI' OM. Kris Van Dyle PD May JGLLE OF P.1 APD VincO Camion PD: 5 KORN Bill Jamie Hyatt PD Garen Michaels POND. Kann Mays PO'. Dale Flint MD Marc YOOrq MD. Man Franklin 37 NO DOUBT 2 PUDDLE OF MUDD KHBL'ONIaAOma Cloy, OK' 2O WHITE STRIPES APDMD. Monaci Halloran AMMO Mealnead 23 PJD911 OF MUDD 17 POODLE Of AIL DC ,.. ODBASTANN 0M. Bill Hurley rE FUDDLE 1 100 RSHTERS .'10000 1 9 O DISMAL C ROCK AU0105LAVE P. Jimmy Baneda 6 H'DBASTAI:N OLDPIO' .I PININ PARK RADFORD 2 DISTILLERS WEND,Dhanolte LO -PRO OM Mike WM PO'. Jock Daniel AMMO. BiBite Nonevent! WZTAJMiami, FL' ACT HOT HEAT KTBLMOUS1On, TX' PO: Tory Ranson WSUN(Tampa, FL' KTZO /Alhuquerque. NM' 17 PUDDLE OF 'a'JDD PD Shark LI ILKi a PAPP KHRO/EI Paso. TX' PDMDI Vince Richads KRZO/Neno, NV' XTRA/San (iegm, CA' Po. Soon Sounrada AUDIOSLAVE APD. Pal Larga OM. Mike Preston APO'. Eno Smmim OM. Roh Brooks PD: Jim 0100.rs M0: Don Kelle DISTILLERS No Adds POND' Jolo Gam J PUDDLE Of MUDD WJRR /Orlando. FL 00 Jemmy 51110 NO: Many Whitney PUDDLE OP MUDD YO0EUSTonol Adam I PUDDLE Of MUDD PUA FIGHTERS OM Cook APDMD. Mal Diablo PUDDLE OF MODO LIMP BOOT PD Pal Lynch NO DOUBT STAND 6 DARKNESS 3 OUTKZST APD: Rim Everett WKOX/Chicago.Il' DISTILLERS ALIEN ALIT FARI! 2 30, POP MO'. Brian [Warman PO Mike Sim HOOBASTANK r PUDDLE OF MUDO 15 PL ]C:'. O - !June MD-. Mary Shaninas SWITC4'00T 1: UMP9'Z5 WNNX/AIIanla, CA' IR PUDDLE OF MUDD WLUM/Milwaukee, WI' CLC? . KITS/San Francisco, CA' 0M Leslie Fran Po Tommy Wide PO'. Sean Demery KFMAlfucsan. Al' WRZXAndianapolís, IN' PO'. Ches Williams MO. Kenny Neumann APO'. Spud PO'. Libby Carstensen P0: Soft Jameson MD Jay Narra BARD/Eugene, OR 10 PUDDLE OE MUDD MD. Aaron Aselsen MO Man Spry MD: Nadal Thom Pc OF MUDD 11 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE 7 NETWORK 3 PUDDLE Of MUDD .CPI WZZW'Chicago, IL. 10 EVANESCENCE WDYLRichmond, VA' *, 1 SWITCHFOOT is PO Bill Gamble 5 PUDDLE Of MUDD WOCLNrland0. FL' D Mike Murphy 1 IGGY POP APO: SIM LM HOT HOT NEAT PO'. Alan Small MD.nMeiln Damm MO: Mines Ya.Oidol JANE'S ADDICTION WHTG/MOnmoulh, NJ' MO'. Bobby 5mllli WJSE/Atlamic City. NJ' 13 PIDDLE Of MUDD DEFAULT PO: Damn Smith S1T331FS PO: M PNNIie 22 COLOPLI,v UMmW WPLA/JeeksomNlle, FL' KCNL/San Jose, CA' WYE/Tulsa, OK' MIME Jame 15 311 VENDETTA RED OM: Gau AM. MAO : John Allen PO: Lynn Barlow 5 NO DOUBT EVE 6 PO: Mmamma 3 EVE 6 MO Corbin Pierce RADFORD APDMO. pal ChaeDley WPLY/Philadelphia. PA' WAOLCincinaatl. OH' 2 PUDDLE OF MUDD HOOBASTANK KXNAIFaye°eville, AR PO' Jim MWuinn WRXLMichmond, VA' POING' Mt Nagel BLINK-TOO DEFAULT POND: DM Jackson MO. Dan Fein BM BILI Camlll 16 HDOBASTANo 31 PUODL( OF MUDD PUDDLE OF MUDD 11 PIDDLE OF MUDD PD/110, Casta BmAwski 16 PUDDLE OF MUDO KMBYMumerry, CA' 11 PUDDLE 1 TRAFT OF MUDD KIEE/Sanla Barbara, CA SWITCHiOUT PO/M0 ABp KORN 1 IGGY POP 3 PO Eddie Gutierrez 3 MOORAS AKK WPBZ/W. Palm Beach, FL' ND: Dakota WRZKIJOAeam1 City' 1 IGGY POP PO. Jobe O'Comeli 5 NO DOUBT KROX /Auslin. TX PO: Melk MMiemy DISTILLERS M0: Eno Mitten's. KFRRIFresno, CA' RAPTURE I PUDDLE Of MUDD OM Jell Carmi KORN 2 C0.' >L SI PD' pro Maims CHEVELLE KORN PD Melody Lee WXTMiCleveland. OH' KEWJFNDBDLK, AZ' 1 HOOBASTANK MD: Reverend KCXX/Riverside. CA' PUDDLE OF MUDO MO'. Toby Ryan PD Bim Monroe OM: Lein Han 1 KORN 6 NO DOUBT IGGY POP OM -. Bill McNulty 4 LO -PRO APO Dom Nardella P0: Nap Moms 1 PUDDLE OF MUDD THREE DAYS GRACE HOOBASTANK PD. Kelli Claque I PUDDLE Of MUDD M0. Pale Sahieke APO: Opt Mr DM LINKIN PARK EVE 6 APD, MD Daryl James 13 POODLE M,. " WBULNiNMIIe, TN' MD: Robb Mm 1 LINKIN PARK 1 H00EASTANK KNDO/Seattle, WA' VENDETTA RED i OM: Jim Patriot PUDDLE OF MOOD Po' Pill Manning JET POND: Rap &Irlem 1 PUDDLE OF MUDD m COLDPLAY APO: Jim Keller KRBZJXa1Mas 1 PUDDLE OF MUDD WRAI(/Blrmingham, AL' Gty, MO' 21 PUDDLE Di %IC WHFS,WaOhbnglon, DC' PO: Gnoo M pn SHINEDOWIA PO. Saal Grein WJBXPt My'ers.FL IGGY POP IGGY PN POIAPD. Bob Waugh M0: IGGY POP MD: Melk MOM OM PO John Roo: lar o NO Pal ferme 12 PO0 FIGHTERS DISTILLERS I DEFAULT Fesa FCC -26,35 APO. Madrid MOOBASTAKK WUINOan0Me, VA' 27 3 1 PUDDLE MUDD 9 TRAM OF MO Jest Mo OM. Bob Trans 13 PUDDLE OF MLDJ FINGER ELEVEN WAN/Columbia, SC' 8 PUDDLE OF MUDO 1 PUDDLE Cf MUDD PO'. Trans 2 HOOBASTANK PG: Owe Wad Greg KSYBBhrerepud. LA' STROKES ATOMS KZON PnoenIK. AZ GOOD CIUfLLOTTE MD: DM fans MD'. Rob Rulhenberg DM. Howard Clan SOMETHING CORPORATE POND: Kevin Mahnion 5 PIDDLE Of MUDO PAcI.PE PD. Rod The Auman Triboe" HOOBASTANK a __FAJ T 7 H00BASTANA "2:72PFEC KKNOMew °deans, LA 2 EVE 6 I EVE 6 WNFLXnoYVille. TN' ONAM ROB Dammam 1 KM ROCK DISTILLERS PD Anlhony PpOill ROAR/Boise, ID' A2S PUDCLE OF MUDD WWOCiWashingIon, DC' PD: Jamul MD: Dustin Matthews E'l' E Mtn. 510RY OF THE YEAR WHITE STRIPES PUDD:E PD- Joe Bevilatqua HOOBASTAN'K DF MUDD 3.1 MO: Who 2 000600TANK MO'. Danielle Flynn WXTWIFt. IN' LAMP 3 HOOBASTANK Wayne, PUDOLE OF MUDD 2 PUDDLE Of MUDD Bair 1 PUDDLE JJ Fabini HOOBASTANK OF MUDD 1 DEFAULT KORN WWCO/CMemhp, OH' PO Don Walker ATAR15 Mar APO: Man Jericho WXDXNimburph, PA' STROKES FO:mBrot ISM, MO: Gm Travis PD John MescAma WZNEMochesler,NY' 1 KFTElalayetle. LA' MD: OWm EVE Md: Viese F. OMrPO: Ake MKCrae KPNTISt. Louis, MO' WSFMANilminglon, NC 1 DEFAULT PO Soon Perrin CO-OPIAT S D>FAU,T i3GY POP PO: Tommy Manen PD: Knolmd MD. Chin Winer WXRKMew York, NY' PILLING DONE 1 PUDDLE OF MUCO °^'E IAUDD 2 POODLE Of MUDO M0: Mike Kennedy PD Roben Cross Of APO. Woody Flle DISTILLERS '. SLATIC.X DISTILLERS 25 LIMP PINT DAVID BOWIE MD Mike Peer MO' Jell fosse WICNIBeaMn, MA' RAPTURE DISTILLERS 400BASTANK TARILYI: 7 RANCID :1%DC 17 S OM: rowwy Baraniel RED B P'J00IE OF PUDDLE OF :l.^J VENDETTA I2 PUDDLE or DISTILLERS PO: DNIps 2 HOOBASTANK APDMD: MM. Salm 6 DEFTOEIES TO PUDDLE OF MUDD WCYY/Portland, ME NO DOUBT KXTE'las Vegas. NV' SM: Mike Sambrook IINKIN PARK PD Dare Welbnglon WRRV/Newburgh, NY PD Herb ivy WOO/Sacramento, CA' KDGETJallas. TK WGRD/Grand Rapids. MI' APDMD. Chris Ripley PO MD Andre Barfis M. Briar James 0M. Curtiss Johnson Duane PD. PO Doherty Bobby Suntan Ass CF MUDD PD'. Ron Bunte AMMO: Nan Ayo MO M lchael Grey HDT HOT HEAT 6 COL ULAN M0: Marco Collins 0 OUTKASI ur EISTANK a WHITE *Monitored Reporters WFNX110slon. MA STRIPES 7 CUDDLE Of MUDD POMD. Paul 0000011 DEFAULT 21 AWIO B'LLLVS PUDDLE of M'LOA 94 Total Reporters 5 DISTILLERS RADFORD KLECiliTle Rock. AP WROXModolk, VA' WXNR /Greenville, NC' OWPD -Hose, PO: Michele Diamond 85 Total Monitored MO. Alm Powers KCPXJSaII Lake City. UT' WXEGNapon, OH' PD Jell Sanden MD: Mike HOT HOT HEAT DISTIL LEKS DM Keim Abrams Stem APD MO. Turner Watson 9 KNRKPodland. OR' PD: Ian McCain WEOG7Bu°alo,NY IP 5 PUDDLE Of MUDD 3 KI., ',O. PD: Hamilton MÓ. Boomer P,IOCLE OF MALL :'' Man 9 Total PO en KORN GOY PCP ReponerlAPO: 23 P.:00_E Indicator 4 POOLE OF MOOD ATARIS Station Jaime Cooley M'.IRy MIMI 60O FIGHTERS PUDDLE OF MUDD PUDDLE ñ ? HOOBASTANK ALIEN ANT FARM OF MUDD 9 PUDDLE UF MUDO GOLDPUP VENDETTA RED H008,15TANK 1 BLINK-082 BLIMFIe2

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PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Geilen) COLDPLAY Moses (Capitol) DEFAULT Taking My Life Away (TV17 HOOBASTANK Out Of Control (Island/LDJMGI Total Plays: 356, Total Stations: 38, Adds: 11 Total Plays: 165, Total Stations: 18, Adds: 8 RAPTURE House of Jealous Lovers (Strummer /Universal/

HOT HOT HEAT Talk To Me, Dance With Me (Sub Pap /Reprise/

COLDPLAY Moses (Capitol) KINGS OF LEON Molly's Chamber (RCA/ TAKING BACK SUNDAY You're So Last Summer (Victory/ DEFAULT Taking My Life Away (TVT) Total Plays: 324, Total Stations: 24, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 134, Total Stations: 13, Adds: 0 LIMP BIZKIT Behind Blue Eyes (Flip/Interscope/

NO DOUBT It's My Life (/nterscope)

EVE 6 At Least We're Dreaming (RCAI

FINGER ELEVEN One Thing (Windup) RYAN ADAMS So Alive (Lost Highway //DJMG) DISTILLERS Drain The Blood (Sire /Reprise/ Total Plays: 291, Total Stations: 22, Adds: 2 Total Plays: 128, Total Stations: 9, Adds: 0

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TRAVIS Re Offender (Epic) ROONEY I'm Shakin' (Gellen)

Total Plays: 170, Total Stations: 13, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 121, Total Stations: 10, Adds: 0 R &R wants your best snapshots (color or black & white).

Please include the names and titles of all IGGY POP Little Know It All (Virgin) RAPTURE House of Jealous Lovers (Strummer /Universal] pictured and send them to: Total Plays: 166, Total Stations: 21, Adds: 11 Total Plays: 114, Total Stations: 14, Adds: 2 R &R, do Mike Davis: 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067

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Streaming Costs Here's a hypothetical monthly cost model for a station set up with a 500 -simultaneous- stream pipe at Streamguys. Let's say 80% of the station's streaming traffic is week- Streaming For Dummies days between 9am and 5pm, when there are always 500

Continued from Page 1 listeners connected to the stream (fewer than 500 at all As today's bunkerlike buildings A basic computer. One with en- other times). I can tell you a couple of things: make radio reception more difficult coding software and audio input (to Streaming is not going away. In fact, than ever for an increasing number capture, encode and send your station's 80% of listening hours (weekdays): 80,000 listening hours consumers have adopted streaming of listeners, the only way they're go- signal). It's a great use for that old Pen- 20% of listening hours (other times): 20,000 listening ours media far more quickly than they are ing to be able to listen to you at work tium III sitting in the storeroom Total: 100,000 listening hours adopting satellite radio and faster is if they can get you on their com- Ad deletion. There are stream- RIAA royalties: S880 than they have adopted probably any puters. ing providers like Chaincast and ASCAP/BMI (estimate): $100 new medium in history. Making your station available on StreamAudio that provide software Bandwidth costs (20kbs stream): $500 There are some good and valuable your listeners' computers super - to help you replace on -air ads in your Grand Total: $1,480.00 reasons for your station to begin serves your best customers: people stream, but the best way to really con- Is 100,000 listening hours a lot? In the streaming world, yes. When streaming again now rather than who would listen to your station trol what goes on is to delete the com- you consider that you could be among the Arbitron Webcast Ratings top waiting to see whether you can make more if only it were conveniently mercials at the station. Most station 50 nationally with just over 200,000 hours in a month, that's pretty big. money at it. Specifically, it's about available on their receiver of choice. automation systems are capable, making your station available to For those who say, "Yeah, but the with minor modification, of provid- your best listeners where and when numbers are so small compared to ing a split feed. they can listen to it. the audience we reach with our sig- An Internet connection. Need- formance royalities. These are the Think small at first. Remember, the Today we need to look at stream- nal," I say you should take a look at ed to send a single encoded stream controversial and, for many, still-mis- goal is not to have the biggest stream- ing as a basic service for our existing your station's last Arbitron diary re- of your station to your streaming understood license fees that need to ing audience, it's to provide stream- local listeners for whom the comput- turn. How many 100 quarter -hour be paid each time you stream a song ing to those few listeners who are er has become their primary source (20 hours a week) diaries would it to a listener on the Internet. Without most important to you: high-TSL fans of information, entertainment and take to move your station a notch or getting into the heavy details, the cost of your station who will go out of communication during the workday two in rank? For most of us, five or Today we need to is just under a penny ($.0088) per lis- their way to listen to you. and at home. 10 of the right listeners would do the tener hour; 1,000 listener hours Control Costs Good Reasons trick. look at streaming as would cost about $8.80 in licensing; Think Small 100,000 listener hours = $880, etc. SBR recommends that stations that In my view, there are many good a basic service for Record -keeping. This is the one want to control streaming costs make reasons to begin streaming again: When we think about streaming, remaining unknown when it comes the stream available only to members Streaming, computer and Internet we have to think small, use because our our existing local to streaming. Someday every web - of your VIP database. In other words, overall has clearly entered the main- ratings are based on such a small caster will likely have to provide don't put the live stream button on stream of daily American life. I won't number of people. If you do think listeners for whom some kind of record of not just how your website's homepage, put it on go into the details of the explosive small streaming doesn't have to cost many listener hours were streamed, a secret page that only VIP members growth this new medium has seen over a lot of money. Unlike in the early the computer has but of exactly which songs were can access. the past few years, but I would encour- days (1998 -2001), we actually know streamed during those times. Plan on Promote your stream only on -air age anyone doing due diligence on what the real costs are to stream now. become their primary keeping at least music program logs and in e-mails to the database. This streaming to check out the 11 free In- With some sensible limitations and streaming reports from your strategy has two benefits. 1) You're ternet studies done by Arbitron and most stations could stream for $1,000 source of streaming provider on file for future keeping a lid on costs, because not Edison Media Research since 1998. or less per month. Yes, that's still a lot reporting. every web surfer from outside your The latest, aptly named "Internet of money, but if you believe it can market who across information, What Will It stumbles your and Multimedia 11: New Media En- help you keep a few more of your website is able to bum your precious Cost To Stream? ters the Mainstream," is available on- best customers tuned in longer, it's a entertainment and bandwidth; and 2) You're giving line at www.edisonresearch.com or smart investment. The biggest cost of streaming is your VIP members an exclusive and unrauarbitron.com, The 12+ statistics in If we're going to start streaming communication usually bandwidth, and the more lis- valued -added benefit that's not avail- these studies are impressive enough, again, we have to change our think- teners you have, the more bandwidth able to the general public. so just imagine how tech -savvy Triple ing about why we want to stream and during the workday you'll use. Think of bandwidth like Another trick is to put a timer on A listeners would index in terms of what the tactical objectives of stream- a water pipe. You can buy a fix -priced your player. After, say, 60 or 90 min- Internet access, broadband and regu- ing are. Initially, we looked at stream- and at home. size pipe that lets you use as much utes of streaming, a message pops up lar audio and video streaming. ing as a way to expand our signals and bandwidth as you want in a month and asks the listener if they want to The computer has become the thereby expand our audience and rev- as long as it fits through the pipe. stay connected. If they click yes, they home entertainment system of the enue. But if you believe that it is im- For example, streaming providers stay on. If they ignore the message, workplace, especially among white - portant for your station to be available provider. In most cases, if your sta- Live365 and Streamguys will set up the stream disconnects after a few collar Triple A listeners. Their com- to listeners how, when and where they tion has DSL, T1 or better, you won't you with a pipe that lets you have up minutes. This helps combat the puter and the Internet are what they want to listen, then you need to build need a separate dedicated line for to 500 simultaneous listeners for be- stream hogs who turn on your stream use to get their news, listen to music, a case for streaming at your station. In this. tween $500 and $750 per month. Af- in the morning and then leave the watch videos and communicate with order to do that, you need to cover A streaming provider. This is a teryou fill up the pipe with more than office all day. friends and colleagues. some basics. company that provides distribution 500 listeners, you either have to pay Finally, get a sponsor to help de- of your signal to the Internet using for more listeners or cap the stream. fray the monthly costs. You can run high-capacity media servers. De- But it doesn't matter how long these a "gateway" commercial for the pending on the amount of traffic 500 listeners stay online. sponsor every time someone Shopping For Streaming your stream gets, streaming services Other streaming providers sell launches the player, and include will cost anywhere from $250 to sev- bandwidth by the byte or, rather, their logo and website link on the Shopping for a streaming provider is a bit like shopping - eral thousand dollars per month. the gigabyte. You can have as many player too. Keep it simple, and gen- for a cell phone provider. Each provider has a different ap- ASCAP, BMI and SESAC web - listeners as you want and you pay for erate some NTR- for -mentions to proach and price plans for different customers' needs. Here cast licenses for your website. No, the actual bandwidth you use. This cover costs. are some providers you might want to start with. your regular over-the -air license fees model is generally suitable for big live Live 365 www.live365.com don't automatically cover music events that might cause a big spike in Dave Rehm is co- President, along Streamguys www.streamguys.com played over the Internet. The mini- listeners for a short period of time. with John Bradley, of SBR Creative Me- Chaincast/StreamAudio www.chaincast.com mum annual fee for each of these is Since radio-listening patterns are dia, advisor to successful Triple A sta- Abacast www.abacast.com less than $300, and most stations pretty consistent, most stations tions nationwide. SBR also provides cus- Liquid Compass www.liquidcompass.net would probably qualify for the min- would save money by using the tomized "side channel" streaming servic- Limelight Networks www.limelightnetworks.com imum or close to it. Check with your fixed -price pipe model discussed es, like Christmas music channels, for VitalStream www.vitalstream.com legal department to see if your web - above. Check out the "Streaming stations of all formats. Visit SBR on the Warp Radio www.warpradio.com site is already licensed. Costs" sidebar for a quick hypothet- web at www.sbrcreative.com and Eonstreams www.eonstreams.com So- called RIAA or CARP per- ical monthly cost model. www.customchannels.net.

www.americanradiohistory.com 67 TRIPLEA TOP 30 October 17, 2003 LAST TOTAL / - TOTAL WEEKS ON TOTAL STATIONS' WEE; ARTIST TITLE LABELS) PLAYS PLAYS AUDIENCE CHART ADDS Most Added 100)

1 R.E.M. Bad Day (Warner Bros.) 589 +21 34734 5 2610 www.rradds.com ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S) ADDS 2 0 JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body (Aware/Columbia/ 545 +15 32568 10 2210 DAVE MATTHEWS Save Me (RCA) 12 3 0 BEN HARPER Diamonds On The Inside (Ungin) 485 +3 23577 11 2610 STEREOPHONICS Maybe Tomorrow (1/2) 8 15 2510 4 JACK JOHNSON Wasting Time (Jack Johnson Music/Universal) 450 +1 25663 COLDPLAY Moses (Capitol) 4 6 JONNY LANG Red Light (A &M/Interscope) 417 +33 20780 7 2411 KATHLEEN EDWARDS Hockey Skates (ZoelRounder) 4 8 0 SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen (Arista) 380 +34 28890 5 1811 NELLY FURTADO Powerless (Say What You Want) (DreamWorks) 2

9 JASON MRAZ You And I Both (Elektra /EEG/ 353 +13 14308 16 2110

5 8 STING Send Your Love (A &M/lnterscope) 351 35 21022 8 2310 10 0 WALLFLOWERS Closer To You (lnterscopel 327 0 14813 16 2110 7 10 PETE TORN Crystal Village (Columbia) 302 -68 15162 15 2110

13 11 HOWIE DAY Perfect Time Of Day (Epic) 287 -11 14901 9 2310

16 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &Mflnterscope) 276 +49 16086 4 1911

14 13 LOS LONELY BOYS Heaven (Or) 268 -4 8109 11 1911 Most

12 14 LUSTER Amstercam (Gonna Write You A Letter) (Palm /Reprise) 259 46 12930 21 2210 Increased Plays TOTAL +2 5 1810 15 BARENAKED LADIES Another Postcard (Chimps) (Reprise) 247 10986 FLAY

ARTIST ' . _. . INCREASE 11 16 EASTMOUNTAINSOUTH You Dance (DreamWorks) 245 74 10387 15 2310 COLDPLAY Moses (Capitol/ +99 18 DIDO White Flag (Arista) 239 +34 16053 12 911 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &Mllnterscopel +49

19 TRAIN When I Look To The Sky (Columbia) 231 +34 8873 6 1711 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND So Damn Lucky (RCA) +39

20 LYLE LOVETT My Baby Don't Tolerate (Curb/Lost Highway) 205 +15 10781 4 1310 DAMIEN RICE Volcano (Vector Recordings) +35 23 e DAMIEN RICE Volcano (Vector Recordings) 197 +35 11363 6 1911 NELLY FURTADO Powerless (Say What You Want) (DreamWorks)+35 21 ® JOE FIRSTMAN Breaking All The Ground (Atlantic) 195 +14 5991 4 1711 SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen (Arista) +34

TRAIN When I look To The Sky (Columbia) +34 17 22 DAVE MATTHEWS Gravedigger (RCA) 191 .20 6859 9 1510 DIDO White Flag (Arista) +34 28 e VAN MORRISON Once In A Blue Moon (Blue Note/EMC) 159 +29 7009 3 1611 JONNY LANG Red Light (A &Mllnterscopel +33

27 SANTANA fIALEX BAND Why Don't You & I (Arista) 156 +18 11759 10 610 RICKIE LEE JONES Second Chance (1/2) +30 22 25 COLDPLAY God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (Capitol) 147 -21 7010 7 710 laebut> e COLDPLAY Moses (Capitol) 141 +99 9971 1 1314 26 LIVE Heaven (Radioactive/Geffen) 141 +3 7253 15 611 - e ZIGGY MARLEY Dragonfly (Private Music /AAL) 139 +23 5881 2 1310 29 e NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS Eyes (ToneCool/ATOI 135 +8 4438 2 1210 25 30 GRANDADDY Now Its On (V2) 134 -7 8797 12 1110 Most 26 Triple A reporters. Monitored airplay data supplied by Mediabase Research. a division of Premiere Radio Networks. Songs ranked by total plays for the Played Recurrents airplay week of 10/5- 10/11. Bullets appear on songs gaining plays or remaining flat from previous week. If two songs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays is placed first. Songs below No. 15 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks on the chart. Most Added is the total number of new adds TOTAL ARTIST PLAYS officially reported to R &R by each reporting station. Songs unreported as adds do not count toward overall total stations playing a song. Total Audience equals Average Quarter Hour Persons times number of plays (times 100). Each daypart on each station is assigned an AOH number. Average Quarter Hour Persons COLDPLAY Clocks (Capitol) 231 used herein with permission from the Arbitron Company (© 2003, The Arbitron Company). © 2003, R &R, Inc. TRAIN Calling All Angels (Columbia) 226 New &Active JASON MRAZ The Remedy Il Won't Worry) (Elektra/EEG) 210 NICKEL CREEK Smoothie Song (Sugar Hill) 195

JOHN HIATT Circle Back (New Westl AUDIOSLAVE Like A Stone (Interscope /Epic) MAROON 5 Harder To Breathe (Octone,'J) 170

Total Plays: 130, Total Stations: 14, Adds: 1 Total Plays: 86, Total Stations: 4, Adds: 0 JACK JOHNSON The Horizon... (Jack Johnson Music/Universal) 144

ROBERT RANDOLPH Soul Refreshing (Warner Bros.) THRILLS One Horse Town (Virgin) MATCHBOX TWENTY Unwell (Atlantic) 144

Total Plays: 120, Total Stations: 10, Adds: C Total Plays: 76, Total Stations: 8, Adds: 0 TORI AMOS A Sorta Fairytale (Epic) 135

MAVERICKS I Want To Know (Sanctuary/SRC) CRACKER Duty Free (iMusic) COUNTING CROWS Big Yellow Taxi (Geffen /Interscope) 126

Total Plays: 117, Total Stations: 11, Adds: 1 Plays: 73, 5, Adds: 0 Total Total Stations: DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Grey Street (RCA) 104 THORNS Blue (Aware/Columbia) LIZ PHAIR Why Can't I? (Capitol) Total Plays. 113, Total Stations: 9, Adds: 0 Plays: Total 72, Total Stations: 5, Adds: 0 Detailed station playlists for all R &R 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic /Universal) RICKIE LEE JONES Second Chance (1/2) reporters are available on the web at Total Plays: 94, Total Stations: 3, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 71, Total Stations: 10, Adds: 1 www.radioandrecords.com. Songs ranked by total plays

COUNTING CROWS FILMS ABOUT GHOST^ THE BEST OF... Going for adds now!! Couldn't wait: WXRT & KTCZ The new collection in stores 11.25.03 w'Inw.co s.co Featuring "Mr Jones ", "Round Here ", "Long Produced and Mixed uy Brendan O' Brien g2g monagement: Gary Gersh December ", "Big Yellow Taxi ", the new song Q 00200ttotroth. :!ds. All Kills reserved. www.geffen. corn "Friend Of The Devil ", and the new single "She Don't Want Nobody Near"

www.americanradiohistory.com 68 / TRIPLE A TOP 30 INDICATOR, October 17, 2003 R&R'S EXCLUSIVE REPORTED OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL AIRPLAY Most Added www.rrindicator. corn LAST THIS TOTAL N1- TOTAL WEEKSON TOTAL STATORS/ WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S) LAYS PLAYS AUDIENCE CHART ADDS ARTISTTITLE LABEL(S) ADOS fee) DAVE MATTHEWS Save Me /RCA) 11 1 O STING Send Your Love (A &M/Interscope/ 280 +5 1502 8 1610 COLDPLAY Moses (Capitol) 7 3 0 JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body (Aware/Columbia) 249 +8 1635 9 1610 STEREOPHONICS Maybe Tomorrow (112) 5 5 R.E.M. Bad Day (Warner Bros.) 248 +12 1412 4 1810 O KATHLEEN EDWARDS Hockey Skates (Zoe /Rounded 5 2 4 BEN 1510 HARPER Diamonds On The Inside (Virgin) 236 -19 1764 11 MAVERICKS I Want To Know (Sanctuary/SRG) 3

6 5 LOS LONELY BOYS Heaven (Or) 221 -2 1459 13 1710 RICKIE LEE JONES Second Chance (1/2) 3 9 0 JONNY LANG Red Light (A &M/Interscope) 201 +12 1239 6 1510 NATALIE MERCHANT Soldier, Soldier (Myth America) 3 SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen (Arista) 2 7 7 JASON MRAZ You And I Both (Elektra/EEG) 189 -24 1474 16 1110 NATALIE MERCHANT Sally Ann (flektra/ffG) 2 4 8 DAVE MATTHEWS Gravedigger (RCA) 183 -56 976 9 1410 12 0 HOWIE DAY Perfect Time Of Day (Epic) 179 +9 1278 7 1210 8 10 JACK JOHNSON Wasting Time (Jack Johnson Music/Universal) 178 -31 1369 15 1210

10 11 MICHAEL FRANTI I SPEARHEAD Everyone Deserves Music //Music/ 176 -12 579 11 1610 15 0 VAN MORRISON Once In A Blue Moon (Blue Note /EMC) 168 +25 786 3 1610 11 13 PETE PORN Crystal Village (Columbia) 163 -11 1356 14 910

13 NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS Eyes (ToneCool/ATO) 157 +6 652 7 1610 16 0 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &M/Interscope) 153 +17 943 3 1411 14 D ROBERT RANDOLPH Soul Refreshing (Warner Bros.) 152 +3 754 8 1410 19 b LYLE LOVETT My Baby Don't Tolerate (Curb/Lost Highway) 141 +13 647 3 1410 21 SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen (Arista) 130 +17 604 2 1012 30 D ZIGGY MARLEY Dragonfly (Private Music /AAL) 126 +22 716 2 1210 Most 17 20 JOHN HIATT Circle Back (New West) 125 -11 865 9 1410 Increased Plays 20 ® MAVERICKS I Want To Know (Sanctuary /SRO) 122 +4 467 5 1513 TOTAL

28 ® TRAIN When I Look To The Sky (Columbia) 116 +9 723 4 910 PLAY ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S, INCREASE 25 ® BARENAKED LADIES Another Postcard (Chimps) (Reprise) 116 +7 660 3 910 RICKIE LEE JONES Second Chance (V2) +64 18 24 SHELBY LYNNE Telephone (Capitol) 116 12 447 6 1110 COLDPLAY Moses (Capitol) +54 26 WALLFLOWERS Closer To You (Interscope) 110 +2 1044 10 710 ® DAVE MATTHEWS Save Me (RCA) +40 (Debut> RICKIE LEE JONES Second Chance (10 107 +64 401 1 1413 GALACTIC Uptown Odyssey (Sanctuary/SRG) +40

(Debut> EMMYLOU HARRIS Here I Am (Nonesuch) 102 +10 177 1 1010 ® VAN MORRISON Once In A Blue Moon /B)ueNote /EMC) +25 29 28 DAMIEN RICE Volcano (Vector Recordings) 102 -5 669 16 1010 ZIGGY MARLEY Dragonfly (PrivateMusic/AAC) +22 (Debut> THORNS Blue (Aware /Columbia) +18 a STEVE WINW000 Why Can't We Live Together (Wincraft/SCI-Fidelity) 101 +4 126 1 1110 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &Mllnterscope) +17 - LEONA NAESS Calling (Geffen) 101 0 367 2 1210 SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen lAnstai +17

NELLY FURTADO Powerless iSay What You Want) (OreamWorks) +17 19 Triple A reporters. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week of Sunday 9/28 - Saturday 10/4. © 2003 Radio & Records.

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WNCW/Greenville, SC STESEOPHONICS N OM: Ellen P irtmenn S -RAH JONES CASSANDRA WILSON Lay Lady Lay POMO: Kim Clark KRVB/Boise,ID' APO: Martin Anderson Y.Cale: a.N ES NY JILL SOBULE Don't Let Us Get Sick oMIPD: Dan McCally WZEWIMobile. AL' WGST/Pougqhkeepsie. -ES Po: Greg Gallme No Mils 0M: Tim Camp Martinet Alive RAIXIE PO: Brian Hart APO: Christine KRSII/Santa Rosa, CA' STEADMAN Come OEFAR 3PAs MD. lee Ann KonIk. MD: Roper Mend' OM/PD: can k.narl MO: Michelle Mamas ELMIDWIWS DAVE IAIATTKSNT SAYS DEREK MUCKS -!oi WBOS/BOSton, MA' 5 Mggiele Williams 5150EC=r:-e AMMO: SE 4 VAN MO. SOY WrTSAndtanapolis, IN' srERE CS PO: Bad nom MD: Todd Berryman KPIG/Monterey. CA No Mils MAIO: LauaElIM Heppe, Please Send Your Photos APO: Mean Meeker/ KTHXAieno, NV' WXRV/BOston, MA' TATALT VERCPAVT OM: Rab Broca PD: Nicole Sandar PO: Ham Revola KMTT/Seatlle. WA' ND: Dana Marshall MOMO: David Herold PP Chris Mays APÓ/MO: Shawn SleWan T AWN/Jackson, WY ROONEY T luCKELCOlik WILT/Nashville, TN' E EJS'HANT 0M: soon Anderson BRUN SETZER POMO: Ma-r "Fish- Fishman OMnnl: David 1611 R &R wants your best snapshots APO/BD: Ra. sek Ces MATO.ÑMY Y DIERTI- r STEREOP 00IICS i DAVE 1MTTmWS RCnE LEE JONES SISTER HAZEL WRNX,Springlield, MA' (color or black & white). WNCS/BUNingçton PO: Tom avis POMO: Mark Ahutaab KENLSBN Lake City, UT' ó. onnii NES KTBGA(ansas City, MO Lesa Wilhanee COL DRUM, PO: WFUVMew York, NY MO: Karl BMTlunar: SAW MAOHIWS As Han e,0: B1mn PO: CHAOS Simian T DAVE su--- Please include the names and titles of all 3.H S Johann STEMOLO:'. A+. ; nES MO: Rib Houston IS a SAVE VATTHFwS úiHARYAW .N, Cod. MA pictured and send them to: WMVY/Cae AL GREEN PD/MÓ'a Davicey WOKIALnoaville. TN' F: s PO: Jim Ziegler 'Monitored Reporters I uAnnKis'" MD: Aimee Boomer WKOCINwtolk, VA. R&R, do John Schoenberger: No Adds PD: Paul Shugrue M0: KAM. Croat KATHLEEN WDODA:ahaaaOanooga, EDWARDS 45 Total Reporters TN' I Y RS 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., 3rd Floor, ówlro CAVE VA:THEWS °MrtNEÑ'e5we" WFPK/Louisville, KY to STEPEOmgNCS OM. &ran Conn 26 Total Monitored CA PD. can Reed Los Angeles, 90067 APÒMO: Mary Owen W)fiiT/Chiago,lL' COLOPUN KCTY'Omabe. NE' PO: Nano Wine, DAVVERiCKSHFwS OM Brian Burris 19 Total Indicator PO MO Rt. Staff Mona. TTWIILIGRT SINGERS Email: [email protected] ÓUÑIMNGCRGeWS JOE STRUMMER

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After the miscalculated collaboration with Glen Ballard on her last album, úaE Love, Shelby, Shelby Lynne returns to great form on Identity Crisis. Is it as good as the Grammy Award -winning I Ä'24n ris Am Shelby Lynne, you ask? The an- r ECO N D Wth swer is: Quite possibly, yes - and Bruce Warren maybe even better. Written, pro- PD, WXPN /Philadelphia duced and performed almost exclu- ARTIST: Van Morrison sively by Lynne, Identity Crisis is an ex- cellent and sometimes unnerving and LABEL: Blue Note /EMC

uncomfortable collection of roots and rock. Organic and By JOHN SCHOENBERGER / TRIPLE A EDITOR honest, with musical nods to country and jazz, the album convincingly reflects the pain, passion and changes in Lynne's life over the years. But the bottom line on Identity Van Morrison was born in Belfast, Ire- Crisis is great songs, great vocal performances and real land in 1945, and music has been an important of life from the very be- live -in- the -studio magic. This is not your typical label-cre- part his ginning: His mother was a traditional ated, studio -processed, cheese -whiz production heard on almost ev- Irish singer, and his father was an avid inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ! ery record on the radio these days. The collection of songs here is collector of American jazz and blues in 1993 and the Hall of Fame really new for regardless very focused and sets a standard songwriting records. These Celtic and American music earlier this year. I of the genre. It's an album that will definitely land in my top 10 of 2003. influences would ultimately shape his life. Now Morrison returns with his first re- Some of the highlights on the album include "10 Rocks," "Evil Man," Morrison's musical career began when lease under a new arrangement with Blue "One With the Sun," "Telephone," "Gotta Get Better" and "Buttons and he joined a local R&B band called The Mon- Note Records. In some ways What's Wrong Beads." Wait, I think I just listed half the album. Well, the other half is archs at the age of 15. From there he With This Picture marks a new chapter in just as good! formed Them, which went on to develop a his illustrious and storied career, yet he strong local following and eventually doesn't stray too far from the soul, blues, gained international fame. After Them dis- folk and jazz touchstones that have always R.E.M. hold a comfortable lead at the banded Morrison stepped out on his own, informed his music. The self- produced top of the monitored airplay chart and over the past 35 years he has become project boasts an amazing collection of this week, but as you can see, the top 10 one of the most distinctive and respected musicians playing keys, bass, guitar, artists in the world of popular music. drums and horns. But front and center at is locked pretty solid, with Sheryl Crow's Over the course of 30 -plus albums all times is the cosmic force known as Van new one knocking on the door at 12" ... Morrison has explored many musical idi- Morrison on vocals, guitar and alto sax. Barenaked Ladies (15`), Dido (17 "), oms and a variety of moods and themes, Picture features 13 songs -11 originals Train (18 "), Lyle Lovett (19 ") and but he has always remained a true pio- plus a cover of Lightnin' Hopkins' "Stop Damien Rice (20 ") highlight the top 20 neer, shunning popular trends in favor of Drinking" and a new arrangement of the Other projects making gains include a particular musical muse that has always traditional "St. James Infirmary." High- Joe Firstman, Van Morrison and North held sway over him. Beginning with his lights include the deeply revealing title Mississippi Allstars ... Coldplay's "Moses" (the big spins gainer this brilliant Blowin' Your Mind, Astral Weeks track, the beautifully romantic "Evening week, with +99) and Ziggy Marley debut ... On the Indicator airplay and Moondance projects in the late -'60s, in June" and "Once in a Blue Moon" and chart Sting holds at 1`, John Mayer moves up to 2 ", R.E.M. are now through St. Dominic's Preview, Veeden the introspective "Meaning of Loneliness" 3', Jonny Lang increases to 6', and Howie Day is top 10 at 9" ... Big Fleece and Wavelength in the '70s and into and "Somerset." gainers include Morrison (15' -12 "), Lovett (19' -17`), Sarah McLachlan Inarticulate Speech of the Heart and No It is hard to say which is Morrison's best (21' -18') and Marley (30' -19') ... Rickie Lee Jones (the big spins Guru, No Method, No Teacher in the '80s, album - he has released so many brilliant gainer this week, with a +64), Emmyou Harris and Steve Winwood we watched as Morrsion matured not only ones over his career - but What's Wrong debut ... In the Most Added category, "Save Me," the next track from as a and musician, but also as a With This Picture easily ranks near the top chronicler of the heart and the spirit. of the list. In some ways it represents a Dave Matthews' solo effort, grabs 23 total adds this week (No. 1 Most The '90s saw him involved in several break from the past, yet at the same time Added on both panels), Stereophonics bring in 14 total, Kathleen collaborative efforts with artists ranging it's a natural creative evolution for him. Edwards gets nine adds, and Natalie Merchant's new album has seven from The Chieftains to Mose Allison to His true strength has always been his abil- a few ... adds spread among tracks Coldplay get another 15 adds this John Lee Hooker. Morrison also hit a new ity to take perennial styles and transform week, and Nelly Furtado brings in a few more ... Keep an eye on John creative stride with such gems as Days them into new and exciting sounds. Hiatt, The Thrills, The Mavericks, Cracker and The Thorns. Like This, The Healing Game and Down Morrison is currently touring in Europe - John Schoenberger. Triple A Editor the Road. Widely admired by musicians, and plans to come over to the States early critics and fans of all stripes, Morrison was next year.

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Featuring: " ", " ", "Ashes to Ashes ", Steve's cover of Elvis Costello's CATCH STEVE ON TOUR: "(What's So Funny 'Bout? Peace, Love, and Understanding ", and mom!!! 10/17/03 Cincinnati Tall Stacks Music Art & Heritage Festival 10/18/03 Chicago Park West JUST AN AMERICAN BOY THE AUDIO DOCUMENTARY, Steve Earle's new double live 10/19/03 Chicago Park West album, contains eighteen live recordings spanning his twenty-five year career as one of American I0/21Á13 New York Zankel Hall @Carnegie Hall music's most powerful voices. Also included are his on -stage monologues on topics ranging from I0ß2/03 Detroit St. Andrews Hall Steve's hometown to his opposition to the death penalty. JUST AN AMERICAN BOY THE 10/24/03 Rochester Water Street Music Hall 10ß5Á03 Collingswood Scottish Rite Auditorium AUDIO DOCUMENTARY serves as the most comprehensive representation of the live show that 10ß6Á03 New York Irving Plaza UK -based publication The Guardian describes as a "display of how politics plus passion equals the 10ß7Á03 New York Irving Plaza most exciting music ". 10ß9Á03 Northampton Pearl Street 1O/30Á13 Harrisburg The album is the companion piece to Amos Poe's documentary about Earle, JUST AN Whitaker Center 11/01Á13 Atlanta Variety Playhouse AMERICAN BOY, which chronicles Earle's life on the road during the 2002 tour for his last 1 1Á02Á13 Greenville The Handlebar record, JERUSALEM. The film has been praised by Billboard Magazine and and 11/04/03 Charlotte VisuSte Theatre

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TM6 WEEK .I- CUMLATIYE ARTIST TITLE LABELISÍ ni ons PLAYS PLAYS Americana Spotlight , 0 ROONEY CROWELL Fates Right Hand (Columbia) 800 +8 5143 by John Schoenberger

8 0 LYLE LOVETT My Baby Don't Tolerate (Curb/Lost Highway) 639 +83 2018 Artist: The Del McCoury Band

2 3 JOE ELY Streets 0f Sin (Rounder) 620 50 10192 Label: Sugar Hill The McCoury family saga began with Del McCoury playing guitar in 10 ROBERT EARL KEEN Farm Fresh Audiúm) 600 +89 1964 0 Onions ( bluegrass legend Bill Monroe's band for many years. Eventually, McCoury stepped out his own to form a band with sons Ron (mandolin) and Rob 6 o MAVERICKS The Mavericks (Sanctuary /SRG) 597 +18 2480 (banjo), along with fiddler Jason Carter and bassist Mike Taub. It wasn't 12 o EMMYLOU HARRIS Stumble Into Grace (Nonesuch) 574 +83 1569 long before the aptly named Del McCoury Band became one of the hottest acts to further the cause of bluegrass music. They've won more 3 7 TIM O'BRIEN Traveler (Sugar Hill) 569 46 6476 International Bluegrass Music Association awards than any other act, including eight for Entertainer of the Year. In recent years the band has 7 0 CHRIS KNIGHT The Jealous Kind (Dua/tone) 568 +8 2644 expanded way beyond the bluegrass crowd and begun to appeal to a 5 9 DWIGHT YOAKAM Population Me (Audium/Koch) 566 -17 91E9 much broader audience by touring with Phish, collaborating with Steve Earle and participating in the highly successful Down From the Mountain tour; they were even included in last summer's Bonnaroo 4 10 WAYNE HANCOCK Swing Time (Bloodshot) 563 31 49E2 Festival. DMB now return with It's Just the Night, their first outing on their own McCoury Music

13 C. TAYLOR & C. RODRIGUEZ The Trouble... (lonestar) 516 +36 2215 label, distributed through Sugar Hill. As on the past few albums, the boys reach beyond the bluegrass realm for material, this time choosing songs written by Richard Thompson, Verlon Thompson, 11 o JUNE CARTER CASH Wildwood Flower (Dua /tone/ 512 +10 3680 Shawn Camp and the team of Delbert McClinton and Gary Nicholson. Check out "Asheville Turnaround." "Dry My Tears and Move On" and "Same Kind of Crazy." 9 13 SHELBY LYNNE Identity Crisis (Capitol) 508 -17 2994

22 VARIOUS ARTISTS Just Because I'm A Woman... (Sugar Hill) 479 +171 989 Americana News

17 ADRIENNE YOUNG Plow To The End Of The Row (Add/nBc/b) 415 +15 2172 After a brief hiatus to upgrade the station's facilities, WSYC/Shippensburg, PA is back on the air and back on the Americana radio panel. Trevor Stottlemeyer is still your contact and can be reached at 14 6 DEL MCCOURY BAND It's Just the Night (McCoury Music) 413 .4 2801 [email protected] or 717-532-6006 ... Emmylou Harris and her band, Spyboy, will be hitting the 16 Theatre Of The Unheard (Full Light) 408 +4 2580 road in December, opening for Dave Matthews, so it is no coincidence that Harris and Matthews are set to tape an episode of Crossroads for CMT. The Harris -Matthews Crossroads show premieres in 15 3 JIM LAUDERDALE... Wait 'Til Spring (Oualtone) 394 -21 7745 January ... A duet between Norah Jones and Dolly Parton is one of the performances slated for the Awards, Nov. 5 Ole House live on CBS 21 CHIEFTAINS Further Down The Old Plank Road (Victor /AAL/ 357 +41 1239 37th annual CMA set for at Nashville's Grand Opry and airing ... For the eighth time, The Del McCoury Band won the most coveted award from the International 25 VARIOUS ARTISTS Livin', Lovin', Losid... (UniversalSouth) 335 +49 1432 Bluegrass Music Association: Entertainer of the Year. For a list of all the other winners, log on to www.ibma.org... The Americana Music Association has hired Jon Grimson's Americana Entertainment 18 21 SCOTT MILLER Upside Downside (Sugar Hi/I) 328 -63 11718 to create a DVD to promote the trade group's annual awards show. The DVD will be used to solicit

19 22 CHRIS SMITHER Train Home (Hightone) 326 -25 5137 corporate sponsorships and a TV slot forthe show ... Lost Highway, one of the most prolific Americana labels in the world, has just opened an online store where you can buy shirts, hats, doormats and 20 23 DANNY BARNES Dirt On The Angel (Terminus) 291 -41 3411 other Lost Highway merchandise. Check it out at www. storesmusictoday.com/losthighway.

23 24 Soul Journey (Acon') 291 -7 9603 Note: If you have Americana news, please forward it to jschoenberger @radioandrecords.com. ¡Debut¡ PATTY LOVELESS On Your Way Home (Epic) 278 +33 n8

24 26 E. SCRUGGS, D. WATSON, R. SKAGGS The Three... (Rounder) 277 -17 4700 Most Added'

28 KATE CAMPBELL Twang On A Wire (Large River Music) 277 +16 1835 ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S) ADDS Albert Lee Heartbreak Hill (Sugar Hi/I) 18 29 Dark Chords On A Big Guitar (Koch) 269 +11 ED JOAN BAEZ 1674 Hot Club of Cowtown Continental Stomp (Hightonel 13 Various Artists Just Because I'm A Woman - Songs of Dolly Parton (Sugar Hill) 12 27 29 PO' GIRL Po' Girl (Hightonel 255 -10 1857 Lyle Lovett My Baby Don't Tolerate (Curb /Lost Highway) 6 IDebut% MARTY STUART... Country Music (Columbia) 249 +5 1809 Natalie Merchant House Carpenters Daughter (Myth American) 6 Robert Earl Keen Farm Fresh Onions (Audium/Koch) 6 The Americana Airplay chart represents the reported play of terrestrial radio stations, nationally syndicated Red Stick Ramblers Bring It On Down (Memphis International) 5 radio shows, satellite radio and internet stations that have agreed to submit weekly spin counts. Various Artists Livin', Lovin', Losid Songs Of The Louvin Brothers (Universal South) 5 For more information please visit www.americanamusic.org. - © 2003Americana Music Association. Geoff Muldaur Private Astronomy (Edge Music) 5

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CHR /Rock

Market No. Calls/Market 12+ AOH Share 18-34 AOH Women 18 -34 Share (Rank) AOH Share (Rank)

3 WONU/Chicago 0.2 0.2 (45t) 0.3 (41t) 4 KSFB/San Francisco 0.1 0.1 (75t) 0.1 (80t)

5 KTPW/Dallas 0.2 0.2 (42t) 0.2 (49t) 21 WBVM/Tampa 1.1 0.8 (24t) 1.0 (20t) Christian CHR, Rock & 35 WUFM/Columbus, OH 0.4 0.9 (21) - 45 WAYM/Nashville 2.0 2.3 (17t) 2.4 (15t) 53 KOKF/Oklahoma City 0.9 1.0 (19t) 1.1 (16t) 71 KLTY/Albuquerque 0.5 1.1 (221) 2.3 (16) Inspo Spring Ratings 72 WYLV/Knoxville 2.3 3.2 (9) 2.3 (9) 82 WYSZ/Toledo 0.7 0.5 (20t) 1.0 (14t) Specialty formats doing well in target demos 86 WJLF/Gainesville 0.9 1.1 (191) 2.4(111) 91 KZZQ/Des Moines 1.4 1.5 (16t) 2.1 (13t) 92 KTSUSpokane 2.1 1.2 (151) 1.3 (131) y research into the subformats of Christian radio continues this 95 KZZD/Wichita 0.2 0.5(21t) - KDUVNisalia, (191) 2.1 (111) week as we examine CHR, Rock and Inspo, highlighting their spring 104 CA 1.6 1.4 111 WSCF/Ft. Pierce, FL 1.7 1.6 (16t) 2.0 (111) Arbitron numbers. You'll be able to see how these stations rate in each 120 WLGH/Lansing. MI 1.9 1.7 (121) 2.3 (111) market and in their respective target demographics. 130 WPRJ/Saginaw. MI 0.8 0.8 (151) - 144 KADI/Springfield. MO 2.1 4.1 (8t) 6.6 (51) One of the biggest misconceptions about and seem to be doing quite well within it. All these formats is that they don't impact the but one station are in the top 20 with women 153 WQFURockford, IL 3.1 5.4 (6t) 3.8 (7t) population. With the information you now 35 -64 while still pulling in strong numbers in 168 WCLQ/Wausau. WI 1.5 - - have in your hands, that inaccurate perception the AC target demo of women 25 -54. Many 170 KLFF/San Luis Obispo. CA 3.3 3.9 (71) 2.9 (8t) should be corrected. Inspo stations have made inroads with AC 175 KAFC/Anchorage, AK 2.6 4.2 (81) 2.2 (lot) I've combined the CHR and Rock formats cuts over the past several months, which 182 WAYK/Kalamazoo, MI 1.9 1.2 (14t) 2.4 (7t) due to the fact that several stations are CHR/ would help strengthen their ratings with the 187 WORQ/Green Bay, WI 1.4 2.2 (111) 2.6 (60 Rock hybrids. For most these the part, stations younger segment of the population. 202 WNCB/Duluth, MN 1.6 2.9 (9t) 3.2 (8t) target the 18 -34 demo, with the Rock stations Overall, Christian radio slowly continues to 209 KWOF/Cedar Rapids. IA 0.9 1.9 (9t) 3.6 (6t) going after men more than women. We've of- build better numbers, ratings, cume and TSL. 214 WHMX/Bangor, ME 0.9 1.5 (161) fered up the women 18-34 numbers, since While ratings for some formidable long -run- - N KNMI/Farmington, NM 4.2 2.9 (9t) 3.7 (8t) most stations do better with that demograph- ning formats figures have dropped consider- ic. ably over the last few years, the numbers for Inspo Inspo stations target a much older demo Christian continue to rise. Markel No. Calls/Markel 12* AQH Share Women 25 -54 Women 35-64 AOH Share (Rank) AQH Share (Rank) CHR/Rock AQH 5 KCBI/Dallas 1.4 1.8 (21) 2.3 (16t) 8 WGTS/Washington 0.8 1.4 (221) 1.5 (19) Top 10 AQH -rated stations, women 18 -34. 16 KTIS/Minneapolis 5.0 8.8 (2) 8.5 (2) Rank Calls/Market W18 -34 AQH Share 28 KSGN/Riverside 1.1 1.4 (221) 1.9 (161)

1 KADUSpringfield, MO 6.6 29 KLJC/Kansas City 3.2 5.4 (51) 5.8 (5) 2 WQFURockford, IL 3.8 58 WCDR/Dayton 0.6 0.6 (21t) 0.7 (251) 3 KNMI /Farmington, NM 3.7 62 KFLT-AM/Tucson 1.2 0.8 (251) 1.6 (171) 4 KWOF /Cedar Rapids, IA 3.6 66 WCSG/Grand Rapids 4.6 6.8 (4) 8.9 (1) 5 WNCB /Duluth, WI 3.2 74 KGBI/Omaha 2.5 4.7 (81) 5.0 (8) 6 KLFF /San Luis Obispo. CA 2.9 7 WORO/Green Bay, WI 2.6 88 KYCC/Stockton 2.5 4.9 (6) 5.4 (41) 8 WAYK/Kalamazoo, MI 2.4 130 WUGN/Saginaw, MI 3.0 6.5 (7) 6.3 (5t) 8 WAYM /Nashville 2.4 153 WGSURockford.IL 1.5 1.8 (121) 3.1 (lot)

8 WJLF /Gainesville 2.4 160 WMIT/Asheville, NC 5.8 5.7 (5t) 6.5 (41) 168 WGNV/Wausau, WI 1.5 2.4 (8t) 1.3 (131) 185 WAFR/Tupelo, MS 2.2 1.4 (141) 3.1 (8t) 213 WCIK/Elmira, NY 2.3 1.7 (121) 3.6 (7t) Don't Miss the Biggest Story of the Year! 222 KCFB/St. Cloud, MN 0.4 1.9 (121) 2.0 (111) 272 KCRN/San Angelo, TX 5.5 8.6 (5t) 12.9 (2)

CASÍINq CRC \ \'NS ® Arbitron Ties are expressed with a t. N = Network. May not be quoted or reproduced without prior written permission from Arbitron. All data is from Monday -Sunday, 6am- midnight. #1 in CBA Sales! The Highest Selling 1st Week ' from a New Artist in all of 2003! Inspo AQH -Love! Testing a 4.23 C h Top 10 AQH -rated stations, women 35 -64.

Rank Calls /Market W35-64 AQH Share

1 KCRN /San Angelo, TX 12.9 2 WCSG /Grand Rapids 8.9 3 KTIS /Minneapolis 8.5 4 WMIT /Asheville. NC 6.5 5 WUGN /Saginaw, MI 6.3 6 KLJC /Kansas City 5.8 7 KYCC /Stockton 5.4 8 KGBUOmaha 5.0 9 WCIK/Elmira, NY 3.6 - \.l, lot WAFR/Tupelo, MS 3.1 kih ' for coliverslons th wee lot WGSURockford, IL 3.1

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CC 2003 Salem Publishing. Contents may no m Printed rIPtoduted without permission. in tes. / Christian Retail, Radio & Records Newsweekly Sneak Preview: CCM UPDATE GALLERY Jars Of Clay Quartet return with the intelligent pop of Who We Are Instead, due Nov. 4

Jars Of Clay, the artsy outfit comprising Stephen Ma- stuff. This record even has a bit of a son, Charlie Lowell, Dan Haseltine and Matt Odmark, gospel feeL There are still the simple, offer their latest studio record, Who We Are Instead, pop radio songs on the record, but next month. The rootsy Furthermore spinoff finds Jars overall, the album takes an acoustic direction this time. Of Clay returning to an acoustic palette, as its 13 new What's favorite from CCM: your song TOTALLY 4HIM Word recording artists 4HIM recently stopped by the Total the album? songs are peppered with dobros, mandolins and acous- Living Network in Chicago to tape a segment of Total Living With Jerry Rose. CL: Probably a song called "Less- tic guitars that reflect the band's early days. The show featuring the band is slated to air later this fall on TLN's San erThings." It's a real simple song. The Francisco; Chicago; and Rockford, IL stations, as well as on various TLN According to Lowell, the band was chorus and lyrics capture something affiliates around the country. Pictured on the set following the interview are (l -r) really simple and focused. In the past influenced by a bevy of recordings 4HIM's Andy Chrisman, Mark Harris, Marry Magehee and Kirk Sullivan and Total the band has had a tendency to be a referenced on Who We Are Instead, in- Living Exec. Producer Sunmee Choi. little vague and a little arty. We erred cluding Solomon Burkes Don't Give on the side of keeping people guess- Up on Me, The Jayhawks' Rainy Day ing. This record is more intentional Music and Joseph Arthur's Redemp- It won't meet our expectations. It's us getting warmed up and remember- and focused lyrically, and a bit more tion's Son. "Those are the ones that we not designed to. There's a constant ing how to communicate in the studio. challenging to listen to. talked about day after day, that affect- push and pull, a daily frustration in CCM: What are the best and worst CCM: Is there a central theme? ed the production and the music," our lives. There's this challenge of say- parts of nzaki77g records? CL: Dan always says that all of our says Lowell. ing, "OK, we know that the gospel CL: The writing and demo-ing, records start out with a question. This THE CCM UPDATE caught up with meets us in our darkest nights and our getting that initial seed of a song, is one in particular started out with Lowell just before the band headed hardest situations. That's why we still definitely the most thrilling because some conversations we had last De- out for their Thinking Man's Pop Jars of Clay claim it and believe it. But how do we you are watching a birth. That will al- cember, when we started writing. We Tour, with guests Caedmon's Call write about it ?" That was the chal- ways be amazing to us. In the same were dealing with the question of and Steven Delopoulos. CCM: What's the band's approach to lenge before us on this record. regard, writing can also be pretty dif- creating a certain sound for a new "How does an artist communicate the CCM: Take us inside the studio as the ficult when we're hitting walls and project? gospel in a way that's genuine and CCM: How do you, as a band, initiate band is working. What's happening? pulling teeth. When you're not get- CL: This record was a more fo- that people can relate to?" the songwriting processfor a new record? bit CL: If we get an idea while in the ting anywhere, you begin to second - the few of the CL: We've always had a hard time cused than past because studio, we tend to chase it pretty guess yourself. You feel like the well writing on the road unless we've had last double-disc record that we made quickly in order to capture the spirit has dried up, that maybe we've said (Furthermore: From the to the to write just one song and we are real- Studio of the song. We'll demo it and later re- all we need to say. Depending on the Stage]. With that project, we sat in the ly focused, just knowing what we "We were dealing approach it. We'll often keep the parts day and how things are flowing, it have to get done. We can usually make studio for three days and recorded we felt made the song really special, can be amazing or disturbing. live arrangements of mostly older that happen, but as far as making a with the question of then try to make the rest even better. CCM: Compare Who We Are In- songs. We picked new instruments record, we wait until the tour is done, up Our ideal scenario is to go into the stead to your last effort. on them and arranged them in a new and we'll set aside some studio time. `How does an artist studio at 9am without a song and to CL: Musically, this is such a spin- manner and tried to new just breathe come home with a pretty decent- off from Furthermore, with the ar- life into those songs. communicate the sounding demo. That song may never rangements, the approach, the soul had a great time doing We such make it on the record, but it gets the and the simplicity We really didn't that, and then doing the acoustic tour "This record is a gospel in a way momentum going. We might hit a want to make it too slick or overpro- with Caedmon's Call, we really redis- stride where, for a week, we'll write a duced. Lyrically, Who We Are Instead covered started writ- little more soulful how our band that's genuine and really strong batch of songs. The first feels more intimate, more vulnera- was ing and what our first record couple of weeks in studio are always ble. and a little less built on. that people can With the new record, we worked shiny." primarily with acoustic instruments. relate to ? "' The Wire: Oct. 17 2003 Steven picked up dobro, and I was sitting at an old upright piano, and it Third Day announce their as -yet- untitled 2004 tour with very We'll treat it like a 9-to-5 job. It's an just felt so natural. Setting that goal special guest ForeFront recording artist tobyMac. The 75 -city tour gets exercise. The four of us will sit down for ourselves - to really focus on the "Amazing Grace" is the core song underway in April, with its spring leg launching in Jackson, MS. in a room, throw ideas, lyrics and organic side of Jars Of Clay - really from the record that deals with that chord changes at each other and see spilled into the songwriting. question the most. When we talk The Turner Report, which debuted in mid -September, is a daily prep what happens. We'll see if there's CCM: How would you describe the about aspect of the gospel, it's impor- service for Christian -radio programmers. The daily e-mail newsletter gives something we're excited about and overall sound of this record? tant to talk not only about the joy, Christian stations all the latest and most up -to -date news and informa- chase that to see where it takes us. The CL: This record is a little more soul - peace and victory that the gospel tion on everything Christian in music, movies, media and culture. actual writing process is pretty dem- ful and a little less shiny. We listened gives us, but to tackle and acknowl- Developed by Dotted Line Media and Entertainment, the prep service is ocratic. Dan still handles most of the to a lot of Johnny Cash when Ameri- edge the frustration and the sorrow the first of its kind in the Christian marketplace. If you're interested in lyrics, with the rest of us hashing it can IV came out last year. We listened and confusion of being a Christian receiving a two -week free triaL send an e-mail to matthew @dottedlinenet. out stylistically. to The Jayhawks and a lot of rootsy and living in this world.

www.americanradiohistory.com ( CHRISTIAN TOP 73 / AC 30 October 17, 2003 LAST TO -AL .I- WEEKS ON TOTAL ',ti WEEK ARTIST TITLE ,AEELS PLAYS PLAYS CHART STATIONS Most Added 1 1 ZOEGIRL You Get Me (Sparrow) 1526 -69 15 5710 www rrindicator corn 2 0 AVALON New Day (Sparrow) 1439 +14 11 5710 ARTIST TITLE LABEL S ADDS

3 3 NEWSBOYS You Are My King (Amazing Love) (Sparrow) 1373 -23 9 5110 DARLENE ZSCHECH Pray MVO) 9

6 4 FFH Ready To Fly (Essential) 1279 -2 10 5010 MARK SCHULTZ You Are A Child Of Mine (Word/Curb /Warner Bros.) 7 CASTING CROWNS If We Are The Body (Beach SueetlReunion) 4 5 5 MERCYME Word Of God Speak (INO) 1251 -67 25 4011 CINDY DIANE Walk With Me ( Cityfarm) 4 7 6 ACROSS THE SKY Found By You (Word/Curb/Warner Bros.) 1228 13 13 4411 WARREN BARFIELD Mistaken (Creative Trust Workshop) 4

4 7 SONICFLOOD Cry Holy (/ND) 1189 192 18 4810 R. ST. JAMES & C. TOMLIN Expressions... (ForeFront/Sparrow) 3 8 0 MICHAEL W. SMITH Signs (Reunion) 1110 +11 7 5010 JARS OF CLAY Show You Love (Essential) 3

SUPERCHICK I Belong To You /npop)( 3 10 9 NEWSONG Life In My Day (Reunion) 1033 -12 12 4111

13 BIG DADDY WEAVE Fields Of Grace (Fervent) 1014 +79 8 4110 12 Q CASTING CROWNS If We Are The Body (Beach Street/Reunion) 999 +63 9 4114 11 12 STACIE ORRICO (There's Gotta Be) More To Life (Forefront /Virgin) 940 -18 11 3910 Most 16 ® MARK SCHULTZ You Are A Child Of Mine /Word/Curb/WarnerBros.) 917 +195 3 4717 Increased Plays 9 14 CHRIS RICE Smile (Just Want To Be With You) (Rocketown) 910 -155 23 3410 TOTAL 18 ® DARLENE ZSCHECH Pray (INO) 859 +170 3 4419 PLAY -.46EU5; INCREASE 15 16 JACI VELASQUEZ Jesus is (Word/Curb /WarnerBros.) 704 -72 16 2810 M. SCHULTZ You Are A Child Of Mine (Word /Curb/WarnerBros.) +195 19 TODD AGNEW This Fragile Breath (Ardent) 700 +16 11 2511 D DARLENE ZSCHECH Pray (/110) +170 21 Never Alone +33 5 3311 JODY MCBRAYER & JADYN MARIA (Nunca Solo) (Sparrow) 687 BIG DADDY WEAVE Fields Of Grace (Fervent) +79 14 19 CAEDMON'S CALL Hands Of The Potter (Essential) 683 -123 15 2710 DAVID CROWDER BAND 0 Praise Him... (Sixsteps/Sparrowl +67

JARS OF CLAY Show You Love +65 17 20 THIRD DAY You Are So Good To Me (Essential) 646 -47 32 2310 (Essential) KATINAS Changed (Gotee) +65 24 ® R. ST. JAMES & C. TOMLIN Expressions Of Your Love (Forefront /Sparrow) 599 +25 5 2913 CASTING CROWNS If We Are The Body (BeachStreetlReunion) +63

20 22 JEREMY CAMP I Still Believe (BEG) 565 -95 30 2110 SUPERCHICK I Belong To You /lnpop, +61 23 23 PHILLIPS, CRAIG & DEAN Hallelujah (Your Love Is Amazing) (Sparrow) 534 -73 17 2310 ERIN O'DONNELL Wide Wide World (Inpopl +57 DIANE Walk With Me +55 27 4HIM Fill The Earth (Word /Curb/WarnerBros.) 510 +7 4 2310 CINDY ICityFarml 26 25 AMY GRANT Simple Things (Word/Curb /A &M/tnterscope) 455 -100 13 2010

22 26 WARREN BARFIELD My Heart Goes Out (Creative Trust Workshop) 455 -194 22 1910

29 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Gathering (Essential) 441 +33 2 2110 25 28 SHAUN GROVES See You (Rocketown) 431 -133 18 1810 Christian ACtivity (Debut> JARS OF CLAY Show You Love (Essential) 378 +65 1 2413 by Rick Welke

/Debut> ERIN O'DONNELL Wide Wide World ()Top) 376 +57 1 1811 ZOEgirl Make It Six 62 AC reporters. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week of Sunday 10/5 - Saturday 10/11. © 2003 Radio & Records. They've never hit the top perch at AC radio before, but you New &Active wouldn't know it by ZOEgirl's continued hold on No. 1, now for six consecutive weeks. The lady trio could hold on for

SWIFT'TiI I Met You /flicker) TAIT Lose This Life (Forefront) one more week but will have a huge battle ahead with Total Plays: 376, Total Stations: 17, Adds: 2 Total Plays: 291, Total Stations: 14, Adds:1 labelmates Avalon and Newsboys. Expect a top -spot NATALIE GRANT Deeper Life (Curb) GEORGE ROWE Everlasting (Rocketown) takeover within the next week or two. Total Plays: 361, Total Stations: 18, Adds: 2 Total Plays: 256, Total Stations: 14, Adds: 2 You'd expect with a myriad of new tunes hitting desks CHRISTINE DENTE Summer (Rocketown) RATINAS Changed (Gotee) right now that the biggest gainers in adds and plays would Total Plays: 322, Total Stations: 13, Adds: 1 Total Plays: 220, Total Stations: 10, Adds: 2 be brand -new tunes. But this week's main players are JONATHAN PIERCE Still The Love Of My Life (Word/Curb) DAVID CROWDER BAND 0 Praise Him (All This For A King) (Sixsteps/Sparrow) Darlene Zschech (18 -15, +170) and Mark Schultz (16-13, Total Plays: 318, Total Stations: 15, Adds: 2 Total Plays: 214, Total Stations: 11, Adds: 2 +195). They gain nine and seven adds, respectively, more

I I Plates) JOY WILLIAMS Wonder (Reunion) SCOTT RIGGAN Love You Lord (Spinning than doubling any other song on the chart or in this week's

Total Plays: 292, Total Stations: 17, Adds: 1 Total Plays: 214, Total Stations: 11, Adds: 1 New & Active. Both songs have been on the chart for a mere three weeks. Songs ranked by total plays

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TOTAL 1- WEEKS ON TOTAL LAST Thai TOTAL 1- WEEKS ON TOTAL ARTIST TITLE LABELS) PLAYS PLAYS CHART STATIONS WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE LABELIS) PLAYS PLAYS CHART STATIONS

+2 o SWITCHFOOT Gone (Sparrow) 1037 16 2510 1 0 FM STATIC Crazy Mary (Tooth & Nail/ 463 +17 11 3110 2 © STACIE ORRICO (There's Gotta Be'... (Forefront /Virgin) 998 +3 13 2610 2 0 JEREMY CAMP Take My Life (BEC) 437 +1 11 3310 3 3 ZOEGIRL You Get Me (Sparrow) 893 -12 15 2510 6 ® BIG DISMAL Reality (Windup) 408 +26 9 3110 5 Q NEWSBOYS You Are My King (Amazing Love) (Sparrow) 800 +48 9 2011 7 0 SKILLET Savior (Ardent) 402 +33 3 3512

4 Q NATE SALLIE All About You (Curb) 788 +3 11 2311 3 5 SUPERCHICK Me Against The World (Inpop) 402 1 6 3010 6 6 TODD AGNEW This Fragile Breath (Ardent) 680 52 21 1710 9 0 THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH Phenomenon (Tooth & Nail) 391 +41 5 3010 7 1 SEVEN PLACES Everything (BEC) 638 -36 20 1710 5 7 RELIENT K Forward Motion (Gotee) 387 -7 13 3010

9 Q MERCYME The Change Inside Of Me (ING) 636 +6 16 1811 4 8 NATE SALLIE All About You (Curb) 378 -16 16 2411 8 9 EVERYCAY SUNDAY Hanging On (Flicked 616 44 23 1713 8 0 JONAH33 Faith Like That (Ardent) 365 +10 5 3310 13 CASTING... If We Are The Body (Beach Street/Reunion) 590 +106 6 1912 11 0 ROCK 'N' ROLL WORSHIP CIRCUS A Beautiful Glow r7NO) 338 +6 8 3611 12 iD FM STATIC Crazy Mary (Tooth &Nail) 558 +46 7 1810 10 10 SEVENTH DAY SLUMBER Innocence (Crown) 335 +2 13 2810 10 12 JEREMY CAMP I Still Believe (BEC) 498 36 24 1310 13 0 DAKONA Richest Man (Maverick/WarnerBros.) 304 +7 7 2511 11 13 TOBYMAC Love Is In The House (Forefront) 459 70 18 1410 14 0 STEREO MOTION Rise (Flicker) 299 +10 11 2411 14 1L- BIG DISMAL Rememberd.D.U.) (Windup) 455 18 14 13t0 12 14 SKY HARBOR In Stereo (Inpop) 285 -36 15 2810 16 BIG DADDY WEAVE Fields Of Grace (Fervent) 445 +8 4 16,0 15 ® T-BONE, M. TAIT & D. LEWIS Raised In Harlem (Meaux) 284 2 10 2710 15 BY THE TREE Far Away (Fervent) 392 -78 13 13;0 19 0 ANBERLIN Cadence (Tooth & Nail) 276 +11 4 2510 18 SIXPENCE NONE... Waiting... (Squint /Curb/Reprise) 380 -39 10 130 16 17 AUDIO ADRENALINE Worldwide: Two (Forefront) 274 4 11 3310

24 JARS OF CLAY Show You Love (Essential) 339 +62 2 16'1 11 18 EVERYDAY SUNDAY Lose It Again (Flicker) 263 6 10 2410

20 SHAUN GROVES See You (Rocketown) 339 .42 11 1210 18 19 KUTLESS Pride Away (BEC) 260 -5 5 2610

22 SWIFT 'Til I Met You (flicked 337 +50 6 1312 23 0 SLICK SHOES Now's The Time (Sideûneûummy) 248 +32 4 1911 17 W. BARFIELD My Heart... (Creative Trust Workshop) 329 -98 18 BIO 28 ® P.O.D. Will You (Atlantic) 233 +60 2 2813 25 MICHAEL W. SMITH Signs (Reunion) 322 +52 2 1210 22 ® OLD MAN SHATTERED Sentimental Tine (Acoustic Live) 231 +11 7 1310

29 JUMP 5 Why Do I Do (Sparrow) 283 +42 2 1211 20 23 SPOKEN Promise (Tooth &Nad) 231 .7 4 1611

23 JEFF DEYO I Give You My Heart (Gotee) 279 0 16 810 21 24 SWITCHFOOT Ammunition (Red)nk/Columbia) 217 -18 8 2710

(Debut) PAUL WRIGHT Your Love Never Changes (Gotee) 271 +38 1 1310 (Debut> ® PLUMB Unnoticed (Curb) 208 +53 1 2214

(Debut) JOY WILLIAMS By Surprise (Reunion) 267 92 1 1412 24 26 RADIAL ANGEL Your Name (Squint/Curb/WarnerBros.) 207 -2 7 1810

SOUL AHZ Let Go (Squint/Curb/Warner Bros.) 260 +48 3 511 26 e HANGNAIL I Aspire (Tooth & Nall) 204 +3 6 1911 26 AUDIO ADRENALINE Strong (Forefront) 256 14 9 1110 29 0 NUMBER ONE GUN On And On (Salvage/Floodgate) 194 +32 2 1212 21 RELIENT K Getting Into You (Gotee/EMC) 255 -34 31 610 25 29 PILLAR Indivisible (MCA) 177 -28 14 2211

30 ACROSS... Found By You (WordlCurb/Warner Bros.) 254 +20 2 1010 27 30 38TH PARALLEL Turn... (Squint/Curb/WarnerBros.) 164 27 18 1810

27 CHR reporters. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week of Suncay 10/5 - Saturday 10/11. 42 Rock reporters. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week of Sunday 10/5 - Saturday 10/11. © 2003 Radio & Records. © 2003 Radio & Records New &Active New &Active

TAIT Lose This Life rfore front) J. MCBRAYER & J. MAFilA Never Alone ( Nunca Solo) (Sparrow) COOL HAND LUKE This Is Love (floodgate) PETRA Jekyll And Hyde (Inpop)

Total Plays: 233, Total Stations: 11, Adds: 1 Total Plays: 209, Total Stations: 10, Adds: 1 Total Plays: 155, Total Stations: 12, Adds: 1 Total Plays: 96, Total Stations: 15, Adds: O

CAEDMON'S CALL Hands Of The Potter (Essential) FFH Ready To Fly (Essent.al) BY THE TREE Far Away (fervent) GS MEGAPHONE Venom (Spindust)

Total Plays: 222, Total Stations: 8, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 208, Total Stations: 10, Adds: 1 Total Plays: 142, Total Stations: 7, Adds: 1 Total Plays: 95, Total Stations: 11, Adds: 1

R. ST. JAMES & C.TOMLIN Expressions... (Forefront/Sparrow) AVALON New Day (Sparrow) RE:20UND Hallelujah (Independent) MODERN DAY JOHN Emanate (Independent)

Total Plays: 215, Total Stations: 10, Adds: O Total Plays: 193, Total Stations: 7, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 123, Total Stations: 5, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 91, Total Stations: 7, Adds: 2

KJ-52 Dear Slin Pt. 2 (BECLIprok) JILL PAQUETTE Not The Only One (Reunion) BLEACH Get Up (BEC) EMISSARY You Take My Breath Away (Independent)

Total Plays: 215, Total Stations: 7, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 191, Total Stations: 8, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 118, Total Stations: 19, Adds: 8 Total Plays: 87, Total Stations: 5, Adds: 1

CHRIS RICE Smde Just Want To Be With You) (Rocketown) JONAH33 Faith Like That (Ardent) WATASHI WA All Of Me (Tooth & Nail) JASON MCKINNIS Only You (feshmade)

Total Plays: 215, Total Stations: 7, Adds: 0 Total Plays: 182, Total Stations: 8, Adds: 2 Total Plays: 117, Total Stations: 10, Adds: 1 Total Plays: 53, Total Stations: 4, Adds: 1 J y A /, " PENNY SAVED IS /,,x/ A PENNY EARNED. Good advice, but today it's not as simple.

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LAS' TOTAL .l- WEEKS ON TOTAL www.rrindicator corn WEEK ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S) PLAYS PLAYS CHART STATIONS ARTIST TITLE WañS, ADDS

CASTING CROWNS If We Are The Body (Beach Street /Reunion) 2 1 1 JAMIE SLOCUM I Cannot Turn Away (Curb) 370 2 12 2010 JOY WILLIAMS By Surprise (Reunion) 2 2 TWILA PARIS God Of AO (Sparrow) 368 +2 13 2010 SWIFT 'T) I Met You (flicker) 2

3 3 JACI VELASDUEZ Jesus is (WordlCurb/Warner Bros.) 363 -2 10 1810 JONAH33 Faith Like That (Ardent) 2 SKILLET Savior (Ardent) 2 4 SCOTT KRIPPAYNE You Are Still God (Spring Hill) 325 +19 7 1911 0 JEREMY CAMP Right Here (BEC) 2

PLUS 2 8 0 CAEDMON'S CALL Hands Of The Potter (Essential) 322 +46 7 1812 ONE Be Love (Inpop)

7 WATERMARK... There Is... (Creative Trust Workshop) 318 +32 6 2010

5 NATALIE GRANT I Desire (Curb) 294 +1 13 1510

11 Q RUSS LEE Satisfied In You (Discovery House) 271 +41 8 1712

10 0 4HIM Fill The Earth (Word/Curb /Warner Bros.) 270 +17 5 1910

6 10 PHILLIPS, CRAIG & DEAN Hallelujah... (Sparrow) 265 -22 15 1310

13 FFH Ready To Fly (Essential) 255 +71 4 1612 Rock Most Added 9 12 CHRIS RICE Smile... (Rocketown) 205 69 17 1410 www.rrindicator corn ARTIST TITLE LABELS, ADDS 16 DARLENE ZSCHECH Pray (INO) 200 +45 3 1611 BLEACH Get Up (BEC) 8 15 VARIOUS ARTISTS The (Essential) 184 +29 2 1512 0 Gathering PLUMB Unnoticed (Curb) 4 DOWNHERE Breaking Me Down (Squint 4 12 15 COREY EMERSON Sanctuary (Discovery House) 171 -23 9 1210 /CurblWarnerBros.) P.O.D. Will You (Atlantic) 3 17 SHANNON WEXELBERG In The Waiting (Doxology) 166 +16 4 1211 SKILLET Savior (Ardent) 2

NUMBER ONE GUN On And On (Salvage/floodgate) 2 19 17 JILL PHILLIPS Wrecking Ball (fervent) 146 2 5 810 MODERN DAY JOHN Emanate (Independent) 2 14 18 WITTER You Are The Son (Curb) 146 -25 11 1010 JIM MARS ILL Breathe Slow (Gotee) 2

RAE Seize The Day (Independent) 2 18 19 CHARMAINE All In All (Elevate/Inpop) 141 -8 14 1110

IDebut> RIVER Glorious (Ingrate) 129 +34 1 1312

22 Inspo reporters. Songs ranked by total plays for the airplay week of Sunday 10/5 - Saturday 10/11. 2003 Radio & Records. Rhythmic Specialty Programming Inspo Most Added ARTIST TITLE LABEL(S)

1 VERBS Live To The Music (Gotee) www.rrindicator corn

ARTIST TITLE LABELIS) ADDS 2 KJ.52 Dear Slim Pt. 2 (BEC/Uprok)

3 APT. CORE No Such Thing As Time (Rocketown) MARTINS What Mercy Means (Spring Hill) 5

JOY WILLIAMS I Wonder (Reunion) 4 4 LPG Never Did I (Uprok) CAEDMON'S CALL Hands Of The Potter (Essential) 2 5 SOULJAHZ Jubilee (Squint /Curb/WarnerBros.) RUSS LEE Satisfied In You (Discovery House) 2 6 OUT OF EDEN Showpiece (Gotee) FFH Ready To Fly (Essential) 2 7 Run The Night (Gotee) VARIOUS ARTISTS The Gathering (Essential) 2 8 DJ MAJ The Ringleader (Gotee) RIVER Glorious (Ingrate) 2

9 STACIE ORRICO (There's Gotta Be) More To Life (forefront/Virgin) WISDOM'S CRY U.R.Y. (Mission House) 2

10 KJ 52 fVJOHN REUBEN The Choice Is Yours (Uprok/ STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN Moment Made For Worshipping (Sparrow) 2 kenny ray so far impacting now

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Mega Controversy Bill Tanner responds to accusations against WSKQ TRYING TO OUTDO MADONNA? KZOL/Fresno DJs (l-r) Pedro "Caraturky" Reyes and Raudel "Mr. Nayarit" Llamas decided it was time to show each other some love. And they claim there was no drinking involved! r SKQ (Mega), the No.1 Spanish -language station the Viva el Merengue event. "Any in New York, has been at the center of controversy time they have a show, they play the "The music mix we play is re- searched in every way we possibly lately. This time it isn't because morning hosts Luis artists over and over so people go out and buy tickets," Jerez says. can, with sales, requests, callouts, Jiménez and Moonshadow said something outrageous 'There's obviously another problem auditorium tests - with every pos- "At a station that or pulled one of their famous pranks. The Tropical sta- here: that SBS Entertainment has to sible tool that I've ever heard of. The tion is at the center of a debate because of a control all the artist events in New music mix we play on Mega is based is supposed to play born in the Dominican Republic: merengue. York." on input we get from listeners. We Of course, Mier doesn't run SBS don't sit down and decide we're 40% salsa, 40% Mega and its program director, merengue and 20% other rhythms, Entertainment, but Jerez says, "He going to play 15% merengue, 80% or Jorge Mier, have been in hot water merengue is played only 20% of the decides how much time is given to whatever. It is based on what the lis- merengue and 20% with the Dominican community of time." a particular promotion. He controls teners tell us they want to hear; and New York. In the last few weeks the As for why he claims that Mier that time." that's the way most radio stations other rhythms, media has been bom- was responsible for Viva are." Jerez also says that Mega doesn't is barded with a -mails call- el Merengue's failure, support community events unless it SBS, like other major radio groups merengue ing Mier everything from Jerez says, "We paid for such as Entravision and Univision has full control of them. And, he played only 20% of anti-Dominican to a rac- the promotion, the station says, "I'm accusing Jorge Mier of Radio, bases its programming ist and demanding that was the sponsor, and being a racist. He doesn't support heavily on research. "We do tons of the time." S13S fire him. Jorge Mier was supposed merengue, and he doesn't support research, and if we had a problem It all began when Viva to send station vans to Dominican events." with Dominicans, it would have Félix Jerez el Merengue, an event promote the show, and he shown up; we are sensitive to that," produced by Zaneli Pro- didn't do it. He didn't au- Tanner says. ductions and headlined thorize the Dis to men- "You're not "But there isn't a problem. It's just by merengue artists like Bill Tanner tion the event, and he a very active and small group of pro- do. "We weren't sponsoring it, and Johnny Ventura, Milly should have run spots moters who are pushing their own supposed to use a we weren t co-promoting it," Tanner Quezada, Fernando Villalona, Gru- more often. They were on every five interests. And that's fine. They can says. po Mania, Joseph Fonseca, Joseito hours. There are things about the organize and do whatever they radio station to get He further explains that the con- Mateo and Ramón Orlando, didn't station I can't even tell you." want, but when they make a person- troversy was fueled when Univision do as well as expected. on the air and al attack and call Mier a racist, that's Music Bias Radio's WCAA /Newark, NJ DJ Félix Jerez, President of the Do- way over the edge." Johnny Famolari went on the air to minican-American National Union Jerez claims that Mier is anti -me- launch a personal Tanner says that Mier is a support Jerez's claims. "Famolari is (Unión Nacional Dominico-Ameri- rengue and says Mier is trying to thoughtful program director who is a disgruntled employee," Tanner cana) and co-producer of Viva el convince SBS Programming Exec. attack." executing a programming strategy says. "He used to be a DJ at our sta- Merengue, says Mier is responsible VP Bill Tanner and National PD Pio that has been decided upon from the Bill Tanner tion. He was terminated, for the show's mediocre turnout. Ferro that merengue music doesn't very top of the company. and now he's at the com- Jerez not only claims to have proof mean anything to the station and Mier is simply the person petition. to back up his accusations, but he doesn't bring in ratings. "Merengue in charge of executing "If Univision manage - says he has presented it to SBS Pres- has a quota of 20% on the station, those decisions as PD. In response, Tanner says that SBS ment didn't know he was ident /CEO Raúl Alarcón Jr., with and it should be 40%," Jerez says. "Many people are in- is very sensitive to what any group going to go on the air and whom he met recently to discuss the "The owners have admitted to it; volved in the program- of listeners thinks. But the compa- do a three -hour show situation. I'm not making this up." ming strategy at Mega," ny believes that this protest comes about this, they should has boycotted meren- Furthermore, Jerez claims that Tanner says. "That in- "Jorge Mier from a very small group -about 20 have. And if they did gue," Jerez says. "At a station that Mier didn't program music by any cludes me, the station's to 25 people. The protest, Tanner know, why did they per- is supposed to play 40% salsa, 40% of the 14 artists who performed at GM, Pio Ferro and Raúl says, has been stirred up primarily mit it ?" Alarcón Jr. himself. We Jorge Mier by promoters, who are acting in SBS's attorneys have are all involved. It's the their own interest. sent a complaint letter to largest station we have in the com- "This personal attack on Jorge Univision Radio New York GM pany, and it receives a huge amount Mier is one of the lowest, most dis- Stephanie McNamara, Tanner says. of careful attention. gusting things I've seen since I've "You're not supposed to use a radio "The key thing to remember is been in radio," Tanner says. "You station to get on the air and launch that we play more merengue than don't call someone a racist. He's not a personal attack," he stresses. "I just any other radio station in the mar- a racist, but what is he supposed to can't imagine why that happened, ket. I'm sure the merengue we play do, get on the radio and say 'I'm not and that's why we wrote a letter ask- reaches more Hispanic listeners a racist'? This has been very difficult ing for an explanation." than that played on any other sta- for all of us to deal with, because it's Tanner says he finds the whole sit- tion in the country" so low." uation odd. "I think this mess in New KSSE WELCOMES MEXICAN MUSIC Although KSSE/Los Angeles Researching For Answers Tempest In A Teapot York is a perfect example of why is a Pop station, it welcomes genres. Regional Mexican artists of all superstar "We take what our listeners say As for the Viva el Merengue event there needs to be more competition band Bronco "El Gigante de America" recently visited the station, where they very seriously," Tanner continues. that started the whole controversy, and not less," he says. "You have were made to feel at home. Seen here (l-r) are KSSE morning 0,1 Ysaac; "As a matter of fact, eight of our top Tanner says it was well promoted. Univision radio and TV covering this Bronco's new bandmember, Aurelio; bandmember Javier, KSSE morning DJ 20 records are Dominican. They The station ran spots and gave away story as if it was actually news, when Serralde; lead singer Lupe; KSSE morning show producer "El Diablito "; fax- have always been a huge part of the tickets, and if it was not well re- it's just a small number of people bandmember Ramiro; and KSSE morning show production assistant Eree audience we serve, and they contin- ceived by the concertgoers in New ing and e- mailing, trying to make Fuentes. ue to be. York, there was nothing Mega could something out of nothing."

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Radio Y Música News Alicia Zertuche PD, KTXZ/Austin

On Sept. 27 -28 we participated in the Pecan Street Festival, which is held each spring and fall. This huge two -day festival This Week In Spanish-Language Music covers about 10 blocks. To make our participation more interesting, we called our stage Tu Música 2003. It helped us attract the Latin audience, which normally doesn't think of this as a Latin event. We were given 7th Street to set up on, and On The Spot thousands of people showed up - so many that the whole street was full of fans.

We had performances by La Conquista, Jay Pérez and a new Micia Zertuche Varonil: Sonideros At Heart band called ATM, which is really great. Flaco Jiménez headlined. And, to our surprise, Abraham Quintanilla and his wife showed up. So did A.B. Quintanilla, who came to be with his parents and to support his new project, La Conquista.

Varonil are a Mexican group with a long string of independent hits. La Conquista did a tribute to Selena at the end of their performance, and it was They have eight albums to their name, and only the last one, Sonidero pretty emotional. The Quintanilla family was hugging and crying at the end. Nacional on Univision Music Group, is on a major label. t

Their music style is a combination of cum- we're great fans of Colombian music. Our bia and vallenato that is very popular among sound is a sound of three cultures: Mexican, Mexicans, although both genres originated in because that's where we're from; Colombia, Colombia. In a recent conversation with the because we admire their music; and the U.S., band, they told me about their music and sign- because we live here and one of our members ing with Univision. is from Texas. R &R: When it comes to radio, which formats are playing your music? Varonil: We're identified as sonidero, which w is tropical, so the DJs play us a lot. Radio tends Vi tf/'''/ ^:sÍiG íi9 NACIONAL to be more romantic. Our second single is more radio- friendly. iJ R &R: In Los Angeles there are two cumbia sta- tions (Entravision's KLYY and SBS's KZAB & KZBAJ. In other cities, like New York, the Tropi- cal stations are salsa- and merengue- based. Are they playing your music? Varonil: Yes, they are. We're considered Tropical. There are even offers to go play there. New York is a good market for us, because there are a lot oí Mexicans from the state of l'uebla. There are also many Colombians in Varonil the area. We've also heard from a lot of Puer- to Ricans, who are salsa lovers at heart, and they've told us that they like our music. Al- R &R: How did you get signed to Univision? though they may not necessarily know cum- LUIS MIGUEL AT 33 Mexican superstar Luis Miguel recently released his latest album, 33, a Varonil: With a lot of luck. We had been to bia or vallenato, once they hear it, they like it, reference to his age. The singer, who is notoriously inaccessible to the media, seems to be opening up. Univision six months prior to getting signed, because, they say, it invites them to dance. He gave quite a few interviews this time around, when he officially presented the album in Cancun. and they were not interested. New company We've always said there is probably not one He's seen here with Maria Celeste, who interviewed him for her show Al Rojo Vivo on Telemundo. executives later saw us perform at a festival person whose feet don't start moving at the in San Antonio, and they liked the way the sound of our music. public responded to us. They asked for more R &R: Are you playing anywhere soon? references and liked what they heard from the Varonil: Yes, we have a lot of dances to do. promoters. San Antonio is a very important We're going to Oklahoma; Denver; North city for us, because the stations there played Carolina; Georgia; Phoenix; Laredo, TX; and our music even when we were independents. Chicago. We have had hits on the radio since then, like "Sonidero" and "La Carbonera." R &R: Sonidero Nacional is your first record with Univision. Tell me about the singles off the 70 albino. Varonil: "Sonidero Nacional" is a song es- Ilk ( pecially for the clubs. It's a dance song, and 1 we've had a lot of support from the DJs. The _ second single is called "Y Lloré." It is more for 411AL radio, and it's doing well. R &R: Do you write your own material? Varonil: About 80% of the material is ours. SPEAKING OUT FOR WOMEN We usually do two or three cover songs. Three Singer- Soraya is on a mission to of us - Santos Palacios, Lorenzo Zavaleta and educate women about breast cancer. She is Agustin Zavaleta - are the song and music promoting the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer writers. Foundation's Race for the Cure, and she's also R&R: Would you say your music is cumbia the spokesperson for Yoplait's "Save Lids to with a bit of vallenato? Save Lives" campaign. She is seen here Varonil: It's hard to explain, because it's a during a recent visit to KSSE/Los Angeles. The LUIS FONSI IN BANGKOK Puerto Rican pop singer Luis Fonsi recently released his latest new type of sound. I say it's vallenato with station will be participating in the L.A. Race for album, Abrazar La Vida. He went to Thailand to film the video for the first single, ¿ Quién Te Dijo Eso ?" touches of Mexican. We are very lucky to the Cure event on Nov. 2. and he's seen here in the city of Bangkok. know a lot of people from Colombia, because

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CONTEMPORARY TOP 25 TROPICAL TOP 25

THIS TOTAL TOTAL WEEK ARTIST ' -__ . =?=. POINTS ARTIST TITLE LABELISj POINTS

1 CHAYANNE Un Siglo Sin Ti (Sony Discos) 145 1 CELIA CRUZ Ríe Y Llora (Sony Discos) 175

2 ALEJANDRO SANZ No Es Lo Mismo (WernerM.L.) 112 2 OB1E BERMUDEZ Antes (EMI Latin) 125

3 JUANES & NELLY FURTADO Fotografía (Universal) 101 3 ELVIS MARTINEZ Así Te Amo (Premium) 112

4 GLORIA ESTEFAN Hoy ( SonyDiscos) 91 4 HUEY DUNBAR Sin Poderte Hablar (Sony Discos) 108

5 RICKY MARTIN Tal Vez (Sony Discos) 89 5 GLORIA ESTEFAN Hoy (Sony Discos) 107

6 LUIS MIGUEL Te Necesito (WernerM.L.) 80 6 KEVIN CEBALLO Tú Volverás (Universal) 107

7 061E BERMUDEZ Antes (EMlLatin) 79 7 INDIA Soy Mujer (Sony Discos) 75

8 RICKY MARTIN Asignatura Pendiente (Sony Discos) 79 8 CHAYANNE Un Siglo Sin Ti (Sony Discos) 71

9 JUANES La Paga (Universal) 77 9 ALEJANDRO SANZ No Es Lo Mismo (Warner M.L.) 63

10 RICARDO ARJONA Minutos ( SonyDiscos) 65 10 LUIS MIGUEL Te Necesito (Warner 62

11 SIN BANDERA Mientes Tan Bien (Sony Discos) 62 11 ANTHONY RIOS El Bolsillo Izquierdo (Premium) 62

12 LUIS FONSI Quién Te Dijo Eso (Universal) 60 12 GILBERTO S. ROSA Un Amor Para La Historia (Sony Discos) 58

13 ALEXANDRE PIRES Quitémonos La Ropa (BMG) 60 13 VICTOR MANUELLE Poco Hombre (Sony Discos) 56

14 MARCO A. SO LIS Tu Amor O Tu Desprecio (Fonovisal 57 14 SOPHY Cuéntale A Ella (Premium) 50

15 DAVID BISBAL Quiero Perderme En Tu Cuerpo (Universal) 56 15 ORO SOLIDO Tu Mamá Y Tu Papá (24K) 47

16 TEMERARIOS Te Regalo Mi Tristeza (Fonovisal 53 16 CRISTIAN No Hace Falta (BMG) 46

17 AXE BAHIA Beso En La Boca (Balboa) 52 17 SHALIM Se Me Olvidó Tu Nombre (Crescent Moon) 42

18 NATALIA LAFOURCADE Mírame Mírate (Sony Discos) 51 18 ISMAEL MIRANDA Te Solté La Rienda (Universal) 40

19 SORAYA Sólo Por Ti (EMlLatin) 51 19 JUANES & NELLY FURTADO Fotografía (Universal) 37

20 AREA 305 Vive La Vida (Univision) 47 20 PAPI SANCHEZ Enamórame (Sony Discos) 36

21 PEPE AGUILAR Yo La Amo (Iln,vision) 46 21 JERRY RIVERA Mi Libertad (BMG) 34

22 CRISTIAN No Hace Falta (BMG) 45 22 DON OMAR Dile (V. /. Music) 34

23 MANA Mariposa Traicionera (WarnerM.L.) 44 23 OSCAR O'LEON La Mazucamba (Universal) 34

24 RICARDO MONTANER Qué Ganas (WarnerML.) 40 24 SON DE CALI Son De Cali ( Univision) 34

25 TRANZAS Morí (J &N) 37 25 SEXAPPEL Meneando La Cola (J&N) 33

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ALEX UBAGO Gué Pides Tú (WernerM.L.) CABAS La Caderona (EMlLatini ANDY ANDY Voy A Tener Que Olvidarte (Sony Discos) CHRISTINA VALEMI Absolutamente Todos (Universa/) DANIEL RENE Jamás (Univision) CHARLIE CRUZ Cúrame (Warner M.L.) IMPACTO MC Golosa (Balboa) LORNA & EL CHOMBO Papi Chulo (Balboa) IVAN & CLEMENS Mami No Te Pares (Sony Discos) LOS BUENOS DEL SOL Que Por Qué Te Quiero (Balboa) MANA Te Llevaré Al Cielo ( Warner M.L.) JHONNY RAFAEL Vivir Sin Ti ( Univision) MIA Convencida (Univision) OBIE BERMUDEZ Me Cansé De Ti (EMlLatin) NG2 Quitémonos la Ropa (Sony Discos) PEPE AGUILAR A Pierna Suelta ( Univision) RICARDO MONTANER Parado De Manos (WernerM.L.) OB1E BERMUDEZ Me Cansé De Ti (EMlLatin) THALIA Cerca De Ti (EMlLatin) TIZIANO FERRO Perverso (EMlLatin) J mana // Te llevare al cielo" the new single from Maná on radio now.

Included in three hits packages, 'Sol', 'Luna' and 'Eclipse'

All three in stores November 18th

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REGIONAL MEXICAN TOP 25 TEJANO TOP 25

TOTAL TOTA: ARTIST N'. ARTIST - POINTS

INTOCABLE Eso Duele (EMlLatin) 230 1 INTOCABLE Eso Duele (EMlLatin) 332

2 BRONCO "EL GIGANTE DE AMERICA" Estoy A Punto (Fonovisa) 313 KUMBIA KINGS fIOZOMATLI Mi Gente (EMlLatin) 143

3 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Ave Cautiva (Fonovisa) 289 FRIJOLES ROMANTICOS & BOBBY PULIDO Dónde Está Mi Raza (Universal) 126

4 TIGRES DEL NORTE Cáusame La Muerte (Fonovisa) 246 ELIDA REYNA Te Voy A Olvidar (Tejas) 122 122 5 MONTEZ DE DURANGO Hoy Empieza Mi Tristeza (ase) 229 DUELO Desde Hoy /Univision/

6 HURACANES DEL NORTE Nomás Por Tu Culpa ( Univision) 206 BIG CIRCO La Endiablada (EMlLatin) 118

7 MONTEZ DE DURANGO Lágrimas De Cristal (Visa) 189 SOLIDO Contando Los Segundos (Freddie) 116

8 MARCO A. SOLIS Más Que Tu Amigo (Fonovisa) 170 8 JAIME Y LOS CHAMACOS fIBOBBY PULIDO Conjunto No Morirá (Freddie) 107

9 BANDA EL RECODO Que Te Ruegue Quien Te Quiera (Fonovisa) 143 9 JIMMY GONZALEZ & GRUPO MAll Junto A Ti (Freddie) 87

10 TEMERARIOS Te Regalo Mi Tristeza (Fonovisa) 143 10 CONTROL Me Quiero Casar (EMlLatin) 82 80 11 CUISILLOS Corazón (Balboa) 138 11 IMAN Amor Oe Dos Caras ( Univision)

12 ADOLFO URIAS Amor Bésame (Fonovisa) 129 12 LA ONDA wICONTROL Mi Cucu (EMlLatin) 78

13 NINEL CONDE Callados (Universal) 121 13 COSTUMBRE Cuánto Te Amo (Warner ML.) 74

14 JOAN SEBASTIAN Sentimental (Balboa) 117 14 JAY PEREZ No Me Dejes (Sony Discos) 70

15 ARROLLADORA BANDA EL LIMON En Los Puntos Huesos (Dísa) 116 15 MARCOS OROZCO Como Dos Adolescentes (Catalina) 54

16 PALOMO Te Metiste En Mi Canta (Visa) 98 16 ALAllAN Cómo Olvidarte (Freddie) 50

17 LIBERACION Cuánto Me Apuestas (Visa) 97 17 LA CONTRA Ya Tengo Mi Vida (Univision) 42

18 PAQUITA LA DEL BARRIO Hombres Malvados (Balboa) 92 18 ESTRUENDO Conquistar Tu Corazón ( Univision) 42

19 JOAN SEBASTIAN Así Te Quiero (Balboa) 92 19 RUBEN RAMOS Quiero Una Cita (Revolution) 41

20 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Actos De Un Tonto (Fonovisa) 89 20 VICTOR GARCIA Otra Vez (Sony Discos) 39

Te 21 PEPE AGUILAR Yo La Amo ( Univision) 82 21 JIMMY GONZALEZ & GRUPO MAll Llevo En Mi Alma (Freddie) 33

22 TRINY Y LA LEYENDA Dile (Universal) 79 22 LA CONQUISTA La Chica Conquista (D -Zone) 32

23 JORGE LUIS CABRERA En Realidad (Visa) 75 23 DANIEL RENE & JENNIFER PEÑA El Deseo De Ti (Univision) 31

24 TUCANES DE TIJUANA El Aguila Blanca (Universal) 74 24 BRONCO "EL GIGANTE DE AMERICA" Estoy A Punto (Fonovisa) 28

25 COYOTE Y SU BANDA TIERRA SANTA El Rancho Grande (EMlLatin) 73 25 MARCOS OROZCO Rio Rebelde (Catalina) 27

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ADAN CHALINO SANCHEZ Me Cansé De Morir Por Tu Amor (Univision) AKWID Siempre Ausente (Univision/ COSTUMBRE Cuánto Te Amo (Warner M.L) JOSE LEON Promesas (Catalina) EL AMIGABLE Por Qué No Vienes (Freddie) EL COYOTE Y SU BANDA TIERRA SANTA Me Voy A Ir (EMlLatin) LA CIMA Amiga ( Univision) GRACIELA BELTRAN Qué Dificil Es ( Univision) JOAN SEBASTIAN Don Marcos (Balboa) LOS BRAVIOS Me Tiene Loco (Freddie) JULIO PRECIADO Te Reto A Que Me Olvides (BMG) PESADO Mátame (Warner MI) KUMBIA KINGS fIOZOMATLI Mi Gente (EMlLatin) LA ONDA wICONTROL Mi Cucu (EMlLatin) TIGRILLOS Todo Me Sale Mal (Warner Mt.) LOS CADETES DE LINARES El Amor Que Te Doy (Univision) Y Lloré MICHELLE Dime Por Qué (Hacienda) VARONIL (Univision) NICO FLORES Para Morir Iguales (BMG) PABLO MONTERO Cuando Calienta El Sol (BMG) PANCHO BARRAZA Qué Bien Me Harías (Balboa)

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TW ART.ST "Re .,:_ TW ARTIST Tile Labef(8)

1 LA LEY Más Allá (Warner MC.) 1 GLORIA ESTEFAN Hoy (Sony Discos) 2 PLASTILINA MOSH Peligroso Pop (EM /Latin) 2 ORQUESTA GUAYACAN Vas A Llorar (MP)

3 CIRCO La Sospecha (Universal) 3 SONORA CARRUSELES La Comay (Fuentes) 4 CAFE TACUBA EO (MCA) 4 OLGA TAÑON Cuando Tú No Estás (Warner Mi.) 5 MOLOTOV Here We Kum (Universal) 5 FASE Tania (Universal)

6 LOS TETAS Tómala (Universal) 6 CELIA CRUZ Rie Y Llora (Sony Discos)

7 PANTEON ROCOCO Tu Recuerdo Y Yo (BMGI 7 MOSA PROJECT Dámelo (Latinflaval

8 FASE Tania (Universal) 8 FRUKO Y SUS TESOS Gringo Rumbero Pachanguero (Fuentes)

9 JULIETA VENEGAS Andar Conmigo (BMGI 9 OSCAR D'LEON La Mazucamba (Universal) 10 GUSTAVO CERATI Karaoke (BMG) 10 INDIA Soy Mujer (Sony Discos)

11 CAFE TACUBA Eres (MCA) 11 JOHNNY VENTURA Allá Se Quedó (MP)

12 LA MOSCA TSE TSE Muchachos, Esta Noche Me Emborracho (EMlLatin) 12 PEPE AGUILAR Yo La Amo (Univision) 13 JARABE DE PALO Ying Yang (Warner ML.) 13 OB1E BERMUDEZ Antes /FM/ Latin/

14 MUNDO APARTE Jamás (Access Denied Productions) 14 SEXAPPEL Meneando La Cola (J &N) 15 MANA Te Llevaré Al Cielo (WarnerML.) 15 KEVIN CEBALLO Tú Volverás (Universal)

Scngs ranked by total number of points. 18 Rock/Alternative reporters. Songs ranked by total number of points. 21 Record Pool reporters.

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o National Airplay Overview: October 17, 2003

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2 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic/Universall 1 1 BEYONCE' fISEAN FAUL Baby Boy (Columbia) 1 o BEYONCE' fISEAN PAUL Baby Boy (Columbia) 3 BEYONCE' fISEAN PAUL Baby Boy (Columbia) 2 2 LIL' JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYZ Get Low (TM 2 2 YOUNGBL000Z fILIL' JON Damn! (Arista)

1 3 NELLY fIP. DIDDY & MURPHY LEE Shake Ya... (Bad Boy/Universal) 3 © YOUNGBL000Z FILL' JON Damn! (Arista) 4 LUDACRIS fISHAWNNA Stand Up(De1 Jam South/IDJMG) 4 4 CHRISTINA AGUILERA MIL' KIM Can't Hold Us Down (RCA/ 7 LUDACRIS fISHAW VIVA Stand Up (Del JamSouth /IDMG) 3 ASHANTI Rain On Me (Murderinc. /IDJMG) 5 5 BLACK EYED PEAS Where Is The Love? (A &M/Interscope) 5 BABY BASH Suga Siga (Universal) 5 R. KELLY Thoia Thoing (Jive) 6 O MAROON 5 Harder To Breathe (Octone/J) 8 CHINGY fISN00P DOGG & LUDACRIS Holidae In (DTP/Capital) 9 JAGGED EDGE Walked Outta Heaven (Columbia) 7 o SANTANA fIALEX BAND Why Don't You & I (Arista) 4 7 NELLY fIP. BIDDY & MURPHY LEE Shake Ya... (Bad Boy/Universal) 14 R. KELLY Step In The Name Of Love (Jive) 8 8 MYA My Love Is Like...Whoa (A &M/lnterscopel E 8 CHINGY Right Thurr (DTP/Capitol) 8 8 MARY J. BLIGE Doh! (Geffen)

20 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Stacy's Mom (S-Curve/EMC) E 9 YOUNG GUNZ Can't Stop, Won't Stop (Del Jam/IDJMG) 16 CO OUTKAST The Way You Move (Arista) 13 8 TRAPT Headstrong (Warner Bros.) 12 0 OUTKAST The Way You Move (Arista) 7 10 PHARRELL fIJAYZ Frantin' (Star Trak /Arista) 9 11 50 CENT P.I M.P. (Shady /Aftermath/lnterscopel 10 11 PHARRELL fIJAY -Z Frontin' (Star Trak/Arista) 10 11 YOUNG GUNZ Can't Stop, Won't Stop (DelJam /IDJMG) 16 8 LIL' JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYZ Get Low (TVT) 11 12 50 CENT P.I.M.P. (Shady /Aftermath/lnterscopel 13 0 M. HOUSTON fIJ. BUDDEN & P. PIPER Clubbin' (T.UG. /EEG) 17 ® STACIE ORRICO (There's Gotta Be) More To Life (Forefront/Virgin) 15 0 ASHANTI Rain On Me (Murderinc. /IDJMG) 11 13 LIL' JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYZ Get Low (TM 11 14 BEYONCE' fIJAYZ Crazy In Love (Columbia) 14 14 OB1E TRICE Got Some Teeth (Shady/Aftermath /lnterscopel 18 0 CHINGY fISN00P DOGG & LUDACRIS Holidae In (DTP/Capitol) 10 15 JASON MRAZ The Remedy II Won't Worry) (Elektra /EEG) 24 0 MISSY ELLIOTT Pass That Dutch (Gold Mind/Elektra /EEG) 6 15 NELLY fiP. BIDDY & MURPHY LEE Shake Ya... (Bad Boy /Universal) 19 KELLY CLARKSON Low (RCA) 13 16 FABOLOUS fITAMIA Into You (Desert Storm /Elektra /EEG) 17 0 AVANT Read Your Mind (Geffen) 21 8 HILARY DUFF So Yesterday (Buena Vista/Hollywood) 16 MARY J. BLIGE Ooh! (Geffen) 12 17 FABOLOUS fITAMIA Into You (Desert Storm /Elektra /EEG) 12 18 CHINGY Right Thurr (DTP/Capitol) 21 M. LEE IIJ. DUPRI !Vat Da Hook Gon Be (fo'Reel/Universal) 19 0 MONICA Knock Knock (J)

18 19 FABOLOUS IITAMIA Into You (Desert Storm/Elektra/EEG) 19 50 CENT If I Can't (Shady/Aftermath /lnterscopel 15 19 CHINGY Right Thurr (DTP/Capitol) 22 PINK Trouble (Arista) 18 20 BUBBA SPARXXX Deliverance (Beatc /ub/Interscope) 21 M. LEE fIJ. NPR' Was Da Hook Gon Be (Fa'Reel /Universali 23 S9 BABY BASH Suga Suga (Universal) 20 21 R. KELLY Thaia Thong (Jive) 24 C!I MISSY ELLIOTT Pass That Dutch (Gold Mind/Elektra /EEG) 15 22 ATARIS The Boys 01 Summer (Columbia) 22 22 T.I. 24's (Grand Hustle /Atlantic) 20 22 ERYKAH BADU Danger...Block On Lock (Motown /Universal) 14 23 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Senorita (Jive) 26 23 MARK RONSON In'ernational Affair (Elektra/EEG) 23 f BAD BOY'S DA BAND Bad Boy This Bad Boy That (Bad Boy/Universal) 26 MATCHBOX TWENTY Bright Lights (Atlantic) 36 0 2PAC fINOTORIOUS B.I.G. Runnin'... (Death flow/lnterscopel 36 ' 2PAC fINOTORIOUS B.I.G. Runnin'... (Death Row /Interscope) 24 JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body (Aware/Columbia) 17 25 BOW WOW Let's Got Down (Columbia) 22 25 YING YANG TWINS Noggin' (TVTI BRITNEY SPEARS MADONNA Me Against The Music (Jive) 23 26 MYA My Love Is Like...Whoa (A &Mllnterscopel 30 112 fILUDACRIS Hot & Wet (Del Soul/IDJMG) 25 LIZ PHAIR Why Can't I? (Capitol) 27 213 Fly (Gellen) 25 GINUWINE Love You More (Epic) 32 OUTKAST Hey Ya! (Arista) 28 WYCLEF JEAN MISSY ELLIOTT Party To Damascus (J) 28 WYCLEF JEAN MISSY ELLIOTT Party To Damascus (J/

27 29 PHARRELL fIJAYZ Frontin' (Star Trek/Arista) 32 ' JAGGED EDGE Wa ked Outta Heaven (Columbia) 26 29 OBIE TRICE Got Some Teeth (Shady/Aftermath /Interscope) 34 0 SIMPLE PLAN Perfect (Lava) 29 I BIG TYMERS This s Flow We Do (Cash Money/Universal) 32 0 JOE More & More (Jive) #1 MOST ADDED #1 MOST ADDED #1 MOST ADDED ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Addicted (lnterscopel JA RULE Clap Back (Murderinc. /IDJMG) JA RULE Clap Back (Murderinc. /IDJMG)

#1 MOST INCREASED PLAYS #1 MOST INCREASED PLAYS #1 MOST INCREASED PLAYS BRITNEY SPEARS FIMADONNA Me Against The Music (Jive) MISSY ELLIOTT Pass That Dutch (Gold Mind/Elektra/EEG) CHINGY FISNOOP DOGG & LUDACRIS Holidae In (DIP Capitol)

TOP 5 NEW & ACTIVE TOP 5 NEW & ACTIVE TOP 5 NEW & ACTIVE BLAINE I'm Goad (Elektra/EEG/ CASSIDY FIR. KELLY Hotel (J) T.I. Be Easy (Grand Hustle /Atlantic/ MISSY ELLIOTT Pass That Dutch (Gold Mind/Elektra/EEG) L. KRAVITZ FIP. DINT & LO 3N & PHARRELL Show Me... (Bad Boy/Universal) CASSIDY FIR. KELLY Hotel (J) O.A.R. Hey Girl (Lava) ERYKAH BADU Darger...Block On Lock (Motown/Universall BOW WOW FIJAGGED EDGE My Baby (Columbia) EVANESCENCE Going Under (Windup) AVANT Read Your Mind (Geffen) OWELE Find A Way (Virgin) CHINGY FISNOOP DOGG & LUDACRIS Holidae In (DTP/Capitol) WESTSIDE CONNECTION Gangsta Nations (Capitol) TIMBALAND & MAGOD FISEBASTIAN Indian Flute (BlackCround)

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1 UNCLE KRACKER fIDOBIE GRAY Drift Away (Lava) 1 O SANTANA fIALEX BAND Why Oon't You & I (Arista) t Q STAIND So Far Away Iflip/Elektra /EEG) 2 8 SHANIA TWAIN Forever And For Always (Mercury/ /DJMG) 2 2 MATCHBOX TWEVTY Unwell (Atlantic) 2 2 NICKELBACK Someday (Roadrunner/)DJMGI 3 3 MATCHBOX TWENTY Unwell (Atlantic) 3 3 TRAIN Calling All Angels (Columbia) 3 3 AUDIOSLAVE Show Me How To Live (lnterscope/Epic) 4 4 CELINE DION Have You Ever Been In Love (Epic) 4 LIVE Heaven (Radioactive /Geffen) 4 0 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic/Universal) 5 5 LUTHER VANDROSS Dance With My Father (J) 5 JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body (Aware /Columbia) 5 5 GODSMACK Serenity (Republic/Universal) 6 COUNTING CROWS Big Yellow Taxi (Geffen/lnterscopel 9 MATCHBOX TWENTY Bright Lights (Atlantic) 8 0 A PERFECT CIRCLE Weak And Powerless (Virgin) 9 MERCYME I Can Only Imagine (/NO /Curb) 6 7 JASON MRAZ The Remedy (1 Won't Worry) (Elektra/EEG) 9 7 LINKIN PARK Faint (Warner Bros.) 12 SIMPLY RED Sunrise (simp /yred.com) 11 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic/Universal)l) 12 Q WHITE STRIPES Seven Nation Army (Third Man /V2i 10 TRAIN Calling All Angels /Columbia) LIZ PHAIR Why Can't I? (Capitol) 7 9 BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Stillborn (Spitfire) 8 10 SANTANA MICHELLE BRANCH The Game Of Love (Arista) 8 ¡I DIDO White Flag (Arista) 6 10 FUEL Falls On Me (Epic) 7 11 DANIEL BEDINGFIELD If You're Not The One (ls /and/IDJMG) 10 11 JOSH KELLEY Amazing (Hollywood) 11 11 SHINEDOWN Fly From The Inside (Atlantic) 11 12 EAGLES Hole In The World (ERG) 12 12 UNCLE KRACKER fIDOBIE GRAY Drift Away (Laval 13 12 AUDIOSLAVE Like A Stone (Interscope /Epic) 13 0 PHIL COLLINS Look Through My Eyes (Walt Disney/Hollywood) 16 0 SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen (Arista) 10 13 TRAPT Headstrong (Warner Bros.) 14 14 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Beautiful /RCA) 13 14 MICHELLE BRANCH Are You Happy Now? (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 15 14 SEETHER Gasoline (Wind-up/ 15 JIM BRICKMAN Peace (Where The Heart Is) (AA() 14 15 EVANESCENCE Bring Me To Life (Windup) 14 15 TRAPT Still Frame (Warner Bros.) 19 8 CELINE DION Stand By Your Side (Epic) 18 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &M/lnterscopel 16 16 DISTURBED Liberate (Reprise) 16 17 MICHAEL BOLTON When I Fall In Lave (Passion Group) 17 8 BARENAKED LACIES Another Postcard (Chimps) (Reprise) 18 0 AUDIOSLAVE I Am The Highway (Interscope/Epic) 17 18 LEANN RIMES We Can (Asylum/Curb) 19 18 VERTICAL HORIZON I'm Still Here (RCA) 11 18 SMILE EMPTY SOUL Bottom Of A Bottle (Lava) 21 MICHAEL BUBLE How Can You Mend A Broken... (143/Reprise) 21 NICKELBACK Someday (Roadrunner//DJMGI 19 19 JET Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Elektra/EEG)

26 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest (A &M /lnterscope) 23 8 STAIND So Far Away (flip /Elektra/EEG) 20 I COLD Suffocate (flip/Geffen /lnterscopel 25 KENNY LOGGINS With This Ring (All The Best) 20 21 GLISTER Amsterdam (Gonna Write You A Letter) (Palm /Reprise) 21 SEVENDUST Enemy (TVT) 20 22 DARYL HALL Cab Driver (Rhythm & Groove/Liquid B) 25 a FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Stacy's Mom (SCurve /EMC) 22 P.O.D. Will You (Atlantic/ 23 e SEAL Waiting For You (Warner Bros.) 22 23 ATARIS The Boys Of Summer (Columbia) 25 LINKIN PARK Numb (Warner Bros.) 22 24 GLORIA ESTEFAN Wrapped (Epic) 24 24 SALIVA Rest In Pieces (Island//DJMGI 26 24 ZZTOP Piece (RCA/ 18 25 CLAY AIKEN This Is The Night (RCA) 26 SEAL Waiting For You (Warner Bros.) 24 25 MUDVAYNE World So Cold (Epic) 28 O SARAH MCLACHLAN Fallen (Arista) 34 MICHELLE BRANCH Breathe (Maverick/WarnerBros.) 29 26 CHEVELLE Closure (Epic)

24 27 K. CARLSON fIB. MARDONES I Know You By Heart (Kataphonicl 28 SHANIA TWAIN =orever And For Always (Mercury//DJMG) 30 27 POWERMAN 5000 Action (DreamWorks) TIM MCGRAW Tiny Dancer (Curb) 29 28 SUGAR RAY Is She Really Going Out With Him? (Atlantic) PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Geffen) CLAY AIKEN Invisible (RCA) 31 a STING Send Your Love (A &M/Interscope) 8 BLACK LABEL SOCIETY The Blessed Hellride (Spit lire) 29 DIDO White Flag (Arista) 27 30 GAVIN DEGRAW Follow Through (J) - 30 THREE DAYS GRACE II Hate) Everything About You (Jive)

#1 MOST ADDED #1 MOST ADDED #1 MOST ADDED

ROD STEWART FICHER Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered (J) TRAIN Wien I Look To The Sky (Columbia) PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Geller

#1 MOST INCREASED PLAYS #1 MOST INCREASED PLAYS #1 MOST INCREASED PLAYS SIMPLY RED Sunrise (simplyred. rom) NELLY FURTADO Powerless )Say What You Want) (DreamWorks) PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Geffen)

TOP 5 NEW & ACTIVE TOP 5 NEW & ACTIVE TOP 5 NEW & ACTIVE

BURKE RONEY Let It All Come Down (R World) TRAIN WTen I Look To The Sky (Columbia) LYNYRD SKYNYRD That's How I Like It (Sanctuary/SRG)

HALL & OATES Getaway Car (U Watch) MARIA I Give, You Take (DreamWorks) KID ROCK Feel Like Makin' Love (Lava/Atlantic) ANNIE LENNOX Wonderful (J) NO DOUBT Its My Life (Interscope) PORCUPINE TREE Blackest Eyes (Lava) JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body (Aware/Columbia) FUEL Falls On Me (Epic) STATIC.X The Only (Warner Bros.)

MICHAEL MCDONALD Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Motown) MEAT LOAF I Couldn't Have Said It Better (Sanctuary/SRG) FINGER ELEVEN One Thing (Windup)

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URBAN AC COUNTRY SMOOTH JAll LW TW LW TW LW 1W 3 0 KEM Love Calls (Motown /Universal) 2 0 GARY ALLAN Tough Little Boys (MCA) 2 CANDY DULFER Finsbury Park, Cafe 67 (Eagle Rock)

1 2 LUTHER VANDROSS Dance With My Father (J) 1 2 TIM MCGRAW Real Good Man (Curb) 4 PRAFUL Sigh (Rendezvous /N-Coded)

4 3 HEATHER HEADLEYI Wish I Wasn't (RCA) 7 3 TOBY KEITH I Love This Bar (Dream Works) PAUL JACKSON, JR. It's A Shame (Blue Note) 6 0 R. KELLY Step In The Name Of Love (Jive) 4 4 MARTINA MCBRIDE This One's For The Girls (RCA) 3 KENNY G. Malibu Dreams (Arista) 2 5 TAMIA Officially Missing You (Elektra /EEG) 5 5 KEITH URBAN Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me (Capitol) 6 DAVE KOZ Honey -Dipped (Capitol)

5 6 GERALD LEVERT U Got That love (Elektra /EEG) 8 6 RASCAL FLATTS I Melt (Lyric Street) 7 MIND( ABAIR Flirt (GRP/VMG) 7 O JAVIER Crazy (Capitol) 9 7 PAT GREEN Wave On Wave (Republic/Universal South) 5 7 URBAN KNIGHTS Got Te Give It Up (Naradal 9 o DWELE Find A Way (Virgin) 12 8 GEORGE STRAIT Cowboys Like Us (MCA) 9 0 M. MCDONALD I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Motown/Universal) B 9 SMOKIE NORFUL I Need You Now (EMI Gospel) 11 9 BILLY CURRINGTON Walk A Little Straighter (Mercury) 8 9 DAVID SANBORN Comm ñ Home Baby (GRP/VMG)

12 Q RHIAN BENSON Say Haw I Feel IDKG) 14 10 MONTGOMERY GENTRY Hell Yeah (Columbia) 12 10 LUTHER VANDROSS Dance With My Father (J) 10 11 JAHEIM Put That Woman First (Divine Mdl/WarnerBros.) 13 11 CHRIS CAGLE Chicks Dig It (Capitol) 11 11 RICK BRAUN Green Tomatoes (Warner Bros.) l' 12 RUBEN STODDARD Superstar a 18 12 LONESTAR Walking In Memphis (BNA) 13 12 PAUL TAYLOR On The Move (Peak) 11 ARETHA FRANKLIN Wonderful (Arista) 16 13 REBA MCENTIRE I'm Gonna Take That Mountain (MCA) 14 OARYL HALL She's Gone (Rhythm & Groove/Liquid 8)

15 8 ANTHONY HAMILTON Comió From Where Cm From (So So Del/Arista) 17 14 RUSHLOW I Can't Be Your Friend (Lyric Street) 17 8 CHRIS BOTTI Indian Summer (Columbia) 13 15 KINDRED Far Away (Epic) 22 15 BROOKS & DUNN You Can't Take The Honky Tonk... (Arista) 16 15 JAllMASTERS Puerto Banus (Trippin'N'Rhythm) 16 Q ISLEY BROTHERS fIRON ISLEY Busted (DreamWorks) 21 16 TRACY BYRD Orinkin Bone (RCA) 18 16 CHUCK LOEB eBop (Shanachiel 14 17 FLOETRY Getting Late (Dream Works) 19 17 RODNEY ATKINS Honesty (Write Me A List) (Curb) 21 LEE RITENOUR Inner City Blues (GRP/VMG) 18 18 CALVIN RICHARDSON Keep On Pushin' (Hollywood) 20 18 SHERRIE AUSTIN Streets Of Heaven (C4/BBR) 19 JIMMY SOMMERS Take My Heart... (Gemini/Higher Octave)

2C JAHEIM Backlight (Divine Mill/Warner Bros.) 23 19 JO DEE MESSINA I Wish (Curb) 22 SIMPLY RED Sunrise (simplyred.com) 23 WILL DOWNING A Million Ways (GRP/VMG) 24 20 BLAKE SHELTON Playboys Of The Southwestern World (Warner Bros.) 24 NICK COLIONNE High Flyin' (3 Keys Music) 25 JOE More & More (Jive) 27 21 DIAMOND RIO Wrinkles (Arista) 20 21 ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY No Messin' (Higher Octave)

21 22 VIVIAN GREEN What Is Love? (Columbia) 26 22 SCOTTY EMERICK I Can't Take You Anywhere (Dream Works) 23 22 STEVE OLIVER Positive Energy (Native Language)

24 23 AVANT Read Your Mind (Geffen) 28 23 TERRI CLARK I Wanna Do It All (Mercury) 26 STEVE COLE Everyday (Warner Bros.)

26 MANHATTANS Turn Out The Stars (Love -Lee) 31 24 JIMMY WAYNE I Love You This Much (DreamWorks) 25 MARC ANTOINE Funky Picante (Rendezvous) 22 25 ARETHA FRANKLIN Only Thing Missing Is You (Arista) 30 25 JOSH TURNER Long Black Train (MCA) DAVID BENOIT Watermelon Man (GRP/VMG) 28 IMPROMP 2 Mocha Soul (8r 3) 34 26 BRAD PAISLEY Little Moments (Arista) 29 RONNY JORDAN At Last IN-Coded) 27 27 MONICA So Gone (J) 29 27 MARK WILLS And The Crowd Goes Wild (Mercury) 28 27 PAMELA WILLIAMS Afterglow (Shanachiel ASHANTI Rain On Me (Murderinc./IDJMG) SHANIA TWAIN She's Not Just A Pretty Face (Mercury) 27 28 JEFF GOLUB Boom Boom (GRP/VMG) EARTH, WIND & FIRE Hold Me (Ka/imba) 32 CRAIG MORGAN Every Friday Afternoon MR) e SEAL Touch (Warner Bros.) JAGGED EDGE Walked Outta Heaven (Columbia) 35 t SARA EVANS Perfect (RCA) 30 30 BLAKE AARON She's So Fine (Innervision)

#1 MOST ADDED #1 MOST ADDED #1 MOST ADDED HEM Matter Of Time (Motown) CLINT BLACK Spend My Time (Equity Music Group) LEE RITENOUR Inner City Blues (GRP /VMGi

#1 MOST INCREASED PLAYS #1 MOST INCREASED PLAYS #1 MOST INCREASED PLAYS DWELE Find A Way (Virgin) SHANIA TWAIN She's Not Just A Pretty Face (Mercury) DAVE KOZ Honey Dipped (Capitol)

TOP 5 NEW & ACTIVE TOP 5 NEW & ACTIVE TOP 5 NEW & ACTIVE STEPHANIE MILLS Can't Let Him Go (J&M) KEVIN OENNEY A Year At A Time (Lync Street) RIPPINGTONS Bella Luna (Peak)

MARY J. BLIGE Ooh! (Geffen) REBECCA LYNN HOWARD I Need A Vacation (MCA) MARION MEADOWS Treasures (Heads Up) DEITRICK HADDON Sinner's Prayer (Verity) BUDDY JEWELL Sweet Southern Comfort (Columbia) BASS X Vonni (Liquid 8) JEFF MAJORS Heard My Cry (Music One) CLINT BLACK Spend My Time (Equity Music Group) KIRK WHALUM Oa You Feel Me (Warner Bros.) GOAPELE Even Closer (Skyblaz) TRACY LAWRENCE Paint Me A Birmingham (DreamWorks) STEVE WINWOOD Why Can't We Live Together (Wincralt /SCfFrdelity)

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1 1 STAIND So Far Away (Flip /Elektra /EEG) R.E.M. Bad Day (Warner Bros.) 1 1 STAIND So Far Away Iflip /Elektra /EEG) Weak And Powerless (Virgin) 2 JOHN MAYER Bigger Than My Body /Columbia/ 2 2 LINKIN PARK Faint (Warner Bros.) 2 0 A PERFECT CIRCLE (Aware 3 3 DISTURBED Liberate (Reprise) 3 3 LINKIN PARK Faint (Warner Bros.) 3 BEN HARPER Diamonds On The Inside (Virgin) 4 0 A PERFECT CIRCLE Weak And Powerless (Virgin) 4 4 NICKELBACK Someday /Roadrunner /IDJMGI 4 JACK JOHNSON Wasting Time (Jack Johnson Music /Universal/ Red 5 5 NICKELBACK Someday (Roadrunner /IDJMG) 5 5 EVANESCENCE Going Under (Windup) 6 JONNY LANG Light (A &M/Lnterscope) To Fallen 6 6 AUDIOSLAVE Show Me How To Live (Interscope /Epic) 6 6 AUDIOSLAVE Show Me How Live (Lnterscope /Epic) 8 SARAH MCLACHLAN (Arista)

9 TRAPT Still Frame (Warner Bros.) 7 TRAPT Still Frame (Warner Bros.) 9 JASON MRAZ You And I Both (Elektra /EEG) 8 /nterscope) 8 SMILE EMPTY SOUL Bottom Of A Bottle (Lava) 8 WHITE STRIPES The Hardest Button To Button (Third Man/V2) 5 STING Send Your love (A &M/ 11 Hate) About You 10 Closer To You (/nterscope) 7 9 GODSMACK Serenity (Republic /Universal) THREE DAYS GRACE II Everything (Jive) Q WALLFLOWERS 10 Village 10 10 SHINEDOWN Fly From The Inside (At /antic) 9 10 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL Hands Dawn (Vagrant) 7 PETE PORN Crystal (Columbia) 11 13 11 HOWIE DAY Perfect Time Of Day 11 11 WHITE STRIPES Seven Nation Army (Third Man /V2) 10 GODSMACK Serenity (Republic/Universal) (Epic) The First Is The Deepest 12 FUEL Falls On Me (Epic) 14 12 FUEL Falls On Me (Epic) 16 ® SHERYL CROW Cut (Mercury/Lnterscope) 15 SEVENOUST Enemy(TVTI 16 P.O.D. Will You (Atlantic) 14 13 LOS LONELY BOYS Heaven (Dr) 14 SEETHER Gasoline (Windup) 45 BLINK.182 Feeling This (Geffen) 12 14 GUSTER Amsterdam (Gonna Write You A Letterl (Palm /Reprise/ 18 P.0.0. Will Yau (Atlantic) 12 15 WHITE STRIPES Seven Nation Army (Third Man/V2/ 15 e BARENAKED LADIES Another Postcard (Chimps) (Reprise) 16 COLD Suffocate IFlip/Geffen/interscopel 13 16 SMILE EMPTY SOUL Bottom Of A Bottle (Lava) 11 16 EASTMOUNTAINSOUTH You Dance (Cream Works) 13 17 TRAPT Headstrong (Warner Bros.) 21 LINKIN PARK Numb (Warner Bros.) 18 DIDO White Flag (Arista)

17 Are You Gonna Be Girl (Elektra/EEG( 19 TRAIN When I Look To The Sky 21 THREE DAYS GRACE II Hate) Everything About You (Jive) JET My (Columbia) 15 Headstrong (Warner Bros.) 20 LYLE LOVETT My Baby Don't Tolerate (Curb/Lost Highway) 22 ' STATIC-X The Only (Warner Bros.) 19 TRAPT 19 Meant To Live (Redlnk /Columbia/ 23 DAMIEN RICE Volcano (Vector Recordings) 32 I LINKIN PARK Numb (Warner Bros.) SWITCHF00T 23 CHEVELLE Closure (Epic) 25 STROKES 12:51 (RCA) 21 JOE FIRSTMAN Breaking All The Ground (Atlantic) 24 COLD Suffocate (fliplGeflen /Lnterscope/ 17 22 DAVE MATTHEWS Gravedigger (RCA) 24 AUDIOSLAVE I Are The Highway (Lnterscope/Epic) DOORS DOWN Here Without You /Universal) 28 VAN MORRISON Once In A Blue Moon (BlueNote/EMC( 34 KORN Right Now (Epic/ 28 I 3 (Republic

Honesty 27 SANTANA fIALEX BAND Why Don't You & I (Arista) 19 24 KORN Did My Time (lmmortalEpic) 23 24 BILLY TALENT Try (Atlantic) 8 25 25 SLOTH Someday (Hollywood) 26 a DISTURBED liberate (Reprise) 22 25 COLDPLAY God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (Capitol) Moses (Capitol) 28 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Repub /ic/Universal) 27 26 YELLOWCARD Way Away (Capitol) COLDPLAY 29 27 POWERMAN 5000 Action (Dream Works) 18 27 AFI The Leaving Song Part II (DreamWorks) 26 LIVE Heaven (Radioactive/Geffen) 26 28 MOTOGRATER Down (No Name /EEG) 22 28 311 Creatures (For A While) (Volcano) ZIGGY MARLEY Dragonfly (Private Music /AAL) 29 SEVENOUST Enemy (TVT) 29 NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS Eyes (Tone -Cool/ATO) 27 29 ILL NINO How Can I Live (Roadrunner /IDJMG)

I 25 30 GRANDADDY Now It's On 20 30 EVANESCENCE Going Under (Windup) 30 8r AUDIOSLAVE Am The Highway (Lnterscope/Epic) (V2) #1 MOST ADDED #1 MOST ADDED #1 MOST ADDED PUDDLE OF MUDD Away Fron Me (Gellen) PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Geffen) DAVE MATTHEWS Save Me (RCA!

#1 MOST INCREASED PLAYS #1 MOST INCREASED PLAYS #1 MOST INCREASED PLAYS PUDDLE OF MUDD Away From Me (Geffen) BLINK -182 Feeling This (Geffen) COLDPLAY Moses (Capitol)

TOP NEW & ACTIVE TOP 5 NEW & ACTIVE TOP 5 NEW & ACTIVE 40 BELOW SUMMER Self Medicate (Razor& Tie/ COLDPLAY Moses (Capitol) JOHN HIATT Circle Back (New West)

KID ROCK Feel Like Makin' Love (Lava /Atlantic) KINGS OF LEON Molly's Chamber (RCA) MAVERICKS I Want To Know (Sanctuary/SRG) ADEMA Promises (Arista) FINGER ELEVEN One Thing (Windup) THORNS Blue (Aware/Columbia) TRAVIS Re.Offender (Epic) 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You (Republic/Universal) IGGY POP Little Know It All (Virgin, AUDIOSL AVE Like A Stone (lnterscope/Epid

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By Erica Farber MATT MNICH President/CEO, North American Broadcasting

"The challenge is that we battle people who have here in Columbus wasn't great, and the market's flat for considerably more resources for the same dollars, the same the year. We're up and we're doing OK, but we're certainly clients and the same listeners. We've got some very working hard to do better. Next year should be healthier dedicated people who make it possible for us to continue than this year. We'll see more growth, generally speaking. to be effective and competitive in an environment where a How that shakes down market by market, I don't know. lot of people probably didn't think we would be able to We're at a fragile point in the economic turn. Everything continue tc do so. points to an economic turn, which should benefit radio. "It's easy to get immersed in the battles. Sometimes "The interesting thing about this cycle is that, as an you need to step back and look at some of the successes industry, we have historically done very well in down as opposed to the little things that you do each day to economic times because of our efficiency and win those battles. The big picture is really a lot of fun. targetability. Maybe consolidation is one of the reasons we Friends we've been battling for years, some very good haven't fared so well in this cycle. We're much more visible people, are running and running. There's no time to come and more tied to national business in a lot of cases. Some up for air, and whatever they do isn't good enough. That's of our best growth years as an industry in the past were in a problem. In that environment even the best people will down economic times. That hasn't been the case in this either burn out early or get soured on the business in cycle. This may be the first time that's ever happened." orn and raised in Columbus, OH, Matt Mnich time." Something about his company that might surprise is the definitive local broadcaster. As The structure of his cluster. "The FMs are sold by our readers: "Although we take our budgets and President and Chief Executive Officer of one staff, and the AM has an independent staff, although forecasting very seriously, at our core we continue to be North American Broadcasting, he runs a we do a lot of single -station sales. You can buy us any way very focused on what works for our clients and how to company started by his father and you want. and we feel that's the way it should be. We're help them achieve their goals. We don't put our agenda continues to move it forward. North not so much about bundling and packaging as we are ahead of our clients or our listeners if we're talking about American employs approximately 50 people about trying to figure out what audience we can deliver formatics or programming. If we can help our clients at three radio stations, all located in the and working to find the clients that need that audience. achieve their goals, ours will be met as well." Columbus market. "We tend to look longer term. If we can be successful Most influential individual: "My dad, although he Getting into the business: "I grew up with a client by helping them achieve their goals by wasn't here for the majority of my professional career. A M the business. Our AM station, WMNI, understanding what they want, if their product or ours combination of Mom and Dad. She got involved in the went on the air in the late '50s. My dad put changes down the road, we will have established some business right after he died. She's still pretty active. It B it on. So, I've been around radio all my life. trust that will put us in a good position. It's about the was a funny set of circumstances, aside from the personal In college I decided that this is what I wanted to do. I was long haul. We've been doing this for 45 years; it really issues. I was in my early 20s, and one of our senior guys, one of the lucky ones who figured that out early in life. isn't about next quarter. Next quarter's important to us, GM Mark Gividen, who's been with us for years, was in his The fact that it's a family business is the icing on the cake. but what's more important is next year and the year after. mid -20s. We had a lot of great people, don't get me wrong, I came to work here selling. Shortly thereafter my dad That's one of the advantages of being independent." but it was probably myself, Mark and Mom. Most people died, so I got the accelerated course." Staff challenges: "That's been cyclical. We've seen had a considerable degree of doubt as to whether we Mission of the company: "I don't think it's any the pendulum swing from one extreme to the other. It would be successful and make this work. I never did. It's different now from what it was years and years ago: to went from the last thing you'd ever want to do is work for been a fun and challenging 22 years. We've had a real serve our community in the best possible way that we can. a standalone to times when people have been through the good growth record in that time. We're pretty proud of That community includes listeners and clients." consolidation cycle over and over, in some instances at the that." On the name North American Broadcasting: "It was same facility, and they can't wait to get out. They see the Career highlight: "Our growth rate over the whole a name my dad came up with in the '50s. We never -.allied stability we have and find it very appealing. term as a business. We've grown annually at a double -digit in detail about what the grand plan was, although I "We've got a number of people who have been with us rate over 20 years." suspect it was a young guy from southern Ohio who came for a long time in every capacity, from on -air to sales to Career disappointment: "There are always little to the big city and wanted to be in radio but didn't have senior management. It's comforting that we can maintain things, but nothing that comes to mind. I don't mind if any money and did a whole lot of things that were an environment where people want to work every day. We we make mistakes; I just don't like making the same impossible by many accounts and wanted to build a big can't just hang out because this is fun; we have to be ones." operation. I don't think he wanted to limit it by name." competitive. This is how we make a living. We can't rely Favorite radio format: "I like any format that's Long -range goals: "We continue to look for on another market to shore us up; we've got to be good. I dominating its targets on our stations." acquisitions. We look mostly here, locally. Not that we're think the stability we've displayed is appreciated more Favorite television show: "I watch a lot of news, but not interested in other markets, but we still have some now by employees than it has been at some times in the there's nothing that's an appointment thing with me." room to grow here, and strengthening our position is very Past" Favorite song: "Ray Price's 'For the Good Times:" appealing." Involvement in the community: "That's very Favorite book: "I love reading The Harvard Business Keeping track of potential buyers: "That file got so important to me personally. It's important to our Review." big a number of years ago, I don't count anymore. It used organization. A number of our people are very active in a Favorite movie: "The Sting." to be that people wanted to buy us because Columbus was variety of different outside organizations. That's what Favorite restaurant "Brio Tuscan Grill, here in a great radio market and that was the end of the sentence. good business is about in your town, and it's what good town." Now people want to buy us because Columbus is a great business is about in radio." Beverage of choice: "Beer." radio market, but why in the world wouldn't I want to sell? State of the industry: "The Telecom Act and Hobbies: "rm a car guy. I like vintage cars, sports It's one of those things we deal with. Everyone has their consolidation have changed the structure of our industry cars. I collect them. We have a few, a couple that Dad own agenda for why we should behave a certain way or and the way we operate. There are very few aspects of bought. We've got some stuff that goes back to the '30s, make certain decisions. That's fine. We have ours too. We're radio today that have not been affected. For 70 years our an Auburn and an Accord. I've got an E -type Jag from the pretty happy with where we are and how far we've come. business was deeply rooted in local community '60s. I tinker with them. That's my distraction. I used to We're pretty proud of it." involvement and local ownership, and that all went out race sports cars. That was something I was passionate Competing against public companies: "It's the window with consolidation and the Telecom Act. We're about. I ride motorcycles, play golf." challenging. For better or worse, it's the way the world is still in a state of change. I don't think the dust has E -mail address: "mmnich @nabco -inc com" today. I have doubts about whether our industry is any settled. As an industry, we're still figuring out how to Advice for broadcasters: "Make sure you step back better off because of consolidation, and by that I mean, operate big companies. I suspect that most of the and look at the big picture and the implications of what ultimately, the listeners. That's who we exist to serve. Our consolidators want to reap the benefits of being large and you're doing in your department or your station as it advantages are that we're nimble. We can move mcre also not lose touch with the local aspect of the industry. I relates to the other constituents you're working with, quickly. We can build a better radio station for ous market can't speak for them, but it would shock me if anyone said whether it be staff, outside clients or employees. We can than an organization that's trying to play the averages and that everything we did up to '96 was wrong." get awful shortsighted sometimes as an industry. That build a pretty good one for all markets. That's the benefit. State of business: "Ours is pretty good. The summer hurts us."

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"This is the #1 most requested record at the station" - WPWX, Jay Alan /PD "My favorite song on the album!" - KKBT, Tawala Sharp /MD "This was my favorite album cut from day one" - KPRS, Myron Fears /APD w lr w.J S-johnsonsisters./ com "This song is a smash!'" - KHHT, Michelle S. /PD n wn.dreamn orksrecords.com Photo:.leffre Nlarr

_ 2001 %6C Nu.ie II( "The JS single is s0000000 hot!!!! " - WAMO- Boogie /MD www.americanradiohistory.com