NEWS RADIO MUSIC AIRPLAY CHARTS SALES CHARTS SPECIAL REPORTS Bryan Adams Storms Into EHR Page 37 VOLUME 12. IssuE)5 . APRIL 15, 1995 £2.95 DM8 FFR25 US$5 DFL8.50 Wonder Woos Fans In Paris French Charts Return To Radio After 2 Years by Emmanuel Legrand SNEPpresidentPatrick days, while France 3 offers a Zelnik, UPFI vice president 30 -minute "best of the charts." PARIS- The French album and Charles Talar, France Televi- Also, the weekly TV guide. singles charts are set to make sionpresidentJean-Pierre Tele 7 Jours and Journal du a comeback on radio and TV Elkabbach and Jacques Lehn, Dimanchewillpublishthe following a two-year absence president of Europe 1 Commu- charts. The TV shows should from the airwaves. nications, were duetoan- start in May, while the radio Full -service station Europe nounce the news at a press charts could begin earlier. 1 and its sister ACE network conference in Paris on April 7. Europe 1 andCanal+, Europe 2 are to include the which had operated the charts Stevie Wonder became the first non -classical musician to perform at charts once more, after drop- sinceitscreationin1984, Paris' Cite de la Musique when he showcased songs from his new album ping the countdowns in 1993. France Television announced in 1993 that they Conversation Peace last month to an audience of 800. The Motown leg- With their announcement, the has won a one-year would be dropping the count- end, pictured above with PolyGram president/CEO Alain Levy (left) and stations have beaten EHR net- Motown president/CEO Jheryl Busby (right), performed songs such as his downs. SNEP then took over latest single For Your Love. work NRJ, which had also right to broadcast and produced the new comput- made a bid to air the charts. the charts. erised sales charts, but failed Afterprotractednegotia- to secure any media exposure. INSIDE UK Has New tions, public ,corporation continues on page 36 France Television, which oper- Europe 1 will present an Germany's Healthy Pop "Gene" ates two TV channels and the overview of both charts on Sat- Music Sales 6 radio group Europe 1 Commu- urdays-the show is tentative- MTV Expands LONDON - Members of Polydor- nications, has won a one-year ly called "Le Top"-with pub- SPECIAL Fresh Belgian Talent 17 signed group Gene have been right to broadcast the charts. licity spots broadcast in other Italian Service hailed as bright young things The French industry organ- shows throughout the week. SPECIAL in their homeland, as youth Programme Suppliers: isation SNEP, which owns and Europe2willfeaturethe by Mark Dezzani guitar -driven pop continues to operates the charts, and its albums chart on Sundays: The Way Forward 20 flourish there. independent producer's coun- On the television side, pub- MILAN - MTV Europe is plan- Almost weekly another vig- terpart UPFI, had also been lic channel France 2 will air a ning to produce programmes orous newcomer crash lands considering another option put weekly late -night show on Fri- especially for the Italian mar- NUMBER ONE into the British album charts, forward by NRJ and national days with a condensed version ket to fill the void which will and Gene is no exception, with TV channel M6. of the chart broadcast Satur- emerge whenthecountry's European Hit Radio its album Olympian entering nationalmusic TV network at number 8. Videomusic switches format in TAKE THAT But the band's success is Back For Good Virgin Launches 105.8 FM the near future. not an exclusively UK phe- Sebastiano Mussini, respon- (RCA) nomenon. Promising response by Jonathan Heasman lastyeardespitealready, sible for MTV Europe's Italian hasalsobeenforthcoming broadcasting nationally on operations, says plans include Eurochart Hot 100 Singles from the continent as well- LONDON - Virgin Radio, the the AM wave band. the possible purchase of an Ital- SCATMAN JOHN from both retail and radio (for UK'snationalcom- Virgin105.8 FM, ian network to increase the Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) the single Haunted By You). mercial AOR station, whichbeganbroad- channel's coverage. (Iceberg) Currently on tour in the UK, will broadcast on FM casting on April10, MTV Europeiscurrently the band soon will move on to for the first time, with has the same output limited to six hours broadcast- EuropearrTop 100 Albums perform its first full European the launch of its new CV= as the AM station, but ing a day, through relays on BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN tour, playing 22 dates across service in London. with local news, travel, local TV stations in the north Greatest Hits Europe for one month, starting Virgin was awarded an sport and entertainment list- and central regions of the coun- (Columbia) April 22. FM licence for the capital ings. continues on page 36 try. 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Thereafter standard registration will cost DM220. AmericanRadioHistory.Com M M N E W THIS WE E K Italian Radio Stations [E3 12)iattiC] Industry highlights this week Drop 'Political' Songs by Mark Dezzani Italian artists Rudy Marra Di Finanza (Tax Authorities) UNITED KINGDOM monthly salaries between 10 (Polydor),SamuelleBersani which keep the recordings for and 20% lower than those paid MILAN -Italian artists have (Pressing/BMG), Quartiere checks in the case of complaints Sony Announces Nominees by public broadcaster YLE. In reacted swiftly to new laws ban- Latino (WEA) and Articolo 31 of political bias being registered. For Its Radio Awards addition, many workers in the ning the broadcasting of politi- (Flying) are among those who Italy's national networks are Nominations for this year's private radio sector are cur- cal content during TV and radio have taken steps to ensure radio unanimousinignoringthe Sony Radio Awards have been rently being sacked as stations shows 30 days prior to elections. stations can continue to play effect of the "Par Condicio" laws announced ahead of the award rely more and more on free- With only a matter of weeks their music. on their playlists. Spokesper- ceremony which will take lance and sub -contracted work. left before the country's local Paolo Martella, lead singer sons for Rome -based EHR web place in London on April 26. Details of the agreement are polls on April 23, several artists with the group Quartiere Lati- Radio Dimensione Suono Net- Republic of Ireland -based not yet available as talks are have re-recorded their current no, comments, "It's a case of self work and Milan's Network 105 Atlantic 252 is one of the nom- still continuing and the indus- singles to avoid being dropped censorship, with mostly local say that no songs have been inations for Station of the try has yet to approve the from radio playlists. stations choosing to interpret dropped from theirplaylists, Year, but the BBC's new plans. The controversial new law, the law safely and drop our whileGrantBenson,music national news/talk and sports ITALY called "Par Condicio" or "Equal record from their playlists." director at Bergamo -based EHR station, Radio 5 Live, is Treatment," also requires Under the new laws, Italy's network RTL 102.5 Hit Radio, favourite to win the award. Rock FM Sets Its Sights On broadcasters to guarantee fair- 2.000 local and national radio says he suspects that "good old The Local Station of the Year Countrywide Coverage ness in political and news cover- stations are required to send music industry hype" has blown award will be hotly contested Milan's specialist rock music age one month prior to elections. DAT recordings of their output up the story. by the BBC's Hereford and outlet Rock FM has increased It has been attacked for restrict- every day during the run up to TV and radio stations found Worcester and Radio Glouces- its coverage as part of a ing freedom of expression. elections to their local Guardia guilty of breaking the equal tershire, and from the com- phased expansion plan which treatment laws could be fined mercial sector by Yorkshire the company hopes will even- uptoL100 million(app.