Country Radio

NARM Convention Horizon Inks Sidran (Continued from page 115) Country Radio titled "Money Music: Back to the New Technology-Ears." By CINDY KENT NARM continues its involve- BIG NEWS: There seems to be a lot of big things going on this week ment in the growing field of vi- -Mutual Broadcasting, Inc., has entered into an agreement to buy deo, with two separate sessions WHN, New York. A detailed story on the sale appears in this issue, devoted to it on Sunday (March along with an article on WCAR, Detroit, which has changed format 25). "Opportunities for Merchan- (to country) and call letters. The station may prove to be big competi- dising Home Video Entertain- tion for Detroit's other country outlets, WDEE and CKLW-FM, as WCAR ment" will be the subject of a has big plans. slide presentation and panel at Tommy LiPuma (right), vice president, Hori- a breakfast -meeting. Chaired by zon Records, has announced the signing MOVES: Wes Cunningham has been appointed music director at NARM staffer David Grossman. of Ben Sidran (left) to a long term contract KCKN, Kansas City, effective Feb. 26 ... WKDA, Nashville, has filled with Horizon. Sidran will begin recording panelists a Dale Turner's PD slot (Turner has left for WSAI, Cincinnati-but he are group of men al- his debut Horizon album in April in Los may be us ready deeply involved in the sale Angeles and will share production credits fooling all and go to "WKRP"). A new programming ar- of home video: Andre Blay, Mag- with Al Schmitt and Mike Maineri. rangement at WKDA has been worked out: Allen Sneed, former PD netic Video; Stuart Mintz, Rec- for KDF (WKDA's sister AOR station), has taken responsibilities of pro- Col Promotes Newman gram ord Rendezvous; and Jeff Tuck - manager for both AM and FM, and Mike Beck, from a rocker in NEW man, Video Unlimited/Sound Un- YORK-Mike Gusler, di- Charlotte, has been hired as assistant program manager for both sta- rector, artist . limited. development, west tions . . Jarrett Day at KSO, Des Moines, reports Ms. Bobbi Starr is MCA's Discovision will high- coast, Columbia Records, has an- the new all-night air personality. Starr comes from KSO's sister sta- nounced the promotion of De- KGGO-FM light a luncheon -meeting, hosted tion, (AOR), where she was news director ... Dell Kennedy borah Newman by Cash Box, at which Norman to the position of joins KERE, Denver, in the 7 p.m. to midnight slot. Kennedy comes to associate director, artist KERE from Glenn, Sr. Vice President -Pro- develop- Charlotte, and has worked in radio in Tampa, Pittsburgh, ment, west coast, grams and Marketing, for MCA Columbia Rec- Chicago, Houston, and Dallas. Kennedy's hobby is drag racing, and ords. he plans Discovision, Inc. will speak to enter Denver area competitions . .. Linda Stone Bloomer, on Newman joined "The Video Disc-Its Opportuni- CBS Records in Formerly promotion manager and on -air broadcaster for KPHO-TV, 1973, and worked ties and Potential." Demonstra- in the Boston Phoenix, has joined I.T.C. Communications of Arizona as director of and Elmhurst branch offices in the creative services KJJJ-AM tions of the video disc will be for and KXTC-FM, Phoenix. college department until 1975, shown by MCA. MORE MOVES: when she began as manager Tom Wynn has taken over PD and MD responsibili- In conjunction with the publi- of CBS Records college program. ties in addition to being operations manager at WRRD, Minneapolis. cation of the NARM manuals for Former Since January 1977, she has held WRRD PD Dave Donahue has joined WBHP, Huntsville, as PD, retailers and rack jobbers, on the position of manager, artist de- according to WBHP general manager Buster Pollard. Donahue takes Tuesday (March 27), the business velopment, west over the PD slot at WBHP from Rick Warren, who has left to take the session coast, Columbia. will feature an audio- PD slot at KXLR, Little Rock. In addition, KXLR has a new general man- visual, a speaker, and a panel of London Names Einson ager, Hal Shope, and a new public affairs director, Jennifer James. industry executives, on the sub- James, also from WBHP, will do the morning air -slot with Warren. ject "Implications of Bar Coding Marketing Coordinator FUND RAISERS: Over $34,000 was raised for the March of Dimes To The Recording Industry." The NEW YORK - Stu Marlowe, by WTSO staffers who participated in a recent "snow -mobile session will be chaired by Louis national sales manager for Lon- -a -thon." The fund raiser was the largest single day event of its kind in the Kwiker of Music Stop, Chairman don Records, has announced that U.S., according to MD Pat Martin. Congratulations are in store, WTSO! of NARM's Bar Code Committee. Beth Einson has joined London Lee Humphrey Staffers at WGNA, of the consulting Records as marketing coordina- Albany, helped raise about $300 in a recent Cystic firm Boston Associates, with tor for the label. Fibrosis Bowl -a -thon, according to Charlie Pitts, station operations di- whom rector. Pitts a NARM members have been Einson comes to London with received service award from the Cystic Fibrosis Founda- working to develop tion for the station's participation. the manual, a number of years of experience will speak; a panel of industry public relations, music program- WOKO, Albany, held its first annual celebrity executives will discuss how they radiothon for the ming, disco consulting, and re- blind Saturday, March 3. Participants included see bar coding many television, radio. affecting their tail. She may be reached own at and political notables. operations, as well as those (212) 675-6060. of the entire industry. The results of two studies re- Shulman, Director of Market Re- cently completed, on different search and Planning, CBS Rec- phases FRANCE of the tape business will ords, on a recent CBS study on be presented. At Monday's busi- "Tape Buyers: What We Know By GILLES PETARD ness session (March 26), a pres- Today; What We Expect in the Jean-Philippe Iliesco is delighted with the success of the third al- entation will be made by Jerry Future." bum by Space. The record, released on Pye (U.K.) and Casablanca (U.S.), is selling at the rate of 4000 copies daily in France alone. On Triumph In the East March 22 the group is slated to give a free concert with laser show on the Eiffel Tower. Traffic will be blocked on the Pont d'lena and the event will be filmed. Vogue Records and Iliesco share the financial backing. Hansa is opening up an office in Paris, Hansa France, under the management of Frank Lipsik, formerly international mgr. with Pathe Marconi ... Following up the sale of Barclay Records to Phonogram, Roger Marouani has been appointed general manager of Barclay .. . Movie actress and producer ("L'Adolescente" Jeanne Moreau is sing- ing a duet with Yves Duteil, to be released by EMI. Mort Shuman, with a solid string of French hits under his belt, comes up with a new album, "Le Negre Blanc." Warner recording artist Lonette McKee spent two weeks vacation RCA Records group Triumph is on the road again, where they are headlining in mid- in Paris after the shooting of the movie "Cuba," produced in Spain sized halls through the east, midwest and south. Pictured at a recent gig at the Stan- by Richard Lester Karen Young gave a ley Theatre in Pittsburgh are Triumph members, plus well-wishers who came miles to ... concert at the Palace on join Triumph for this date. Pictured from left: (front) Louise Patrick, RCA Records local January 31, at which she was handed a gold disc for "Hot Shot." promotion representative, Pittsburgh; and Dom Violini, RCA Records branch sales man- Polydor is reissuing four albums by Jimi Hendrix, previously re- ager, Cleveland; row 2: Mike Levine of Triumph; Rick Emmett of Triumph; Jay Hart, leased on Barclay . . . Artists scheduled for concerts in Paris during RCA Records local promotion representative in Cincinnati; Gil Moore of Triumph/ Fran the coming Fox, RCA Records local sales representative, Pittsburgh; and Frank Sperrazzo, RCA weeks include Joan Armatrading, Herbie Hancock, Queen, Records local promotion representative in Cleveland. Elton John and Billy Joel.

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