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J:11 All That JazzIn 1993 8-11 Classical GoingFor D Genre Breakthrough 12-13 £ 2.95, DM 8, FFr 25, US$ 5 Euro DJs Struggle With Quota Clause Twenty 4 Seven Causes Continue Euro "Decency" Dance Tradition Regulations Uproar In French Radio EUROPE EUROPE FRANCE by Machgiel Bakker being new talent. At presstime which covers SACEM, SNEP by Emmanuel Legrand there were strong indications that So you think US shock jocks and musician's union SFA,in Continental dance music con- this measure would be voted by which the groups called on parlia- can be offensive. Just tune into tinues to hold a strong grip on A last-minute clause introducing the Parliament, although the rate ment to support "the implementa- Rome -based News/Talk net compulsory Francophone quotas could yet be reduced to 30%. tion of an obligation to broadcast RadioRadicale. where it's onallradiostationshasleft Members of two major radio a proportion of at least 40% of wall-to-wallexpletivesthese France's radio industry hot under industrygroups, SRN (which musical works and songs sung in days since the station began a the collar. includes Europe 2, Fun, Nostal- French, created or performed by i protest against uncertainty sur- The subject was raised at a gie, RFM and M40) and SRGP (continues on page 32) rounding Italy's broadcast law. parliamentary debate on the new (RTL, Europe 1, RMC), united Andit'snot some Howard communication law on November to form a lobby in a last-ditch Stern wannabee at the station; 26. when a paragraph was raised effort to kill the changes. everyday Italianlistenersare during the meeting by the deputy The music industry, however, Twenty 4 Seven ; calling in and taking advantage Michel Pelchat calling for a 40% stronglysupportsthemeasure. of thenoveltyof complete quota of French content on all Lobbying came from a statement the Eurochart Hot 100 Sin- access to one of the country's radio stations, with half of those issued by industry group CLIM, gles. With two border -cross- ISnationalcommercialnet- inghitsinglesthisweek, works. Racial slurs. meathead diatribes and strings of swear (continues on page 32) words between northern and Italian Radio Renews southern Italians, different political factions and football supporters make MTV'sBeavi. AudiradioRatings and Butthead sound like Hansel ITALY and radio industry." and Gretel by comparison. 6iMark Dezzani CommentsUPA head of With more freedom comes researchGiovannaMaggiore, moreresponsibility.Defining Italy's radio rating system Audi - "The necessity of a national sur- unacceptable behaviour and radioisunderway once again vey recognised by the advertising language by DJs is difficult at after around 500 stations, includ- industry finally overcame the dif- No. 1 in EUROPE best. say European radio execu- ing state broadcaster RAI, the 15 ficulty of getting all sides to agree tives. and regulations vary from privatenationalnetworksand and participateinfundingthe FIRM FINNISH FAVOURITE European Hit Radio country to country. major regional and local stations, new survey." Warner Music Finland artist BRYAN ADAMS Comments Claudio agreed to subscribe. Audiradio is The results will be published Kaija Koo was presented with Please Forgive Me Astorri. MI) at EHR national the only survey officially recog- in mid -January, and sampling is gold and platinum awards in (A&M) station RTL 102.5 Hit Radio. nised by Italy's advertising indus- already underway. Around 80.000 October for her number one album "Tuulten Viernita." Pic- , "The rules in Italy are not pre- try and is organised by ad associ- calloutsarebeing made with Eurochart Hot 100 Singles tured (l -r) are: (back) Warner cise enough. We need simple ation UPA. The survey had been 20.000 on a national basis for MEAT LOAF Finland sales manager Timo and brief guidelines. We have suspended for two years over dis- RAI and the networks and 60.000 I'd Do Anything For Love Kivinen,promotionassistant for a moredetailedregional (Virgin) no regulatory body similar to agreements aboutfunding and Mii Saraskoski, marketing the Federal Communications methodology (M&M, July 17). breakdown. manager Ari Lohenoja, MD Commission in the US.I am UPA presidentFeliceLioy Eduardo Montefusco, MD of Morita Kaasalainen, accoun- European Top 100 Albums convinced that in the futureit says the survey is taking place Rome -basednational EHR net tant Heikki Savolainen; (front) BRYAN ADAMS iwill he up to the independent "following complicated and Radio Dimensione Suono and Koo and her husband, com- So Far, So Good poser and producer Markku onnnuel on page 31) detailed discussions between the presidentofnationalnetwork (A&M) various sectors of the advertising (continues on page 311 Impia. EAST 17 "IT'S ALRIGHT" Heading for the top 10 in UK and across Europe AVAILABLE NOW AmericanRadioHistory.Com SLAVE TO THE MUSK NEW SINGLE: SINGLES CHART POSITIONS AUSTRALIA 61 BELGIUM 10 (NEW ENTRY) DENMARK BELGIUM 60 4 (NEW ENTRY) FRANCE 13 (DANCE) DENMARK (HIGHEST NEW ENTRY) GERMANY 24 HOLLAND HOLLAND 5 PORTUGAL ISRAEL 17 SWEDEN NORWAY 5 (HIGHEST NEW ENTRY) SWEDEN 4 EUROCHART EATURIN EUROCHART 28 (HIGHEST NEW ENTRY) STAYNC AND NANO ALBUM OUT NOW H INCLUDING THE HITS SLAVE TO THE MUSIC & IS IT LOVE CD /NA CNR INDISC AmericanRadioHistory.Com BMG AriolaMusik BuysEast EUROPE AT A GLANCE GermanDSB's Catalogue FRANCE: RTL's Renault Appointed Advisor To Culture Ministry Jacques Toubon, minister of culture and Francophony, has appointed for- GERMANY mer RTL head of artistic services Patrick Renault as technical adviser for company of the DDR, and has by Miranda Watson .lorgen Larsen. now president or musical industries, broadcasting and musical creation. Renault worked for faced difficulty transforming the MCA RecordsInternational. RTL from August 1991 to June 1993. prior to which he was in charge of monopolist VEB into l\It asmall, "We havefinancialreasonsfor communications at performing rights society SACEM. At that time, he Ariola Musik has strength- independent and ened its position in the economically selling the catalogue to BMG. It is supported SACEM president Jean -Loup Tournier's call for broadcasting cast Ger- viable record company capable of not true that DSB is closing down quotas for radii, stations. Emmanuel Legrand man music market with thepur- competing with chase of the big. established or being liquidated. We are going pop catalogue of Western firms. through the final stages of restruc- DeutscheSchallplatten FRANCE: SNEP Withdraws From French Chanson Week Berlin Since the acquisition of DSB turing the company which costs a DSB ). With Edel hucing Record industry organisation SNEP has decided to withdraw its support DSB's from the government in September lot of money." classical catalogue Berlin from the "French Chanson Week" presented under the aegis of the ministry Classics '91DSB has been radically Larsen remains a shareholder in the Spring tM&M, May of culture and Francophony, and organised by Jean-Louis Foulquier, host 1St, restructured, cutting the number of ofthecompany.while.102118 of the radio programme "Pollen" on public station France Inter and DSB is now currentlylittle more staff from 220 in '91 to 20 at pre- Knol isstill MD. Larsen says organiser of the Francofolies music festival. The event will take place in than a shell conmany sent.Itisthis restructuring that DSB will be focusing on niche the first week of February, kicking off at MIDEM in Cannes and ending DSB is the legal successor to necessitated the sale of DSB's cat- genresinthefutureincluding with the Victoires de la Musique. EL VEB DeutseherSchallplatten. alogue, says shareholder and for- dance, classical and jazz, and will the formerstate-ownedre,:ord mer managingpartner of DSB become more of a "music produc- GERMANY: PolyGram Germany's Seasonal Gesture tion company." PolyGram Germany is not sending Christmas cards this year: instead the The DSB catalogue includes company is donating the money it has saved to the Nordoff/Robbins Fun Appeals NRJ's Frequency the labels Amiga, Musicando and music therapy fund. Comments president Wolf Gramatke. "Every Christ- Litera with a total of over 2.500 mas card we don't send is a building stone for the furthering of this creative Domination In Burgundy titles(mostly German -language) and artistic music therapy." Miranda Watson by east German pop/rock groups, FRANCE NRJ GM Alain Weill com- as well as schlager and folk music GERMANY: Radio PSR Gets Into The Christmas Spirit by Emmanuel Legrand ments. "We were approached by artists. Pm ate Sachsen station Radio PSR/Leipzig is touring between November Poste 4 this year and were very The acquisition of the DSB 11 - 23 with its two mobile promotion teams through the town providing The process of frequency alloca- interestedintheir proposal. We catalogue follows many years of music for Christmas parties free of charge. The station will be trying to tions in France could undergo a offered them a solution allowing collaboration between BMG and raise money to help children in Leipzig and will be holding a special auc- significant change if an appeal by them to continue their activity by the former VEB Deutsche tion to raise money for the reconstruction of a school for handicapped chil- EHR net Fun Radio to the higher running Cherie FM and by be- Schallplatten through co -produc- dren in Sachsen. MW administrative court the Conseil coming our ad rep in this region." tion contracts. A few months after &Etat is granted. Fun president Benoit Sillard the fall of the Berlin Wall, BMG ITALY: Rush Starts For licence Extensions Fun has appealed to

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