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Behind The Cameras At Viva 6 Just How Popular Is Therapy? 10 Reggae & Ragga In Italy 12 Europe's sweekly Volume 11 . Issue 7 . February 1 2, 1994 2.95, DM 8, FFr 25, US$ 5 Format Variety, Brooks Wins Over Spanish Radio AM Shows Top European Sceptics MIDEM Radio EUROPE Atlantic will get the chance to Rejects Selling EUROPE by Jeff Clark -Meads decide for themselves when by Steve Wonsiewicz Brooks begins the first of eight When is a nights of sold -out concerts in Ownership of multiple formats country artist Dublin on March 30, followed by Music Quotas by large media groups and the not a country shows in Birmingham, London, strategic benefits of strong artist? When Zurich, Frankfurt, Rotterdam, SPAIN The French government's late morning shows emerged as two he starts to Oslo and Stockholm. by Howell Llewellyn December decision to approve the key programming trends affect- generate sig- (continues on page 23) so-called Pelchat amendment to ing European radio in the '90s nificant levels Spanish radio MDs have reacted impose from January I. 1996 during the MIDEM Radio '94 of excitement CMA Debuts Euro angrily to the suggestion that the 40% minimum quota of French conference held in Cannes, in Europe. Brooks government might follow the music on domestic nets has sent France, on January 30 -February Garth Brooks, Radio example of France in imposing a shivers down the spines of Span- 3. the latest in a distinguished line Service minimum quota of domestic ish MDs. "It would be horrific," In comments made during of US singers who have tried to music on Spanish radio nets. The retorts Rafael Revert, Cadena various panels at the trade show, translate the Nashville musical EUROPE reaction came as the country's 100 MD and for many years head leading European radio execu- accent into a dialect Europeans by Machgiel Bakker performing rights society, the of the sector leader Cadena SER's tives predicted a healthy future can understand, may have his SGAE, met culture minister Car- Los 40 Principales. for the industry as it fights for roots in country, but in market- Country music is coming to men Alborch on January 26 to Los 40 MD Luis Merino market share in an increasingly ing terms he stands some dis- European radio this year if the discuss various ways of promot- rejects any notion of quotas, and competitive multi -media enter- tance away from the school of ambitious plans by trade group ing Spanish -language repertoire. says some kind of pact with the tainment environment. acts in hats. the Country Music Associa - Details of the meeting will not be administration would be better "The death of radio has been Audiences on this side of the (continuer on page 24) made public until the minister than any law or decree. Onda Cero predicted each year for the past considers her response. (continues on page 23) decades," said MIDEM Radio (continues on page 24) 1 BBC Radio Remains Radio 10 Celebrates 5 Years Top Despite 25% Drop No. 1 in EUROPE UNITED KINGDOM not the job of a public service by Jeff Clark -Meads broadcaster like Radio 1 to max- European Hit Radio imise audiences at any cost." ADAMS, STEWART & STING BBC Radio 1FM lost one -quar- Bannister states that Radio 1 All For Love ter of its audience last year-but may continue to shed listeners (A&M) that is no cause for alarm and is while it is in what he describes as certainly not a sign of failure, a "transitional phase on its way to Eurochart Hot 100 Singles according to the EHR pubcaster. providing a service different from ADAMS, STEWART & STING Radio l lost 50 million listen- that of the independent radio sec- All For Love er hours in the final three months tor." He adds, though, that the sta- (A&M) WIMBISH VISITS VARA IN HOLLAND - Living Colour bassist Doug Wim- 1993 with not be of compared the same tion's significance should bish (r) paid a visit to VARA DJ Jan Douwe Kroeske while in Holland with period 12 months ago, falling underestimated, even at this project band Tackhead, touring under the name Nights Of Interference. European Top 100 Albums 22.4C/c in 1 from of the adult market stage. "Radio remains the single Douwe Kroeske took this opportunity to present Wimbish with the fourth BRYAN ADAMS 1992 to 17.1% last year. in most popular radio station the volume of his unplugged session CDs "Twee Meter Sessies," which features So Far, So Good However, Radio l controller country," he points out. Living Colour's song "Nothingness." (A&M) Matthew Bannister says, "It is (continues on page 23) R u /1/ o TEN SHARP in the city The new and chartbound single from the album 'THE FIRE INSIDE. 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"It is a completely new winners will receive eight days' recording time at Mayfair Studios as to concentrate on developing its phenomenon to use radio research well as cash and a date at the Capital FM Music Festival. European radio needs to do more own popular music, otherwise in Europe," he said. "It's a natural Jeff Clark -Meads to support local talent or risk hav- you'll have nothing to listen to in way to operate. The facts will ing its programming dominated 10 years time but U2 records." always be our friends." He added, UNITED KINGDOM: Virgin Drops LA -Based DJ by Anglo-American records, McGuinness advised program- Calling European radio still in INR station Virgin 1215 has dropped DJ Emperor Rosko who was according to Paul McGuinness, mers to trust their own instincts its "infancy," McGuinness told producing his show from Los Angeles. It is understood that the long- U2's long-time manager of Prin- and not record company hype in radio executives to continue bor- distance arrangement was considered too expensive. The station has ciple Management. deciding which new artists to rowing ideas from the US. "There also shuffled its programming in moves that Virgin describes as "evo- Speaking during a MIDEM support. He stopped short, how- is a very good model in the US, lutionary" rather than an overhaul. The only new recruit to the station Radio '94 luncheon, McGuinness ever, of calling for local content and in the years to come there is former BBC Radio 1FM DJ Gary Davies who has a weekend told radio executives that they music programming quotas. will be a far greater diversity of morning show. Wendy Lloyd has been given the weekday early have a responsibility to play new The U2 manager also praised radio in Europe. You can only evening show. JCM talent; otherwise it will be nur- Euro programmers in their use of benefit by looking at America." GREECE: Radio Increases Share Of Advertising Market Despite a small dip in December, radio cut itself a larger slice of the Record Market Up A Fragile 5% advertising pie in 1993, closing the year with a 7.27% share compared with 5.52% in 1992. Radio's improved performance was at the FRANCE format at 79.7 million units sold. chon, Johnny Hallyday, Julien expense of the print media, whose advertising share shrunk by 4.08%. to by Emmanuel Legrand - exceeding the highest sales ever Clerc, Michel Sardou, Patricia Television also improved its year-end slightly, thanks holiday reached by vinyl albums (75 mil- Kaas or Jean-Jacques Gold- advertising and the October elections. But year-end figures show radio Despite bad December sales and a lion in 1978). In terms of reper- man. They are not exactly new with the greatest increase in advertising revenues, which rose from country -wide recession, the toire, national products accounted talents. This is our crucial prob- Dr8.1 billion (app. US$32million) in 1992 to Dr15 billion in 1993 French record industry enjoyed a for 43.4% of sales, international lem-developing new talent." (exclusive VAT).