-L-11iiu ,4.110. .0 ,-,lllM1rvu .Y,11/101,IW Iw d 11M1111broY..-.. ISSUE NUMBER 999 THE INDUSTRY'S NEWSPAPER JULY 2, 1993 Chase Is Over, Hundt Is On INSIDE: As FCC Chairman Nominee SUPREME COURT Possible Quello successor experienced LIMITS LOTTERY mostly in nonbroadcast communications ADS ON RADIO President Bill Clinton Tues- lar phone, direct broadcast sa- day (6/29) announced his inten- tellite, and new tect:nology The latest U.S. Supreme Court tion to nominate Washington at- issues. decision limits broadcasters' torney Reed Hundt to serve as In a statement announcing rights to air state lottery ads. Chairman of the FCC. the impending nomination, Clin- Hundt, a senior partner in the ton said that experience makes Page 3 law firm of Latham & Watkins, Hundt an ideal choice lo head is a litigator with extensive anti- the FCC. "Telecommunications trust experience. His communi- innovations are constantly cations law work has centered changing the way we as Ameri- largely on wireless cable, cellu- cans communicate with each AOR & UC: HELPING other and the world. With his OUT THE COMMUNITY years of experience, I an confi- Arbitron dent Reed Hundt will do an ex- WDRU /Raleigh and KLOS /L.A. EMRC Discredits Atlanta cellent job steering the FCC each share several strategies for Tests of Spring '93 on -air survey announcements violated policy, through the challenges it will face over the next five years." serving the public interest; station managers miffed; results due July 22 votes Council; White House Ties WDIA & WHRK /Memphis The Electronic Media Rating pate in the survey process. All cated surveys unless previous Hundt, 45, has known Clinton Council, which oversees ratings the stations in the market - in- independent tests have indi- bring the world of radio into since their days at Yale Law methodologies in the radio. TV, cluding non -Arbitron sub- cated the possible effect on the School. He served as advisor to the local projects. and cable industries, has with- scribers, noncommercial sta- audience data reported will be the Clinton campaign and was a drawn its accreditation of the tions, and Spanish stations - minimal." Pages 30, 33 member of the President's tran- Spring '93 Atlanta Arbitron sur- aired one spot per daypart dur- San Diego Difference sition team. He is also close to vey. The EMRC says the on -air ing the second and third phases Vice President Al Gore. The two survey announcements that of the spring survey. Weinstein noted that the were classmates at Washing- aired on all Atlanta stations According to EMRC Execu- EMRC did not suspend accred- ton's exclusive St. Albans High NEW ROCK CLOCKS over the past month are a viola- tive Director Dick Weinstein, itation of a San Diego survey 15 School; Hundt has been an eco- tion of its standards. "Experiments in methodology years ago following a similar Three New Rock programmers nomic policy advisor to Gore The prerecorded announce- shall not be conducted in con- experiment because the test since 1984. provide samples of their regular ments asked listeners to partici- junction with regular syndi- was conducted adjacent to, but independent of, the regular sur- Prior to joining Latham & describe how music clocks, then vey. "The first four weeks were Watkins, Hundt served a 1.974 -75 - and why - they make their done normally, and then we stint as a law clerk to Chief Judge Harrison Winter of the necessary adjustments. added four weeks onto the mar- Interep Seeks Arbitron Truce ket. In effect, we made it an U.S. Court of Appeals for the Page 31 eight -week survey period," Fourth Circuit. Interep Radio Store execs are hoping to take some of the bitter- Weinstein said. "The survey it- Hundt was born in Ann Arbor, ness out of the debate surrounding Arbitron's proposal to con- self was based upon the first MI. He is married to Elizabeth vert the current radio ratings system into 18 -week rolling four weeks. The data generated Ann Katz and has three averages. for the second four weeks was children. COUNTRY In a news release that calls for the industry to stop "bashing" Ar- compared to [data from] the If confirmed by the Senate, CROSSOVERS? bitron on its proposed expansion of ratings periods, Interep Chair- first four, but was never folded Hundt will take the FCC reins man Ralph Guild noted, "We are calling for a truce between the ra- MAILBAG VS. MULLINS into the first four weeks' [data] from Commissioner James dio broadcasting industry and Arbitron. A truce does not mean an and not used for selling." Quello, who has served as inter- Consultant Moon Mullins's end to negotiation, but it does mean an end to a public display of the Officials at Arbitron said the im Chairman since shortly after issues until private negotiations have been exhausted." recent guest column on ATLANTA/See Page 28 HUNDT /See Page 28 crossovers and Country radio `Laundry List Of Negative Things' provoked a trio of readers to pen Interep Exec. VP/Director of Research Marla Pirner added, heated responses. "Even if Arbitron does have some blemishes that keep it from being remember that it is radio's dominant and de facto May Page 34 perfect, let's RAB: Radio Revenues Up 8% In ratings service. Arbitron's cr tics have succeeded in giving radio's competitors a laundry list of negative things to say about the way ra- Radio revenues were up 8% while the Southeast, Midwest, dio is measured today." in May, according to the RAB. and West all had gains cf 4 %. Pimer said she has scheduled forums on July 26 in New York, Local revenues were up a Year- To-Date Up IN THE NEWS... August 9 in Atlanta or Dallas, August 30 in Chicago, and September strong 10 %, while national spot in Los Angeles, during which Interep clients will be able to query sales managed only a 1% gain. For the first five months of becomes 2 Jim Robinson Arbitron officials on the proposed survey changes. "While it's still too soon to say 1993, total radio revenu were WRQX/Washington President/GM Pimer, a member of the Arbitron Advisory Council, has ex- everything's smooth sailing up 8% over the January -May Local révenues Fred Horton takes pressed support for the changes. since we're still seeing some period last year. wide fluctuations on a market - were up 9% , while national rev- WYNY /NY PD post to-market basis, it's evident enues gained 5 %. XHRM /SD now New Rock; that overall, radio is putting in a Local year -to -date revenues strong performance," said RAB were up 15% in the Southwest, Chuck Howard new VP /GM, Ablaze President Gary Fries. He also 13% in the Southeast, 9% in the Sherman Cohen to VP /Prog. Evergreen Sets Chicago noted that "the local market- East, 8% in the Midwest, and Wayne Stafford named GM WLUP combo to be teamed with AOR WWBZ place is the foundation on which 6% in the West. that strength rests." National '93 revenues were at Canadian /Detroit `quombo' Evergreen Media has an- with its employees, will be re- Local revenues were up in ev- flat in the East, but up in all Page 3 nounced plans to buy WWBZ tained. Evergreen has begun ery region of the country for other regions: 10% in the Mid- (The Blaze) /Chicago from Ma- operating the station under an May. The Southwest led with a west, 7% in the West, 6% in the Bob Perry new PD jor Broadcasting for approxi- LMA with Major until the pur- gain of 13 %, followed by the Southwest, and 3% in the South- FCC. at KQHT /San Jose mately $28 million. The pur- chase is approved by the East (12% ) , the Southwest east. chase will give Evergreen two currently owns (11 %), the West (8 % ), and the RAB's calculations are based WCNN /Atlanta goes all -Sports Evergreen FMs and one AM in the nation's Talk WLUP (AM) and AOR Midwest (7 %). on a pool of more than 1110 mar- WAJC /Indy flips to Country third-largest market. WLUP -FM. Speculation over National revenues were up in kets, as reported by the ac- firms of Miller, Kap- Tony Fields becomes PD Evergreen COO Jim de Cas- the formatic future of those two all regions except the East, counting tro said the Blaze's young- stations are detailed in Street which suffered an 11% setback. lan, Arase & Co. and 1- lunger- at WKKV /Milwaukee skewing AOR format, along Talk, Page 18. The Southwest was up 13 %, ford, Aldrin, Nichols & Carter. Page 8 Newsstand Price $6.00 2nd Qtr. Label Performance Review Page 24 www.americanradiohistory.com www.americanradiohistory.com WRQX /DC Boosts Epic Honor .,:` r11! Robinson To President /GM JULY 2, 1993 Three -year WRQX/ Washington GSM Jim Robinson has been pro- TOP 10 TALK TOPICS moted to President/GM of the Cap Cities /ABC Hot AC. He succeeds For the first time in 11 months, the economy Maureen Lesourd, who left to be- wasn't one of the 10 most popular topics of VP of WQCD /New York come /GM at nation's leading Talk (R&R 4/16). discussion the stations. What displaced it? Cap Cities /ABC Division Presi- 16 dent Norm Schrutt commented, Page "It's great to have someone from the staff who has directly played a key role in WRQX's success achieve his personal goal of man- FEATURES aging the station." Robinson told R&R, "One of my RADIO BUSINESS: Appeals court OKs IRS license lien 4 new GSM. NEWSBREAKERS 3 first missions is to find a At the recent Sony Music Convention in Boca Raton, FL, Sony Music En- Our staff has brought us to a tre- tertainment Chairman Michael Schulhof (I) presented the Chairman's Award OVERVIEW mendous level.