`Ana's Song (Open Fire)" Vext from the Album "Neon Ballroom"
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NEWSSTAND PRICE $6.50 JUNE 4, 1999 =Red Hot Week For Chilis Ertegun, Spector, Smith At R &R '99 A couple of Rock and Roll Hall The Red Hot Chili Peppers are sizz ing - so to speak of Fame inductees Atlantic 'Scar Tissue," the first single from The band's - founder Ahmet Ertegun forthcoming Warner Records producer Phil Spector Bros. album, and - with Joe Smith, a celebrated Californication, moves alorrg music industry exec on his own 37 -14* on the R &R right, will appear together at next Rock chart, 27 -10' at week's R &R Convention. Active Rock, and 17 -5, NEWSPAPER THE INDUSTRY'S Details, next page. at Alternative. www.rronline.cogo AUID VOU'RE PIY QISESSIQN - - 1 . 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It is a gi- of compiling meaningful chart tough time recruiting and holding on to gantic step that further under- information. good salespeople. This week, MMS Editor scores R &R's 26 -year position 19 Jeff Axelrod adapts a seminar led by RAB as the industry's dominant CHART /See Page Exec. VP George Hyde for your recruiting pleasure. Also this week, our resident management guru, Dick Kazan, shines PART THREE OF A THREE-PART SERIES the spotlight on celebrated business Legends Ertegun, leader Lee Iacocca. There's also an auto - Smith, Spector To related "Radio Success Story" from the The Disabled: Radio's `Hidden' Minority RAB. Appear at R &R '99 Radio Center seeks to improve disabled career outlook Pages 12 -17 In what promises to be a once - BY JEFFREY YORKE CHIEF in-a-lifetime- opportunity to-hear TAPPING THE TALENT POOL R &R WASHINGTON BUREAU [email protected] from the peo- isn't the only occupation that's Sales When Franklin Delano Roosevelt ple who have recruit for. Mike Kinosian visits tough to leaned against the podium on March shaped the this week who outline their with two PDs 4. 1933 to make his first of what foundation of talent for challenges in finding the right would ultimately be four inaugural the music in- the right time slot. addresses, America was in the midst dustry over the Page 70 of the Great Depression. It was a last 40 years, grim time, and there was little evi- three music in- FCC EASES STUDIO RULES dence of an economic recovery on the dustry legends Radio stations got a bit of a break with horizon. Roosevelt told his audience, - two of Rock the latest amendments to the FCC's new "The only thing we have to fear is them and Roll Hall main studio rules. Most of these new fear itself:' Ertegun of Fame in- rules involve the relaxing of guidelines for Over the next 12 years Roosevelt's Brad Saul, Exec. Dir. of the Radio Center for People With Disabilities ductees have agreed to appear the dissemination of public files. polio worsened, forcing him into a - in the workplace, few employers in- together at R &R Convention Page 4 wheelchair - a fact that was virtually hidden diversity from the American public, because Roosevelt clude disabled Americans in their recruitment '99. Records and his associates feared that a crippled man efforts. To a large degree, that is because of the Celebrated Atlantic IN THE NEWS and pi- could not gain the respect and authority neces- same fears that Roosevelt was concerned founder Ahmet Ertegun Phil sary to lead the nation not only out of the De- about. The same fears that he worried would oneering record producer Oda becomes PD experi- Alan pression, but successfully through World War weaken his power continue to wreak havoc on Spector will share their KZZO /Sacramento about the mu- for II. But in the end, it took a crippled man to the job prospects of disabled applicants, whose ences and insights potential employers might not know or under- sic world at a special Friday lun- Bruce Walker appointed to No. 2 make America stand tall. Perhaps the lessons taught by one man's stand their abilities, or might overestimate their cheon. Joe Smith, a noted record post at DreamWorks Urban dept. right, will courage have been lost on contemporary Amer- limitations. executive in his own Kerry Carr new Sr. VP/CFO ica. While there are calls from all corners for DIVERSITY /See Page 23 Broadcasting for ABC Inc. CONVENTION/See Page 19 Pages 3,19 Giant Ups Catania One Radio Operator Beefs Bell's `Nightmare' THIS To Promo Domo Finally Revealed WONSIEWIC7 Another Exits CrRUPOP BY STEVE Up Outdoor, Son was molested; R &R RECORDS EDITOR RICKY MARTIN Livin' La Vida Loca (C2/Columbia) swonc@ rronline.com Infinity gets mightier, And Chancellor gets sex charges leveled CHR/RHYTHMIC Giant Records has tapped back to the basics AL PETERSON Boy/Arista) buys OSI for $8 bil. 112 Anywhere (Bad Bob Catania as its new Head/ R &R NEWS/TALK EDITOR Promotion. BY JEREMY SHWEDER BY JEFFREY YORKE [email protected] CHIEF URBAN R &R WASHINGTON BUREAU R &R WASHINGTON BUREAU Based in Los corn yorke @rronline.com CHANTÉ MOORE Chanté's Got A Man (Silas/MCA) jshweder@ rronline. Back in Oc- Angeles, he tober of 1998 Infinity Broadcasting, a ra- Fifteen months and a cou- URBAN AC reports to GM Premiere Ra- dio group with an already ple of billion bucks later, MAXWELL Fortunate (Rock Land /Interscope/Columbia) Larry Jacob- dio Networks substantial outdoor presence, Chancellor Media has gone son and offi- talk host Art COUNTRY became a dominant player in full circle having started cially assumes - Bell abruptly TIM McGRAW Please Remember Me (Curb) the outdoor advertising in- as a pure radio group, it he- his post on resigned. Bell dustry last week with a stag- came a deep- pocketed shop - AC June 1. offered a stun- gering $8.3- billion purchase aholic in search of the next PHIL COLLINS You'll Be In My Heart (Hollywood) Comment- -air an- of Outdoor Systems, the radio, TV or billboard group ning on ing on the ap- nouncement, HOT AC pointment. Ja- country's largest billboard to broaden its "multimedia Catania And now, Chan- wherein he SUGAR RAY Every Morning (Lava/Atlantic) cobson said, company. platform." op- told his listen- Bell "While Bob will, of course, The deal is one of the larg- cellor is a debt -concerned NAC/SMOOTH JAll looking to shed ev- ers and hun- all of our promotion est ever involving a radio eration Autumn Day (Columbia) quarterback dreds of affiliated stations carry- PETER WHITE company, and the final price erything but radio in order to needs, [Giant founder] Irving ing his show only that a "terri- could go up or down, de- focus on the senior electron- ROCK Azoff and I intend to look to ble threatening tragedy" had oc- pending on how Infinity's ic medium, as its growth ex- COLLECTIVE SOUL Heavy (Atlantic) Bob to bring his many talents, curred that directly affected his stock is priced when the deal ceeds even the most optimis- years of experience and, most family. Following two weeks of ACTIVE ROCK closes sometime in the fall. tic predictions. On Tuesday importantly, his fine character to frenzied behind -the- scenes nego- OLEANDER Why I'm Here (Republic/Universal) The $8.3- billion price tag in- morning the decision -makers us as a senior executive involved tiation with officials at Premiere, cludes an estimated $6.5 bil- at Chancellor joined hands ALTERNATIVE in the management of Giant Bell returned to his Coast to lion in Infinity common with the brass at Lamar LIT My Own Worst Enemy (RCA) Records. We honestly can't Coast microphone just two think of a more important hiring INFINITY/See Page 20 CHANCELLOR/See Page 20 ADULT ALTERNATIVE BELL/See Page 3 CATANIA/See Page 19 SHERYL CROW Anything But Down (A &M) NEWSSTAND PRICE $6.50 Last chance to pre- register for R&R Convention '99: Details on Pages 16 -17! www.americanradiohistory.com THE CRANBERRIES ANIMAL INSTINCT THE NEW SINGLE FROM BURY THE HATCHET.