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Volum 1 Issue IS CBS AUSTRIA Muds 31 RFM Reinforces 1990 MUSIC 3 US55 French Soviet Invasion by Ja,elme Eacort presents USU French private RFM has 25-40 yearolds. There is doe financial currencies and signed an agreement withalso a possibility that thewith profits to be shared theSoviet PTT (Post & stationwillbroadcastin 50/50. The Soviets will con- THE VOCALIST Telecommunications) andRussian before the end oftrol local advertising while state broadcasting company 1990. RFM will administer adver- Gostelradio to allow the sta- Unlike the recent Radiotisingfromforeign com- don to broadcast on FM in Nostalgicagreementwith panies. MoscowandLeningrad. Gostdradio, the RFM deal RFM currently has a net- The provisional launch date is not dependent on changes workof54stationsin WOLF ! is May I. in the current Soviet broad - France and accordingto Under the terms of the casting laws.Rather than MD Andrew Mandelstam is The European 15 -year agreement, expected creating a new station, RFM wet on the way to reaching Music & to be concluded in April, awill be taking over an m- its target of 74 by the end of Broadcast 24 -hour, all -French langua- isting FM station which has theyear."We arenow Trade Magazine MEDIA ge RFM programme will be not been on the air for some threateningEurope2in broadcast via the satellitetime terms of audience which lblecom I. RFM currently The jointventurewill should be confirmed by the Shake -Up For plays around 653/4 Anglo/follow a now standard prp- Mediametrie results due to American and 35%u Frenchcedure with each partner be published in mid -April:' music for an audience ofresponsible for their respee. Mandelstam also hinted ROCK GOES UK Charts thatanotherwell-known, by Hug Fielder but as yet unidentified, per- POP ! The UK'sall-importantcosts is paid for by Music sonality popular with With the remarkable charts are set for significantWeek (1901o) and the BBC French TV and AM radio changes this summer. BBC (Ira) in return for exclusive audiences would soon be voice of WOLF radio and TV will be broad- trade publishing and broad- added to the RFM Di roster, casting a new chart from castingrights.BPI' chair- joining established stars An- Mixed by ANDY lirly. man Terry Ellis hassaid toine de Cannes and Eddy This looks likelyto publiclythatchartusers Mitchell. LUNN at HOTLINE replace the British Phono. should pay more graphicIndustry -commis- But Music Week's an- CONTENTS Studios. sioned chart which the BBC nouncementthat ithas Don't miss it. has been airing exclusively madearrangements with MS&M Wins Radio for more than 10 years. Gallup and the BBC has Violinist Nigel Kennedy (cm.)visited Ertf Ps AbbeyRoad Studios Mayak Contract 3 UK trade magazine changed the situation. earlier this month to collect a gold disc (200.000 units) for soles of UK sals house to represent 5.et Music Week has announced Gallup has confirmed that it his..valdi's Four Seasons' from EMI UK MDRtmert Perry (left). B.AAI A.an hoodro arrangements for the new has agreed to negotiate with g.littlItiLyvirrltryte"Iliftr," WEA Relaunches THE INSTRUMENTALIST sales -based chart following Music Week. "All sides of the BPI'S decision late lastthe industry are keen for us Metronome in Sweden 4 Label revive.° develop national Went year to terminate the present to continue making a chart.','Conflict Airs At Radio Academy chart agreement with Gal- says charts manager JohnFresh areas of conflict bet- ed of a record industry bias CD Sales Double InPortugal lap,the BBC and Music PMder. ween the UK's radio .and towards London -based m INVISIBLE Week at the end of Tune The BBC will use therecord industries were un- media. GANDALF The BPI wants to recoup chart for its Sunday after - covered at the Radio Chaired by BBC Radio I Focusing On Austria & thecostofthechart - noon countdown show on Academy Music Radio con- head of music Roger Lewis, Switzerland POWER around £ 500.000 annually - Radio 1 which gets an ac-ference in London. Airplay the conference drew some hy controlling its commer- thence of 5 million and for research presented by 200 delegates. Lewis believes Tuning In To Belgian cial exploitation. It has also 'Top Of The Pops' which Euromonitor suggested that the conference reflected "a been considering chart has a weekly TV audience ofthe public feels radio con- positive change in attitude Broadcasting 15.18 Prvare radio nelwor, coma of age IIVVISIBLE sponsorship. There is no in- around 9 million. A centrates too much on the from the record industry tention to change the chart spokesperson says: "We had singles top 40, a format also towards the aims and needs Ao ;Mt pubficacion on 27st PoW itself, simply to market it to make a decision. With the favoured by record com- of radio". century more aggressively. current agreement coming panies. Many regional For details see page 5 ER OPth classicoi IS: A share of the BPPs chart e ploylist continued on page 4 broadcasters also complain- Billboard American of 240 music the Rod languageiostations rnintmolisticof our sou C,OWBOYJUNKIES rock. 90 AIBumMPACTDISC CASSETTE Compact Disc Cassette Album Currently On Tour -23 March -15 April ®CBS U.K.GERMANY BELGIUMITALY SWITZERLAND FRANCE AmericanRadioHistory.Com sam brown "april moon" MUSIC MS&M Wins Radio Mayak Contracte wtrai MEDIA by Paul Easton e Atra Media Sales & Marketing Euradio, the Pariscompanymainly around news bulletins. The OSA has finally given Kiss (MS&M), Capital Radio's sales whichiscurrentlyappointing In addition to spot advertising FM and Lilk-based Radio house subsidiary, has won the UK sales representatives throughoutthe station runs an Info Reldam MetmPolisShe go-ahead to contract torepresentRadio Europe and North America. spot which allows companies to merge. CBS' Henri de Bochum, Mayak, the Soviet Union's most Radio Mayak broadcasts a mixgive more information about their who played a significant role in listened to national radio station. ofSovietandWesternpop,products and corporate structure bringing the two stations together, says heis happy to have con- MS&M is handling the station, classical music and comedy as inanextended"advertorial" tribuDd to the union, "It's a sta- which has a weekly audience ofwell as news and current attain. form.. tion which will programme more 150 million and claims to include Since the beginning of this year, MS&M salesdirectorPaul new releases,whichIsexactly a high proportion of decision 24minutesadayhasbeen Davies says Info Reklam could be what is needed,' makers, underlicence from available for Western advertisers, usedtolocatesuitableSoviet * * * Remember the DP London GLR business partnersfor what he jock Johnnie Milker made a plea describes as "the greatest market on behalf of the DJ against over- Bertelsmann 25% Profit Increase of untapped potential and wealth hearing Programme controllers at in the world. the Radio Academy conference: Executives of the Bertelsmann over was DM 12.5 billion. "For many countriesinthe "Get thy jocks involved;Dls that group, one of the world's largest Reducedcosts,sayBertels- West it isn't so much a matter of have a feel for muslq an involve- ment with music, should be better media empires and owners ofmann, will help the group post a whether or not to enter the market 255/s increase in pre-tax profits evolved with., programming of BMG, are predicting an annual but of getting the timing and systems like Selector It's not the turnover of DM 13 billion (app. and to offer a probable 15% divi- logistics right. With the increasing machines that make a radio sM- US$ 7.6 billion) for the current dend on non -voting stocks. 0 desire to encourage free enterprise tion, it's what you put Mto them!' financial year. The 1988-89 turn- in the Soviet Union the oppor- * * tunities available from a massive Virgin Denmark has launched a plan to ot up the first official communication like platform Scandinavian saleschart.Talks Radio Mayak will greatly assist are currently taking place between Ueda: ChrisForbes the development of business in the the four individual territory Irlal has joined Radio Lux. USSR." organisations and the other major embourg as a DJ * record companiesacross the London's Kim FM has region. Funding for the khan is named Gary Miele No Euro Changes likely to borne from IFPI and it is bead of sales * expected to betn operation by MalcolmCox. formerly August. businessdevelopment For GRP * * * manager at Anglia TV, US contemporary jazz label GRP A new independent label has been will be head of marke- will not be changing its European formed by Inc Vera*, ex -MD of ting * Onetime BBC operations following MCA's US$ SquatsRecordsinpartnership Radio I DJ flute Peach with Martin McAloon, drummer has joined north Lon- 40 million purchase of the com- of Prefab Sprout. The label, call- don black music station pany. edBackstage, hassigned a WNK m programme Tlargenson GRP has 16 different distribu- distributiondealwith Atlantic controller, replacing tion agreements around Europe Records and at the moment they Mark Damon * sager for A&RiMarke. previously at Bellaphon and international no busy in the studio with their Incluvrx Graham tawtins National at BMG is the new Island label direttor Jon Diamond says: "We have been first signings. Vergier, who descri- penmr mnmrA&R Anola in Munich. manager,askistedby bes the new label's roster as being manager at Polydor has Angelika Rage will sake artist development ma very successful with this network largely soul -oriented says that the been promoted to din, merthepositionof sagerMichaelRank.. of distributors. They know their first three releases are due out in tor of the division * senior A&R/product Susanne Smetanabe. market and they know how to late spring. comes product mana- Geoff Rempia ewal manager international. market our product. They have in- * * * ger for the entity video The UK's radio sales houses will division * Claire Mgt - vested in us and we're a tight -knit group.