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NEWSSTAND PRICE $6.50 MAY 12, 2006 Fort Minor 'Go' To Pop MIP Backstage With Dr. Laura Warner Bros. band Fort Minor take Most Increased This week News/Talk/Sports Editor Al Peterson chats Plays at Pop for the third consecutive week with with syndicated personality "Where'd You Go," featuring Holly Brook. The track Dr. Laura Schlessinger scores +955 plays and heads up 9-6* on the Pop chart this week. It's (pictured) about what's new in a great her life. They discuss her one- showing for woman show, Or. Laura: In the band, a My Never to Be Humble side project Opinion; her son, who recently of Linkin enlisted in the Army: and her Park's Mike many other projects. This is Shinoda. one busy lady! Page 12. Spread your wings! music scheduling reinvented -111■ www.gselector.com 1// a In the U.S. call 866.432.7727 Sound Software RADIO'S MOST EXPLOSIVE STORY... RHYTHM SMASH IMPACTS AT TOP 40 NOW! COULDN'T WAIT: KIIS-FM, WKSC, WKQI, KHKS, WIOQ, KZHT, WAKS, WKSS, KHTS, Y100, WKST, KELZ, KKRZ... PAULA ocnnon 301'C TOO 'UCH ») feat. 3A3Y 3ASI-1 THE REACTION IS SCORCHING! M U M& www.pauladeanda.com • www.jrecords.com C2006 M.. ReCOKU 1.1C 0 unn of SOIV BMG Mu. E off crow, MAY 12, 2006 k BIG BOY ON THE SPOT A BACKSTREET BOY'S KPWR (Power 106)/Los Angeles HOMECOMING morning host Big Boy (pictured) has been entertaining L.A. for years on Brian Littrell has been a Backstreet Big Boy's Neighborhood, and now Boy for 13 years and sold more than he's made the jump to syndication 73 million albums. He always knew with Big Boy's Hip Hop Spot. CHR/ that one day he would record Rhythmic Editor Darnella Dunham Christian music, and now he has, on talks to him about the new show and the challenges he his album Welcome Home. Christian faces as he brings his irreverent humor to the rest of the Editor Kevin Peterson talks to him country. Page 39. about that project and many other topics. See Page 74 What's the big deal about leaks? Page 63 MUSIC HEALS Triple A Editor John Schoenberger looks into Musicians on Call, an Sackheim, Costner Oversee Def Con II organization that seeks to bring the Goldberg Signs With Clear IDJMG establishes specialized promotion team healing and uplifting power of music Channel For Morning Show The Island Def Jam Music Group to hospital patients both young and has launched a new, specialized old. It is inspiring work and an Premiere will syndicate Wake Up With Whoopi team within its promotion depart- inspiring story. By Al Peterson dio show that will debut ment called Def Con II. The unit RAH News/Talk/Sports Editor July 31. will be overseen by IDJ Sr. VP/Pro- See Page 69 apetersoneeradmandrecords.com With a stated mission of Wake Up With Whoopi motion Rick Sackheim and VP/ "welcoming women back will air nationwide from 5- Promotion Shawn "Pecas" Costner to morning drive radio," 9am on weekdays and is and include a full field staff. Clear Channel has signed expected to appeal espe- Def Con H will work with Urban, comedian, award-winning cially to AC radio stations. crossover and Rhythmic radio for se- lected album and single projects andSackheim Costner 4 actress and noted humani- Described as a blend of 1,1 on daily topics, comedy, listener has been designed to give IDJ a more concentrated promotional tarian Whoopi Goldberg to host a morning drive ra- GOLDBERG See Page 8 effort on the artists delivered by its joint ventures, which include DEF CON II See Page 8 Green Elevated To Capitol SVP/Promo Capitol Records has upped VP/Promotion Ed Green to Sr. VP/ ciWPOP Promotion. He will relocate from Capitol's New York offices to SEAN PAUL its landmark tower in Hollywood, CA and replace John Boulos, Temperature (VP/Atlantic) who is stepping down from his post for personal reasons and will return to New York to be with his family. CHR/RHYTHMIC Green joined Capitol in 2001 to serve as co-VP/Pop Promotion CHAMILLIONAIRE Ridin (Universal Motown) Premiere President/COO Kraig Kitchin (I) and Clear Channel Radio VP/ with Tim Burruss and Cindy Levine Baker. He previously worked Programming Sean Compton (r) help Whoopi Goldberg celebrate the as a VP at Columbia and the now-defunct C2 and was also Na- T.I. What You Know (Grand Hustle/Atlantic) announcement of her new morning radio show. tional Director/Promotion at Island Records. ORB' GREEN See Page 10 A. HAMILTON Can't Let Go (So So Def/Zomba Label Group) Stri DONALD LAWRENCE The Blessing... (EMI Gospel) Gifford Becomes Star/Los Angeles JACK INGRAM Wherever You Are (Big Machine) PD Of KSPN/L.A. [FIR POP Names Frugé PD PAUL BROWN Winelight (GRPNMG) Larry Gifford, most recently By Keith Bennan PD of the ESPN R&R Associate Radio Editor kbennanteradioandrecords.com Radio Network EISI ME DANIEL POWTER Bad Day (Warner Bros.) Charese Frugé has been in Bristol, a, will named PD of Clear Channel fi. assume the pro- A sneak preview of what's popping at Pop r DANIEL POINTER Bad Day (Warner Bros.) Hot AC KYSR gramming chair (Star 98.7)/Los ROCK at ABC Radio's Kevin Carter vast and impersonal catch-all V RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Dani California (Warner Bros.) CHR/Pop Editor Angeles. She will KSPN (ESPN Ra- kcarteeradroandrecords com category of the information k ACTIVE ROCK take over for Mike dio 710)/Los An- At the risk of launching into age known as "content." And F GODSMACK Speak (Universal Republic) Marino, who has geles on June 5. that's a shame. cliché festival, at the end of been program- IL ALTERNATIVE He replaces Ray It was with that in mind F RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Dani California (Warner Bros.) the day it's all about the mu- ming both Star Kalusa, who ex- Gifford that this year's CHR special sic, the very lifeblood of ra- and Urban AC h. TRIPLE A ited last month. came to fruition. I wanted to F JACK JOHNSON Upside... (Brushfire/Universal Republic) dio. Anyone remember mu- clustermate "We conducted a national sic? The reason we got into showcase a representative CHRISTIAN CHR KHHT (Hot 92 search to find the best and the radio and record indus- cross section of the next wave Frugé F BARLOWGIRL I Need You... (Fervent/Curb/Warner Bros.) Jamz) but will most talented Sports PD in the tries in the first place? You of artists who will populate CHRISTIAN AC now concentrate solely on Hot. nation to lead our Los Angeles know, for the love of the and power the format through I AARON SHUST My Savior My God (Brash) Frugé has spent the last year ESPN Radio property and we game, to borrow and slightly the year, and I didn't want it CHRISTIAN ROCK as PD of Entercom's KALC found him in Larry Gifford," bastardize the title of that to be a series of lame rewrites F FAMILY FORCE 5 Replace Me (Gotee/Maverick) (Alice 105.9)/Denver and will said KSPN Station Manager of badly written artist bios lame Kevin Costner baseball exit that post at the end of this k CHRISTIAN INSPO Bob Koontz, to whom Gifford movie. pumped out by the labels' PR Y CASTING CROWNS Praise... (Beach Street/Reunion/PLG) month. will report. departments. Sometimes it's almost too Before joining Alice she spent t REGIONAL MEXICAN "Larry brings to ESPN 710 a easy to forget the music. I wanted to get beyond the r CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Algo De Mi (Fonovisa) five years at KMXB (Mix 94.1)/ wealth of Sports radio experi- We're all a lot busier than we hype and — gulp — have ac- Fn!_n,511., Las Vegas and was PD when ence. We couldn't have found used to be, multitasking is the tual conversations with these ALEJANDRA GUZMÁN Volvere A Amar (Sony BMG) she left. She's also had various r a more perfect fit for KSPN." artists, who, amazingly enough, order of the day, and many programming and on-air posts h, THO M Before joining the ESPN Radio are people too. times music (the lifeblood of at WEZB (B97) and WLTS V MARC ANTHONY Tu Amor Me Hace Bien (Sony BMG) Network in 2005 Gifford was radio, remember) is filed, de- (Magic 101.9) in New Orleans PD of WBNS-AM (The Fan)/ liberately or not, under that See Pep 25 SHAKIRA I/WYCLEF JEAN Hips Don't Lie (Epic) and at KKBQ (93Q)/Houston. 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