AUGUST 30, 1999 ISSUE 2270 Q%.0116011/44. THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN RADIO PHALIN Gavin Guarantees MUSIC TOP 40 Christina Uncorks #1 RHYTHM [CIRRI I Juvenile Kicks Azz HOT A/C "Mambo" Is RA Bega Than Ever PAISLEY HE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE ALTERNATIVE IMPACT DATE: 8'30 Live Dolphins Cry Tears of Joy 0*. COUNTRY LoneStar Amazing: 8 Weeks at #1 NEWS Gavin Summit Highlights McClusky Expands Promo Team From tt e Publishers of Music Week, MBI and fono A Miller Freeman Publication www.americanradiohistory.com -"I played `He Didn't Have To Be' on Father's Day, and I'm still getting requests for it!" -Darlene Evans, MD/WKIS "This song is what Country is all about . When he sang this for the staff at the station there wasn't a dry eye. Play it and play it a lot!!" -Bruce Logan PD /WSSL THE MOST POWERFUL SONGS ARE TRUE STORIES. --T----, IMF.DÄE:8/3D "There are songs that you instantly love. And then there's a song that comes along every once in awhile that you want to marry. This is it. I'm taken." -Lola Montgomery, MD /KWJJ " (A song) about the importance of daddies and what happens to families who aren't lucky enough to have them ...burrows deep in the bones." -Alanna Nash, Country Music Magazine, August/September 1999 TN Asti 1 INC.. A ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCED BY FRANK ROGERS FOR EMI NASHVILLE PRODUCTIONS MANAGEMENT. JAG MANAGEMENT. NASHVILLE. SH ARISTA RECORDS. UNIT OF R. v l l l F 399 BMG www.americanradiohistory.com Holistic Medicine In my next life I Want u) come hack as either a proc- tologist, so I can (Zeal with all the assholes I sleet. or as a matador, so I can (teal with all the bullshit." -PI III, SPECI )R, (, 1 01 E!) IN l:.1QN IRI: \I:\(,: \ZI \F. Every Witch Way ..Years ago ve took our own crew out to these Chicago area woods and broadcast our show live. Some frightening stuff Was going on out there which we hope to capture this time on video. The segment FIRST PERSON will be intense and will freak the view- ers.- -\I: \ \Co \\' \It t.I.FR iI11'I \c ins "lil.:\Ilt \\ Il'CfI tyt.i: I1 sI'l CL\I.. AS TOLD TO TONY SANDERS \\IiICH AIRED S:\'llltl).\l (:\i(;. 38) ON Cfl:\\NFL 26 IN CIIIC:\Gc) Greg Strassell Midnight at the Oasis WBMX/FM Boston PD, .. \ \i' \e got to keep going. because I lin' One don't have am' money VP Programming, Infinity left." -NOEL GALLAGHER. CO \I.\II \LI \G ON THE ETTLRE OF lu. It.\\I) OASIS, FOLLOWING 'HIE RECENT I)I :t'.\RtI RE OF TH FIR (;t'LL: \RIsr AND tt. \S >I'I. Greg has been Program Director at WBMX/FM- Boston since the station went on the air in 1991 (and "Currently, changed calls from WROR). Prior to that, he was the In Search of... PD at WLOL/FM- Minneapolis for Emmis. His current this format is .,He has got to he a hand shorter than nee, he's got to have nice taste in titles are VP/Programming for Infinity and PD of still the best - shoes, an(l a decent haircut." -LIAI GALLAGHER. ON UIF Ot:\I.IFI(:AllO\s WBMX, the same stripes he held at the station under testing one \EFDED 'l'o FI1.1. Ertl tlR (. \l' IN OA>IS. WBMX's prior owner, American Radio Systems. FYI: Greg won this year's GAVIN Award for Hot A/C Major out there for PD Year. women 25- Market of the Expands Promo Modern A/C takes a lot more work to program today, 34, so we McClusky & Assoc. compared to a few years ago when it was easy to sign continue to Independent music McCormack said. "I on a radio station and play the music that was red hot build promotion and market- plan to absorb all the and get big numbers. Now, the competition around us our ing firm Jeff McClusky knowledge and experi- is smarter about how to prevent a Modern A/C from radio stations \ Associates (JMA) has ence in this building 1 growing -and some of the music isn't as hot as it around it." appointed Chris Stow - eats. and maximize this was. But the driving sound for a lot of formats right ers ( left) as Director of The Bridge. department's ability to break new now is where Modern A/C's heart is and that's Pop Alternative, artists like the Goo and has enlisted Holly \1cCornlack artists at Top 4 +0." Goo Dolls and Sugar Ray. There has been a bit of a cooling off in terms of softer, ( right) as National Secondary "l'op acoustic -guitar music. It's not testing as well and I think tastes have shifted a bit. Itt Promotions Representative. X1%I Signs Weather Channel But as far as Pop Alternative, the more guitar- driven songs that started in 'Else Bridge is INIA's "Alternative Alternative, that style of music continues to be red hot for us. Specialty Show" promotion divi- XM Satellite Radio has announced that the The future of the format, whether you call it Modern A/C, Hot A/C, Pop sion. specializing in research. Weather Channel will be the exclusive Alternative, or Adult Top 40 depends on the programmer's vision. Our goal is to be charts. and reporting for indic and provider of weather forecasts and related #1 with women 25 -34. Currently, this format is still the best -testing one out there major label releases. Stowers information for a number of XM's channels. for women 25 -34, so we continue to build our radio stations around it. joined JN1A in \larch tram \linty "We are enthusiastic about reaching a Whether you call a station Hot A/C, Modern A/C, or Pop Alternative depends Fresh Records. new mobile listening audience from coast on the situation and the station. Here at Mix in Boston, we could be called an \I(Cornlack joins I \IA from to coast," commented Norm Zeller, Vice Adult Top 40, or we could be called a Hot A/C that's really contemporized. The Records. where site held the post of President of Syndication for The Weather industry term is Modern NC, but as long as we know we're playing hits for \Iiii\\rst Regional Pr(nuItion Channel. "XM Satellite Radio is giving us an women 25 -34, you can call it whatever you want -just as long as the listeners Representative. "To say I'm thrilled opportunity to expand our audience and to call it their favorite radio station. about working with ate organization meet people's need to know about weather like J \1:\ is :m understatement... conditions while they travel." CONTENTS RATINGS AND RESEARCH 14 A /C, HOT A/C 36 Arbitron's Dilemma: Audio vs. Radio Jonathan Little on radioresearch.com N EWS ALTERNATIVE 42 McClusky Expands Promo Team (Again) 3 SPOTLIGHT: Passing the Baton Davis VP /GM at ()west 4 GAVIN GUARANTEES 15 ACTIVE ROCK 48 Boulder Summit Recap 6 COUNTRY 49 RADIO@LARGE 10 FORMAT SECTIONS Look A Little Closer at Gavin's Charts "A Labor Intensive Weekend" TOP 40 /RHYTHM CROSSOVER 19 TRIPLE A 53 GRAB BAG 10 KZQZ Fans Available in L, XL, and Irregular KFOG: The Story Behind the Boards BACKSTAGE 12 RAP 26 AMERICANA® 58 URBAN, URBAN A/C 30 Boulder Scrapbook Miller Freeman To Lead You Must Follow JAZZ /SMOOTH JAll & VOCALS 60 \l'nn \c h\1.Jw mpm I')')') l: \\ I\ Smooth Jazz Exits Boston Ilt,lrl ;(). 1999 gavin 3 www.americanradiohistory.com Hendry Heads Giant Rock Promo Citadel Signs FIRST WORDS lann Hendry has Representative for Reprise Records TAP in Exclusive I,cen appointed in the Carolinas from 1990 to 1995. Star -Making I lead of Rock Pro- Announcing Hendry's appoint- Promo Deal motion for Giant ment, Giant Records' Head of Promo- Machinery Records. Hendry tion, Bob Catania, commented, "I'm Tough Act Promotions and Mark- Britney Spears, Sixpence joins Giant from really excited to welcome Jann to the to eting, Inc. (TAP) has been chosen None The Richer, Len, Reprise Records, Giant family. Our friendship goes provide exclusive independent Fastball, Lucinda Wil- where she was Director of Rock hack to her days in radio, and I've record promotion services for all liams, the Dixie Chicks, Promotion for four years. She previ- watched her develop into one of the Urban and Urban A/C stations Jessica Andrews, Jewel, ously served as Local Promotion top professionals in her field." owned and operated by Citadel the Dave Matthews Band, Broadcasting Company, as of the Spice Girls...the list goes on and on. August 1, 1999. The list, of course, is the Under the agreement, TAP will Davis VP/GM at Qwest growing compendium of represent stations in the following Davis record company. I've been waiting GAVIN Guaranteed artists Larry joins markets: Baton Rouge (WEMX and who have reached-or are Qwest Records for an executive with Larry's abili- KQXL); Lafayette (KRRQ); Little on their way to reaching - as Vice President ties for a long time. He's definitely Rock (KIPR and KOKY); Charleston, national success both in and General Ma- what I've been looking for in a S.C. (WWWZ and WMGL), plus any terms of radio airplay and rsA nager, company leader. Qwest Records is on its additional Urban stations Citadel retail sales. be. The s founder and CEO way as the place to qwest may acquire in the future.