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IN THIS ISSUE I.. 908 000817973 4401 9006 MAR9OUGZ DAT Legislation MONTY Faces A Bumpy Road AFT A 3740 ELM LONG BEACH CA 90807 Through Busy Congress PAGE 3 CBS Records Joins No- Returns Party I On 7 -Inch Vinyl PAGE 4 AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT February 10, 1990/$4.50 (U.S.),r $5.50 (CAN.), .£3.50 (U.K.) THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC Tampa Bay's Other Radio Success Stories WB To Accept Urban Rebound Spurs Churban Changes PAGE 10 `Bat' Back Early Some Hit The Streu Some Hit The Road A &M Plans Transition significantly from that of urban BY SEAN ROSS actions that many churban stations fers To PolyGram Distrib From All Buyers had resisted, lest identification as stations. But in markets where chur- NEW YORK -Is the urban -vs. -chur- part of a 'black ' format subject ban stations were going after an ur- PAGE 78 BY PAUL SWEETING ban cattle turning around? them to the same sales bias that ur- ban's black core with a similar -or Three years ago, longtime black ban stations have ong faced. slightly dancier -list, there are, at ASCAP's Messinger NEW YORK -Warner Home Vid- stations in a number of markets were The above pattern does nct apply most, only two cases of major chur- eo says it will accept returns of losing their format leads to new to stations like K ?WR Los Angeles bans that have made no move toward Slams Euro Societies or WQET New Ycrk, stations whose mainstream urban, yet still lead their "Batman" from all its accounts at crossover station competitors -or PAGE 87 least a month earlier than orig - "churbans " -which targeted black target aucience _s generally more urban rivals. nally planned. listeners with relatively similar mu- Hispanic -based ani whose music dif- (Continued on page 10) The studio had planned to take sic, but which denied any specific con- returns in March, but Warner se- nection to the black audience. nior VP /GM James Cardwell says Over the last year, however, sever- early returns are now being ac- al of the urban outlets that had been Lacks Unity On Labeling Bills cepted. The move comes after ea-- most damaged by churban have re- Indust,y lier trade reports had Warner ac- covered their market leads. And a This story was pr-,pared by Bill Hol- unified posture to deal with what albums that may get dealers in trou- cepting early returns only froth number of churbans, including some land in Washington, D.C. Bruce many see as a threat to artistic free- ble. selected accounts. that were major players two years Haring Gnd Ken Terry . n New dom as well as record sales. According to people close to the "We're taking them early from ago, have switched formats. York, and Chris Morris in L.A. Sources close to the Recording In- RIAA, its officials are annoyed with all accounts," Cardwell says, add- Most importantly, some churbans dustry Assn. of America and the Na- NARM because it often forwards ing that the move was designed that once vehemently resisted being WASHINGTON, D.C. -As a dozen tional Assn. of Recording Merchan- state member calls for information "to reflect the inventory positior" called "urban" are now operating as states moie toward legislation that disers say that the RIAA is growing on the bills to RIAA but has done al- of retailers. "We decided to loosen part of the urban radio community - would require warning stickers on a impatient with NARM's slowness in most no lobbying on its own except the cash flow situation at retail n reporting to the black charts, work- variety of albums and as an increas- confronting state bills that would re- for "sending their Washington attor- order to improve liquidity," he ing with urban record reps (as op- ing number of retail chains institute quire warning stickers on records ney up to Pennsylvania," as one says. "We're taking back [now] posed to their top 40 counterparts), or 18- to-pnrczase rules under communi- with lyrics that state officials find source put it. "It's the retailers who (Continued on page k9) doing more public-service work in the ty presst=re, record retailers and are X -rated or promote hatred, vio- would get nabbed, fined, and sent black community. All of these were manufacturers have yet to adopt a lence, suicide, drug or alcohol abuse, off to jail. It's hard to understand or other objectionable things. Mean- why NARM is laying back." express- NARM's stated position is that it ADVERTISEMENTS while, NARM members are ing frustration with the labels' seem- will deal with the introduction of la- ing reluctance to sticker or reject all (Continued on page 86) No. 1 IN BILLBOARD Trans World Feels HOT 100 SINGLES * OPPOSITES ATTRACT `Sting,' limits Sales PAULA ABDUL (DUET WITH THE WILD PAIR) (VIRGIN) TOP POP ALBUMS of Stickered Product * FOREVER YOUR GIRL PAULA ABDUL (VIRGIN) BY BRUCE HARING HOT BLACK SINGLES * REAL LOVE SKYY (ATLANTIC) NEW YORK-Reacting to a "private TOP BLACK ALBUMS sting" by a citizen bent on banning * BACK ON THE BLOCK sales of explicit product to minors, QUINCY JONES (QWEST) the 450 -store Trans World chain has HOT COUNTRY SINGLES * SOUTHERN STAR enacted an 18- to- purchase rule on ALABAMA (RCA) stickered product in its 24 Florida TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS stores. * KILLIN' TIME The move could be a prelude to a CLINT BLACK 'RCA) chainwide rollout of the program, ac- TOP VIDEO SALES * BATMAN (WARNER HOME VIDEO) Ross Avila on tour with New Kids On The Block. 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A &M Records ne All ',gilts reserved Produced by The 8 ue Ne Management Ronald K F,erstesn Esq A G P Entertainment Lt] New "ork www.americanradiohistory.com Bumpy Road Ahead For DAT legislation Sony Unveils BY SUSAN NUNZIATA clear. eluding the budget deficit, a DAT bill is not ex- Tiny Recorder, "I think it's going to pass," says Len Feldman, pected to be a top priority for lawmakers, ob- NEW YORK -The pending introduction to Con- an independent audio consultant. "It's got the servers note. gress of a bill calling for the implementation of support it needs." In the meantime, both Sony and Matsushita CD -ROM Unit the serial copy management system (SCMS) in Other observers feel that a force building have announced plans to introduce SCMS- digital audiotape recorders is surrounded by a against the bill could jeopardize its chances of equipped DAT hardware this summer. It ap- BY SHIG FUJITA highly charged political climate. passage. There are 30 different organizations pears that such product introductions could lead According to Jay Berman, president of the Re- represented in a coalition lobbying against the Congress to conclude that DAT legislation is a TOKYO-The Sony Corp. has de- cording Industry Assn. of America, the bill will bill, including the National Music Publishers' moot point -particularly in light of the existing veloped an ultracompact, high - be introduced in Congress this week. Other in- Assn. /Harry Fox Agency, ASCAP, SESAC, the threat by RIAA to sue any manufacturer who at- quality digital memo recorder dustry sources feel that is an optimistic projec- Songwriters' Guild, the Nashville Songwriters tempts to sell consumer DAT units without copy that allows two hours of digital tion, although some agree introduction could oc- Assn. International, and the National Academy protection. recording and playback on a met- cur sometime this month. of Songwriters. This coalition seeks compensa- Berman says the RIAA is not prepared to al- evaporated cassette that is the A lobbying effort with combined support from tion for copyright holders, an issue that the bill's make a decision regarding the Sony and Matsu- size of a postage stamp. hardware and software interests is under way, draft does not address. shita announcements. "We haven't taken a posi- Prototypes of a Data Discman but the outlook for the bill's success remains un- In light of other issues facing Congress, in- (Continued on page 88) were also presented by Sony at a public technological showing it held here.

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