JULY 6, 2002 Volume 20, Issue 28 Music £3.95 euros 6.5 Nelly's Hot In Here (Uni- versal) is this week's high- est new entry on M&M's Eurochart Hot 100 singles, at number eight. Media®we taller dradio M&M chart toppers this week GWR shapes Eurochart Hot 100 Singles up for consolidation EMINEM by Jon Heasman comment on the moves, saying thatprogramming and other content at Without Me full details of the restructure will beGWR stations will all become part of (Interscope) LONDON- Another big radio group ismade public in late July. The amount GWR Creative, forming an indepen- European Top 100 Albums slimming down in order to be fit forof job losses involved in the dent business unit operat- EMINEM the rigours of the UK's big post -Com- processisunknown,al- ing along similar lines to The Eminem Show munications Bill shake -out. though in its recent annual GWR's London -based sales (Interscope) FollowingtheCapital Radio report the company allud- division Opus. The manag- group's decision to dispense with the ed to the need to cut costs ing director of Bristol -based European Radio Top 50 managing director's role at its local inthe coming financial GWR Creation is Dirk KYLIE MINOGUE stations (M&M, June 22), it is under-year,giventherecent Anthony (pictured), former- Love At First Sight stood that the GWR Group is alsodownturns in advertising ly GWR's group programme (Parlophone) eliminating the local MD position atrevenue. director. European Dance Traxx its stations. In addition, it has set up "There will no longer be GWR is also dispensing a new centralised programming andmanaging directors at with the programme con- MOONY content department-GWR Cre- GWR [local stations]," a GWR source troller's position at its smaller sta- Dove (I'll Be Loving You) ation-and hopes tocentraliseits tells M&M. It is understood that alltions,replacingthemwithpro- (Airplane!) news operations by using a system oflocal GWR station MDs are eithergramme managers (who also double regional news centres. leaving the'company altogether or areas presenters), and installing region- Inside M&M this week Although some of the changes are being reallocated to group -wide func-al programme controllers who will already understood to be in place, tions. oversee programming matters at a GWR was not prepared to confirm or Meanwhile, all those involved in continued on page 25 AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE M&M asked two radio experts from France and the US to give an impar- Oasis mix up Heathen ChemistryVAT rises to the top tial, outside perspective on the UK government's controversial Commu- of industry agenda nications Bill. Page 5 by Emmanuel Legrand THE CHR CHECK-UP Currently under pressure at both ends LONDON- Record company organi- of its demographic, the CHR format sations IFPI and Impala are taking is the latest to come under the micro- the case for lowering the rate of Val- scope of M&M's Format Clinic. ue -Added Tax (VAT) on. recorded Pages 6-9 music to the European Union, with the hope of convincing the Commis- BIGON THE BEACH sion that music should be treated as Summer's here a cultural product. and it's time to A joint IFPI-Impala delegation is dance! Com- due to meet French minister of cul- pletewithan ture Jean -Jacques Aillagon in Paris exclusive free on July 1, with the VAT rate on top CD, M&M's by Adam Howorth studioalbum Heathen Chemistry of the agenda. The French and Ital- Dance Spotlight (Big Brother/Epic) came out interna- ian governments have both looks at the LONDON- The question is simple. tionally this week, and band leader expressed an interest in lowering tracks and art- Eight years on from the release ofNoel Gallagher calls it "far and away VAT rates on recorded music. ists-such as Definitely Maybe, can Oasis recap-thebestrecordsinceDefinitely In addition, on July 10, a delega- Y uyu (pictured)-most likely to suc- ture thecriticaland commercialMaybe." (For a full-length interview tion of IFPI executives will be meet- ceed this season. Pages 10-13 standing they enjoyed with, theirwith Gallagher, see page 14). ingwith Commissioner Frits seminal debut album? Their fifth continued on page 25 continued on page 25 Gabin Jazzy, cool, groovy: this is what a DJ and a bass player put together in an amazing album. Including the hit single "Doo uap, Doo uap, Doo uap". From Rome to Paris, from New York to Casablanca, the sound ahead. 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There- by Emmanuel Legrand, Music & Media editor -in -chief fore, uniting all listeners under one single "hits" banner is Call M&M on: no longer sufficient. A playlist featuring Mary J. Blige, tel (+44) 207 420 6005 fax (+44) 207 420 6016 Radio listeners are like most animals-they migrate. And Korn, Kylie, Wyclef, Oasis, Nelly, Shivaree, Alicia Keys, making sure they settle on your station has been the mostMoony, Slipknot and Shakira (to name just a few acts For direct lines dial +44 207 420, difficult task programme directors have had to undertake whose singles have recently received airplay) would be an followed by the required extension ever since radio became a popular medium. aberration, tearing itself apart in the process of catering for Editor -in -chief: Emmanuel Legrand (6155) Back in the heyday of mainstream radio, Top 40 stations too many different tastes. Music tends to be edgier now, Director of operations: Kate Leech (6017) were the most popular because, to put it simply, they were with no sense of real direction, thus making programmer's Editorial playing the hits-and that's what the listeners wanted. life a bit more difficult. Deputy editor: Jon Heasman (6167) News editor: Gareth Thomas (6162) While the format has evolved to embrace different genres Programmers interviewed by M&M tend to believe the Features/specials editor: Steve Adams of music, Top 40 radio-or Contemporary Hit Radio downturn is cyclical and follows years of intense pop domi- Music editor: Adam Howorth (6161) nated by the Britneys and Backstreet Boys of this world. Reporter Siri Stavenes Dove (6163) (CHR)-has been on a roll for the past two decades, most Cl-larts 8c researcl-i obviously in the US but also in Europe where CHR stations Some will be tempted to follow the kids' current liking for Charts editor: Rail! 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