MARCH 10, 2000 - ISSUE 2295 THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN RADIO IAIIN$IDI NC Spotlight: STEELY DA /I Stars On The Rise cousin dupree" from two against nature BECKER S FAGEN'S FIRST ALBUM OF n EW SONGS IN 20 YEARS Billboard 200: Debut #6 (141,000 units sold) TOP 40 Over -3-00E00U1440=$00 500,132 shipped PBS Special running now Macy Gray Tries, VH1 Storytellers April 24th US Tour begins it June Succeeds RHYTHM CROSSOVER Braxton's Back! HOT A/C Faith Hill Nears Summit ALTERNATIVE 311 Flowing Up COUNTRY Toby Keith Lands At #1 NEWS Clear Channel Spins 72 Stations ArtistDirect Buys Mjuice Home of thee Seminar in Radio produced by WALTER BECKER and DONALD FAGEN From the Publishers of Music Week, MBI and fono represerltatior: CRAIG FRUIN/HK MGMT. A Miller Freeman Publication wyvw.GiantRecords.cofl 91aC ® www.steelydan.com ezoa) Gront Rècnrm www.americanradiohistory.com EARL" AIRPLAY: WST R WZNWZPL GAVIN G2 HOT AC 24-21* GAVIN/MEDIABASE HOT AC 24* R&R HOT AC 25* -22* MODERN ADULT MONITOR 16* ADULT TOP 40 MONITOR 24* ALMOST 1200 PLAYS THIS WEEK! On over 71 staticns including: WPLJ KYSIR WTMX KLLC WBMX KFMB KZON WXPT KYKY WVRV WSSR WMTX WPHH KALC KPLZ KGMX KDMX WQAL KBBT WVMX KZZO "The best Melissa Etheridge record to date!" -Bob Walker, PD/KQMB "Song is strong wilh our core demo. This is vintage Melissa." -Mike Parsons, PD/KPEK "Sounds great on tie air, off to a tremendous start." John Stewart, MD/WSSR > viw.melissaetheridJe.cJm iu.4wr> Mel ssa =thericge & John Shanks Mixed by Chris Lord -Alge ilrDJuced by TM Management W.=. LeDpold .Asnagemen_ Inc. ©1933 Ths Island Def Jam Music Group 4 UNIVE 5.1L MUSICSCÓMV2N! www.americanradiohistory.com Fame and Fortune "It all comes down to the end goal which is for some folks-and you can spot them a mile away-to be famous. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but for some folks, that's it." -ARISTA NASHVILLE RECORD- ING ARTIST BRAD PAISLEY, ON MAINTAINING IDES I IIY AND FOCUS Creationism "It's my hope that NPGonlineLTD.com will become a Clear Channel Spins 72 Stations place where all creators who seek and desire true artis i - tic freedom will come and express their views. The ° irmoo In a flurry of activity this week Clear Channel tising displays worldwide. voices of change are always welcome here." . effectively spun off 72 stations in 27 markets, Major operators that picked up stations shed -THE z ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN PRINCE necessitated by its pending merger with by Clear Channel include Infinity Broadcasting, AS COMMENTING ON THE THRUST OF HIS NEW WEBSITE AMFM Inc. The proposed divestitures, which which will pick up 18 stations for $1.4 billion; themselves are subject to regulatory scrutiny, Cox Radio, which will acquire seven stations were expected to raise some $4 billion dol- for $380 million; Cumulus, which gets 11 sta- Domino Theory lars-enough to offset Clear Channel's pur- tions for $227 million (cash and debt); and ` "I've been asked to induct Eric alias Derek & the Dominoes chase last week of SFX Entertainment-but Hispanic Broadcasting which lands three FMs alias EC alias God alias Slowhand Clapton and all his per- many analysts doubted that the combined for $127 million cash. Other groups that picked sonas into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. That's a whole spin-offs would actually achieve this goal. up Clear Channel properties include Blue Chip lot of music and that's a whole lot of blues." Clear Channel's stock dropped following the Broadcasting, Chase Radio Partners, El Dorado -ROBBIE ROBERTSON, INDUCTING MUSIC LEGEND ERIC announcement. Communications, Entravision Communica- 1 CLAPTON INTO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME FOR After the merger with AMFM is complet- tions, Mega Communications, Nassau THE THIRD TIME ed, Clear Channel-which had revenues of Broadcasting Partners, Salem Communi- $2.68 billion in 1999, will operate some 874 cations, and Urban Radio Broadcasting. Radio radio and 19 television stations in the U.S. One, which also is expected to acquire some The company also has equity interests in spin-offs-including KKBT-Los Angeles- over 240 radio stations internationally, and currently is "in a quiet period" and will ArtìstDìrect Buys Mjuice operates more than 550,000 outdoor adver- announce its deals next week. In a deal that could signal a major shift among the five major record labels, ArtistDirect has announced plans to acquire Mjuice.com, an online retailer of MP3 files. Four major labels-Sony Music, BMG Radio Revenues Gain 20% in January Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and Universal Music Group cur- Combined local and national radio ad revenues soared in January 2000, rently own equity positions in ArtistDirect, and EMI will also have a increasing 20 percent over the same month last year; local dollars were up 18 relationship once that label's merger with Time Warner is completed. percent while national sales According to documents filed with the SEC, ArtistDirect intends to jumped 25 percent. It was the 89th orateisee issue no more than $15 million worth of its stock for Mjuice. The com- consecutive month of radio rev- pany is in the middle of a "quiet period" surrounding its proposed enue growth. Revenue figures are 1/00 Combined 20% IPO, so company officials are unable to comment on the deal. based on the Radio Advertising San Francisco -based Mjuice sells music downloads via a proprietary Bureau's radio revenue index for MarieWee MP3 format that the company claims is secure. The major labels have more than 100 markets. 1/00 Local 18% strongly resisted MP3 technology and, through the Secure Digital "This is by far the largest Music Initiative (SDMI) are to develop a secure digital download sys- monthly gain in the history of tem. No word yet on whether the labels are comfortable with Mjuice's use of MP3. radio," commented RAB 1/00 National 25% President/CEO Gary Fries. "High growth rates were witnessed across the board in all size mar- YTD Totali/ 20% kets, with the largest experienc- GAVIN IS ONLINE! WWW.GAVIN.COM ing the biggest gains." CONTENTS FORMAT SECTIONS ALTERNATIVE 40 N EWS Strategic's Kurt Hanson TOP 40/RHYTHM CROSSOVER 10 Clear Channel Finally Spins Stations 3 ACTIVE ROCK 44 Christina Aguilera: What a Difference a Year Makes Radio $ Up 20 Percent in January 3 COUNTRY 45 RAP 18 ArtistDirect Does Deal with Mjuice 3 Photo Exclusive: The Faces of CRS -31 Artist Profile: Jeru the Damaja RADIO@LARGE AMERICANA URBAN/URBAN A/C 20 50 "Intimacy Issues" 6 Seminar Moments Photofest Peter Applebome's Take On Americana RATINGS & RESEARCH TRIPLE A 52 NC Fall Arbitrons Looking Up! 8 SPOTLIGHT: A/C, HOT A/C Pairing Up: Carlos & Clive, SFX & Clear Channel JAZZ/SMOOTH JAZZ & VOCALS 56 Hot NC & NC Stars on the Rise 33 Building Recognition: A Look Xenote's Miller Freeman Seminar 2000: Hot A/C Session Recap 25 at !tag Z A United News &Media company 02000 GAVIN Local Content: It's That Simple 26 March 10, 2000 gavin 3 www.americanradiohistory.com GAVIN News FRIENDS OF RADIO SPINSIDER Email, Research BY ANNETTE M. LAI MP3.cor. has formed a business group dedicated to rapidly expanding the company's music service provider strategy in order to capitalize on the Top Online Usage growing demand for more access to music content and services. Tom Postilio Launch.com has announced that ASCAP has joined the "Online Music Some interesting facts about online Group," the company's network of top music and related sites. Within the structure of OMG, Launch will purchase the advertising inventory of the usage in the top 10 radio metros: ASCAP site and utilize Launch's national sales force to sell aggregated Washington has the highest per- advertising. centage of online users, with 71 music destination featuring professional Soundbreak.com, an interactive percent of the adult population; "digital jocks," has raised $19 million in private equity financing. San Francisco is second with 63 I-liwire Inc., a developer of advertising solutions for streaming media, has completed its second round of capitalization, generating $17 million. percent. These two markets also iCAST, an online entertainment operating company of CGMI, has launched have the highest percentage of at- iCAST Radio, a variety of genre -based channels featuring more than 500 home users. broadcast stations around the world. The weighted average for at -work SamsDirect Internet, a Beverly Hills -based Internet marketing firm, announced it has registered 60,000 domain names in the ".cc" domain as online usage in all 10 metros is 29 part of its exclusive marketing alliance with Clear Channel percent. Singer/songwriter Communications. Top uses for at -work online usage Myplay.com has entered into partnerships with Epitonic.com, iFUSE, Hometown and birthdate: I was born include email, work -related activi- Knitmedia, ListenSmart.com, the Orchard, Rapstation.com, and sounds- on Valentine's Day in Queens, N.Y. and ties, and research/education. now I live in Manhattan. big.com to broaden the ability of its users to obtain free MP3 tracks. SoundsBig.com has signed an agreement with independent music publish- The weighted average for at-home What radio stations did you grow up er Chrysalis Music. Under terms of the deal, artists who post their music usage in the top 10 metros is 45 listening to? WNEW/AM in New York on SoundsBig will be given the opportunity to be considered for a publish- percent. City. it then became WQEW and now is off ing contract with Chrysalis. Top uses for at-home online ser- the air...and that's a sad state of affairs.