Happy Birthday! M&M Celebrates 40 Years Of Dureco. Pages 22-25. 1.1,7111)1"_\ Europe's Music Radio Newsweekly.Volume 9. Issue 41 .October 10, 1992. 3, US$ 5, ECU 4 UK Programmers SNEP Calls For Action Fear Results Of On Music Format Definition Channel Downtown Radio, which has French music industry organi- by Mike McGeever several specialist programmes a zation SNEP has been lobby- The UK Radio Authority's plans week, would have to do more ing broadcasting authority the to tighten the promise of perfor- than just tweak the format, says CSA to reopen the case of the mance and define formats as part (continues on page 41) "dark"terrestrialchannelin of its new franchise application Paris known as Canal 35. PARTY FOR PARADIS - Vanessa Paradis was in London recently guidelines (M&M, October 3) To keep the pressure on the promoting her new single "Be My Baby," and her self -titled album have raised alarms with program- Brookes Starts CSA, SNEP has put in a token released on Polydor Records. While in town she celebrated with staff at mers, fearing they could limit bid for the daytime and late Polydor during a party at the Circa Bar on September 8. Pictured II-) their ability to service listeners. As UK Minister night slots (1.00-19.00) are: manager Didier Pain, Polydor marketing director John Waller, Par- Says John Rosborough, head remaining onthefrequency adis, Polydor MD Jimmy Devlin and manager Roger Davies. of programming for EHR/classic Of Heritage vacated by La Cinq, which rocker Downtown Radio/Belfast, went bankrupt last spring. The "We areplayingabout1.500 The BBC and commercial radio evening slots have been filled tracks a week," he says. "How do in the UK have expressed interest since September 28 by Franco- Marley Leads younarrow them down? We in setting "up negotiations with the German cultural channel would be doing a disservice to new secretary of National Her- ARTE. Projects for the avail- our audience if we had to narrow itage Peter Brookes, the former able slot had to be submitted to Reggae Revival down what we could offer them." Northern Ireland secretary who the CSA by October1.At Commenting on the Authori- replacedDavidMellor,who (continues on page 41) Island vaults which is currently ty's proposal to pick out tracks or resigned on September 24. by Miranda Watson at number 12, is getting most air- artiststo help with identifying Brookes took up his office just The laid-back sound of reggae is play in the UK and Holland. And particular types of music, Rosbor- as the government's Green Paper NCE wooing radio programmers across the Marley revival looks set to ough counters, "What do you do on the future of the BBC prepared Europe, with songs by Bob Mar- continue with the release of the 4 - with Billy Ray Cyrus? Is he pop, by the department of national her - ley & The Wailers and Inner SPECIAL CD Marley box -set which went country or rock?" (continues on page 41) Circle in the EHR Top 40 and straight in at number 10 in the (see page12) Maxi Priest and Shabba Ranks UK album charts last week. both EHR Long-time No. 1 in EUROPE Chartbound. reggae artist Dutch Radio Revamp While EHR sta- Maxi Priest, European Hit Radio tions have been who had a big Goes Into Action LIONEL RICH1E the most active hit last year My Destiny inaddingreg- withCloseTo the systemtop -to -bottom in (Motown) by Marlene Edmunds & gae -influenced You (Ten efforts to meet increasing compe- Robbert Tilli songs, AC pro- Records), is tition fromprivate commercial Eurochart Hot 100 grammers areInner Circle hanging just Willit or won'tit work? That'scable outfits. Ratings over the last Dr. Alban alsoplaylisting outside the EHR the big question as Holland enters three years for the public radio It's My Life the records. The current crop of Top 40 withhislatestsingle the next phase beginningthis stations have been dropping, with (SweMix) reggae artists is also attracting the Groovin' In The Midnight.New month of a major restructuring of the most popular of the stations, interest of both the major private reggae act Inner Circle is rising its public broadcasting system. EHR Radio 3, plummeting to a European Top 100 Albums stations and the powerful public on airplay and sales charts across Broadcasters have been gear- 27% share of the listening audi- ROXETTE networks in Etfrope. Europe withthelivelydance ing up sincea mandate was ence in June 1992 from 47% in Tourism Marley's Iron Lion Zion,a track Sweat (Alalalalalong) out issued last March by the umbrella June 1989. Starting October 4, (EMI) hitherto unreleased gem from the (continues on page 41) organization NOS to reorganize (continues on page 41) PARIS RED PROMISES... AmericanRadioHistory.Com ENTERS EHR TOP 40 WITH A BULLET THIS WEEK NO. 1 MOST ADDED NO ORDINARY LOVE PLAYING ACROSS EUROPE IN ALL FORMATS Belgium Holland Switzerland RADIO 21/Brussels NOS/Hilversum COULEUR 3/Lausanne BEL-RTL/Brussels STATION 3/Hilversum RADIO Z/Zurich RADIO BRUXELLES-CAPITALE/Brussels RADIO LAC/Geneva Italy RADIO PILATUS 104.9/Luzern Denmark RADIO MONTE CARLO/Milan RADIO ODENSE/Odense RADIO CLUB 91/Naples United Kingdom UPTOWN FM/Copenhagen RADIO DIMENSIONE SUONO/Rome CAPITAL FM/London RETE 105 NETWORK/Milan CHILTERN NETWORK/Dunstable/ France RTL 102.5 - HIT RADIO/Bergamo Northampton/Gloucester RTL: WRTL/Paris STEREORAI/Rome METRO RADIO GROUP/Newcastle SCOOP/Lyon 101 NETWORK/Milan INVICTA RADIO/Canterbury EUROPE 2 NETWORK/Paris RADIO BABBOLEO/Genoa RADIO CLYDE/Glasgow RTL/Paris RADIO FORTH/Edinburgh Norway. RADIO TRENT/Nottingham Germany RADIO MOSS/Moss RED ROSE RADIO/Preston/Blackpool SFB 2/Berlin RADIO VEST/Stavanger FOX FM/Oxford HR 3: EXTRA/Frankfurt GWR FM/Bristol/Swindon HUNDERT 6/Berlin Sweden RADIO BROADLAND/Norwich RADIO FFH/Frankfurt EAST FM/Norrkoping SWANSEA SOUND/Wales RADIO REGENBOGEN/Mannheim RIKSRADIO P3: TRACKSLISTAN/Stockholm KISS FM/London CITY RADIO/Gothenburg HORIZON RADIO AND GALAXY RADIO/ Greece CITY RADIO/Malmo Milton Keynes COOL FM/Athens RADIO CITY/Stockholm GLR/London 7" 12" CD MC Breakout 41 ROGER DAVIES MANAGEMENT MUSIC TELEVISION' Rotation epic AmericanRadioHistory.Com News BMG's Stein Calls For MoreEUROPE AT A GLANCE Support For New Acts FRANCE: Two Down, One Up For TV Exposure Promotion of artists on TV suffered another blow when leading channel Red Rooster Records. arm of the Bertelsmann Music TF1 canceled two music -based shows hosted by Patrick Sabatier because by Miranda Watson Stein also reiterated many of Group holds a very strong posi- of bad ratings. The programmes, among the most popular shows last year. BMG Ariola the themes raised at this year's tion featured six -to -eight songs and were highly courted by record company GERMANY internationally. During the Music president Popkomm trade fair, saying that fiscal year ended June 30, the promotion executives. Meanwhile, ARTE, the Franco-German cultural for the GSA territories Thomas looking ahead also meant being BMG Ariola companies in Ger- TV channel which debuted on September 28 on the terrestrial network of M. Stein has called on increased aware of price issues, pirgy and many, Austria and Switzerland the defunct web La Cinq, will feature a weekly programme featuring media support for new German the national economic and cultur- sales increased 10% to DM800 music from around the world. Called "Megamix," it is produced by Martin artists."Despite thebattlefor al value of pop music. He called million (app. US$563 million). Meissonnier and broadcast Sundays at 19.00. Enunanuel Legrand reach and quotas, the media has for more state support, in particu- BertelsmannMusicGroup's to make a niche for national new- lar a reduction in VAT for sound - world turnover was up 15% to ITALY: Virgin Retail's Milani Exits comer acts and minority genres," carriers from 14% to 7% as is the DM 3.9 million. Moreover, BMG Virgin Retail Italy MD Celeste Pietro Milani resigned suddenly on Stein told delegates during his case for books, newspapers and Ariola Germany accounted for September 25. No reason was given for his departure. His position will be opening speech at this year's sales even sheet music in Germany. 86% of turnover in German -lan- temporarily filled by Louis Urbano, MD at the Virgin Megastore in conferencefor BMG Ariola On the price issue of recorded guage music. Barcelona, until a successor is named. Milani, who presided over the Vir- Munich and BMGAriola music, he said, "Soundcarriers are GSA MD of BMG Ariola gin debut just over a year ago, initially predicted turnover of Lira 25 billion Media. one of the few products which Christoph Schmidt, responsible for the first year, but recently said that goal had not been met. Sources esti- "Even ifitisinternational have become cheaper over the for business and sales, said in his mate Virgin pulled in about Lira 15 billion. David Stansfield product that is dominating retail last 30 years. Even the CD has speechthatthe decisionto and media, we have to reach new become constantly cheaper since restructure the sales department SPAIN: Number One In Radio Ad Share levels of understanding of our its introduction in 1988, retailing last year had been the right one. Spain had the highest proportion of radio advertising in Europe in 1991 for own national culture. The success at DM36. In contrast,inflation "The combination of a decentral- the fifth year in a row, according to a report published by advertising of English-speaking German pro- has gone up by around a third ized sales department and a cen- research group Carat. Last year, Spain grabbed 26.9% of the US$3 billion ductions abroad, such as Milli over the last 10 years." tral service function has worked spent in Europe on radio advertising.