THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN RADIO SINCE THE BIRTH Of ROCK ANO ROLL 4* LIIIIIIP ISSUE 2255 MAY 14 1999 f4$6°c;?e- Isrb 41-* 16 ,"1; tct° If: 1-", - 04..4.0".;,, 1 . 4704"1" 4 corm 4, 15.' ctacv..Aots, 4. , .0; 7, 4. IS...* 7,0.4..'" ;3, - di(r/i! Independent Promotion h t AIII Consolidati www.americanradiohistory.com www.americanradiohistory.com LOOKING ASTING FULL BODIED WASTED LOOSE LIVING i HT FITT NG 43'' fk112 YOU SEE AIN'T WHAT YOU ARE GETTING 104Li 1_L- LI KE -UP LITTLE BREAKUP WANTS IT HE'S GOT IT COLS BLOOÍE HOT GOSSIP SUPERFICIAL EXPECTATIONS THE DEBUT SINGLE AND VIDEO FROM SCHIZOPHONIC Management Lisa Anderson www.americanradiohistory.com All Roads Lead To Atlanta May 26 -30 BECAUSE OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND MONDAY HOLIDAY, BRE AND THE HYATT HOTEL HAVE ADDED A SPECIAL SUNDAY NIGHT SHOW AND THE HYATT HOTEL HAS REDUCED SUNDAY NIGHT FARES TO $79. Dick Gregory Rev. Al Sharpton Keynote Speaker: Hilary B. 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Cathy says her success as a broadcaster is due fundamentally to establishing and maintaining her stations' connection with their community. I'm With Stupid It's always been about community. Many of us in radio need to respect ignorance at least creating opportunities. It's frustrating when I our The number of stations see various competitors as much as we do our knowledge. If we learn to pay that we own is just a vehi- doing everything from attention to what we don't know, we learn to probe, to cle that I need to fulfill my small to mega -events that dream of having the really, at best, are just a question, to analyze, to challenge, to debunk, and ulti- largest number of African promotion of the station. mately to grow. For this to happen, though, we must Americans and women on They're not making a dif- board and in managerial ference in the community. begin to practice new ways of thinking. positions in the industry. At the same time, if I say Being a public company something like that, it's probably makes that dream attainable. All we've done with the growing of our company Radio Astire is to take our basic philos- "On a national level, I think that there are only a handful ophy and expand it. We call ourselves the urban of true Active Rock stations in America. Active Rock to me specialists, because we try is aggressively breaking new artists, championing new to fulfill a need for the African American commu- music, and having an impact on both record sales and nity that isn't being filled people's lives beyond the music." by other broadcast facili- ties, regardless of format. DOUGLAS, PD, WAAF- BOSTON -DAVE When I became a man- ager in the broadcast interpreted as a competi- industry, I was called upon tive criticism, when, in 01999 GAVIN Miller Freeman to serve was the African fact, it's a sincere wish on in 1 United News i Media company Contents American interest. That is my part that all of us still the mandate of my would do more. I think News URBAN 28 corporation: that we - has ability to Radio One Goes Public 6 Embrace Your Ignorance super radio the Arbitron ExitPoll Adds 5 Markets 6 Its the Demographics, Baby! serve the African American change things, to have a Winter Numbers Continue 8 RAP /HIP -HOP 32 community. That has been positive impact. Yahoo! Debuts Online Radio 9 Miami's Deep Impact the key to our ability to One of my biggest frus- TRIPLE A 34 is radio sta- Ratings & Research Gaining and Holding Ground turn our facilities around, trations that Why the Focus on 12+ Shares? 10 ALTERNATIVE 38 because, quite frankly, tions refuse to work with Beyond the Main Stage we're not playing Luther each other. Some formats RadioCLarge ACTIVE ROCK 41 Vandross any better or any are so much the antithesis Sizing Up Active Rock A Memorial to the Start of Summer 11 louder than our competi- of each other that the only JAZZ/SMOOTH JAZZ & VOCALS 44 Features & Charts Winter Book Wrap -Up tors. It's the stuff in thing they have in com- SPOTLIGHT: AMERICANA 48 between the records. It's mon is they're both radio INDEPENDENT PROMOTERS Playing Musical Catch -Up the projects and the causes stations. So why couldn't Declaration of Independents 12 COUNTRY 51 that you get your station they work together and 18 Spreading the Good News TOP 40 /RHYTHM CROSSOVER involved in, and it's the bring two diverse commu- PD Profile: Todd Shannon A/C, HOT A/C 22 Parting Shots 54 ability to really identify nities together for the PD Profile: Kurt Johnson gmail BoxSet 54 what's important to your overall good? May14, 1999 GAVIN 5 www.americanradiohistory.com FIFiSTWUFiUS It's difficult to understand GAVI N N EWS what Sen. John McCain is driving at (see story, below). Late last week the Arizona llt: republican, who chairs the lioli-I1'cirlilirrll Senate Committee on Radio One: A Home- 1t'l't'lillt'. Commerce, Science, and Technology, announced Oak plans to hold hearings pay for play.- reassessing consolidation Grown Success Story JERK) LEMBO within the communications -SEE PAGE 12 industry. That, of course, about the instant personal Another feather in Radio includes radio. BY TONY SANDER', riches that come from going One's cap: Black Enterprise McCain's reasoning seems Skeie Named Seven years ago, Radio One public. Instead, she told magazine's June 19 issue will to be that the owned only one AM /FM GAVIN that becoming a pub- rank Radio One at 40th out Telecommunications Act, combo. WOL /WMMJ in lic company was an opportu- of the nation's 100 largest Exec. Director which Congress passed and Washington, D.C. and billed nity for her group's listeners black -owned businesses. GAVIN CEO David Dalton a bit more than S9 million to participate in the radio The stock's early perfor- President Clinton signed in has named Sandy Skeie annually. Now that group group's growth: "It's always mance last week mimicked 1996, "failed miserably" and Executive Director of the owns 25 stations in eight been a goal of mine that the the run -ups seen by various has led to more mergers company, effective immedi- markets (once it closes all audiences that make these Internet IPOs. Originally rather than promoting com- ately. Skeie previously was pending deals) and bills radio stations successful priced at S17 -S21, the stock associate Publisher of Gavin petition." Well, duh. about S60 million. Last have an opportunity to 'own opened for trading at S28 ,.(/ magazine and, more Pros and cons of this far - week's public stock offering a piece of the rock,' so to and never looked back. This recently, has been instru- reaching legislation not was just the latest move to speak," she said. "To be very Wednesday, Radio One cap off the stellar growth for honest, I welcome the shares (symbol: ROIA), were withstanding, the Telecom D.C's own home-grown opportunity to have all these hanging around S36 with Act was designed, in part, to radio group. individuals not only making Wall Street analysts setting allow radio groups to buy CEO Cathy Hughes does- money, but being the ones a target price of S40 before more stations in more mar- n't have the typical view we're accountable to" the year is out kets, thereby accumulating "critical mass." Were radio Arbitron Adds 5 broadcasters, including the WebRadio Joins ARB Affiance mental in launching and NAB in Washington, the only WebRadio.com, a new vices for WebRadio.com's overseeing the highly suc- folks who saw these acquisi- Internet-based radio broad- affiliate stations, which "ExitPoll" Mkts. cessful gmail daily fax. "Sandy's ap- tions coming? casting service, has joined stream live audio sig dedicated it IIIAN HIItER proach to the development It's difficult to believe that Arbitron NewMedia's Info- over the Internet. of gmail has been critical in Stream webcasting alliance.