Arbitron To Test PPM In PhiIly •Fontaine Goes Hollywood •More Media Consolidation Ahead June 2, 2000 h'jJ;':rd-r acking: ogrammer's ective nOsbourne on Al s ings Ozzy MUSIC FR1141 RND INSPIRED HY _41111111111 11111 ês; MASSIVE BOX OFFICE! OVER $92 MILLION OPENING WEEK! 2nd GROSSING MOVIE IN MEMORIAL DAY, WEEKEND HIS SOUNDTRACK GOLD IN 3 WEEKS! 411. Metallica, "I Disappear" #I BDS ACTIVE ROCK! #I BDS MAINSTREAM! #I5 BDS MODERN ROCK (#I2 Audience)! #I Call-Out "Rate The Music"! 4.12 Score! Limp Bizkit, "Take A Look Around" (Theme From M:12) BDS MODERN ROCK: 22*-I6* (+139 Spins)! BDS ACTIVE ROCK: 26*-24* (+43 Spins)! BDS MAINSTREAM: 35=31* (+51 Spins)! COMBINED AUDIENCE OVER 31.6 MILLION!!! ALSO PLAYING: Foo Fighters With Brian May, Godsmack, Chris Cornell, Apartment 26, Diffuser, & Coming Soon: ROB ZOMBIE, "Scum of the Earth." www.mesuundtrarkrum Motion Picture Artwork. Photos TM & ©2000 Peron-wont Pictures. Publisher/Owner Kal Rudman Executive VP/GM Fred Deane [email protected] VP/Executive Director Paul Heine une 2 2000 •ISSUE No. 1195 [email protected] Managing Director/ Modern Rock Director Michael Parrish [email protected] upf ront 3 Voicetracking: The Programmer's Perspective Administrative Director Stations now routinely beam in air talent from other markets, have full- Judy Swank timers voicetrack weekend shows, and share production pieces — via [email protected] systems like Prophet. A group of PDs present the pros and cons of this new technology. Associate Director Jay Gleason Q&A: Sharon Osbourne [email protected] 11 You'd think being married to Ozzy is enough to keep Sharon Osbourne Progressive Director busy. But Ms. Ozzy also manages him, runs a label, and is in charge of Sybil McGuire this summer's hottest Rock tour. [email protected] 11 15 Programming To Win: Becoming A Better Manager Progressive Specialist/ In the never ending battle of doing things vs. managing talent, it's becom- Advertising Coordinator ing increasingly difficult for PDs to effectively multi-task and manage peo- Kevin Boyce ple at the same time. Pat Welsh has eleven suggestions to help improve [email protected] your managerial skills. Modern Rock Specialist Mike Bacon theweekinmusic [email protected] 16 Stats Summary Metal Radio Specialist New Music Page Bram Teitelman 17 [email protected] 19 Rock Charts New Media Specialist Airplay Analysis Andy Gradel 20 [email protected] 22 Regional Call-Out Research Scores Research Specialist Kathy Wagner musicn ew s [email protected] 23 Eddie Van Halen Cancer Scare... AC/DC Announces Summer Tour Dates... Radiohead Talk About New Album... Methods Of Mayhem's Art Director Tommy Lee Jailed For Probation Violation. Janet Drialo-McArdle [email protected] mustr ea d Designers Nancy Green 29 Ratings Spring 2000 Phase One Arbitrends. Leslie Crawford Gina LaMaina departments Linda Steere 32 Active Fewer arrests this year at 93Xfest... KRXQ band wins MTV's Big Production Assistants Susan Adcock Deal... LazerLoad 2000. Terry Benedetti 33 Progressive Kerry Ehrhart Patti Smith Is Most Added. Editorial/Research Assistants Metal Danielle Byfield Brad Maybe 36 Theresa Meire Kevin McManmon Iron Maiden Moves To The Top As N.I.B. Il Grabs Most Added. Charmaine Parker Ginny Reilly Ruth Watts •••• N Modern Contributing Editors 39 Tom Barnes. Dave Beasmg, Ted Bolton, John VVBCN Crashes Your Party... K-Rock Sells Out DFP 4.0. Bradley, Dennis Constantine, Bob Davis Tim Davis, Alex DeMers. Greg GiInsole Mike Henry. Liz Janik, Chris Kennedy, Randy Lane, Dave Lange, Terry Marshall. Mark Ramsey. Larry Rosin, Paul covers to r y Sexton, Denny Somach Productions. Pat Welsh Mimi In The Middle Executive Mews, F-36 48 1930 East Marlton Pike VVKIRL/VVRCKANTKW OM/PD Mimi Griswold does more before 9a.m. than Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 a lot of people do all day. How does she program three stations in two sep- (856) 424-9114 arate markets, do morning news on all of them, be a mom, and still steer Fax: (856) 424-6943 her stations to ratings success? Email: [email protected] t1:2000 Friday Morning Ouarterbaid‘ Album Report, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed and first published in U.S.A. THE NEW SINGLE FROM THE CUL "PAINTED ON MY HEART FROM THE miffN MOTION UU PICTURE SOUNDTRACK o ice6 11.7no Peum 6 6,6m ink OM Menem P,ms 6,6Jert) Brixmlemmer na wwwislandrecords.com MAUS Impacting All Formats This Week! ' I r ni More Media Consolidation Expected Fontaine Named Sr. VP/Promotion From FCC Biennial Review at Hollywood Moving cautiously to further Tribune — whose pending merg- counting procedure "convoluted" because astation can be counted ease ownership limits, the FCC er with Times Mirror would pro- he's been in said Tuesday (5/30) it would duce TV-newspaper combos in as being in amarket but not placeAlthough since consider allowing companies to New York, Los Angeles, and counted against alocal licensee's February, the own both adaily newspaper and Hartford — interprets the FCC ownership cap. In afew cases, official abroadcast station in the same report as "cementing" the com- this has permitted some opera- release is out market — in certain situations. bined companies' chances of tors to own eight stations in naming Much to the dismay of the news- owning both mediums in Los small markets — something the Justin Justin Fontaine Fontaine Sr. paper industry, the Commission Angeles and New York. Telecom Act never intended. The Il VP/Promo- vowed to keep intact the 25-year- The move to relax this and Commission says it will entertain tion at Hollywood Records. old newspaper-broadcast cross- other rules stems from the using Arbitron market defini- Fontaine joins Hollywood ownership ban, while examining Commission's first Broadcast tions instead of the current over- from Capitol Records, where lapping signal contours standard situations where diversity of Ownership Biennial Review he was VP/National media voices and competition Report, atwo-year process that for market definition, and also Promotion. He replaces Dan would remain if anewspaper- began in '98. When Congress address its current station count- Hubbert, who left Hollywood broadcast combination were passed the Telecom Act of '96, it ing methodology. early this year for the Sr. VP of allowed. ordered the Commission to eval- Among the review's ether Promotion position at Epic Exactly how far the Commis- uate ownership rules every two proposals: Records. sion will go remains to be seen. years. •Modify the Dual Network Rule In his new position he will be responsible for all of the Chairman Bill Kennard guarded- The most significant outcome to allow common ownership of label's promotion efforts, ly notes that combining asingle of the review for radio has to do an established TV network (ABC, encompassing all formats. radio station in alarge market with the formula the FCC uses CBS, FOX, NBC) and an emerg- Based in the label's Burbank with asmall suburban paper for defining alocal radio market. ing network (WBTN or UPN). offices, Fontaine will also •Keep existing local radio own- "might raise fewer concerns than Critics, including Commissioners develop and implement other potential combinations." Gloria Tristani and Susan Ness, ership limits, cable system/TV national promotion campaigns, However, Shaun Sheehan, VP at have called the current station continued on page 7 while overseeing the label's national and field promotion staff. Eddie Van Halen Cancer Scare... AC/DC Announces Summer Tour Dates... Radiohead Talk About New Album... "I'm delighted to welcome Methods Of Mayhem's Tommy Lee Jailed For Probation Violation...Details in Music News on Page 23. Justin to Hollywood Records," Buena Vista Music Group Chairman Bob Cavallo said. "It's agreat time in the label's Voicetracking: development to be able to add such an experienced and wide- ly respected executive. Justin is The Programmer's Perspective an instrumental part of our continued growth." "There are two things that In fmqb's Aug. 6, 1999 cover story (Modern Day Prophets), we delved into the made my decision to come to world of "cyber jocks"— Prophet-enabled air talent hosting several shows in multi- Hollywood Records very easy: ple markets throughout the country. Ten months later, the practice is more com- music and people," Fontaine monplace and less of a burning issue. So what do programmers who import and added. "Bob Cavallo has export air talent see as the pros and cons of the practice? assembled avery talented executive staff and surrounded In the Bay Area, the four-signal KSJO simulcast has served as atemplate for them with incredibly gifted Clear Channel's aggressive exploitation of Prophet technology. Afternoon host artists. Ilook forward to work- Mikey also voice-tracks nights for sister KIOZ/San Diego. WXTB/Tampa's Ricker ing with all of them and break- does nights at KSJO. via Prophet. And weekends are voice-tracked by station full- ing alot of records along the timers. "It's streamlined the jocks and the quality of jocks, particularly when a full way" Jim Richards continued on page 9 -Jay Gleason fmqb june 2, 2000 Early Adds: PR KUPD/Phloenix • KRXQ/Sacramento JEET"mvekifiettED e! , (PLAY ON FROM THE DEBUT ALBUM le«01814t PrIODUCED Dv EGG/1MM THE wineAg.trirejezxt8S.ccin 'avavay.atlantic-rtcerds.cern ATLANTIC GROUP 02000 Atlantic ?,lercrding Ccrp. A TIME VIIARTellt COMPANY unf rnnt Arbitron to Test PPM Measurement in Philly This Fall Arbitron will launch service when meters are fully deployed throughout in "After eight years of development and testing, the first U.S. field test the U.S. Neilsen will provide financial support and its it's time to bring the system to the United States to of its groundbreaking TV survey research expertise for the test.