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Issue 16April 16, 1994 2.95, DM 8, FFr 25, US$ 5 EC States Come Hamburg Privates French Singles Charts To Grips Over Music Quotas Brace Up For Public Resume In M&M On Radio FRANCE has commissioned polling NDR's N -Joy Debut by Emmanuel Legrand- organisations IFOP andTite- Livetomonitor singles and EUROPE GERMANY er Rundfunk launched on April Music &Media and its sister albums sales.by using a comput- by Jeff Clark -meads byMiranda Watson 4 its new EHR outlet targeted to publication Billboard are resum- erised point -of -sale system. 15-19 year olds, N -Joy Radio. ing the presentation of French SNEP president and Poly - In the European Union, itis Hamburg private stations braced Radio Hamburg PD Rainer singles charts this week after a GramFrance CEOGiles actively illegal to impede the themselves this week as north Cabanis says that the launch of six month hiatus following the Paire welcomes the publication movement of goods and services German pubcaster Norddeutsch- the pubcaster's new station is bad discontinuationofthecharts of French charts in international across national borders. Any- news for privates in Hamburg. productionlast September by trade magazines such as M&M body choosing to reduce the lib- One reason, says Cabanis, is that broadcastersEurope 1 and and Billboard. He comments, - erty of the free market in any- Capital Buys the station seems to appeal to an Canal+. The new singles chart "First, I would say it is impor- thing fromsteelto schnapps olderdemo."Thestationis is used for the compilation of tant for us because these are could have to pay for such inter- Southern Radio geared more towards 25-35 year M&M's Eurochart Hot 100 really two top professional trade ferencewith afine or even olds than the 15-25 demographic Singles; a top 20 countdown can publications. Secondly, it gives imprisonment. Unless, of UNITED KINGDOM that it's meant to be targeting. We be found on page 15. the French market-and French course, the commodity in ques- already have enough stations in The charts are now financed acts-an international visibility tion is the raw material for radio London -based CapitalRadio Hamburg for 25-35 year olds." and operated by music industry it had missed for already quite programming. Group is continuing its aggres- Cabanis has not adjusted his trade organisation SNEP, which (continueson page 23) In France-the country that sive expansion policy with an station's programitiing in over the last 40 years has sound- agreementtobuySouthern response to the launch, however. ed the loudest calls for a single Radio for £32.6 million(app. "We aren't reacting just yet to N- Roachford Returns In True Band Form and open European (continues on page 23) (continues on page 23) market-legislation thatwill EUROPE introduce minimum quotas of by Machgiel Bakker French music on radio is already in place. Plans for its implemen- The return of British soul/rock tation at the beginning of 1996 quartet Roachford to the EHR are now moving ahead, despite Top 40 has been a victorious one. the protests of the broadcasters In three weeks' time, the new sin- Roachford and their threats of legal action. gle Only To Be With You is close But, even the anguished cries to entering the top 10, and backed No. 1in EUROPE ofthebroadcastershasnot by the release of the band's third stamped out enthusiasm for the album,Permanent ShadeOf Blue, European Hit Radio quotasconceptinother EU the track is set to become Roach - countries, too.In every conti- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ford's biggest single success since Streets Of Philadelphia nental European nation,there the Cuddly Toy's debut of 1988. (Epic) arecomplaintsfromrecord Columbia's strategy has been companies that domestic artists simple buteffective:send the do not get enough radio expo- ZZ TOP CELEBRATE IN HAMBURG -ZZ Top took time off from their hectic Eurochart Hot 100 Singles European promo schedule in March to celebrate the top 10 German chart band out for a few selected club BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN sure-arguments to which cul- dates, organise promotion around position of their new album "Antenna" with BMG Ariola Hamburgexecu- Streets Of Philadelphia ture ministries are sensitive to it and, above all, make sure that one degree or another. tives in Cologne. The album is now gold in Germany. Pictured (l -r)are: (Epic) press manager Joerg Troska, head of promotion Beate Elert, ZZ Top's Roachford's imageisproperly Inaddition,associate EU communicated. member Poland has introduced Dusty Hill, director A&R/marketing Eckhart Gundel, MD Michael Anders, European Top 100 Albums ZZ Tops' Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard, manager artists relations George Columbia UK international MARIAN CAREY legislationtoenforcequotas marketing manager Doe Phillips Gibb, senior international label manager Kai Manke and ZZ Topmanager Music Box (continues on page 6) J. W. Williams. says the latter could have been (Columbia) (continues onpage 24) the album Sweet mystery*out *1st SINGLE "DOUCEMENT (a trace of)(in)" AmericanRadioHistory.Com Here's a list of all the European trade magazines which give you: -pan-European music and radio industry news -15 airplay charts and 19 sales charts - over30,000 professional readers celebrating 10years 1984-1994 AmericanRadioHistory.Com Playlist Committee Ups ON 22 MAY 1994 THE NEXT GENERATION New Talent On Radio 1 OF INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SHOWS UNITED KINGDOM and is replacing its C list with an N greater extent in the playlist com- by Jeff Clark -Meads list showcase for new talent. mittee and reduces the individual A spokesman for thestation impact of producers. However, the Producers at BBC Radio 1 FM says, though, that the new system spokesman says, "We see all of this lose an element of creative free- will not mean less opportunity for as a positive thing. It is still open for dom this week as the station aims emerging acts. Indeed, he says of producers to impress people with for a more consistent identity. The the N list,"If a record is on the theirenthusiasmforparticular management is seeking to keep all playlist, it means it will get 10 plays records at the playlist committee producers marching to the same a week instead of the six plays as it meetings." beat by handing increased power would have done on the C list." It is understood that Radio 1's over to the central playlist commit- The N list will consist of 10 management had felt that some pro- tee. tracks which will each remain on ducers had taken a musical direc- From April11, 67% of all the list for four weeks. The station tion that was not always in keeping records broadcast during the10 says this will mean that airtime for with the station's overall identity. MUSIC daytime shows will be decided by new talent will rise from 24% to Asked about this, the spokesman the playlist committee, represent- 31%. To accommodate this,the says, "One advantage of the new ing an increase of more than one - amount of gold songs being broad- system is that the network will seem EXPERIENCE quarter. The station is also aug- cast will be reduced from 38% to consistent across all of its shows." EXCITING AND SPECTACULAirt menting its current A and B lists 30%. The spokesman says Radio 1's FLRFORMANCES by introducinga heavy -rotation The station concedes that the philosophy is to strike a balance OF CLASSIC HITS COMBINING: premier list for the biggest artists, new system concentrates power to a between reflecting and leading pop- ular opinion. He states that popular BOB DYLAN opinion will be reflected through A r MONKS the Premier list of eight records- each of which will receive 25 plays JON BON JOVI a week-while the N list will seek 10 MASTER 1APANESE to lead popular taste. DRUMMING LED BY LEONARD ETO Of the Premier list, he says, "It INXS will give a lot of exposure to the RYU HONGJUN AND HIS TRADITIONAL biggest current artists which will 15 Plirrr FAI""C". ' ^ ESTRA mean that listeners will not be fazed by new talent because they'll be sur- JONI MITCHELL rounded by a lot of familiar music." The record companies are still coming to terms with what the new system will mean, but they ac- RY COODER knowledge the greater exposure for ntivica new talent an appearance on the N '"TINIST1 list will entail. However, they are ROGER TAYLOR concerned at the reduction in air- FROMQUEEN AND FULL BACKING BAND DINA CARROLL VISITS POLYGRAM IRELAND- Dina Carroll visited PolyGram time for non-playlisted records. Ireland MD Paul Keogh during her recent trip to Ireland, where she was present- Saysoneseniorpromotions itOniu0 ed with a double platinum disc for sales of "So Close," which achieved double executive, "If you're on the playlist, platinum sales in the country. Carroll was in Ireland for the Irish Music Awards, you're laughing. If you're not, there WAYNE SHORTER where she won Best International Newcomer award. are a lot of people back at the office who will be crying." THE CHIEFTAINS Glasgow To Host Biggest Ever A FULL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sound City, Features 30 Bands MICHAEL KAMEN UNITED KINGDOM unsigned acts to established artists the emerging Scottishbands, GEORGE MARTIN such as M -People, Jamiroquai, including the .Trashcan Sinatras, The UK's biggest annual celebra- Inspiral Carpets and the Charla- Thrum and the Pastels. MORE STAR NAMES TO BE ANNOUNCED tion of music has reached unprece- tans. Sound Cityhasconsistently Lit/AROUND THE WORLD dented proportions this year and Grundysays,"It'sinevitable grown in size since its inception, has attracted a record amount of that Sound City is bigger and better due toa combination of local '"-7 1""E'T ORIENT interest from Continental European this year, and I have to keep re- enthusiasm inits host cities and TODAIJI TEMPLE broadcasters.