EWS Moving Chairs NRJpreparesto launch FRANCE WEA Music France has announced a spate of appointments, all made over the past two months. Former Epic chart showacrossEurope product manager local & international, Franck Veron, has arrived at WEA as by Renzi Bouton Pfalz. The tracks for each show arestations associated with the group. promotion director, and another Epic selected by NRJ's head office in Paris According to Sabot, this shows the product manager, Stephane PARIS -French CHR broadcasterafter an analysis of the weeklyvalidity of NRJ's philosophy that sta- Charbonnier, has joined Veron at NRJ islaunchinga new pan-playlists of all NRJ associated sta-tions targeting the same audience WEA as head of marketing/sales. European chart show based on the tions in Europe. group with a similar format in differ- Alexandre Levy, former head of mar- station's most played songs on all its "The Euro Hot 30 reflects the music ent European territories can operate ketingforEMI's Odeon Label CHR stations across Europe. programmingofNRJ'sstations a very similar music program- Group, has joined WEA as head of The Euro Hot 30 show premiered throughout Europe," says Sabot. "It isming. "What makes the dif- artist marketing. Finally, Alain Figari on May 3 on the six German Energya synthesis of what is played on ourference," he says, "is the and Franck Tuil were appointed sales stations associated with the NRJ stations. We are currently fine-tuninglocal content" added to the director and director of sales promo- group. The programme is currentlythe methodology and evaluating theprogramming mix. tion, respectively, on May 5. Figari pre- also being tested on NRJ's station in best weighting system for this chart. It viously held the position of deputy Stockholm. NRJ programme director is obvious that two songs which both sales director at Sony Music France Christophe Sabot says the Euro Hotreach a weekly rotation rate of and Tuil worked as head of the record 30 will be added to the regular sched-40 plays on two stations with department at FNAC's Orleans store. ule of NRJ's stations in France, different audience figures can- Belgium, and Finland by September. not be valued the same way." GREECE Energy 103.4 Berlin produces the Sabot, who co-ordinates George Levendis is leaving his post as German version of the two hour Euro the programming and the marketing director at Arista U.K. to Hot 30 programme-presented bymusical research for all NRJ join BMG Greece as managing direc- Energy 103.4 DJ Rob Green-which stations in Europe, says that tor. In his new role, Levendis will report isbroadcastweeklyinBerlin, there is currently a 70 per- to BMG Central Europe senior VP Hamburg, Munich, Nuremberg and cent overlap of internation- Arnold Bahlmann. the states of Saxony and Rheinland- al material on the different NETHERLANDS Video -on -demand TV channel The Box has appointed Rene Boogard as its Maximum fine for Radio 3FM Dutch managing director, effective May 12. Boogaardreplaces Marjan by Robbert Tilli tion's lawyers were considering a pos- Media Commisariat under which a Kortekaas, who has left the station to sible appeal against the judgement. series of guidelines will be set out work on a freelance basis. Kortekaas HIINERsum - The Dutch MediaIn the meantime, public broadcasting defining the extent of future co-opera- will, however, continue to lobby for the Commissariat has fined public CHRumbrella organisation NOS is work-tion between artists,labels and increased distribution of the station station Radio 3FM with the expecteding out a new code of conduct with the public broadcasters. through the country's cable networks. maximum penalty of liF1 208,000 ($109,600), following allegations that U.K. the station broke advertising rules Continuing its regionalisation efforts, and illegally sponsored an album by MTV Europe has filled two key posi- Dutch artist Marco Borsato. tions by appointing regional heads of The allegations were made by pri- programming and production for its vate competitor Radio 538, after Northern and U.K services, effective PolyGram subsidiary Polydor from May 16. Former head of talent Holland gave Radio 3FM the exclu- and artist relations, Christine Boar, sive rights for the first airing of is now responsible for the program- Borsato's latest album De Waarheid ming of MTV's U.K. service, while news (M&M, April 26). editor Eric Kearley has taken up the The May 15 verdict split the fine head of programming positionat between Radio 3FM'seightpro- MTV's Northern service. Boar worked gramme providers, charging each as a producer for BBC Radio l's broadcaster with Dfl 26,000 ($13,700). Evening Session and Top 40 pro- The Commisariat explained that the grammes before joining MTV Europe fine includes a Dfl 10,000 ($5,300) in 1996. Kearley previously held the job penalty for a TV spot which advertised as senior programme editor at public the album during broadcasting time broadcaster Radio Stockholm and reserved for Radio 3FM programme joined MTV Europe in 1995. announcements. According tothe Commissariat, the ad not only promot- Sony Music Europe international pro- ed Radio 3FM's special programming motions manager Mitch Vannoni left during its Borsato Week from January the company on May 16 to set up her 13-18 but also advertised the artist's own business as an independent public- new album by using its artwork. ityconsultant. Her firstclientis Another Dfl 16,000 ($8,400) fine was Michael Jackson, who contacted levied over the actual content of Radio Vannoni over his upcoming European 3FM's programmes during Borsato tour, which will commence on May 31 in Week. "[The station's] programming Bremen, Germany. Vannoni has worked during the week in question relied CNR Music t er011mtly held its first international A&R and marketing with a wide range of Sony artists includ- heavily on Borsato's album," stated the meeting for 107 in Amsterdam's Hotel Americain. The label, part of ing Jackson, Celine Dion, Pearl Jam Commissariat in its verdict. "[Seen in] Dutch entertainment group Arcade, introduced new signings to CNR and Lisa Minnelli. The position of combination with the TV spot and a staff and business partners from Europe. Belgium CNR signing Touch international promotions manager at Radio 3FM advertisement in daily of Joy joined CNR Music International VP Derk Jolink after a show- Sony Music Europe in its present form newspaper De Telegraaf, this consti- case at the Escape club. Pictured from left: Jolink, CNR Music will be scrapped, as the company has tutes a breachof Dutch media law." International marketing director Guido Janssens, Touc,h Of Joy's decided to work with freelancers on a AtpresstimeaRadio3FM Serge Quisquater, CisllI Music Belgium GM Peter Vanderhallen and project -by -project basis. spokesman commented that the sta- Touch Of Joy's Sany 134ets. MUSIC &MEDIA0MAY 31, 1997.