COUNTRY 1 AIRPLAY We Listen To Radio September 27, 1996 $4.95 Volume 4 -No. 40 COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTS TY HERNDON Living In A Moment (EPIC) * * * AIRPOWER * * * TRAVIS TRITT More Than YOU II Ever Know (WARNER BROS ) NEW RELEASES STEVE AZAR Nights Like This (RIVER NORTH) STEPHANIE BENTLEY Dead Ringer (EPIC) GARTH BROOKS That 01' Wind (CAPITOL NASHVILLE) JAMES T. HORN If Dreams Have Wings (CURB/UNIVERSAL) CHRIS LEDOUX Five Dollar Fine (CAPITOL NASHVILLE) MINDY MCCREADY FEAT. RICHIE MCDONALD Maybe He'll Notice Her Now (BNA) TIM MCGRAW Maybe We Should Just Sleep On It (CURB, JOE NICHOLS Wal-Mart Parking Lot (INTERSOUND) CARYL MACK PARKER Better Love Next Time (MAGNATONE) DARYLE SINGLETARY Amen Kind Of Love (GIANT) Airplay Monitor Is Dying To Know: What's In Your Van? A Very Sticky Story by Kevin Cartel; John Loscalzo, the van upside down. Schoggins re- and Phyllis Stark ports that an overpowering aroma of gasoline still permeates the vehicle. As an astute industry insider, you've "The jocks have to drive with all the come to rely on Airplay Monitor to windows down, plus we installed about consistently bring you in-depth, hard- 75 of those pine air fresheners." hitting, investigative reports covering Country WBOB-FM Minneapolis (and uncovering) virtually all corners had to buy a converted ice-cream truck of the radio industry. This week, we to haul its 7 -foot -tall fiberglass horse are especially proud (attention Pulitzer mascot, Robo Bob. Promotion director committee) to blow the lid (and the Charlie Dean also transported hay in CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE sliding doors) off of a subject that had the van, which the station used to not previously been addressed in po- make a lifelike con -al for Robo Bob at The lite conversation: The contents of the events, but the hay was dumped when average radio station van. it started to smell funny. powerful Listen carefully as promotions di- Crammed in with Robo Bob and new rectors from various formats close their "doughnuts and half-drunk bottles of eyes, take a deep breath, gird their Mountain Dew" are a couple of hula - single loins, and let you in on the real deal: hoops ("You never know when you'll from Top 4() KHFI Austin, Texas, promo want to have a hula -hoop contest," queen Ginny Schoggins discovered a Dean says) and a rusted -out toolbox mélange of styrofoam stuff, movie she bought at a garage sale for a quar- posters, bent antennas, duct tape, and ter. Inside the toolbox are "clothespins. a ball of tangled and mutilated micro- miscellaneous screws and bolts, phone cables. "We just plug 'em in and Sharpies, and a hammer." cross our fingers," she says. One thing you won't find in the What's under the seats: "I don't WBOB van is the tobacco -chewing in- know and I don't want to know," she tern. He's been banned from the vehi- says. "I figure, just let whatever's under de. there live in peace. It only comes out at night anyway." YOUR HOME FOR FINE DINING Career highlight: "We recently got Kelly Shipp, marketing director of the huge oil stain out of the van car- KKRZ (Z100) Portland, Ore., was in peting," she says proudly. Apparently the van during the shooting of a TV one of the station's college -educated in- spot last winter, when she dropped her terns had loaded the generator into Continued on page6 GOING FOR AIRPLAY TIIISWEEK. OCTOBER 7 In Countr .tirplay Monitor pi Big Changes At Arista, Career BOI MAN vi CRS Midwest Attracts Record 320 PRODUCED BY SCCTT HENDRICIS CO -PRODUCED BY FAITH HILL CO 1496 Warner Bros. Record, nc LProfile: KYGO's John St. John Hear ng Is Bel evilg Visit the Warner B -o; Web -Site at http://www.wbr.com This Year, Only One CMviikA Nominee For Female Vocalist of;it YearilPhtl Has A Proven Reputation Aslune ountrys Most Accomplished Female Writer/Producer/Perforrrttr ...And A New Song About Fishin. PAM TILL'S `,Ietty's Got A Bass Boat" he new single and video from her album ALLOF THIS LOVE. Official Airplay Date: 9/3o Produced by Pam Ti Associate)mduce :ike Poole 1996 CMA Nominee: Female Vocalist of the Year Ma ment: obertson Management Nashville, TN Don't let thisone get away. WAIST& NASHVILLE It, 1996 Arista Records, Inc., a unit of BMG Entertainment COUNTRY AIRPLAY MONITOR SEPTEMBER 27, 1996 3 Megapoly, Indies Big CRS Midwest Issues and other labels. Independent promoter Bruce by Phyllis Stark Shindler said that in working Step One's West- Concerns about the brave new world of ern Flyer, he's heard "ugly comments from radio WW1 In Tilegate'?; Jacor's New Structure megapoly competed for attention with tradi-[programmers who] don't have confidence in tional complaints about the radio/record rela- Step One to get product" in the stores. He said it ne of the surprises at the Midwest Carlo, who's now P/T at crosstown AC WVTY. tionship, and the plight of independently re-becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when retail Country Radio Seminar event was Daulton was most recently morning man at leased records in particular, at the third regional doesn't buy a record because radio isn't playing it. the announcement by a Westwood crosstown W1JJ and Pir at sister Y 108. Country Radio Seminar, CRS Midwest, held in River North's Kevin Herring, who previous- One employee, during the panel on KWEN Tulsa, Okla., PD Dave Block adds MD Kansas City Sept. 20-21. ly worked for Mercury, said he's felt that bias in duopoly, that the Justice Department had seized duties in the wake of Tim Howard's move to Despite numerous problems with the Dou- his new job. "A major consultant left me a mes- files from WW1, apparently to see if the network KGMY Springfield, Mo. bletree Hotel, which luncheon host Charlie sage that [said], 'Steve Azar is great. Too bad it's is indeed being operated at arm's length from the KATM Modesto, Calif., taps KSKS Fresno, Monk dubbed the Bates Motel, the seminar at- not on a label that can bring it home." CBS/Group W/Infinity network apparatus. No Calif., night host Christy Garcia as MD/middays, tracted a record 320 attendees, more than ei- Another audience member later noted that confirmation yet from Justice. A WW1 spokesper- replacing Randy Black. Garcia will now work tin- ther of the previous regional seminars. Also for"radio worrying about it not being in stores is son was unaware of the action. der her real name, Chris Costa. the first time, radio registrants appeared to out- an absolutely ludicrous reason for not playing a Meanwhile, Jacor has finally passed the Justice KEZS Cape Girardeau, Mo., P/r Bobbi Hen- number nonradio attendees. record." hurdles and closed on its acquisition of Citicast- son takes the MD/night shift recently vacated by The seminar began with artist/keynoter John Chancellor Broadcasting's Tim Closson urged ers. This means that Jacor president/co-COO Adam Hawkins, now at WFMB Springfield, Ill. Berry asking, "It's 10 after 9: Do you know who attendees to focus on the music. He noted that a Randy Michaels becomes CEO. Jacor co -000 Premiere Radio Networks and Huntsman En- your owner is?" After describing the "magical ra- lot of weak product is being driven up the charts, Bob Lawrence becomes president/COO. Citicas- tertainment have formed a joint venture in which dio moments" that touched his life, Berry said, forced down radio's throats, and subsequently ters radio division president Dave Crowl is Huntsman will produce a series of country radio "It's a time of turmoil in country radio . .. but if forced down the listeners' throats. "Be friends named president of the new Jacor radio division. specials for Premiere. The first will be "Martina you can, find a way to program in a little magic." with the record companies and work with WFLA Tampa, Fla., PD Gabe Hobbs gets re- McBride And Friends Special Live From Nash- During the session 'The Telecom Act-Will I [them]," he said. "But don't be afraid to say no." gional director of programming stripes over ville," airing in October. Also, Huntsman will pro- Still Have A Job," SW Networks VP of pro- At the Telecom Act session, consultant Joe country WCIV Sarasota, Ha., among others. vide Premiere with interviews for the latter's gramming Corinne Baldassano noted that for Patrick predicted that as a result of consolida- In other sales news this week, Evergreen "Country Plain Wrap Countdown" show. many radio owners right now, "it's monopoly. tion, "we'll see more boutique formats," includ- spends $103 million to pick up WXTU Philadel- Is country ready for Howard Stern? Stern is It's all about buying and selling," and they've ing an '89 to '92 -based classic country format. phia's duopoly partner, R&B adult WDAS-AM- now heard on WCLB West Palm Beach, Fla., in a been neglecting the running of the stations they KFKF Kansas City PD Dale Carter called his FM from Beasley, which leaves WXTU as a stand- morning simulcast with classic rock WBGG Mia- own. "A year from now." she predicted, "they partnership with KBEQ (Young Country alone. WCOS/WIiKZ Columbia, S.C., however, mi ... Angela Brooks, a country veteranwho will realize they haven't paid attention to to op- Q104) "the most successful country/country get a new duop partner, as Benchmark picks up most recently was running her own ad agency, erations side, and when that happens, it will be duopoly." Nevertheless, Carter said, the "young adult standards FM WSCQ for $4.1 million.