RDR/Frlday, December 4, 1N1 Page 12 THE TALK ON STREET TALK. Charter Broadcasting President John THE STREET.. Bayliss flew into Milwaukee on Monday (11-30) No Go At KOGO and relieved WOKY & WMIL VP/G M Bill KOGO/San Diego's airborne traffic STEVE SLATON, KISW, MD Jaeger and GSM John Pinch of their duties. At reporter Stan Brown lost power in his "Hot phones first week out and showing no signs of letting press time no replacements had been named. helicopter last week and crash landed, up. Breaking thru like 'Ah Leah' all over again" And while we're at it... is Charter quietly luckily without injury. Now ordinarily this negotiating to sell all its radio properties? And would not even come close to being what JON SINTON, Burkhart-Abrams-Michaels-Douglas & Assoc. could it be that a West Coast-based mini- you might call an amusing anecdote, except "Wherever 'Rock' is getting played, we're seeing big phones communications conglomerate is the leading can- that Stan is the same Stan Brown who and sales!' didate to purchase all of the Charter stations ex- crashed the KFI/Los Angeles traffic cept two? Naturally, should this deal go through, airplane into a house two years KID LEO, W MMS, MD the smaller company will become a giant over- ago — again without injury. "Love Is Like A Rock' is as sturdy as the honeymoon capitol night. In case you're still not convinced that of royalty. ...Gibralter, and it is a solid smash for the citizens Look for a big change within the upper Stan is not the kind of guy you want to of the rock and roll capitol of the world, Cleveland, Ohio!' echelon of the Elektra/Asylum promotion hang out with, get this. While Stan was a department. Street Talk hears that Jerry member of the KTLIUDenver newsteam JOHN GORMAN, WMMS, PD Sharell will take on the additional respon- a few years back he was caught in a police "If you can't sing to this song, you're deaf. If you're not sibilities of heading all of E/A's promotional crossfire. In the ensuing gun battle one of playing this song, you're dumb. If you don't see results from troops. the suspects was wounded, falling across this song, you're blind!' Takin' It To The Streets the hood of Stan's newscruiser, while he was broadcasting back to the station. As hinted last week, Jeff Pollack has sign- DAVE LANGE, WDVE, PD Somebody get Cathy Lee Crosby on the ed WYSP/Philadelphia as a consultation "You can't depend on your preacher, you can't depend on phone from "That's Incredible." She needs client. Philly, you may recall, is the market your teacher but you can depend on 'Love Is Like A Rock: to meet Stan Brown. where Jeff first made a big splash when he pro- After 13 weeks, this song is still tops in phones with a good grammed WMMR to AOR victory just before ex- LP sales pattern" Casey In The Sky? iting to form his own company. As all the networks scramble to firm up their A call letter battle is heating up between SKY DANIELS, WLUP, MD program offerings for 1982, rumors persist that WRQX/Washington and WMAR/Baltimore "The Donnie Iris 'Love Is Like A Rock' causes more phone ABC Radio Enterprises is about to make a deal over the latter's desire to switch to WRLX. The pandemonium than I've ever seen before. 'Rock' is an in- either to purchase Watermark outright, or sew usual claims about listener confusion and up exclusivity of Watermark's two biggest week- stant classic:' phonetic similarity have been amplified by the • ly shows — "American Top 40" and "American fact that WRQX is at 106.5 (calling itself Q-107) JANEL DOLAN, KZEW, MD Country Countdown." and WMAR is at 107.3. "Every track on 'King Cool' is a winner, but the greatest is After four months as afternoon personality B94/Pittsburgh has promoted two per- 'Love Is Like A Rock: Good, clean, infectious rock and roll:' for the Satellite Music Network's Country sonalities from within the current staff: Jeff superstation, Jim Morgan has resigned to McKay is now Assistant PD, and Chuck Tyler become PD at WCKS/Cocoa Beach. Morgan, is MD. Joining the B94 staff in a couple of weeks who had also been writer, producer, and voice of for morning drive will be Don Jefferson from SMN's weekend countdown show, plans to move KSLQ/St. Louis. "LOVE IS LIKE WCKS more A/C as the station moves its tower And Now, Ladies & Gentlemen .. closer to Orlando. The anticipated move and in- Drake-Chenault Enterprises will be creased tower height would give WCKS coverage featured tonight (12-4) on the "NBC Magazine" of the entire East Central region of Florida. A ROCIVA 22 TV show. The segment describes the conversion KADX/Denver switched from its full-time of KTTI/Ytuna from Beautiful Music to D-C's Jazz format to Country on December 1. The FM "Great American Country." Format voice Bob station is temporarily simulcasting with its AM- Kingsley is featured and D-C President Jim sister KBRQ (formerly KTLK). THE NEW SINGLE BY Kefford is interviewed. The show airs at 8pm Eastern time (7pm Central & Mountain). After KFI/Los Angeles PD Tom Bigby read Joel Denver's CHR column last week DONNIE IRIS (R&R 11-27), he decided to take action. Helping to promote "the gift of music," KFI will run FROM THE ALBUM KING COOL 30-second promos urging listeners to consider giving albums as gifts this Christmas. Bigby said, "I'm really thankful that record companies are out there trying to find the next Beatles and -4-4hamoriii1011 this is our way of thanking them for all the free music they have provided us this past year." WHAT SOME PEOPLE WON'T DO TO GET THEM PIC- TURE IN STREET TALK — WCTC/New Brunswick Congratulations to Columbia's Director of Operations Manager Jay Meyers had his station Album Promotion Paul Rappaport and his wife baseball cap on in the delivery room when his wife, Deb- Sharon on the birth of their first child, Adam bie, gave birth to their 17•W daughter, Courtney PeuNne This photo was snapped six minutes after Courtney Davis, born December 1. and to E/P/A's Al entered the world and you can bet she was wondering if Gurewitz and his wife, Delores, on becoming her Dad would be able to got her a neat cap like that in grandparents for the first time on November 25. her atm • MCA-5237 stickers Ask how ours can be so much Produced by Mark Avsec for the Belkin-Maduri Organization better at such a terrific price! Executive Producer—Carl Maduri TOLL FREE 1-800-331-4438 . MCA RECORDS WINDO W DECALS • BUMPERSTICKERS ©1981 MCA Records, Inc .