1-1 J ISSUE 649 fi(lG(1ST 3, 1990 55.00 an exclusive interview with L _ FOGELa President/CBS SHOW Industries I': 7d -. ~me co C+J 1M s-.0 1111, .. ^^-. f r 1 1 s rl Ji _ imp ii _U1115'11S The first hit single from the forthcoming album ALWAYS. Produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface for Laface, Inc. Management: Guilin Morey Associates .MCA RECORDS t 7990 MCA R,ords. S CUTTING EDGE LEADERSHIP FOR TODAY'S MUSIC RADIO Mainstream Top40 - Crossover Top40 - Rock - Alternative - Clubs/Imports - Retail ALDEN TO HEAD ELEKTRA PROMOTION Rick Alden has been National Marketing Manager, he was named Vice extremely good to me over the years, and I'm excited promoted to Senior Vice President of Top40 Promotion in November of 1987. about channeling my energies into this expanded President of Promotion Before joining ELEKTRA, Alden held positions at position. I'm working with the greatest staff, and we for ELEKTRA Entertain- ATLANTIC Records and RCA Records. are all looking forward to the future." ment, it was announced "After seeing the extraordinary results Rick has Also announced at ELEKTRA, by Vice President of this week by ELEKTRA achieved with Top40 Promotion, it became Urban Marketing and Promotion Doug Daniel, was Senior Vice Presi- increasingly clear that he was the man to head the appointment of Keir Worthy as National Director dent/General Manager Promotion overall," commented Hunt. "Rick's of Rap Promotion and Marketing. Brad Hunt. Alden was approach combines the analytic and the imaginative - Worthy previously served as Southwest/Midwest i previously Senior Vice he sees the big picture and never loses sight of the (See ALDEN page 40) RICK ALDEN President of Top40 details." Promotion, a post he Alden called his promotion "an honor and a was appointed to earlier this year. challenge. WB Names Harris Sr, VP, Alden joined ELEKTRA in 1979 as Promotion "I'm gratified by the confidence that (ELEKTRA Marketing Manager in Philadelphia. After working his Chairman) Bob Krasnow and Brad Hunt continue to way up through the company as Regional and place in my work," said Alden. "ELEKTRA has been Black Music Mkt & Promo Ray Harris has been named Senior Vice CHUCK BECK TO PROGRAM WAVA President of Black Music Marketing and Promotion WDFX-Detroit Program Director Chuck Beck has slot, once he takes the for WARNER BROS. accepted the PD post at Emmis Broadcasting's reins at WAVA. He added ze1 Records, it was an- WAVA in Washington, D.C., it was announced this that he doesn't plan to nounced this week by week by WAVA Vice President/General Manager make any major format WARNER BROS. Chair- Alan Goodman. Beck replaces Matt Farber, who changes at the station. man of the Board Mo exited recently to head planning and special projects "I'm not going to go in Ostin. at ARISTA records. there and change Harris has been Vice RAY HARRIS Beck has been PD at WDFX for two years. He WAVA," said Beck. President of Black Music previously worked as Assistant Program Director at "WAVA's on a good roll Promotion since joining WARNER BROS. in 1988. Y95 in Dallas. right now, and their He was Senior Vice President of Black Music for RCA "I think that WAVA has all the potential in the direction is very solid, so CHUCK BECK Records from 1974 to 1982, and then served as world," commented Beck. "They've already proven I'm going to go in and President of SOLAR Records for three years before that by the spring book. We're looking to push that just enhance their position in the market." leaving to form his own production company. He station even higher than it is now." Goodman said he reviewed more than fifty joined WARNER BROS. following a stint at Avant Beck said he would be looking for air talent, applicants for the position, but said that choosing (See HARRIS page 40) especially someone to fill the vacant afternoon drive Beck to run the programming depa'tment was easy. "Are you kidding?," asked Goodman. "With (Asst.PD/MD) Dave Elliott's knowledge of the market Viacom Debuts Lewis Appointed Sr, VP/GM and Don (Geronimo) and Mike (O'Meara) doing mornings, choosing a guy with Chuck's style and experience became a pretty easy decision." "Rock AC" in S.F. MCA Audio Distribution WAVA moved from a 4.0 to a 5.1 12+ in the Spring Viacom Broadcast Group has launched "Rock AC" Luke Lewis has been '90 Arbitron. KDBK and KDBQ in San Francisco, transforming the appointed Senior Vice company's recently acquired KOFY-FM and San i President and General Jose -based KLRS into "Double 99," implementing Manager, Audio Distri- Calarco Named VP, two transmitters that will simulcast the stations' bution, MCA Distributing signals to the entire Bay Area. Corp., it was announced Program Director Larry Berger told MITMAKERS this week by MCA CBS'Owned FM Stations that at 9:09 a.m. on July 31 Viacom killed off K - Distributing Corp. Rod Calarco has been named Vice President of LARGE, which had been broadcast for a day and a Executive Vice President the CBS -Owned FM Stations, it was announced this half and had been, according to Berger, "purposely John Burns. week by Nancy C. Widmann, President of the CBS designed to be awful." LUKE LEWIS Lewis was previously Radio Division. Calarco replaces George Sosson, Berger defined the Rock AC format as "mellow Vice President of Field who is leaving CBS to become President and Chief rock," playing artists such as Kenny Loggins, Marketing for MCA Records. Before joining the label Operating Officer of WIN Communications. Fleetwood Mac, the Doobie Brothers, Elton John, and in January of 1989, he was with CBS Records for 13 Calarco has been Vice President and General the Beatles. He said the station, which will be almost years, holding various posts, including New England Manager of WCBS-FM in New York since 1986. Prior entirely gold -based, will target a 25 -49 -year -old men (See LEWIS page 41) (See CALARCO page 41) and women. Features: Charts: The MITMAKERS Interview: Rantin' & Ravin' page 7 Mainstream Top40 page 10 Lou Fogelman, President/CEO, Mot Radio Promotions page 42 Crossover Top40 page 24 SHOW Industries page 8 Faces & Places pages 44-50 Rock Radio - page 35 New Releases page 54 Alternative page 39 Radio Forum: Ear To The Ground page 58 Clubs page 52 Is the bottom line taking precedence over Retail page 57 art in radio? page 30 ' 1111.1nrez eptiwa, ' J:.l, J His new single is here... 11 I The New Single The Follow -Up To The Smash Single, "Notice Me" From The Debut Album Nikki PRODUCED AND MIXED BY KEITH COHEN CO-?HODOCED BY NIKKI MANAGEMENT: JOHN HARTMANN fi ELLIOT ROBERTS FOR LOOKOUT MANAGEMENT © I99O THE DAVID GEFFEN COMPANY GEfFEN n ews Fie ds Joins MOTOWN As VP, Sales & Distribution Rocky Allen Takes Over Oscar Fields has years with WARNER BROS. Records, most recently joined MOTOWN Rec- as Vice President of Sales and Marketing/Black ords as Senior Vice Music. Mornings At WPUN.Y. ,' President of Sales and Fields' appointment comes as part of an expansion Veteran morning air Distribution, it was (See FIELDS page 41) personality Rocky Allen announced this week by will join 95.5WPLJ-New MOTOWN Chief Oper- York as morning host, ' ating Officer Harry ARISTA Appoints Cohen effective August 27, it Anger. Fields, a 25 -year was announced this music industry veteran, week by WPLJ Vice e. LOSCITI FTEL'DS has spent the last 13 President of Program- Director: Alternative PromoPraDirector, ming Tom Cuddy. Allen Mark Cohen has been replaces Gary Bryan, CREW OBSCENE IN INDIANA appointed Director of who was hired earlier this ROCKY ALLEN Howard County, Indiana is the latest region of the Alternative Promotion at month to take over country to join the anti -2 Live Crew contingent, with a ARISTA Records, it was mornings at WPLJ's crosstown rival, Z100. local judge ruling last week that the rap group's AS announced this week by Allen is currently doing mornings at WKSE (KISS - 1 NASTY AS THEY WANNA BE album violates stan- ARISTA Director of Rock FM) in Buffalo, where he has been for two and a half dards of decency and should not be sold to minors. Promotion Jay Ziskrout. years and where he has the market's top -rated music Howard County Judge Randy G. Hainlen made Cohen comes to morning show. He previously had highly successful 5`r _ his ruling July 27 after reading an affadavit submitted ARISTA after working for stints as morning man at WLAV in Grand Rapids and by a prosecutor that stated the album's lyrics "are so six years at ELEKTRA J4 MAGIC104 (WYMJ) in Dayton. filled with explicit and detailed verbal descriptions of Entertainment, most RK COHEN "I'm thrilled to have Rocky joining us at 'PLJ," said sexual excitement, or sexual conduct, along with recently as Director of Cuddy. "Rocky will bring to New York the same type timely moaning and groaning, that they violate Alternative Promotion. While with ELEKTRA Cohen of morning show he's perfected elsewhere. It will be contemporary community standards of obscenity." helped propel such acts as the Pixies, 10,000 fun, zany, topical and full of audience participation." AS NASTY AS THEY WANNA BE has already Maniacs, The Cure, the Sugarcubes and Tracy Allen called his new job "the opportunity of a been ruled obscene and banned in three Florida Chapman. lifetime. "In my six years with ELEKTRA I got work with Counties, as well as San Antonio, Texas.