Volume XXX • Number 43 • October 22, 2004 Chicago Summer Book. Cubby’s help carry Tribune’s WGN to victory. WGN-AM 6.2 - 6.9, WGCI-FM 5.5 - 5.7, WBBM-AM 4.7 - 4.5, THE WLS-AM 4.5 - 4.4, WVAZ-FM 3.8 - 4.3, WOJO-FM 3.4 - 4.2, WNUA-FM 3.5 - 4.2, WBBM-FM 4.0 - 4.1, WPWX-FM 3.1 - 3.3, MAIN STREET WKSC-FM 2.9 - 3.3, WUSN-FM 3.1 - 3.2, WLIT-FM 3.2 - 3.1, Communicator Network WJMK-FM 3.0 - 3.0, WTMX-FM 2.8 - 2.7, WLEY-FM 3.0 - 2.6, WDRV-FM 2.7 - 2.5, WXRT-FM 2.4 - 2.1, WKQX-FM 2.0 - 2.0, A T T L E WCKG-FM 2.1 - 1.9, WLUP-FM 2.1 - 1.9, WFMT-FM 1.8 - 1.8, TT A T T L E RR WZZN-FM 1.9 - 1.7, WGRB-AM + 1.5 - 1.6, WNND-FM 1.6 - 1.6, WSRB-FM 2.1 - 1.4, WMVP-AM 1.1 - 1.4, WSCR-AM 1.3 - 1.3, 30th Anniversary 30 1974 - 2004 WRLL-AM 0.7 - 0.9, WVON-AM 1.3 - 0.8, WIND-AM 0.7 - 0.7, WVIV-FM 0.7 - 0.6, WZFS-FM 0.4 - 0.5, WCGO-AM 0.4 - 0.4, Tom Kay • Chris Mozena WZSR-FM 0.4 - 0.4, WRTO-AM 0.5 - 0.4, WJKL-FM ** - 0.4, WERV-FM ** - 0.4, WVIX-FM 0.2 - 0.3, WIIL-FM 0.4 - 0.3, WWDV- Conclave Scholarship Season Begins! Today, the Conclave is kicking- FM 0.2 - 0.2, WDEK-FM ** - 0.2, WKIE-FM ** - 0.2. 12+ off the 2005 scholarship application drive for the radio and television persons, 6A-12P, M-Su, 6A-mid, Spring ‘04 – Summer ‘04 broadcast scholarships given annually to three nationally recognized comparisons. Copyright © 2004, The Arbitron Company. These educational institutions. The scholarships are offered to attend Brown results may not be used without permission from Arbitron. College of Minneapolis, MN or to The Specs Howard School of Broadcasting Arts of Southfield, MI. One Music Business In what appears to be a presidential campaign first, the Bush-Cheney scholarship will be awarded to Musictech College of St. Paul, MN. campaign has taken to buying ten-second tags for radio news and In all, Conclave scholarships represent a value of over $65,000... traffic reports. According to reports from this week’s Milwaukee and that’s not counting the Conclave’s Continuing Education Journal-Sentinel, the practice has run into some snags, including Scholarship, worth another $1,500! Entry forms and more information one with Talker WTMJ who has reportedly asked Metro Networks is available now at the Conclave website at www.theconclave.com. to stop having their traffic reporters read the campaign ad tags. News Soon, the same information will be available inside career counseling Dir. Dan Shelley is quoted as saying, “Since our long-standing policy offices at high schools around America. This simple application is not to broadcast any political advertising within the confines of our process for the radio industry scholarships involves answering a one- newscasts, regardless of who the candidate is, we immediately called page questionnaire and providing a voice tape/ CD from the Metro Networks and asked its personnel to cease reading the Bush- prospective student. An essay must accompany the music industry Cheney ’04 commercial.” (Stay tuned for more developments!) scholarship application in leiu of the audio tape/CD. Details on the Continuing Education Scholarship will be forthcoming in early 2005. When the Nelly/Tim McGraw duet “Over & Over” hits #1 this week The scholarship deadline is April 1, 2005. Winners will be announced in Airplay Monitor, it will tie for the fastest record to ever reach that shortly thereafter, while the Continuing Education Scholarship winner pinnacle! Congrats to Team Universal (and if this isn’t your most will be announced during the summer conference. The Conclave spun song yet...it will be!) will soon have radio PSA’s announcing the scholarship availability’s via download at www.theconclave.com for stations wanting to help Earlier this week iBiquity’s HD Radio announced the rollout of its students in their community. digital audio broadcasting system on ten additional Detroit stations, giving the market 13 AM and FM stations using HD Radio! The newly Last week, Clear Channel Hot AC KBIG/LA presented EMI/ converted stations include; Sports WXYT, non-comm WEMU, Urban Manhattan recording artist Richard Marx to a packed house at a AC WMXD, Top 40 WKQI, Urban WJLB, Religion WMUZ, Oldies club on LA’s Sunset Strip with a packed house and a show that folks WOMC, Urban WDTJ, and Classic Hits WDTW. Three others, Gospel- are still buzzing about! His fans were treated to a duet of “Everything Talk WCHB, Urban Oldies WDMK and AC WMGC (MAGIC 105.1) You Want” with Marx touring guitarist Matt Scannell, whose group have already been using the HD RADIO standard. Vertical Horizon had made it a big hit a few years back. Then, Richard brought on a special surprise guest rendition of his “This I Wanna know what’s starting to look like a significant T40 hit? Joss Promise You” with ‘Nsync’s JC Chasez. But the highlight of the Stone’s “You Had Me”. Evidence? WPRO 29x, WSTR 23x, KUDD night was his reading of “Ready To Fly” which brought the house to 22x, WKRZ 22x, WRVQ 22x, KHTS 20x. We could go on, but you its feet. That’s just one reason to expect a ‘most-added’ week for the get the picture. You may have bigger names you can add, but you song as it hits radio on Monday! won’t find a bigger hit song. S-Curve JOSS STONE added WRYV! You Had Me WRHT! ADDED KFMB KCDU MAIN STREET MARKETING & PROMOTION, 4517 MINNETONKA BLVD #104, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55416 PHONE/FAX: 952.927.HITS (4487)/927-6427 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEB: www.main-st.net TIM MCGRAW Live Like You Richard Marx ADDING Were Dying Ready To Fly NOW at Hot AC/AC Earlybirds- marxKSRC R&R AC 20 eleanor WLTJ Added KRSK 24x WZPL KALZ 19x KCDU KLLY 17x WAEZ ADDED WIXM WLTE WLRQ KBAY CURBWOOD WARM WYYY KISC RECORDSKSSK Detroit Summer Book. It’s 5th to 1st for Clear Channel urban WMXD! The Dr. Is In! Dr. Gail A. Thoen is an author, Licensed Psychologist WMXD-FM 5.0 - 5.7, WJR-AM 5.7 - 5.1, WWJ-AM 5.5 - 5.1, WJLB- and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She is also trained in FM 5.3 - 4.9, WYCD-FM 3.8 - 4.6, WOMC-FM 4.4 - 4.6, WRIF-FM Sports Psychology and Clinical Hypnosis. She’s a member of The 4.7 - 4.6, WVMV-FM 4.7 - 4.5, WKQI-FM 4 - 3.9, WCSX-FM 3.8 - University of Minnesota faculty where she earned her doctorate 3.8, WMGC-FM 4.3 - 3.6, WDTJ-FM 4.2 - 3.5, WNIC-FM 3.8 - 3.5, and is currently Assistant Professor Emeritus. And...she’s married to CIMX-FM 2.5 - 3.1, WDRQ-FM 2.8 - 3.1, WDTW-FM 2.5 - 3, WDVD- long-time broadcaster (GM at KDWB, KTCZ, KS95, etc.) and FM 2.9 - 2.7, WKRK-FM 2.4 - 2.5, WDMK-FM 2.5 - 2.4, CKWW-AM entrepreneur Marc Kalman. So it’s no surprise that she and Marc 1.8 - 1.8, WXYT-AM 1.7 - 1.5, WGPR-FM 1.2 - 1.3, WDFN-AM 1.6 have put together an enterprise – Perfectly Positive, Inc. – that among - 1.3, WMUZ-FM 1.2 - 1.1, WCHB-AM 0.8 - 0.8, CIDR-FM 0.9 - 0.8, other things offers the talents of Dr. Gail to radio! John Hines of the WQBH-AM 0.8 - 0.7, WSAQ-FM 0.5 - 0.5, WIOT-FM ** - 0.4, CKLW- K102/Minneapolis morning show says: “Listeners line up on the phone AM 0.4 - 0.4. when they know that Dr. Gail is coming on with us.” On the air, she tackles a variety of topics ranging from relationships and sexuality to Michigan State University’s WDBM/East Lansing, MI celebrated sports psychology and hypnosis. If you’d like to check out her 15 years on the air with the launch of iBiquity’s HD Radio during availability for your radio station, call Marc at 612-819-4254. Or click homecoming weekend (10/17). Gary Reid, who has been the staff www.perfectlypositive.com to learn more about Dr. Gail and Marc! GM since the station’s inception, was honored with the Student Radio (To answer the question we know you’ll ask: No...Dr. Gail does NOT Founders Award during a ceremony attended by over 100 current have access to more flu vaccine!) and former WDBM staffers, including former FCC Commissioner Jim Quello. WDBM was the career catalyst for a number of broadcasting Just the facts: In this week’s Mediabase 24/7 research, Curb’s notables, including former Conclave TalenTrak keynoter John Kimberley Locke and “8th World Wonder” debuts @ #5 with 25-34 “Records” Landecker, Dave Logan and voice of the Detroit Tigers year old women! Mario Impemba. WDBM is the first student station in the nation to broadcast in HD! According to reports from this week’s Chicago Sun-Times, Univision has reported plans for flipping Christian WZFS/Chicago to a Spanish St.