advertisement JUNE 27, 1998 Masic Volume 15, Issue 26 £3.95 DM11 FFR35 US$7 Media® Da11.50 we talkd41:13Pradio M&M chart toppers this week Czech regulatorBMG music man Eur . of 100 Singles . I MARTIN a De La Vida takes Alfa off -airHenn set to quit I i mnbiA by Michele Legge new AC/talk station Radio by Emmanuel Legrand renew his contract, according Impuls, which is expected to a June 17 company state- Eur t. op 00 Alb PRAGUE- In an unprece-to be on the air by the end LONDON- HeinzHenn, ment. Henn said he had G 'KIN dented move,theCzech ofFebruarynextyear, senior vice president of A&R made "a difficult and painful d CouncilforBroadcastingwhen Radio Alfa's licence andmarketingfor BMGdecision," stressing that his (CCB) has decided not toexpires. Radio Impuls beat EntertainmentInternation- "job has become, by necessi- re -awardthelicenceof 12 other competitors al, will leave the company atty, more managerial and less European Radio To 50 nationalcommercial AC (including Alfa's re -applica- the end of June, when his hands-on with music. MADONNA station Radio Alfa. tion)initsbidforthe contract expires. "My love-aside from my Ray Of Lig Instead,the six -year national frequency. Heim, who joined BMG in family-is music," he contin- (Maverick national licence will go to continued on page 21 1987,hasdecided notto continued on page 21 Top European BMG executives past Inside M&M this week and present were out in force at the wedding of Italian superstar Eros Ramazzotti to Swiss modelfIV per- BOURGES: DIVERSITY RULES sonality Michelle Hunziker. The In a rare interview, Herve wedding at the Odescalchi castle Bourges, president of France's near Rome was attended by over broadcastingauthoritythe 500 guests. Pictured (l -r) are: Arnold CSA, tells M&M about his Bahlmann, president & CEO, CLT- fightfor balance in French UFA; Rudi Gassner, president & radio. Page 6 CEO, BMG Entertainment Interna- tional; Ramazzotti and Hunziker; JINGLE ALL THE WAY Franco Reali, CEO BMG Recordi Europe's radio market in the '90s is Italy; Gassner's wife Brooke; and more competitive and format -orient- Heinz Henn, BMG's outgoing senior ed than ever before. But one item in VP, international A&R/marketing stations'armouries has remained (see story, this page). constant since the '60s-the jingle. M&M looks at the current state of the "audio logo." Pages 7-9 NTM: uncompromising successUnited front EMBRACING EUROPE by Cecile Tesseyre (300,000 units) in France, and moves on EU PARIS- Amid the country's Worldeven managed Cup fever, the bad boyz of French rap to sink the STRASBOURG- For the first time, four have scored again. Titanicsound- leading music industry groups have Some 10 years after spearheadingtrack whenit presented a "common front" to Euro- the French rap revolution with theirdebuted at the pean policy makers on the vital issue of U.K. alternative rockers Embrace no-nonsense, socially conscious, but topof French copyright protection in the digital age, are the latest band from the Hut/ radioun-friendlyhardcore rap, album chart in writes Emmanuel Legrand. Virgin stable to break through in a Supreme NTM are back in vogue. early May. The display of unity took place on major way in their homeland, and Thegroup'sfourth,eponymous With such sus- June 17, when representatives from hopes are high that their success will album, released on Epic at the end oftained sales, the highest level of artists and authors spread across Europe. Page 10 April, is heading for platinum status continued on page 21 continued on page 21 LOS UMBRELLO$ NO TENGO DINERO ROLL WITH IT.... AmericanRadioHistory.Com The Excellent New Single From taken from the album AmericanRadioHistory.Com BENS Music PolyGram cuts back A&M in U.K. by Mark Solomons does not signalthat Polydor U.K. managing director international editor, Billboard Bulletin the demise ofLucian Grainge "will have the interna- Media. A&M. "Fewertional acts," Mercury Records U.K Call M&M on: LONDON-A&M is to cease operating records areMD Howard Berman "the domestic tel (+44) 171 323 6686 as a full -service record company in being released, acts" and Island Records U.K. MD fax (+44) 171 323 2314/16 the U.K. as part of a restructuring so there is aMarc Marot "will look after AM:PM Editorial plan announced by PolyGram U.K. need to focus and Mo'Wax." Editor in chief: Emmanuel Legrand Managing editor: Tom Ferguson chairman/CEO John Kennedy. resources," he A&M GM Harry Magee, who has News editor: Jonathan Heasman Under the plan, the label's inter- says."It'sa accepted a postat Features/specials: Terry Heath Music business/talent editor: Christian Lorenz national acts-including Sting, Bryan similar move BMG as MD of its Programming editor: Mike McGeever Adams and Sheryl Crow-will be to what EMI RCA label in the U.K., Charts 8c research marketed and distributed by Polydor has done with Chrysalis." is still "looking after Charts editor: Raul Cairo in the U.K. Its domestic roster will be Product from A&M's headquar- the day-to-day run- Charts researchers: Menno Visser, label," Siri Stavenes handled by Mercury, while danceters in the U.S. plus some of the ning of the labels AM:PM and Mo'Wax are "in artists currently signed to the British according to Kennedy. Production talks" with Island. A&R director company will continue to appear onRECORDS"He won't leave until Production manager: Jonathan Crouch Designer: Dominic Salmon David Rose will become a Mercurythe A&M label, which will also stillwe complete the reshuffle." Kennedy Correspondents: employee; the fate of A&M's 50 othersign artists. Kennedy could not con-adds that the restructuring plan pre- Austria: Susan L. Schuhmayer - (43) 1 334 9608 employees is still to be decided. firm who will act as head of A&R for dated Seagram's agreement to pur- Belgium: Marc Maes - (32) 3 568 8082 According to Kennedy, the move A&M in the U.K He says he envisages chase PolyGram. Classical/jazz: Terry Berne -(34)9 3458 3791 Czech Republic: Michele Legge - (42) 2 248 75000 Dance Grooves: Gary Smith - (34) 9 3488 2180 Denmark: Charles Ferro - (45) 3391 9156 France: Remi Bouton (radio and music RDS takes historical lead in ratings business) - (33) 1 4586 8466; Cecile Tesseyre (artist profiles) - (33) 1 4909 0896 by Mark Dezzani Germany: Ed Mesa (radio) - (49) 4239782 strates how many tune in for Top 10 Italian networks Greece: Cosmas Develegas - (30) 935 65641 at least 15 minutes on an Italy: Mark Dezzani - (39) 184 292 824 (Average daily listeners, in millions) The Netherlands: Robbert Tilli - (31) 20-672 2566 MILAN - For the first time since average day." Norway: Kai Lofthus - (47) 918 21 208 Italy's Audiradio ratings service was In the daily listening fig-Station (format) Q2 '98Q1 '98 Spain: Howell Llewellyn - (34) 9 1593 2429; Sweden: Keith Foster - (46) 8 366 228 established 10 years ago, a commer- ures for the second quarter,RAI RadioUno (news/talk) 8.53 8.40 Soles and Marketing cial network has overtaken public RDS also increased its audi-RAI RodioDue (full -service) 6.21 6.25 Director of advertising sales: news/talk station RAI RadioUno. ence-up to 4.97m, comparedRadio Dimensione Suono (CHR) 4.97 4 83 Christine Chinetti CHR network Radio Dimensioneto 4.83m in the first quarterRadio Deejay (CHR) 4.40 4.25 International sales director: Suono (RDS) has moved ahead ofof this year. But RadioUno Ron Betist (UK, USA) - (31) 299 420274; Radio Italia SMI (dom.music) 4.07 4.04 mobile: (31) 653 194133 RAI's RadioUno andfull -service also gained daily audience,RTL 102.5 Hit Radio (CHR) 3.90 4.07 Sales executives: Christine Chinetti (G/S/A) - RadioDue in the cumulative weekly up from 8.4m to 8.53m. Radio 105 (CHR) 3.64 3.23 (44) 171 323 6686; Igor Rooselaar (Benelux; audience figures released by RDS president Eduardo Scandinavia) - (31) 299 420274 Radio Montecarlo Italy (AC) 2.14 1.99 Francois Millet (France) - (33) 145 49 29 33 Audiradio for the second quarter ofMontefusco notes:"Whilst Beth Dell'Isola (US Radio) - (1) 770 908 8373; 1998. However, both RAI networks one million more listenersRadio Lattemiele (dom.music) 1.94 1.96 Lidia Bonguardo (Italy, Spain, Greece, RAI Radio Tre (culture) 1.83 1.77 Portugal) - (39) 362 54 44 24. maintain a healthy lead in the latest tuneinto RDS over the Sales & Marketing co-ordinator: Source' Audirodio Claudia Engel daily listening figures (recognised as course of a week than to International circulation director: being the most important audience RadioUno, our daily audience Tim Freeman European circulation promotion barometer in Italy). of almost five millionrecent consistent gains by passing the manager: Paul Brigden According to the cumula- also endorses our pro-two million listener mark. Circulation manager: Sue Dowman tive weekly audience figures, gramming decisions." Amongst the struggling networks, Circulation assistant: Dan Gennoe Financial controller: Kate Leech RDS increased its weekly The biggest gainers theall -new -musicStationOne Accounts assistant: Christopher Barrett audience to13.96 million in the daily surveyincreased its daily audience (from Office manager: Linda Nash Music & Media from 13.59m in the previous included CHR net- 334,000 to 405,000), as did Radio 101 23 Ridgmount St, London WC1E 7AH quarter; RadioUno dropped work Radio 105, which (AC), up by 60,000 to 1.16 million. UNITED KINGDOM Phone numbers : (44) 171 323 6686 from13.65mto12.96m. saw its audienceBut AC -formatted Radio Capital Fax numbers : (44) 171 323 2314 (editorial) Audiradio managing director increase by 12.7 per- dropped from 721,000 to 636,000 lis- (44) 171 631 0428 (sales) StefaniaNicolaiexplains: cent quarter -on -quar- teners, despite extensive press pro- Subscription rates : "The accumulated weekly fig- ter.