OCTOBER 25, 1999 ISSUE 2277 THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN RADIO IS S NUERINU n pR T mONE` qfZr ON jAGksoN Spicing Up Smooth Jazz LAN '99 Christmas Releases (9.61 , ad rea.- MUSIC C 84Zc >< r(` d-r 7-r s,da TOP 40 they're IPA) Santana Closes In talking On #1 about h _ RHYTHM CROSSOVER rz It's All About Will 2K n i:ngs is a soiryw fer a rfrsf ,,_ are ° work Snea,Fs Dire o=' / ut Na vi -°r 'fseN s e s As and a.irrehs / w,// 1,ira e.Feof sec refs lvf , /,e w. a 1ir f/hat der se/f 3 f .> is, avee .F7row ;nusfr ,, 74,5- fa f ito ir Or S aso ,ie s,iys a /ory ALTERNATIVE /ute%; a / fake osre of °iy a wa fe. f so:ys /;ke 'ew sf// 5rea ,, do r , f Foo Fighters Flying High ...;- e,s °/% work COUNTRY co///ir Martina McBride Loves #1 9 NEWS WB Radio Music Awards Broadcast This Week Home of the / Seminar in Radio G2K in SFO -Feb. 16 -19. 2000 From the Publishers of Music Week, MBI and fono A Miller Freeman Publication "The most original country music I've heard in a long time. Some of the young pups and poodles will have to step aside and let this Big Dog run!" -Bob Moody, VP McVay Media "His sound moves him several notches above many of the other "sound alike" new artists." ' - l<< r r Jc)l it ison, PD WXTU Philadelphia "The music is today and the lyrics are timeless. This is the soundtrack to life!" Mac Daniels, PD WMZQ Washington, DC "From the very first note on Phil Vassar's 'Carlene,' you know something special is about to happen. Quite simply if you don't hear it, you need new ears!" -John Marks, PD I<WNR /KFMS Las Vegas "Everything music should be. Emotion, Passion and Honesty. It's a musical masterpiece." -Bob McKay, PD WI<IS Miami "Un(blanking)believable! Phil Vassar is in a class by himself." - Johnny Gray, MD WKHX Atlanta "'Carlene' is one of those records you only have to hear once to make you sing along for the rest of the day. It's the kind of record that makes me glad I'm back in radio." Tim Murphy, PD 1<1<60 Houston "Phil Vassar's CD is truly brilliant, innovative music. I literally listen to it everyday. I love it! And I'm adding it." - ,Eric Logan, OM WQYI< Tampa "No wonder Phil's the songwriter of '99. He may be the artist of 2000... This is a hit!" -Bill Nagy, OM WXBQ Tri- Cities N. rwww.try/ffdhie.00m '01999 4, r. R.eoiAt Inc on e or8Mß fnKtarwAnt SA, . Produceg bj Bpon Galhmote end Phi Vassar. IMPACT DATE: 11/15 ManageonarL:3 tm A1oiey & Chevy Nash. Morey Manaparnent i. dhp I ' ` , ' ,_ . t,ì s ? , .. Candid Camera I Tike the tile.' dui there. this t.uner.i that ()r1ä1s anRind NI ut 11C.11t a11L1 secs things she rant see_ %tI -\!RI then tile\ t()rnt tllcnl.cI . Intt),Imis anti Ihe ran \Mirk as a reI1e1.tttr. and then slims tan hear it Om nigh that image hut 111)1 net ess.Iril\ .I. the (. Intera see. il. -1 t )RI AV( ). 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I.011 -IN H' I\t,I It \I \Itt (:harlutte, ti\IX\-h;m.a. (:h\. \lan(Ia1a\ li:n Re.url \ (:a.inu i. \\I111)\1. I \\II\II\1, ItIINa, \l'\ItI \\ KI.I hat they :\1 ti:IK) I h1I`-Iiuttal(), lhursti:r\. 2ti I)I ()I \\II\I III \I.Is "\1)\-F\IsII\I I.\II's I\\\sl( )\ anti inure. ( i \ I\ .ind gnt.ul III 1m the \\ It HyperACTIVES of the Week Prince, "Got 2 Get It" "The new one by the Artist is gonna be a smash!" -Steve Hegwood, VP /Programming of Radio One When I first heard the Prince song I said 'work record.' But you know who hears it right away? Women. Boy, was I wrong! Its about Adam and Eve...it's fitting that he put Eve on the remix. This record is gonna be huge." -Sam Weaver, PD, Hot 103 Jamz (KPRS)- Kansas City Rage Against The Machine, "Guerilla Radio" "Rage is number one phones." -Pat Ferrise, PD, WHFS -Washington "Musically, nearly everything seems to be working, M2M TAKES ATLANTIC 2 PACIFIC New Atlantic duo M2M recently stopped including 'Guerrilla Radio. "' 111 Sen Frentiscu un thr)r whirlwind promotion tour in support of their debut -Phil Manning, PD, The End -Seattle single -Don't Say You Love Me- from the upcoming Pokemon movie sound track. One of their stops included Aliceti/97.3 (KLLCI -San Francisco. Shown "Music that works: the new Rage." here II -r) are: Alice PO Louis Kaplan, Atlantic EVP Andrea Ganis, Alice -Chuck Roast, PD, KFMA- Tucson APD'MD Julie St oeckel and daughter Megan, and M2M- Marion and Merit CONTENTS FORMAT SECTIONS COUNTRY Head 2 Head (2 Head) in the Heartland 38 NEWS TOP 40 RHYTHM CROSSOVER Head 2 Head Top 40 Heats Up in Atlanta 14 WB Radio Music Awards Air This Week 'AP SPOTLIGHT: RADIOMARGE Artist Profile Planet Asia 20 Sales (Promotions) of Terror' 4 JAll /SMOOTH JAll & VOCALS URBAN URBAN A C RATINGS & RESEARCH Keeping the Playlist Fresh with Spice Tracks 48 Programming Commandments 22 Friends Smooth Jazz = Smooth Sailing in Arbitrons 6 of Radio. Michael Feinstein 53 A C. HOT A C Mike Stern Talks Guitar and His Latest Jazz Rave 54 98 Rock 'n Roll -5s MixFest Makes Boston 26 TRIPLE A ALTERNATIVE Radio Research for Non-Commercial A3 Pt II 56 Weekends: Going Jockless7 32 AMERICANA 1/1 Miller Freeman ACTIVE ROCK 1 wJ 4+, W.I..,+,r... 1 I494 1.%\ i Making Dollars and Sense with Americana The State of Rock in San Diego 36 ,. f/, ii)')1) gavin 3 FIRST WORDS of Terror PmI2nr A_0 Sales Answer. Everyone. Question: Who's coming BY PAIGE NIENABER utl) tt tllr Big :\ltltic. sIra\tlxrn Iukl Ix nailed tu a to the GAVIN Seminar this mall and un rue. \\1(11(1 Petrone year in San Francisco. I iId. nt I( axlt /tl t n- I'inealtltic Island Why? Maybe it's because CI onting (I( it( Ililt? Like peuple I kel, usuel lll II.1\\.úi. It \\.I. a LIe\er I11.11 Ihal of our exclusive annual practice (punting? ttPrst I114.14. I .and ut at& sill KIM I1.1\ e slanrrl t al 111& merl tu The Town Hall Meeting. This Iran was that they ttererft evert year we've got the top 111,1 AIN au t' (n Inc has .)m 11C11. laughs len r. \t hu reLenth major market PDs- ust t 11 them nut Inset 1.