M&M REPORT: Devising Radio Competitions... see page 8 (advertisement) Juis 20, 1996 VOLUME 13, IssuE 29 If I ruleb tbe worlb the nem single e-s:eatuub opt ,Vouron bill from Europe's Radio -Active Newsweekly £2.95 DM8 FFR25 US$5 DFL8.50 'imagine tb at' COU NIBIASony Music Winning Combination With EMI Indie Formats Favourites In London's Radio Race by Jonathan Heasman the new licence-particularly don listings magazine Time as it now enjoys the backing of Out and dance station Kiss LONDON - Analternative a major radio group in the 100FM, is proposing a slightly music format is thought to be shape of CLT UK Radio. broader, more dance -friendly the most likely victor among Xfm programmedirector alternative music format than the 25 applicants which have Sammy Jacob is confident that Xfm's indie rock. "Xfm is based applied for what the Radio one of the bids submitted by on a model of US college radio Authority says will be the last alternative music stations will alternative rock-we think we London -wide FM radio licence. win the licence. "I think what reflect better what's going on Indie-rockpioneersXfm, [the applications] have shown inLondon,"saysFestival Flemish singer Dana Winner, who released the multiplatinum albums narrowlypipped by Virgin is that not only do we see the Radio director Daniel Nathan. Mijn Paradijs and Regen Van Geluk with EMI Records Belgium, has Radio in the Authority's last demand for this type of format, "It's also important that this signed a new six album deal with EMI. Pictured seated (l -r) are manager Londonlicenceawardsin but so do a lot of others. It is a format does not become music Jos Eerdekens, Dana Winner, EMI Belgium MD Dirk De Clippeleir. 1994, start as favourites for complete vindication of every- radio for train spotters-we Standing (l -r) are business affairs manager EMI Belgium Dick Van Vliet, thing we have been saying for believe we can provide the best A&R/product manager EMI Belgium Guus Fluit, and Winner's producer the past fiveyears. Others speech and entertainment pro- Wilfried Van Baelen. have done their research and gramming to complement the come to the same conclusions. music." INSIDE New UK Progressive, guitar -based A surprise latecomer in the music is what this country is "cutting edge" music field is an Doors Open In Former Showcase To famous for." application from The Edge, Soviet Union 4 ChrisEvans (left)andactor Xfm's stiffest competition is backed by a consortium which Michael Caine-among the back- likely to come from Festival includes Ginger Productions. 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To This was one of the first things I read PARIS -The re-election of Boris of a free private media sector." ensure this, the investment fund in Music & Media upon returning from Yeltsin in the CIS, opens the Adds Polinski, "I think that the Framlington has taken a 10% my holiday. Wow! Can it be true? 60 door for a multitude of media main media outlets will remain stake in the Russian company artists? But of course, this huge number opportunities in the former Sovi- independent from allpolitical Europa Plus Zao. "This shows includes the UK with the likes of Blur, et Union. forces, but not from the power of that we have become a financial- Oasis and so on. Although this magazine Georges Polinski, operator of money. We are about to experi- ly attractive company with a lot campaigned hard fortheBritishto Moscow -based private radio ence a drastic restructuring in of potential," comments Polinski. acknowledge that they're part of Europe group Europa Plus is backing the media field." The arrival of Framlington will by Machgiel Bakkertoo, sometimes even I slip into the old this belief whole-heartedly. Europa Plus will greatly ben- open the door to a future floata- island mentality of seeing Europe as that "The result of the elections clear- efit from this new environment. tion on the stock market. region across the channel. ly shows that the Russian popu- Created in 1990 as a local sta- The groupisdiversifying So how many of the awards are actually for artists coming from lation has chosen to go forward tioninMoscow,thegroup with the launch of a new gold the Continent? Well, after a close count it boils down to 21. Of and put and end to the commu- recentlycelebrateditssixth format,RadioRetro,which these, eight are strictly national sales phenomena (Francis Cabrel, nistera," comments Polinski, anniversary between the two broadcasts Russian music from Pur, etc.) and the remaining 12 are true Border Breakers (Pausini, whose network, along with all rounds of the elections. It was the 1930's to the 1970's, target- Zucchero, Ramazzotti, Rednex, 2 Unlimited etc.). the main media outlets, was the first private radio station ing the over -45's. The group also As I remarked earlier this year (February 17) the chances for openly in favour of Yeltsin. established by foreign operators. has interests in a multimedia mainland originated music to make crossborder impact within the Speaking to Music & Media Owned by Europe Plus France, company Algosoft and through European region are not just hampered by the traditional strength from Saint Petersburg, Polinski the group is a joint venture Mayak Plus,is the exclusive of Anglo-American material, but now equally by the growth of agrees that publicly supporting between radio group Europe 1 advertising sales representative homegrown music. With national repertoire, often delivered in the Yeltsin on -air was "a risk", but Communications, Polinski and for public station Mayak. native language, enjoying such an unprecedented boom, there is one worth taking. He explains, other investors. less space for material from abroad (and that includes Europe). "A victory by Gennadi Ziuganov Polinski is certain that the So what the Platinum Europe award primarily celebrates is the [who said he would take total newpoliticalsituationwill ability of UK music to travel on the continent (which won't sur- Call For prise anyone), and the fact that Europeans like their Celine Dions, Mariah Careys or Madonnas (no shock either). Surely what it Chage & Aska Have 'One Voice' Swedish doesn't highlight is the increased acceptance of mainland Euro- pean repertoire across the region, although many believe that to be Statistics the case. by Keith Foster Obviously, that's not IFPI's fault. The awards just reflect the facts and the numbers.