NEWS RADIO MUSIC AIRPLAY CHARTS SALES CHARTS SPECIAL REPORTS Scooter Snaps Up Hot 100 Sales Breaker Award VOLUME 12. IssuE 9. MARCH 4, 1995 £2.95 DM8 FFR25 US$5 DFL8.50 Euro Hit Parade FM104 Drops In Starts On 12 OutletsJNLR Ratings by Dermott Hayes while Classic Hits 98FM has by Machgiel Bakker ago. With the help of sponsor- "Stations havea unique picked up two market share ship from mobile phone man- way of discovering interesting DUBLIN - Dublin commercial points in the all -adults cate- AMSTERDAM-Dutch singer ufacturer Nokia, the first edi- local hits from abroad. This FM104 has taken a severe gory for the same period. Rene Froger, French rapper tion ofthechartwas can lead to more regular rota- beating from rival Dublin Thefiguresareeven MC Solaar and Irish teenie distributed to stations in the tion of a particular track." station Classic Hits 98FM in more damning in the band Boyzone were among first week of February. CD International's head of JNLR listening figures for younger age groups, where young European actsto be Participating stations- music Peter Gruber is enthusi- January -December 1994, FM104 has been traditional- included in the second edition which include Radio Megapol/ astic about the project, and whichshowindependent ly strong. In the 15-24 year - Stockholm, Antenne believes the show will foster local radio keeping its lead- oldscategory FM104 has Selected Eurohit Tracks Bayern/Munich, communication between differ- ing market share position in dropped a damaging three Adel Dhibi - Leilah (Belgium) RTE 2FM/Dublin, ent cultures. "We can call peo- the Irish market. points, while Classic Hits B.S.P.- Zeme Vzdalena (Czech Republic) M-80 Grandes Exi- ple all over Europe now and FM104's market share in gained four points. National Boyzone - Love Me For A Reason (Ireland) tos/Madrid and use their station IDs on air or Dublin has fallen two points pubcaster 2FM dropped two Gianna Nannini - Meravigliosa Creatura Radio CD Interna- let the jock present the hit compared with the 12 month pointsinthesameage (Italy) tional/Vienna-tip from his/her country." figures for the period from group. Haris & Panos Icatsimihas- Blaib-Troy Cafe one local act every (continues on page 32) July1993toJune1994 (continues on page 32) (Greece) fortnight. Selections are coordinated by Teravainen, who of the Nokia Eurohit Parade, contacts record companies for launchedlastmonth by copies.Eachstationthen Finnish Discopress managing receives a package including director Pentti Teravainen. 18 tracks and material for The ideaforthechart, Nokia -arrangedpromotions, which isput togetherfort- and compiles the show inde- nightly from national tips sub- pendently. mitted by 18 private stations "We introducethebest around Europe, was conceived national music from Europe", by Teravainen over two years says Teravainen. NUMBElimpoZ The board of the German Phonographic Academy gathered together at Del Amitri Steps Munich's Bavaria Film Studios last month to celebrate this year's Echo European Hit Radio Awards. Pictured (l -r) are: Wolf D. Gramatke (president, PolyGram), Hel- ANNIE LENNOX mut Fest (MD, EMI Electrola), academy chairman Gerd Gebhardt (MD, No More 1 Love Yous' Back Onto EHR Warner Music), Jochen Leuschner (MD, Sony Music), Heinz Canibol (MD, (RCA) MCA) and Thomas M. Stein (president, BMG Ariola). See page 8 GLASGOW - With extra guitar In M&M's EHR Top 40 the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles and evenmore decibels, lead-offsinglefromthird Glaswegian act Del Amitri is album Twisted-where Elvis INI KAMOZE Stars Shine At Awards Here Comes The Hotstepper solidityof testing both the Costello meets Neil Young-is (Columbia) their amps and the loyalty of bound to reach higher than a LONDON -Firmly -established Awards into a musical extra- radio programmers. And, stack of Marshalls. international artists like vanganza. European Top 100 Albums despite a heavy guitar solo on After only two weeks, its Madonna and the artist for- The show, which was held CRANBERRIES Here And Now, the band has number 21 position is a posi- merly known as Prince joined at London's Alexandra Palace, No Need To Argue passed both tests with distinc- tive sign. forces withup-and-coming will be broadcast in 30 coun- (Island) tion. See page 19 stars to turn this year's Brit tries. See page 10 a say Yes to Radio! 000 00 This week together with the NAB seminar 00 00 in Prague, Warsaw and Moscow AmericanRadioHistory.Com 14 Classics plu BO HU SONY MUSIC AmericanRadioHistory.Com 1 G STE E 1TEST 4 New Songs with THE E STREET BAND IN TO RUNTHUNDER ROADBADLANDSTHE RIVER GRY HEARTATLANTIC CITYDANCING IN THE DARK BORN IN THE U.S.A.MY HOMETOWN GLORY DAYSBRIWANT DISGUISEHUMAN TOUCH BETTER DAYSSTREETS OF PHILADELPHIA SECRET GARDENMURDER INCORPORATED BLOOD BROTHERSTHIS HARD LAND CD MC Double LP MiniDisc COLUMBIA AmericanRadioHistory.Com M NEWS TN E K B U TIN Columbia Plans To B Strengthen A&R expected to attract up to 100 FRANCE television and radio broadcast- by Emmanuel Legrand Goldman, have requested that offerfromWrginpresident Fun Radio Fires 'Auschwitz ers with presentations on the their A&R and marketing con- Emmanuel de Buretel-is Joke' DJ Future of Broadcasting, the PARIS-Sony Music'slabel tinue to be supervised by the strongly linked to the recent Fun Radio president Benoit Sil- Information Highway and Rev- Columbia is beefing up its A&R label'sinternationaldirector appointment of former Poly - lard has finally decided to fire enue Management. For more structure in an effort to become Virginie Auclair. Grampresident Paul -Rene morning host Cauet after he information contact Lucy Smith "the most attractive and artist - The label'sexisting A&R/ Albertini to Sony Music compared Auschwitz to "a coun- at tel: (+33) 1.4692 1279/ fax: driven label in France," accord- local marketing director France's top job. try house" which was "on sale" 1.4692 1283. ing to Colombia's general man- Frederic Rebet will continue to Albertinipointsoutthat (M&M, February 25). The com- ager Olivier Montfort. oversee the marketing of local Varrodisone of the most ments, made on January 27, BELGIUM Montfort says the project is acts signed to Columbia and respected A&R people in prompted an immediate reac- VTM Reveals Plan To also designed to make Columbia some A&R projects "with strong France. In return, Varrod says tion from the broadcasting Launch Radio Station "the undisputed number one international potential," such as he is "enthusiastic to be given authority CSA. Authority presi- Rik de Nolf, CEO of Flemish label in France." It is already the recent Hector Zazou album the means to work on exciting dent Herve Bourges has since private TV station VTM, has home to four of France's best- Songs From The Cold Seas. projects" and plans to "develop a expressed the will to see radio said the group wants to launch sellingacts-FrancisCabrel, The arrival of Varrod-who policy which covers all the seg- stations "behave with a greater its own regional radio station. Jean -Jacques Goldman, Patricia is believed to have declined an ments of the market." sense of responsibility." Many industry insiders say the Kaas and Jacques Dutronc. Meyer Appointed plan has been precipitated by One of the key elements in Adviser To RFI the arrival of SBS-owned Flem- Columbia's A&R rejuvenation is Protests Over Cut International broadcasting ser- ish TV VT4 in the region, rob- the arrival of Didier Varrod, vice RFI president Andre Lar- bing VTM of its nine-year Polydor's former A&R director. quie has appointed journalist monopoly on the area's televi- Six months ago Varrod sur- At Sveriges Radio Michel Meyer, 53, as adviser. sion market. prised the industry by publicly Meyer's mission is to "review Sony Gives Away 3.000 Sam- resigning from Polydor in a dis- by Nicholas George decided to keep foritself. A the activities of RFI both in ple Cassettes pute over the A&R policy of the small planned increase in the terms of programmes and infor- In order to boost its TV cam- new general manager (M&M, S'rOCICHOLM - Protestsat licence fee will still take place. mation as well as their neces- paign for Power Dance II, Sony September 24). Sveriges Radio's 11% budget In an open letter Nordfag, an sary adaptation to the new Music Belgium's recently - His two former assistants at cut have increased, with unions organisation which represents international environment." He launched Dance Pool depart- Polydor, Dominique Brami and warning it will undermine the 13.000 employees in public ser- is to deliver his proposals at the ment has distributed 3.000 free Patricia Bonnetaud, will also public'swillingnesstopay vice broadcasters in the Nordic end of April. sample cassettes in clubs and join Columbia. In addition to licence fees. area, says it understands the Nostalgie Opens Station In mega -discos nationwide, featur- supervising the A&R roster, the But despite the anger the problems that Sweden faces due Lebanon ing material from Tokyo Ghetto team will develop a new label savings look set to go ahead to its massive state deficit. ACE Radio Nostalgie was Pussy and Pharao. within Columbia called Yelen, with SR's head Ove Joanson, "But we have great difficulty scheduled to open a station in which will be dedicated to the telling station chiefs to come up in understanding cutbacks that Lebanon on February 16 in SPAIN "music of tomorrow." with plans to cut 15% from are being suggested in a non- partnership with local operator Bombs Thrown At RNE Meanwhile, twoleading their budgets so the SR board governmental organisation RML. Based in Beirut, the new Offices Columbiaacts,Cabreland candecidewhichservices which is not within the state's station will cover the entire Two incendiary devices were should be reduced and which financial sphere.