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`VOLUME 100 N0. 45
`November 12, 1988.53.95 [US l. 55 (CAN)
`THE lNTERNATiONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSlC AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT
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`‘E.T.’ LOOKS EXTRA TEBHIFIG T0 lllD RETAILERS
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`HIM Halves Requirements
`For Singles Certification
`NEW YORK In recognition of
`units. a drop from [he former
`fill},LKl0-unit requirement. The A
`the declini- of singles sale: in re
`cent years. the Reconling Indus-
`aide of such extended singles must
`try Assn. of America will halve its
`stay constant on ull availuhle cun-
`figurations 01' the recording Ail
`certification requirements for
`nlhcr certilimtien criteria remain
`gold and platinum singles. Start-
`the same.
`ing Jan. l, singles will become eli-
`gible for gold status with sales of
`"We just feel this is man- rep??-
`500.900 units tlIJtl platinum awards
`nunuttive cf the singles sales that
`are out
`there," anyn TriSh
`will be given to singles selling
`more than 1 million units.
`Heimers,
`\r'l’ nf public relations.
`for the RNA. ”You can look at
`Additionally, all EP Vi-rsions of
`a single cnnfiguratiun—l'lvinch
`the number! for singles L’t‘fllficfl‘
`singles. Ftlras, etc—will he eligi-
`tinna over the past yearn and
`ble for gold certification at LLWflOD
`(Conlinued an mgr 79‘)
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`:Imjectienn. interestingly. the enor-
`mous demand for the title lliIt-i same
`"ll feel.» pretty guml tn liv milking
`illl this Innm'y U” of 'ET' while l
`muss merchants wondering wheth-
`er there
`a need to slash the
`watch my muss merchimt ”impeti-
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`BY BRUCE HARING—
`lilyear [Irwin terms and :1 3.520.000
`line. punishment for his conviction
`i .‘thllli'h. NJ. Rouhtte- Records
`preside nl Morris ll"\_\.'{ a well-
`on two I'edI-rul events (if L'nnnpiracy
`lu extort.
`knnwn presence on the music indus-
`Amid government allegations of
`tr_I.' scene {or mnrc than ill] years.
`was sentenced Oct. 2% in 1'5. Diu-
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`NEW YORK "FLT—The Exlm
`'l‘I-rmstrial" ltew off the Hllt‘lVES ut
`viden outlaws across the muntry im~
`mediately alter—and :Io "lc'UmE‘S bcv
`{art—its affirm! release date, Oct.
`2?. if a pruhlr-m existed with the tiv
`tie. it wasn‘t II matter (if muss mer-
`chants low-hailing the price or
`stores jumping the street date, but
`rather a shortage of product that
`forced dealt-rs. to turn own;- custom-
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`By all indications. tllt' Mt‘A Homi-
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`siders are predicting that unit vol'
`time may snar to tluI
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`For Song “Is
`BY KEN TERRY
`NEW YORK Following words
`wllh action. the Retailers” Adviso-
`ry Committee of the National
`Assn. 0! Recording Merchandisers
`has decided ln try a consumer peti-
`tion drive to convince radio eta-
`tinns that liRteners want them tn
`Imck- and front-announce the re-
`cords they air
`The initial petition campaign will
`involve 9040" record stores In Chi-
`cago, according to Carl Rosen—
`huum. president of the iii-unit
`Flipside Records chain. Rosen-
`baum. who {(Ircefully advocated
`the petition idea at September‘s
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`NOVEMBER 12. 1933
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`Randy's Newest: Portrait Of A New Man
`Randy Newman's new Reprise album is ”Lend Oi Dreams." but you‘re
`not dreaming it you think the singerrsongwriter has taken a dillerent ap-
`proach this time around Billboard's Chris Morris reports.
`Page 23
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`RECORD PROFITS FOR RECORD BIZ?
`That's what industry executives and independent observers are predict
`ing for 1963 in light of the Recording Industry Assn. of America's recent
`first-hall report. Financial editor Marl: Mahler has the details. Page 71
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`cSpecial-l'nrerest, Musk: Videos
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`oThe World Of Classical Music
`FEATURES
`72 Albums-Singles Reviews
`86 lnstde Track
`28 TheEeet
`55 Jazz/Blue Notes
`2? Boxscore
`44 Latin Notes
`5 Chertbeat
`75 Lifelines
`66 Classical/Keeping Score
`38 Nashville Scene
`46 Clip List
`70 Newsmakers
`35 Dance Trax
`15 Outa' The Box
`85 Exewtiv'eTumtable
`24 Power Playlists
`68 Gospel Lantern
`(2 Retail Track
`41 Grass Route
`23 YneFItmnmS-thealuee
`76 Hot 100 Singles Spotlight
`10 Von Jox
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`llid Dealers Nut Wanted But...
`They’ve Got Jitters 0n Kid Pom Act
`days of his administration.
`This story was prepared by Bill
`worse than it is today."
`Holland in Washington and Chris
`Ruttenberg,
`like other Washing-
`"Still. if Bush wins. the [Justice
`Morris in Los Angela's.
`tonubescd officials. points out that
`Department] stall will be in place."
`Attorney General Richard Thum-
`Ruttenbcrg adds.
`WASHINGTON Video retailers
`burgh "is not. as fired up about this
`Another Washington-based in-
`as Meeee was" and feels there
`around the country any they are re
`dustry source feels that ”up the
`lieved that the most. onerous civil
`won't be "as much activity on this"
`road. though. some [dealers] are go-
`in the last days of the Reagan ad-
`ing to have to reassess their busi-
`fine and forfeiture penalties were
`removed in the last-minute compro-
`ness practices."
`ministration and during the "honey-
`mise version of the Child Protection
`moon" period that. will be accorded
`The insider also says that It report
`the next president for the first. 90
`and Obscenity Enforcement Act.
`(Continued on page 81?)
`However, there is still a feeling
`among entertainment industry lobv
`byists and top officials that. federal
`prosecutors must understand and
`comply with the congressional in-
`tent that the law‘s ttew prosecutor-
`ial powers be aimed at smut ped‘
`dlers and not. at legitimate video
`dealers.
`lnduery officials are unsure how
`federal authorities will test the new
`law or how the courts will interpret
`it. They say they will closely moni-
`tor the activities of federal authori»
`ties at. the Justice Department to are
`certain that; the compromise version
`of the law in being applied only to
`persons and businesses ”in the full-
`time business of selling or distribut-
`ing pornography." as the law
`states.
`“I don't know how the govern-
`ment will try out. this, and I’m not
`sure how this will cut in a court."
`says Charles Ruttenhcrg. general
`counsel for the Video Software
`Dealers Assn. and the National
`Assn. of Recording Merchandisers.
`“My launch—end this is pure specu-
`lotion—is that it's not going to be
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`2nd Annual Alli: Focuses 0n
`llitlen Mediating, creativity
`LDS ANGELES The second att-
`retailers providing insights on
`nual American Video Conference
`sell-through video and a special-
`interest breakfast with a difl’er-
`kicks off Wednesday (I) at. the
`ent topic for discussion at. each
`Bel Ago Hotel here with an em-
`table.
`phasis on both the creative and
`The business sessions will
`marketing sides of the specialvin-
`terest video and music video
`open Thursday morning with
`fields. The three-day event. in ex—
`keynote addresses by Jim Ji-
`pected to draw more than 300 vid-
`mirro. president of J2 Communi-
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`eo suppliers. producers, direc-
`cations. and Barry REDO, presi-
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`tors. duplicators. programmers.
`dent. of Rebo High Definition
`and promoters.
`Studio. A total of 14 paneldiscus—
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`sions will follow,
`The event—presented hy the
`American Film Institute with
`The special-interest panels will
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`Billboard and The Hollywood Re-
`focus on such areas as creativity.
`porter—incorporates Billboard's
`duplication. budgeting. distribu-
`10th annual Music Video Confer-
`tion, and sponsorships. Other
`ence.
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`panels will provide case studies
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`of successful videos; still others
`Among the many innovations
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`[Continued on page 15)
`this year will be a panel of key
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`Blllll To Log Airplay At College Stations
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`flat fee from colleges for campus-
`B‘r‘ SEAN ROSS
`wide music use that included col-
`NEW YORK BMI used this
`lege radio. As with jukeboxes. col-
`lege music use was thought to be
`year's CMJ convention (see story.
`page 6) to announce that it will be
`comparable to that. of commercial
`radio and TV; college monies thus
`gin logging airplay next year at.
`went into a general fund. The oth-
`college stations, as it does with
`commercial outlets. BM] claims
`er major performing rights organi-
`the move will release "hundreds of
`zation. ASCAP. has been collect;
`thousands of dollars" to artiste
`in; separate fees for college radio
`and other campus music use since
`whose chief airplay comes from
`1930.
`college radio. But BMl's rival calls
`the move too little. too late.
`Now BM] assistant VP of per-
`forming rights Del Bryant says it.
`BMI has traditionally taken a
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` Manda Takes Page From
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`VID DEALERS: THE FORCE IS WITH THEM
`In this week’s Commentary, J2 Communications president James P. Ji-
`mirro writes that video stores can serve as a mass nwdiurn for the oom-
`munication ot ideas and information, and he calls on dealers to use their
`power to promote the public‘s weltare. Jimin'o will have more to say on
`the video business when he keynotes the American Video Conference in
`Les Angetes Thursday (to).
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`68 Canada
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`64 Classified Actionmart
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`9 Commentary
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`30 Country
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`71 Financial
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`48 Horne Video
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`SECTIONS
`45 Music Video
`52 Pro Audio/video
`10 Fladio
`40 Retailing
`26 Talent
`75 Update
`56 Video Retailing
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`Top Albums
`32 Black
`66 Classical
`42 Compact Disks
`37 Country
`69 Hltsotthe World
`55 Jazz
`16 Modern Flock Tracks
`80 Pop
`18 Rock Tracks
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`has become “apparent. that. college
`radio was quite often a separate
`format and was being viewed by
`the major labels and other inter-
`ested parties as an avaot-gsrde
`medium for breaking new records,
`When U2 came on stage at the
`Grammy Awards and first. thanked
`college radio. lighL's went off in my
`head.“
`Blitl. will now earmark part. of its
`college license monies—Bryant
`won‘t specify a percentage yet—to
`airplay payments. Monitoring will
` MUSIC CHA HTS
`begin on Jan. 1 and will take place
`for several days a year at every
`Hot Singles
`station on a rotating basis. Bryant
`15 Adult Contemporary
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`30 Black
`hopes the procedure will give col-
`lege radio personnel "real-world
`31 Black Singles Action
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`experience in BM! logging"-
`38 Country
`something most real»world radio
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`39 Country Singm Action
`Tiffany In Yule Mall digs
`people fear in the some way store
`75 Crossoverao
`managers dread taking inventory.
`34 Dance
`hoping the push will also benefit
`College airplay will be shown on
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`BY GEOFF MAYFI ELD
`a separate line of an artist's royal-
`two prior holiday releaeeu that. it
`69 Hits ollheWorld
`NEW YORK It. worked for Title-
`distributes, "Solstice" by Michael
`ty statement. Bryant calls the
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`44 Hot Latin
`Jones 8: David Lent. and the Sorta
`overall college cash pool "an infini-
`ny. so why not. new age? den is
`74 Hot too
`arming to the mailing of America
`tesimal percentage" of BMW. an-
`Gain title “The Gift" by Eric Ting-
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`as a vehicle to boost sales of its
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`sted Jr Nancy Run-Abel.
`nual take but. says it is in excess of
`77 Hotttlo Singles Action
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`1 million dollars annually. He
`Iona. Jones. and Tingsted. dc
`three holiday albums.
`stresses that the payments “won‘t
`The new age label. which is clie-
`Rumba] are among the artists who
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`make anybody rich" but will in~
`will make the mall swing. The oth-
`Irlbuted by MCA. has set. a 16-min:-
`51 Hobbies And Crafts
`51 Recreational Sports
`ens are David Arkanstone. Spencer
`volve “meaningful dollars—hunt
`ket tour featuring seven of in; art
`drede of thousands of them."
`80 Kid “[130
`56 Videocassette Rentals
`isle. with most of the concerts to
`Brewer. and Hater Bullet. Most. of
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`48 Music Videocassettes
`50 Videocassette Sales
`But ASCAP managing director
`the show: wfll feature two perform-
`take place in mails. 'lhvo corporate
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`ers, but some will feature three.
`Gloria Meeninger claims that
`sponsors. Delta Airlines and sound
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`W 1980 WWWW Wclmwullmmlm. WARD
`John Amara. Neruda’e director
`based on her organization's experi-
`company Cerwin Vega. have been
`WK lifiN DOUG-2510) ii nubllmed weekly (map! lur lite first week ill Jill-l1) by EM
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`of sate-t and marketing. says the la.-
`ences. "very little money" will
`enlisted for the tour, both sponsors
`Publications Irtc.. Gt! new M1515 Broom-y, ”who“. NY. "3036.W mr. W
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`rill. Carlin—Ii US. $175.00.W Europe £165. Billboard. Qtndront Subscrillim Savio- Ltd.
`bel has arranged retail and radio
`flow to artists from her rival's sep-
`are providing support services.
`Petrymmnt Road. Hayward; til-1h, tum Sum Eula-rd. Juan rezone. Min-t: um inc. Demo!
`arate monitoring of eirp'ley unless
`The primary goal of the mall
`define for each market. Participat-
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`BMI reduces the amount of money
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`campaign is to haunt sales of Non»
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`being paid for other college use.
`Group. Trans World Music Com.
`v-fltyucreillnts. 300 North Zach fluid. Ann W.Mkh,13106. Pullman-r. plow and than“:
`mas Collection." but. the label is
`ASCAP pays out about 5100.000
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`While one audience member
`Charged that MDs are being "ma~
`nipulau-d" by the majors' promo-
`tional resources and another
`longed for the era "when college
`radio was there for the indies."
`Katee pointed out. “My deport-
`mont has juot doubled—to two
`people." And Virgin Records col-
`lege-promotion director Todd Bin-
`soo said that he was the only per-
`son dealing with a constituency of
`450 stations.
`Kate: suggested that on some
`pmjech. auch as Geffen's Victoria
`Willllmn album. he might have ac-
`tually sufiercd a backlash for rep-
`resenting a major. When Bisson
`jokingly suggested that Virgin
`might do better because it doesn't
`have Guns N‘ Roses on its roster,
`Katee shot back. "You have Steve
`Winwood."
`The nationally distributed labels
`definitely have an advantage at
`WRAS Atlanta. MD Kim Saade
`told the audience that with a
`180,000-watt signal. "We try to
`play things that people in rural
`parts of Georgia can obtain. We
`want people to be able to [find rec-
`ords at] Turtles." Restless Roc-
`ords' national radio promotion di-
`rector, Sherri Trahan, accused her
`of creating "a catch‘22. We need
`airplay to get into the stores."
`At this year's Ch”. college radio
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`Danny Kahn. national promo-
`tion director for Nonesuch Rec-
`nrds. agreed that caution is in Or-
`der. "It's dangerous to take world
`music and popularize it all a. trend.
`You have to be careful of what
`you're trying to do with the music
`and have realistic goals and objec-
`tives." he argued.
`At the Oct. 29 "Metal And Ra-
`dio" panel. the call was more for
`populism than adventurism. While
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`some of those in attendance re-
`garded Guns N' Rates as too com-
`mercial. Tracy Barnes. PD of Set
`ellite Music Network's Z—Rock for
`mat. encouraged them “not to be
`too exclusive. We've got to get this
`music accepted."
`Barnes' boss. Lee Abrams. drew
`only 60-66 people to an hourlong
`talk following the radio panel. but
`surprisingly. the recent main-
`streaming of Z-Rock wasn’t a leo-
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`aitive topic among panelists.
`ChlJ'a Jessica Harley said that she
`had initially been "cynical" about
`the new Z—Rock but now sees it as
`im ortunt to heavy metal'll "cm
`as o" for greatm' acceptance.
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`Assistancs in preparing this story
`was provided by Bill Coleman and
`Jim Batman.
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`A weekly look- behind the
`Hot J‘M with Michael Ellis.
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`THE escape cum scores a
`No. 1 single with its first release
`as "Wild. Wild West" (Atlantic)
`leaps over the Beach Boys. with
`salaa points providing the edge;
`the Beach Boys” “ltokomo” (Eloh-
`tra) still has a solid lead in radio
`points. The next two weeks may
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`see a free-for-all as the singles by
`Kylie Mlnogue and Boo Joel
`make a run for the top next week,
`followed by U2. Will To Power.
`and George Michael.
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`THE 608. 70s. and 803 are unusu-
`ally competitive Lhia week. "Rock
`6': Roll Su-alegy" by Thirty Eight
`Special (A&M) picks up 11 radio
`adds and early top 15 reports
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`ls'r's SHINE the spotlight on
`five new artists whose first Hot
`1m singles. although not among
`the to most added. are showing
`promise. Ladies and children first:
`13-year-old Trade Spencer from
`lows in bulleted at No. 42 with
`"Symptoms Of True Love" (Cspi
`toll. which is performing well eu-
`erywhere it is played. earning No.
`1 reports from both WKSS Hart-
`ford. Conn, and WPLY Albany.
`N.Y.. a No. 4 report tron: Kiss 108
`Boston. and jumps of 24-15 at
`YIDB Denver and 19-16 at 396 Chi-
`cago. "The Way You Love Me" by
`Karyn White (Warner Bros). bul-
`leted at No. 41' nationally. is No. 1
`at Magic 104 Fresno, Colin. and
`No. ll at KMEL San Francisco and
`jumps 22-10 at WTIC Hartford
`and 159 at Power 93 San Antonio.
`Texas. Cheryl “Pepsil” Riley is
`bullcted at No. 59 with "Thanks
`For lily Child" (Columbial, which
`in breaking out in Miami (Hi-14 at
`Hot 106). Detroit (No. 8 at Power
`96). and her hometown of New
`York [2‘49 at Power 95).
`Now for the gentlemen: Missis-
`sippi native Judson Spence is bul-
`letod at No. 46 with “Yeah. Yeah.
`Yeah" {Atlantic}. with strong
`moves at WLOL Minneapolis (2&-
`16) and 01m Charleston. 8.0. (21-
`18]. And UK. singer Maxi Priest.
`whose cover of Cat Stevcna‘
`"Wild lh’orld" (Virgin) is No- 65
`with a bullet. shows early
`strength at 1'95 Dallas (M16) and
`KAT‘D San Jose. Calif. (19-16).
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`from Eric, Pa. (19-15 at K104). and
`Louisville. Ky. (15-14 at WLRS].
`to keep its bullet but with only a
`two-place move to No. 68.
`Three other records. although
`unbulleted. are gaining enough
`points for an upward move in a
`less competitive part of the chart.
`but they hold in position. "Danc-
`ing Under A Latin Moon" by
`Candi (1.113.) stays at No. 69 but
`has six top no reports. including
`moves of 15-10 at Power 99 Atlan-
`ta and 17-15 at 393 Austin. Texas.
`"Put This Love To The Test" by
`Jon Aatlcy (Atlantic) holds at No.
`7B but is No. 9 at Y95 Phoenix.
`Aria. and moves 28-20 at 3104
`Norfolk. Va. “Ebrever Young" by
`Alphavllle (Atlantic) show:
`strength in the West. with moves
`of 27-19 at FM102 Sacramento.
`Calif.. 19~14 at KLUC the Vegas.
`Iafilll 18-10 at KNMQ Santa Fe.
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`seemed to be in a strange position:
`too eclectic for some and too pro-
`vincial for others. Although the
`“College Radio And The Communi-
`ty" soul was filled with stories of
`free men classes. student newspa-
`pers, and college boards that want
`something more mainstream. the
`programming panels featured re)»
`resentativos of rap. country. world
`beat. and other varieties of music
`looking for ways to improve access
`to college radio.
`Said Delicious Vinyl principal
`Marty Schwartz. "ll‘ rap in hip and
`college radio is hip. it'n strange
`that there*s no connection."
`WCDE Albany. NI. MD Josh Ro-
`nentlml attributed college reluc-
`tance on rap music to "ignorance";
`his station's three hours of daily
`rap has helped encourage other
`jocks to work that music into their
`shows. he said.
`College radio's attitude toward
`more exotic types of music was dis-
`cussed by a small gathering at the
`"Cultural Meltdown" session. KFJC
`boa Altos. Calif.. MD Doug Kelley
`told college PBS to “encourage your
`jocks to educate themselves" about
`world beat music. But freelance
`journalist Geno Santoro took a
`slightly different stand. stating that
`radio listeners won't always "get
`depth through music filtered
`through somebody else's ear."
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`of championing records during
`trade reports. Standish. Orr. and
`Hood all said they occasionally ini~
`tiate discussions ofocrmin records
`with reporting stations. as practice
`discouraged by the major trades.
`While that might often be at the
`behest of labels that believe they
`can got better feedback anony-
`mously, all said they are not work-
`ing records for compensation.
`Despite the resurgence of indus-
`try attention to paper adds, few in
`the panel discussion said they con-
`sider dishonesty a problem in their
`formal. Gavin's Standish called al-
`ternative radio "the least hyped of
`all the formats."
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`"That's because nobody really
`spends money on us." added Dunn.
`The subject of trades also came
`up at the following day's heavy
`metal radio panel. With hard rock
`still heard mostly in blocks nation-
`wide. metal charts don't have a
`great deal to measure. WJUL Low-
`ell. Has-sf Bill Fischer bemoaned
`the fact that with most stations
`able to report only 10-15 records.
`there is "no truly fair way to do a
`playlist.” Several panelists said
`the limited number of slots also
`makes it hard for labels to work
`more than one album at a time.
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`in college airplay money a year;
`that's less than onetenth of what
`itcollects for college music use nl-
`together. Hmiager says the 14.1
`cents per student her organization
`charges is more than Bll‘s col-
`lege one fee. (Bryant puts it at
`about 1 cent less.) Therefore. she
`claim. to pay significantly more
`than $100,000 will “take away
`from the live performance world"
`at colleges.
`Moulngor also attacks BMl for
`"talking about [college monitor.
`ing] like it's never been done he
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`fore. We've been doing this since
`1980."
`The audience at the Oct. 28 Cl“
`session was considerably more re-
`ceptive to the Bill announcement.
`cheering when Peter Holaappls of
`college-mdjcrstaple band the din
`promised that Elli would treat the
`genre "just the way they do with
`the real world. BM! checks are the
`most regular things that have hap-
`pened in my life."
`But others at the announcement
`were confused about what effect
`the new system will have on their
`stations. Asked by one attendee if
`college licensing fees will go up.
`Bryant said only that college rates
`generally increase. But he later
`said that there will be no dramatic
`acms-tbe-board raise in what col-
`leges are currently paying. much
`of which is fixed by contract. He
`also said that the administrative
`costs of the change will not be
`and on to colleges.
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