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A/C

URBAN

COUNTRY

MOST ADDED

MOST ADDED

MOST ADDED

MOST ADDED

DEBBIE GIBSON

Electric Youth (Atlantic)

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

I'll Be Loving You (Forever)

(Columbia)

MICHAEL DAMIAN

Rock On (Cypress/A &M)

ATLANTIC STARR

My First Love (Warner Bros.)

TONY! TONI! TONE!

For The Love Of You

(Wing/PolyGram)

KIARA

Every Little Time (Arista)

NATALIE COLE

Miss You Like Crazy (EMI)

BARBRA STREISAND

What Were We Thinking Of

(Columbia)

EDIE BRICKELL & THE

NEW BOHEMIANS

Circle (Geffen)

RECORD TO WATCH

RECORD TO WATCH

RECORD TO WATCH

RECORD TO WATCH

GIPSY KINGS

Bamboleo (Elektra)

MICA PARIS

My One Temptation (Island)

GRAYSON HUGH

Talk It Over (RCA)

MERLE HAGGARD

5:01 Blues (Epic)

TONE LOC

Funky Cold Medina

(Delicious Vinyl /Island)

NATALIE COLE

Miss You Like Crazy (EMI)

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BASIA

Promises (Epic)

ALBUM

PAUL OVERSTREET

Sowin' Love (RCA)

TANYA TUCKER

Call On Me (Capitol)

MERLE HAGGARD

5:01 Blues (Epic)

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DESERT ROSE BAND

She Don't Love Nobody

(MCA/Curb)

ALTERNATINF

MOST ADDED

MOST ADDED

MOST ADDED

MOST ADDED

JOE SAMPLE

THE CULT

"Fire Woman" (Sire /Reprise)

EDDIE DANIELS

Blackwood (GRP)

JOE SAMPLE

Spellbound (Warner Bros.)

JEFF RICHMAN

People Like Us (ITI)

ANDREAS VOLLENWEIDER

Dancing With The Lion (Columbia)

TRAVELING WILBURYS

"See The Light"

(Wilbury/Warner Bros.)

THE SANDMEN

Western Blood (A &M)

THE CULT

"Fire Woman" (Sire /Reprise)

PIXIES

"Monkey Gone To Heaven"

(4 A D /Elektra)

DRIVIN' N' CRYIN'

Mystery Road (Island)

RECORD TO WATCH

RECORD TO WATCH

RECORD TO WATCH

RECORD TO WATCH

CHARLES BROWN

One More For The Road (Alligator)

DOUG MARKLEY

Philly Filet (Visual Musik)

INDIGO GIRLS

Indigo Girls (Epic)

DIRTY DOZEN BRASS

BAND

Voodoo (Columbia)

Spellbound (Warner Bros.)

DAVID MURRAY

Ming's Samba (Portrait)

Ill

KELLEY

Stand Up (Nova)

,PAT

IVAN LINS

Love Dance (Reprise)

March 31, 1989/the GAVIN REPORT

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ANDREAS

VOLLENWEIDER

Dancing With The

Lion (Columbia)

THE OUTFIELD

Voices Of Babylon

(Columbia)

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fROMOHIO (SST)

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ALTERNATIVE PROFILE -

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JOHNSON OUT AT WAPE

After just five months, Tracy Johnson has exited the Program Director position at WAPE-Jacksonville. He assumed the job on

October 31 of last year.

"I just got back from Jacksonville," said Evergreen National

Program Director Buzz Bennett. "We had philosophical differences. I can tell you that he's not there anymore."

"There are no hard feelings," Johnson agreed, "I wish the best for

everyone at Evergreen and WAPE."

Johnson came to WAPE from KCPW -Power 95-Kansas City. He

can be reached at 904-223 -1931.

WHO'S THE MANAGEMENT

GURU OF THE 90's

seee page 18

FIFIELD PRESIDENT/CEO AT EMI

MUSIC WORLDWIDE

Current EMI Music Worldwide President and Chief Operating Officer JimFifield has been

promoted to the company's

President and Chief Executive

officer. He'll be responsible for

the direction of the company, and

will have a direct line to Thorn

EMI Chairman and Chief

ALTSHULER PROMOTED

Robert Altshuler has been appointed to Senior Vice President,

Corporate Information, CBS Records Inc. It is a newly created

position. Altshuler has been with CBS since 1965, and his most

recent position was Vice President, Press and Public Affairs.

The Gavin Report sends Mr. Altshuler special congratulations.

SUTTER STARTS AT RCA

After four years at Chrysalis

Billy Bass has been named Vice

President and General Manager of

Tabu and Flyte Time Records.

For the past eight years Bass has

been with Chrysalis Records,

where his last position was Vice

President of Marketing. The one

time air personality has also worked

atRCAandMotown. He has helped

illuminate the careers of Billy Idol,

Pat Benatar, David Bowie and

Jefferson Airplane /Starship to

name only a few.

Records, Kevin Sutter has

jumped to RCA, where he's been

appointed Senior Director, National Album Promotion.

"I'm really excited!" said

Sutter. "I like where RCA/BMG

is going. Their roster seems to be

leaning toward the 90's, with acts

like House of Lords,

Sidewinders, the Fixx and

Cowboy Junkies."

Before working at Chrysalis,

Sutter worked in sales at I.R.S.

and promotion at Epic Records.

He will be based out of RCA's

New York offices.

Executive Colin Southgate.

Fifield will head the operations

of record companies, manufacturing and distributing, record

studios and music publishing in

the 37 countries in which EMI

has a presence.

Bhaskar Menon remains

Chairman of EMI Music

Worldwide, Capitol -EMI Music,

Inc and EMI Music Limited.

RADI -O -RAMA

CALL LETTER CHANGE:

KSJQ97-Modesto /Stockton is

no longer. New calls are KIZS/

FM-the new KISS/FM...Todd

Berry is the new PD at WTAKHuntsville. He crosses town

from Power93 (WKQD). David

Sadof has exited KLOL -Houston where he was MD...THEY'RE

STILL TALKING ABOUT the

Gavin's Peter Standish, who

turned in an all-star performance

at the SXSW softball game. He

went two for two with a fielder's

choice and scored three runs.

Sign him up, Red Sox!...Charlie

Fries is now Asst. PD /MD at

KCOL/AM and KIMN/FM -Ft.

Collins, CO. Ken Payne is PD at

both stations...ADDED DUTIES

AT KJOY- Stockton, CA: Scott

Thomas is now PD of both the

cont. on next page

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FORMATS

6

TOP 40

FEATURES

COVER STORY

20

ROBYN HITCHCOCK

THE "INAPPROPRIATE"

L

14

ON RATINGS AND RESEARCH... by Jhen Mbar

22

URBAN CONTEMPORARY

16

ON MANAGEMENT by Oren Hared

26

A/C

18

P.D. NOTEBOOK

32

COUNTRY

18

HEAR & THERE by Sheds Rene

38

JAll

19

BIOFEEDBACK by

40

ADULT ALTERNATIVE

41

CLASSIFIEDS by Natalie Cusenza

44

ALBUM

49

ALTERNATIVE PROFILE

46

ALTERNATIVE

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by Eric Norberg

Ron Fell

the GAVIN REPORT /March 31, 1989

IIIBER TO VP /WEAZ_WFIL

GOAL: BUILD

A GROUP

Dear Friends,

Horace Greeley was

wrong!

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reach Hiber at...

Phone: 609 -399-8212

Address "Sea Four", (home /office) Fax will be available

1617 Wesley Avenue,

Ocean City, N.J.also

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Thanks for the chance

to serve so many

and consulting during

the 80's. Now, here's of you through

seeing you in the

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Gavin every

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Best to all,

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