TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

Rip It Up, Issue 237, 1 May 1997, Page 7

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

Pagan Aligns With Virgin Indie label Pagan whose distribution has been directly with EMI has stayed in the same offices but is now aligned with EMl’s Virgin label, home for successful NZ acts the Mutton Birds and Emma Paki. Pagan’s roster includes Eye TV (on the Antenna label) Warratahs, Paul Übana Jones and Al Hunter. New signings for Pagan include Darcy Clay, Trip To The Moon, Voom and Dancing Asians. Tim Moon is now a Director and Co-owner of Pagan with founder Trevor Reekie. New Shows on Max TV With a format reshuffle Auckland’s Max TV have a revised schedule. The weekday 5.30 to 7pm Stick Shift show (rock/alternative) is helmed by Matt Brown. Former Supergroove sax player Nick Atkinson fronts The Risky Business show (NZ music) on Tuesdays at 9pm to 10pm. Floss from Loves Ugly Children fronts Station Distortion an alternative music show on Tuesdays 10pm to 11pm. Current hosts continuing are DJ Sirvere on Fila True School (Tues 10pm, Sat 6pm),

Sample G on Pulse (Thurs 10pm, Sat 7pm), Debbie Harwood on Famous Flames (Wed, Bpm) and comic Radar on Sunday Night Guy (Sunday 9pm to 11pm).

Smokefree Rockquest Regional Finals of the eighth annual Smokefree Rockquest begin this month (see Tours tor details) and continue until September, with the National Final taking

place at the St James Theatre in Auckland on Sept 19. Entry is open to all secondary and intermediate school bands.

WOMAD on Air WOMAD: Live in Concert! can be heard on National Radio every Saturday at 12.30 pm, until November 15. A team of eight (including journalists, producers and engineers) from Radio New Zealand spent six days capturing recording workshops leading up to the festival, interviews with more than 40 of the artists, and concert performances at the festival. Ross Goodwin to Channel Z The new rock format station Channel Z that opened in Wellington last year will open in Auckland soon. Channel Z and More FM are owned by Doug Gold. Programmer Ross Goodwin has left Mai FM to join Channel Z. Briefs Back in the driver’s seat at Christchurch’s CRY TV is former director and founder Christian Birch. On April 8 staff and presenters were made redundant and CRY TV now transmits without presenters ... BFM jingle whizz Bob Kerrigan has won the Radio Industry’s real cool Grand Orca Award for Best Radio Commercial of 1996. The prize is a trip for two to Rome and SIOOO bucks to spend ... Contactß9FM Hamilton have appointed a new GM Lois Livingston who has previously worked in television and the arts... TV3’s new channel TV4 starts late June.

NZ ON AIR Music Videos The acts who have received NZ On Air video grants at the April meeting are: Propeller Suva Yacht Club (Chronic) Inchworm It Means A Lot To Me (Dedear) Greg Johnson My Ship Is Sinking Low (EMI) Bike Circus Kids (Flying Nun) Nares Back To The Deep (Hark) Lava Lava Feel The Heat (huh!) Cicada Backstab (Mr Banger) Eye TV Snakes & Ladders (Pagan) Let’s Planet Driving (Pagan) Southside Of Bombay Running (Tangata) Mutton Birds April (Virgin) Emma Paki Paradise (Virgin). Breathe Waterslide (Felix) Buckle Swoon (Felix) Head Like A Hole Keith (Wildside) Shihad Ghost From 77? e Past (Wildside) NZON AIR Indie Hit Disc The acts selected for the first of four Indie Hit Discs are: Fur Patrol Man In A Box

Mink In My Craft Or Sullen Art Beats & Pieces Worldwide The Stereo Bus Shallow D’Arcy Clay Jesus I Was Evil Inchworm It Means A Lot To Me Locuste Sounds Like These Southern Tribe Closer Trucker Hi-Ace Weta A Night At The Opera Cabbage Bomber Cranberry Sauce Cloudboy Daydream Land Letterbox Lambs Carry On Swallow Born Beneath Sugarbug Just Another Drop Snort Poison

NZ ON AIR Radio Hits Funding The following NZ artists qualified due to “significant airplay achieved”, for funding by the NZ On Air Radio Hits Scheme: Supergroove sth Wheel (BMG) Mutton Birds Come Around (Virgin) Head Like A Hole A Crying Shame (Wildside) Breathe Smiley Hands (Felix)