New York May Land the Grammys More Often : Awards: President of academy says L.A. may have to share the ceremony.

Los Angeles may have to share the annual Grammy Awards ceremony with New York more often than in the past, the president the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences said Tuesday.

“New York has such an important music community, not only musicians but record companies, that it’s hard to be away from there more than two or three years,” Michael Greene said in the Academy’s Burbank headquarters after returning from New York where he attended a press conference to announce that the 1991 Grammys will be held at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

The Grammys have been held in Los Angeles all but five times in 32 years. The exceptions: Nashville in 1973 and in New York in 1972, 1975, 1981 and 1988.

Could the decision to have New York host the 1991 telecast be a sign that Los Angeles and New York will begin alternating the Grammys--something that New York members of the Academy have been seeking?

Greene said that no alternating-cities plan has been adopted and that the decision on where to hold the annual event will be made on a year-by-year basis.

In recent years, the Grammy show has benefited from the New York/Los Angeles rivalry, as the cities have vied for the awards ceremony, coveting the attendant prestige as well as the production and tourist dollars.

Each city has dangled various Grammy-related events and community programs as enticements. Ed Cooperman, president and chief executive officer of American Express and chairman ofNew York’s host committee, said Monday that the Grammys meant $30 million to the city in1988.

On paper, Greene said, Los Angeles maintains an advantage. “Generally, it’s difficult for us to mount a show in New York,” he said. “We live (in Los Angeles) and it’s more expensive there and more risky in terms of weather, with the airport possibly being closed.”

But he also said that there is no guarantee that the Grammys will be back in Los Angeles for 1992.

“In all honesty, there is not a lock on this thing and anybody who thinks there is should think again,” he said.