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| LenGroat |
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  Registered Member #3158 Joined: Wed Aug 11 2004, 05:00AMPosts: 625 | .. easy.... 'It's Smooo ooth Sayling .. with the Highly Successful Sound.. of Wun-derf-ful... Ray dee o... Lundun' Ingrained in my memory from 1965 and 1966.... NO cheesy synthesiser beds here.....! Metro Radio ~ the North East Sound (1974-1976) Piccadilly Radio (1976) Radio Trent ~ Your 24 Hour Friend (1977 to 1994) plus GEM-AM ~ Have a Golden Day! (1988 to 1994) Saga Radio ~ R.I.P. (2005) Smooth Radio ~ Your Life. Your Music. (2007) | ||
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| barrydavidallan |
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  Registered Member #12384 Joined: Mon Jul 21 2008, 07:02AMPosts: 156 | Great 208 ... "The station of the stars" (found now on norman Barrington's site) | ||
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| TServo2049 |
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  Registered Member #1129 Joined: Sun Nov 02 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 137 | My earliest jingle memories go back to age 3 (I'm serious), listening to the radio with my dad in 1991. I remember the TM KSFO/KYA-FM custom package, the KCBS (AM) custom package (Otis Conner? Axcess?) that was used up to the early 90s, and the revived Drake jingles on KFRC (though that may have been more like 1992; I'm not sure when they used the TM Century package). And I vaguely remember the TM "America's Best" jingles for "Magic 61," right before KFRC flipped from standards to oldies. And also the custom jingles for "Lite rock, less talk" KOIT. *Keep your eye on the one and only, the one and only Jeffrey Gray* | ||
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| Beaver205 |
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 Registered Member #10753 Joined: Fri Aug 10 2007, 02:14AMPosts: 819 | Mine was TM'S Sound America remixed for KRKT Albany Oregon | ||
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| m_hodgey |
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   Registered Member #52 Joined: Tue Feb 04 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 489 | Like BigDave, the earliest jingles I remember hearing are from Radio Hallam, as my dad listened to the station avidly in the late 70's/early 80's when I was very young. All of his music tapes back then, which he recorded off the radio, had Radio Hallam jingles on them every now and then. I can still recall hearing the Hallam jingles on these tapes. I have just cleaned the dust off one of his cassette tapes from 1982 which was in the garage and sampled in some airchecks from "The Great Revived 45 Show"; take a listen here: http://www.jinglemad.com/download.php?view.3551 Can somebody please confirm which Radio Hallam jingle package is featured in my montage? As you can hear, there is a lot of sonovox on the jingles, unless Kelly Temple just used the sonovox jingles in particular with it being an oldies show. I recall hearing one of the sonovox cuts in this montage uploaded by thegobby1 in February which would suggest perhaps that the cuts are Sue Manning?: http://www.jinglemad.com/e107_files/public/1235392169_10111_FT0_radio_hallam.mp3 In terms of the first jingles I recorded myself, those would be cuts from Radio Hallam's fantastic 1985 "Music Power" package with Jimmy Helms on vocals (hence why I bought the reference NAB reels of this package from Steve England a few years ago), closely followed by the JAM 1987 package for Radio 1. Strangely enough, the radio/cassette recorder I have just used to play my dad's old tape in order to record the airchecks onto the PC is the same machine I recorded my first jingle on around 23 years ago - arhh the memories......  | ||
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| Bigdave |
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bigdave Registered Member #59 Joined: Sun Feb 09 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 955 | Re the sonovox stuff...it could be Tapetrix as Len had a number of jingles very much like them during his early days at Trent,and I've just found these for Downtown..listen from about 5.45 in...  downtown_radio_1976.mp3 [ Edited Wed May 20 2009, 10:42PM ] There's a friend I know called Radio and it means a lot to me..... | ||
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| enerjee |
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| Registered Member #186 Joined: Mon Mar 31 2003, 06:00AMPosts: 75 | AndyWalters wrote ... . . . a special Beacon American Hot 100 from July 4th 1976 with Mike Baker and the late Jay Oliver. beacon_bee_gees.mp3Quite a prophetic statement from Mike Baker about being fired in that clip. Incidentally, Andy Anderson used to play the KACY 152 equivalents of Beacon's "We Do It For You" jingles in the summer of 1979 on the Billboard Hot 100 show 2-4pm on Sunday afternoons on Beacon. Also, to keep on topic, the first jingles that really struck me were indeed the cool and snappy "Sunshine Sound" package on Beacon in late 1977. [ Edited Thu May 21 2009, 11:20PM ] | ||
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| enerjee |
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| Registered Member #186 Joined: Mon Mar 31 2003, 06:00AMPosts: 75 | AndyWalters wrote ... Mine has to be the EMIson brass shotgun for Beacon Radio 303. I can remember it clear as day going into Rock The Boat by The Hues Corp. Must have been early 80's and I was very young. Funny what you remember. brass_shot.mp3It was probably between 1976 and 1978 because after that Beacon moved to the "You" package until mid-1979. Although they did briefly use the "Sunshine" package in 1980. Also . . . "Rock the Boat" is a disco song by the group Hues Corporation in 1974. It is sometimes considered the first disco record to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States (from Wikipedia). [ Edited Fri May 22 2009, 10:22PM ] | ||
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| Martin Lester |
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martinlester Registered Member #4681 Joined: Sat Jan 29 2005, 05:00AMPosts: 677 | Bigdave wrote ... Re the sonovox stuff...it could be Tapetrix as Len had a number of jingles very much like them during his early days at Trent,and I've just found these for Downtown..listen from about 5.45 in... downtown_radio_1976.mp3Yes they are from TapeTrix (Steve England on Sonovox) from a package called "soundsonics" In fact I purchased 3 personal cuts from the same package problem is they are still on a 15ips reel tape but sadly I do not have a tape player any more Creator of the Ultimate JAM Bits and Pieces contest – only a true JAM Jingle fan could identify all 10 Cuts – Highest Score so far 1 our of 10 by Barras can you do better ? http://jinglemad.com//request.php?3641 | ||
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| AndyWalters |
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  Registered Member #2282 Joined: Mon Apr 26 2004, 05:00AMPosts: 295 | enerjee wrote ... AndyWalters wrote ... Mine has to be the EMIson brass shotgun for Beacon Radio 303. I can remember it clear as day going into Rock The Boat by The Hues Corp. Must have been early 80's and I was very young. Funny what you remember. brass_shot.mp3It was probably between 1976 and 1978 because after that Beacon moved to the "You" package until mid-1979. Although they did briefly use the "Sunshine" package in 1980. Also . . . "Rock the Boat" is a disco song by the group Hues Corporation in 1974. It is sometimes considered the first disco record to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States (from Wikipedia). I'm afraid it's gotta be early 80's. I only came into this world in '78. From what I understand Sunshine Sound was used exclusively 76 to 78 and You came in around about the time they went 24 hours in 78. By 80 the two were mixed. By 82 it was mainly Sunshine Sound again but some cuts were re sung with just a Beacon Radio ending. I've got some Beacon ROT's on tape from as late as 84 with Turn On To 303 on the start. They went Alfasound in '85. I never said they played Rock The Boat as a current track either. | ||
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| Miracle Works |
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  Registered Member #13811 Joined: Sat May 23 2009, 04:43PMPosts: 1 | Here in North America, I remembr several but the earliest was at WMCA in New York where I was working at.... we had a "good guys" image that we were pushing.... back then WABC, WMCA, WNBC, and WINS were the top four stations for 50's rock n roll | ||
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| Miss Babs |
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| Registered Member #13892 Joined: Sun Jun 14 2009, 07:20PMPosts: 1 | For me it has to be the 1989 Manx Radio 'The Voice of Mann' package. Can't remember who made them but they were classic and had a great feel. Jingles since then on the station haven't lived up to this particular package. | ||
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| OBieInFL |
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 Registered Member #6711 Joined: Sat Dec 03 2005, 05:00AMPosts: 77 | The earliest jingles I remember were Sande & Greene’s ColoRadio campaign for WTRY-Albany, Schenectady, Troy NY. My guess would be 1958 or 1959. wtry_for_jinglemad.mp3 | ||
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| blandy |
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  Registered Member #259 Joined: Mon Apr 14 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 283 | The first jingle that I remember hearing was the resing of Red Hot cut 8 on Radio 1. It was straight after the end of a top 40 show in 1989, post the 7pm pips. I must have been doing my homework then feeling very depressed that the weekend was nearly over. Saying that, I still get that sunday night feeling now 20 years on! | ||
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| djrockinray |
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 Registered Member #13840 Joined: Wed Jun 03 2009, 08:23AMPosts: 4 | PAMS & Gwinsound for sure, PAMS Series 49 "The Modulators". Though the two packages burned into my brain would be TM "The Alternative", and JAM's SMN Star Station. VISIT ME ON THE WEB!: myspace.com/djrockinray | ||
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| ST |
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simon_t123  Registered Member #49 Joined: Mon Feb 03 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 168 | BBC Essex stuff from David Arnold circa 1986 ! I went to a station open day (I was 8 years old) and from then onwards I was gonna work in radio lols, we then moved over to Wales which then was devoid of jingles until ... "hit after hit, after hit, after hit ... Atlantic 252" !!! Radio arrived in Wales lols, am sure their launch package was TM or Muff Murfin, and that they've had jingles from both of those outlets. Also BBC Radio One was airing Jam's "Britains Favourite" package and this would possibly be my earliest, most favourite jingle package ... Chelmsford ... Birthplace of RADIO (and me !) www.fresh-radio.co.uk / www.the-breeze.co.uk "chuffed" to be using sung imaging from Box Projects & Bespoke Music (with a splash of iJingles/TM too !) | ||
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| simon_t123 Registered Member #49 Joined: Mon Feb 03 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 168 | I just realised I replied to this 3 years ago too !!! lols  Chelmsford ... Birthplace of RADIO (and me !) www.fresh-radio.co.uk / www.the-breeze.co.uk "chuffed" to be using sung imaging from Box Projects & Bespoke Music (with a splash of iJingles/TM too !) | ||
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| sweeper |
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 Registered Member #12184 Joined: Wed Jun 04 2008, 07:58PMPosts: 37 | MY FAVOURITE JINGLES WAS THE PICCADILLY 261 PACKAGE NOBODY DOES IT BETTER AHH THE MEMORIES FLOOD BACK jam back on kool 105 denver | ||
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| Wixy1360 |
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 Registered Member #75 Joined: Fri Mar 07 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 2598 | Ben/Miss Babs... Manx Radio had the attached package from William B. Tanner in the 1980s, and some of the air version variant lyrics had the tag "The Voice of Mann". Could this be the one you're thinking of? (Apologies for the audio quality - the item was put on JM about 3 years ago and this copy is poorer than the original; also unable now to credit the original poster). This package in full, in-the-clear, and in good quality has been on my "Holy Grails" Wanted list for donkey's years! (PAMS fans may notice 2 sings from 3:30 approx that sound uncannily like a cut from the WWWE (3WE) custom! And the "Summertime Station..." cut re-sing of "Tis the Season to be Jolly" Christmas one sounds a little incongruous!) manxradio-tanner-1980s.mp3 [ Edited Wed Jun 17 2009, 10:33AM ] ...............# "Around the World from Scotland - All the Best Jingles, All the Best Airchecks" # | ||
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| Offshore |
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 Registered Member #13900 Joined: Tue Jun 16 2009, 07:26AMPosts: 59 | I'll give myself a few bites at this cherry: Africa 1976: 'Lilibolero' on the BBC World Service on SW - does that count as a jingle? UK1979: LBC's "News on the hour every hour", but Essex Radio's 1981 opening package really made an impression on me as an 11 yo USA1990 - 1st jingle I heard on arriving in Chicago was WMAQ - all news 67 - "you give us 22 minutes, we'll give the world". Just -wow! | ||
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| TServo2049 |
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| Registered Member #1129 Joined: Sun Nov 02 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 137 | The first few cuts on that Manx file don't sound like Tanner...they sound like they're from Dallas. I swear I've heard them before, for a different station. [ Edited Thu Jun 18 2009, 08:52PM ] *Keep your eye on the one and only, the one and only Jeffrey Gray* | ||
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| Doug Thompson |
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  Registered Member #6681 Joined: Sun Nov 06 2005, 05:00AMPosts: 25 | The first jingle I remember hearuing was when I was 10 years old on 1380 CKLC, a radio station in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, about 2 hours north of Syracuse, New York. It was a lengthy city song from Richard H. Ullman called "Kingston, My Home Town". I still have the picture sleeve 45rpm of it. I have no idea what package it was from or even if it came from a specific series, but I'm sure Tracy would know. The second jingle I remember hearing was when I was 14 and it was a cut from CRC Series # 2 on CHUM 1050 Toronto. | ||
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| Doug Thompson |
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| Registered Member #6681 Joined: Sun Nov 06 2005, 05:00AMPosts: 25 | Probably should have checked first, but "My Home Town" was obviously from PAMS and not the one I meant. I just looked at my 45 and it's called "A Tribute To Kingston" featuring the Richard H. Ullman Orchestra and Choir. The big lyric finish is "Kingston, Ontario...that's my wonderful town." | ||
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| Wixy1360 |
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| Registered Member #75 Joined: Fri Mar 07 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 2598 | Jeffrey - Manx Radio - I believe that "Tanner" may have been in one of their various attempted "metamorpheses" at that time, and certainly the vocals sound "better" than the "Memphis sound". Or it could be after TM bought out the rights & tracks from Media General? Someone, somewhere "out there" I'm sure will know the answer! ...............# "Around the World from Scotland - All the Best Jingles, All the Best Airchecks" # | ||
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| snarfdude |
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| Registered Member #6733 Joined: Sat Dec 24 2005, 05:00AMPosts: 10 | Doug Thompson wrote ... Probably should have checked first, but "My Home Town" was obviously from PAMS and not the one I meant. I just looked at my 45 and it's called "A Tribute To Kingston" featuring the Richard H. Ullman Orchestra and Choir. The big lyric finish is "Kingston, Ontario...that's my wonderful town." More then Kingston took the package....CHNS In Halifax also used the jingles and released a 45 for charity through sparton records. attached is the Halifax version sourced from the 15ips mono master dated October 1963. The actual title I have on the reel is "Wonderful Town" Does anyone have any info about Richard H Ullman Inc? I've got some vinyl discs with bits and music beds by that name, but can't find a darn thing online. all I know is that they were in Hollywood... richard_h_ullman-wonderful_town-chns.mp3 | ||
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| Barras |
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 Registered Member #3680 Joined: Thu Oct 21 2004, 05:00AMPosts: 3652 | snarfdude wrote ... CHNS In Halifax also used the jingles and released a 45 for charity through sparton records. attached is the Halifax version sourced from the 15ips mono master dated October 1963. The actual title I have on the reel is "Wonderful Town" Does anyone have any info about Richard H Ullman Inc? I've got some vinyl discs with bits and music beds by that name, but can't find a darn thing online. all I know is that they were in Hollywood... richard_h_ullman-wonderful_town-chns.mp3Thanks for posting the CHNS version snarfdude, I never knew that was by Richard H.Ullman. Here`s another version of that cut, sung for 7HO in Hobart, Tasmania...for jingle fans in the United Kingdom, Kenny Everett played this 7HO jingle on BBC Radio 2... 7ho_hobart_tasmania_1_cut.mp3 davidbarras@blueyonder.co.uk David "get JAM back on BBC Radio 2 UK - get JAM back on Z100 New York USA" Barras | ||
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| topcat |
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Media Preservation Foundation Registered Member #25 Joined: Fri Jan 31 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 954 | Just a brief post for now... more later.... but... My earliest remembered jingles: 1. WHYN PAMS 32 / 33 (featuring Trella Hart) circa 1967 2. WDRC PAMS 27 THE JET SET I remember hearing both of these on the air and have both the PAMS reference masters for them along with WHYN's leadered masters for them. For me, that was a feather in my hat. It took me until 1980 (when in college) to get my first copy of the WHYN 33 Fun Vibration jingles (thank you, Ed Rothschild). As for the Richard H. Ulman city song.... I've heard that sung for several stations. There's a lot of things that flew under the Ulman and Stars International branding along with Mark Century. We cleaned out what remained of Mitch Leigh's archives... mainly backing tracks, production libraries and pre-records for the Mark Century stuff. -TC SKYPE: tcarman YIM: justtc Tracy E. Carman Executive Director Media Preservation Foundation Longmeadow, Massachusetts USA www.jingles.org Archiving ID jingles longer than most of you have been alive! Jingles can be fun and keep your memories alive! | ||
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| jonno |
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jonno Registered Member #930 Joined: Mon Sep 15 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 477 | For me the first jingles I remember hearing would be the first Alfasound package for Radio Victory - and they are also what sparked my interest in jingles. Edit: never for one minute back then in the early 80s did I expect to own the 15IPS reference master tapes 25 years later!! [ Edited Fri Jul 30 2010, 08:33PM ] | ||
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| rak |
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| Registered Member #522 Joined: Thu May 22 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 148 | Barras wrote ... Co-incidentally I heard my first "WABC New York City" jingles on Metro Radio, Tyne & Wear. Len Groat presented a Top 20 USA show at the weekend and used American radio station ID jingles instead of Metro Radio IDs, I suppose it was rather confusing for the geordie listener but it was Len who got me "into" this wacky, world of ID jingles The first jingle I can remember hearing is probably the Tea at Three one for David Hamilton on Radio 1 - sometime around '76 I suspect! Re Metro and US Jingles. Did anyone else once hear Giles Squire play the whole JAM Song on air, as part of the daily themed shows when he did drivetime? He'd have played it on American Chart day. If I come across that gem on tape I'll upload it... I might know the words to The Jam Song, but it don't make me Jonathan Wolfert | ||
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| Chalks |
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 Registered Member #321 Joined: Wed Apr 23 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 410 | I'm pretty sure I became aware of jingles whilst listening to Radio 1 in the car going to see various wrinklies....The 1971 traffic bed was a fav. Hear my show on Replay, every Friday evening from nine www.replayradio.net | ||
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