Futursonic

All jingles below are copyrighted by Futursonic.

 

 

Play	Name	Run
	Futursonic - 'Pacemaker' montage	6:36

 

Futursonic was formed when three employees at PAMS left to form their own company. Their first package in 1958, 'Pacemaker', was in use on WPGC in 1959. 18 cuts were produced for the demo which was distributed on 12" vinyl insted of tape.

Among those also using the package were WCAO in Baltimore, CHUM in Toronto and WGH in Norfolk. The latter is of interest because future WPGC Program Director, Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony) had been playing jingles from Futursonic for some time at WGH before his arrival in Washington, perhaps explaining his ordering of the packages below.

Futursonic offered the package via barter to stations in exchange for airplay of commercials. PAMS had initiated the barter process earlier and sued Futursonic for one million dollars claiming barter of airtime for jingles was proprietary. A judge in Dallas however ruled against PAMS, citing herself as an example - she had bartered airtime in her re-election campaign that year!

 

Play	Year	Futursonic - Pacemaker	Run
	1960	It's A Bright New Day	:09
	1960	Million Dollar Music / Music for You	:17
	1960	Mr. Weatherman, What's the Score? (Open)	:15
	1960	That's Mr. PG's Story (Close)	:10
	1960	Weather, Weather, Weather	:07
	1960	The Bells Are Ringing	:39
	1960	Hey! This Is WPGC 1580 Color Radio	:08
	1960	Sports Review	:22
	1960	The Nation's Capital Hears It's Favorite Show	:10
	1960	WPGC Has Everything (long)	:44
	1960	WPGC Has Everything (short)	:17
	1960	When You're On the Go, Tune Your Radio	:34
	1960	Now Don't Go Away, We'll Be Back In A Minute	:12
	1960	(Teletype SFX) Here's the News	:22
	1960	Music! News! Weather! Sports!	:24
	1960	This Is WPGC 1580 Color Radio	:07
	1960	Man, You'll Really Dig Our Music	:14
	1960	They All Sound Better on WPGC 1580	:12
	1960	Swing With the DJs You Love Best (1959 Jocks)	:41
	1960	Swing With the DJs You Love Best (1961 Jocks)	:42

 

 

Play	Year	Name	Run
	1960	Futursonic - 'Econ-O-Pac' montage	:34

 

Futursonic's 'Econ-O-Pac' was intended to undercut the competition. Here's a couple of cuts that were used in 1960 by WINS in New York. Lyrics were customized for Washington and 'The Big P-G!'.

 

Play	Year	Futursonic Econ-O-Pac	Run
	1960	Never, Never, Never, Never, Never Alone	:20
	1960	When You're Driving In Your Car	:14

 

Futursonic offered their packages via barter to stations in exchange for airplay of commercials. PAMS had initiated the barter process earlier and sued Futursonic for one million dollars claiming barter of airtime for jingles was proprietary. A judge in Dallas however ruled against PAMS, citing herself as an example - she had bartered airtime in her re-election campaign that year!

 

 

Play	Year	Futursonic - Time Chex	Run
	1960	Futursonic - 'Time Chex' montage	1:03

 

WPGC Tribute Site Contributor, the late Lee Whitney remembers:

I'm pretty sure all the minute cuts are Futursonic 'Time Chex' done in 1960. They were the lower priced competition for CRC's "The Singing Clock." These were professionally done, but were generic with no call letters and cuts only for every five minutes.

CRC had undertaken the ludicrous task of customizing 720 jingles per station--one per minute for 12 hours (AM and PM shared the same cut).

 

Play	Year	Futursonic - Time Chex	Run
	1960	(3:35) Twenty Five Till Four	:03
	1960	(3:40) Three & Two Thirds - 3:40	:05
	1960	(3:45) It's Fifteen Minutes Till Four	:07
	1960	(3:50) Three Fifty, the Time Is Ten Till Four	:06
	1960	(3:55) Three Fifty Five, Three Fifty Five	:02
	1960	(5:50) Five Fifty, the Time Is Ten Till Six	:06
	1960	(6:45) 6:45, It's Fifteen Minutes Till Seven	:08
	1960	(7:05) The Time Is Seven Oh Five, 5 After 7	:10
	1960	(7:15) Old Father Time, It's A Quarter Past 7	:10
	1960	(8:55) The Time Is Eight Fifty Five	:05

 

 

Play	Year	Futursonic - Weather Cuts	Run
	1960	Futursonic - Weather Cuts montage	1:51

 

"Weatherweatherweather" appeared on WPGC in 1960 - first the generic version then the "Big PG" version. "Here Comes the Weatherman" was old when Jerry G started using it - probably from 1958 or 59 when the station was the 'New WPGC'. They often in-cued it to "From the 1580 Weather Tower."

"Mr. Weatherman, What's The Weather Gonna Be?" is from PAMS Series 9. "Mr. Weatherman What's The Score" appeared about 1961. "Come In Mr. Weatherman" is older but I don't know how old. "Will it be warmer" was also heard on other stations, maybe WKBW / Buffalo. I would guess that all the jingles except the known PAMS cuts are Futursonic, but I don't know for sure.

 

 

Play	Year	Futursonic - Sound-A-Likes	Run
	1960	Futursonic - 'Sound-A-Likes' montage	1:18

 

Few things gave such instant credibility with young impressionable listeners than hearing their favorite songs by their favorite artists customized for their favorite stations. Or so stations thought.

Play	Year	Futursonic - Sound-A-Likes	Run
	1960	Artificial Flowers - Bobby Darin - #20 - 09/26/60	:53
	1960	Mr. Custer - Larry Verne - #1 - 08/29/60	:13
	1960	Will You Still Love Me - Shirelles - #1 - 11/21/60	:12

  

Like its competitors, Futursonic got in on the fad with anonymous singer impersonating stars of the day with fairly accurate covers of their hits.

 

 

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