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Dr. McBlade WPGC Jingle Montage, 1959 - 1980
A 14:00 medley of various cuts used on the station through the years.
Long download (don't even think about it without broadband), but worth it!
 

 

Quick links to jingle producers:

Futuresonic	PAMS	Mark-Century	SPOT
Pepper-Tanner	JAM	TM	Jingle Machine

 

 

Individual Jingle Packages

 

Futuresonic

All jingles below are copyrighted by Futuresonic.

 

Year	Package Name	Length
1960	Time Sings	1:24
1960	Weather Cuts	1:51

 

Thanks to contributor Lee Whitney for the above compilations, who writes:

Time Sings: The "Please What Time Is It" donut is probably Futuresonic, but I have no idea what package. I've never heard it elsewhere. Too bad I cut out the open middle because the jock talked over it. I'm pretty sure all the minute cuts are Futuresonic "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).

Weather Cuts: "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 Futuresonic, but I don't know for sure.

 

 

  All jingles below are copyrighted by PAMS of Dallas,
and are used by permission. Special thanks to Jonathon Wolfert
as well as contributors Lee Whitney and Norman Barrington.

 

Year	Package Name	Length
1958	Series 6 - Color Radio	?
1958	Series 9 - Highlander	?
1962	'Washington My Home' song	4:08
1963	Series 22 - Sono-Magic	1:25
1963	Series 22 - Instrumentals	2:23
1963	Series 25 - The Happy Difference	?
1964	Series 27 - The Jet Set	8:04
1969	Grid	8:26
1969	New Generation	6:12
1972	Series 42a - The Ignitors (Originals)	2:49
1972	Series 42a - The Ignitors (Re-sings)	3:01
1972	Series 42a - The Ignitors (Rehersal)	1:12
1975	'LS Auditions	:12

 

 

Mark-Century

All jingles below are copyrighted by Mark-Century.

Year	Package Name	Length
1966	The Young Americans	1:28

 

Program Director, 'Cousin' Warren Duffy ordered these jingles upon his arrival in 1966. This stripped down package simply didn't compare to other more polished offerings out at the same time from other competitors. Their use on the air was mercifully brief! Thanks to contributor Lee Whitney for the above.

 

 

SPOT Productions

All jingles below are copyrighted by Spot Productions of Dallas.

Year	Package Name	Length
1966	Funtastic	7:50
1966	Funtastic - Additional Cuts	2:20
1966	Thatman	1:00

 

Also ordered by Program Director, 'Cousin' Warren Duffy in 1966. Most notable was Spot Production's thinly disguised rip off of the enormous Bat-craze then sweeping the nation with 'Thatman'.

 

 

Pepper / Tanner

All jingles below are copyrighted by Pepper / Tanner of Dallas.

Year	Package Name	Length
1968	The Now Sound	1:14
1969	Fun One	:41

 

The arrival of a new Program Director invariably meant new jingles on WPGC. Such was the case with Charlie Scheu who ordered these high powered (& loud!) packages from Pepper-Tanner. The arrangements on these cuts were distinctly different from the typical big band PAMS cuts from earlier in the decade and featured a noticeably more youthful singing group. Truly, in-your-face and in-your-ears jingles at their best!

 

 

JAM Creative Productions 

Most of these jingles are still available today. Visit JAM's website.

Read more on 'LogoSet/Priority One'.	Read more on 'Positron'.
Read more on 'Express Pack'.	Read more on 'Christmas Kit'.

 

All jingles below are copyrighted by JAM Creative Productions, Dallas and are used by permission.  Special thanks to Jonathon Wolfert.

Year	Package Name	Length
April 1976	Logoset / Priority One	3:17
1978	Positron	3:06
1978	Express Pack (Demo)	:25
Aug. 1979	Specialty Cuts	2:28
Dec. 1979	Christmas Kit	2:40
June 1980	Whisper Chants	:25
Sept. 1980	The Music Sounds Best	:18
Jan. 1982	Foxx & Theismann Shouts	:06
Aug. 1982	Double Plus	5:03
Nov. 1982	Walker & Howe Shout	:04

 

'Logoset / Priority One' cut in April 1976 was the first JAM package used on WPGC and were ordered by Program Director, Jim Collins. 'Priority One' was originally produced in 1975 for WDIA in Memphis while 'Logoset' was the first JAM package cut for WABC.

'Positron' was a custom package for WABC in 1977 and went on to become one of the most widely syndicated packages in JAM's history. Program Director, Dan Mason ordered it for WPGC in early 1978.

'Express Pack' was another JAM collection from 1978, obstensibly for WQXI in Atlanta. The demo heard here also included cuts for WPGC, in the hope the station might order them. It didn't, perhaps because 'Positron' was so new on the station at the time.

'Specialty Cuts' from August 1979 were not part of any particular package overall but intended as an addendum to existing ones in use at the time with cuts for specific usage such as morning show features like 'Day Off With Pay' and 'Boss Of The Day'. Also included on this brief package was the widespread Hallelujah Choir's treatment of 'Elliott & Woodside' including deliberate outtakes on the latter's name.

At the tail of this set, listen for the Choir's similar treatment of 'Congressman Cottonpicker for President' that were cut early in 1980. The first two of these were the originals; the latter two were the re-sings with the accent on a different syllable.

'Christmas Kit' from December 1979 was actually cut for WABC in December 1978 and was JAM's first Holiday package. The cuts were used extensively during WPGC's annual '24 Hours of Christmas' special each year.

'Whisper Chants' from June of 1980 were used as quick drop-ins between songs to identify the station without interrupting the flow of the music. As the more-music battle with Q107 heated up, other cuts touting '30 Minute Music Sweep' and 'More Continuous Music, WPGC' were created. Likewise for the station promotion, 'Free Money Hi-Lo'.

As Disco gasped it's last dying breath in 1980, 'The Music Sounds Best' was ordered by Program Director, Scott Shannon. As a stand alone cut, it may very well have been part of another JAM package out at the same time.

'Foxx & Theismann Shouts' debuted in early 1982 when Elliott & Woodside bolted for Q107. The 'Walker & Howe Shout' replaced it later that year when Dude Walker & J. Robert Howe succeeded Dave Foxx & Joe Theismann in mornings. In between however, 'Double Plus', originally created for WYNY in New York premiered on WPGC. Sadly, it was to be the last package ever ordered from JAM.

'Radio Express' was ordered by Program Director, Steve Kingston in July of 1981 and was used through the Summer of 1982. It was re-done less than a month later with a minor change in the cadence of the call letters from the original three beat 'P-G-C' to a two beat 'PG-C'. The package was used again briefly in 1983 after 'Double Plus' but before '95 PGC' below was ordered in 1984. Visit the TM / Century site.

 

Year	Package Name	Length
07/04/81	Radio Express	3:45
07/30/81	Radio Express (re-do)	4:33
Hear the minor difference between the two.

 

Special thanks to Tracy Carman & Media Preservation Society for the above.

 

In 1984, Program Director, Al Casey wanted to get some new jingles. With the station in the ratings toilet with revenue to match, there was very little funding available for a package from any of the major jingle producing companies.

He opted instead to have a series cut locally at a recording studio in Rockville on Kenilworth Avenue where commercials were often created, but jingles for radio stations were not. The resulting package from 'The Jingle Machine' called '95 PGC' was okay for a home grown affair but hardly the same quality of the illustrious packages from Dallas that had graced the station's airwaves for decades before.

 

95 PGC - :17

 

Covering the gamut over the years from various packages, here are DJ Shouts, Sonovox & sung cuts.