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Dedicated in memory of Jim Collins
Dr. McBlade WPGC Jingle Montage, 1959 - 1980
A 14:00 medley of various cuts used on the station through the years.
Chronologically By Year:
By Jingle Producers:
American Independent Radio CRC Futursonic JAM Creative Productions Jingle Machine Mark-Century PAMS Pepper-Tanner SPOT Productions TM
Play PAMS - Color Radio Run PAMS - Series 6 - 'Color Radio' - WPGC's Gone Color :38
PAMS Series 6 'Color Radio' had been created in 1957 for KJOE in Shreveport and WKDA in Nashville, though the term itself had been made popular by Chuck Blore at KFWB in LA earlier.
WPGC had adopted the TV-like phrase soon afterwards and used one cut from this package to reinforce the slogan of the station in 1959 designed to explain to listeners the station was as modern as color sets were to TV.
Play PAMS - Highland Run PAMS - Series 9 - 'Highland' montage 1:23
1959 saw PAMS release its Series #9, 'Highland' package which featured long cuts. Though a number of stations around the country including the Bartel stations used the package, it was not a big seller for PAMS.
One that did however, was WPGC. Special thanks to the late, Lee Whitney who recorded these on a reel to reel deck from his home in Arlington, VA directly off the air on WPGC-FM in 1959.
Play Cut Name Run Everyday's A Holiday :32 Happy Time Listening (Open) :07 Happy Time Listening (Close) :03 Mr. Weatherman, What's the Weather Gonna Be? :11 You've Found the Sound - WPGC 1580 Color Radio :11 We've Got Music, Late News - 1580 Radio WPGC :18
CRC
All jingles below are copyrighted by CRC.
Play Year CRC - Series #3 Run 1959 CRC - 'Triangle Stations Custom' montage :28
Commercial Recording Corporation was founded by Tom Merriman in 1955, over a decade before launcing TM in 1967. CRC's third package in 1957 was a custom for the Triangle stations including WFIL in Philadelphia. WPGC used only a couple of cuts from it in 1959. Noticeably absent were the WPGC calls, suggesting they may have been lifted illegally!
Play Year CRC - Series #3 Run 1959 It's Time For the News :18 1959 Will It Be Warmer? (no calls) :10
Play Year CRC - Series #4 Run 1959 CRC - 'KOCY Custom' montage 3:02
The next package from CRC in 1957 was also a custom package for KOCY in Oklahoma City. WPGC used it extensively in 1959 by which time the increase in power to 10,000 watts had been implemented, allowing WPGC to be heard around Greater Washington for the first time.
Play Year CRC - Series #4 Run 1959 What's the Weather Gonna Be? :26 1959 Here Comes Mr. PG, the Weatherman :22 1959 More Music Than You've Heard Before :23 1959 The 1580 Weather Tower (Open) :27 1959 Now On With the Show (Close) (No Calls) :05 1959 The Listening Spot :18 1959 You Get 50% More Music :22 1959 The Station That's On the Rise :10 1959 Please, What Time Is It? :19
Play Year CRC - Series #8 Run 1959 CRC - 'On The Go Radio / Wonderful' montage :24
1958 saw a custom package for the RKO stations with, 'On The Go Radio / Wonderful'. As before, the cuts WPGC used in 1959 did not contain call letters and most likely were 'borrowed' from the demo!
Play Year CRC - Series #8 Run 1959 Here's A Special Announcement (no calls) :07 1959 Keep Going All Day (no calls) :16
Play Year CRC - Series #9 Run 1959 CRC - 'Mighty One' montage :10
'Mighty One' for WDGY in St. Paul was aptly named in 1959 as WPGC only used a single cut from it, again with no call letters. Since WPGC had in fact legitmately ordered Series #4 from CRC perhaps they felt they were entitled to a few extra goodies free of charge!
Play Year CRC - Series #9 Run 1959 Sounds So Much Better (no calls) :10
Play Futursonic - Pacemaker 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 Futursonic Econ-O-Pac 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 Checks' montage 1:24
WPGC Tribute Site Contributor, the late Lee Whitney remembers:
I'm pretty sure all the minute cuts are Futursonic 'Time Checks' 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
The "Please What Time Is It" donut is probably Futursonic, 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.
Play Year Futursonic - Weather Cuts Run 1960 Futursonic - 'Weather Cuts' 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.
The Futursonic 'Sound-A-Likes' package from the year before led competitor, CRC to offer a nearly identical package called, 'Tune Toppers'.
Play Year CRC - Tune Toppers Run 1961 CRC - 'Tune Toppers' montage :28
Stations were eager to add credibility by having stars of the day sing custom versions of their current hits with their call letters. Few artists however had the time to do so.
CRC and other jingle companies filled the gap by providing sound-a-likes impersonating those artists, joyously belting out clear-cut mentions for WPGC and others.
The first of the 'Tune Toppers' series was released in 1959 with the follow-up coming out in 1961. Both of the cuts below are from the second set.
Play Year CRC - Tune Toppers Run 1961 Big John - Jimmy Dean - #01 - 10/02/60 :28 1961 Good Time Baby - Bobby Rydell - #11 - 03/06/61 :36
CRC ceased production in 1968 following the departure of Tom Merriman the year before.
No new jingles were ordered in 1962. That is not to say various generic cuts weren't 'borrowed' from other packages at other stations!
Special thanks to Good Guy, Harv Moore for the above.
Play Year PAMS - Washington, My Home Run 1963 PAMS - 'Washington, My Home' song 4:08 1963 Hear the scratchy vinyl 45 version above! 4:08
In the early '60's, PAMS had included cuts on it's Series #16 'Sound of the City' & Series #17 'New Frontier' packages that spotlighted mini-songs localized to each market, sung by a female soloist. The concept was refined further in 1963 when the full length, 'My Home Town' song was created as a stand alone cut with multiple singers. Custom lyrics for each city created the illusion a unique song had been written for the town listeners lived in.
The 'Washington, My Home' song (a.k.a., 'Ballad of Washington, D.C.') was commissioned by WPGC that year. Copies were pressed onto vinyl and given to staff members and possibly to listeners as well. Listen for the mention of WPGC towards the end of the four minute song. Special thanks to contributor, Lee Whitney who received the original PAMS tape in 1972 from JAM President, Jonathon Wolfert who worked at PAMS at the time and who rescued the only copy of it in existence from the trash can!
Play Year PAMS - Sono-Magic Run 1963 PAMS - Series 22 - 'Sono-Magic' 1:25 1963 PAMS - Series 22 - 'Sono-Magic' Instrumentals 2:23
By 1963, simple electronic effects were being used in jingle packages. PAMS created a stir using the Sonovox technique, a means of deliberately distorting the human voice electronically to great effect. So much so, that an entire package was built around it. Such was Series #22 'Sono-Magic' which Program Director, Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony) ordered that year.
Also included in the collection were the instrumental tracks used in the creation of the final product. Those music-only cuts are also featured here and illustrate just how attention getting the Sonovox effect was, at least by 1963 standards.
Play Year PAMS - Sono-Magic Run 1963 WPGC, 1580 :XX 1963 Where There's Music, Where's There's News :XX 1963 Poop Poopy Doop :XX 1963 WPGC, 1580 :XX 1963 WPGC :XX 1963 Go-Go Good Guys Radio :XX 1963 Keep Singin', Keep Swingin' :XX 1963 What's with the Weather, Mr. P-G? :XX 1963 Where the Music Speaks For Itself :XX
Play Year PAMS - His & Her Radio Run 1963 PAMS - Series 24 - 'His & Her Radio' :45
PAMS released so many packages in such quick sequence it's hard to keep track of all of them even today, much less at the time. Policing which station had actually bought which package was a difficult proposition at best, particularly since many stations opted to legitimately purchase some packages but 'borrow' other cuts from other packages that they hadn't. The telltale clue - no call letters!
Listen to these cuts from Series #24 'His & Her Radio' that contain no mention of WPGC but plenty of references to 'Good Guys Radio'. Their origin was another station somewhere which also used the 'Good Guys' slogan. A sharp razor blade in the production room worked wonders - instant jingles without the bother of actually having to order them!
The practice was widespread in the industry. Even if caught in the act, it's questionable whether PAMS would have enforced prohibiting their use, fearing a station might not order future packages from them. Case in point, in 1963-64 alone, WPGC bought the 'Washington, My Home' song as well as Series #22, #25, and #27. What's a little stealing amongst friends?!
In the middle of this montage taped off the air on WPGC, listen for Bob Raleigh #1 (Rolle Ferreira) talk over a jingle donut. He would leave for WWDC the following year.
Play Year PAMS - His & Her Radio Run 1963 Let the Good Times Roll :XX 1963 Another Contest On Good Guys Radio :XX 1963 Good Company Anywhere :XX 1963 On Good Guys Radio :XX 1963 Good Guys Radio :XX
Play Year PAMS - The Happy Difference Run 1963 PAMS - Series 25 - 'The Happy Difference' :17
PAMS output was in high gear in 1963. By the end of the year, a memorable package featuring twin 8 year old girls was offered. The girls were relatives of one of the actual jingle singers at PAMS. While the novelty of children singing station jingles wore off quickly, there was no denying how cuts in Series #25 'The Happy Difference' commanded attention.
Play Year PAMS - Beatles Run 1964 PAMS - Series 26D - 'Beatles' :23
Beatlemania took over the nation's airwaves early in 1964 and reached epic proportions with their first concert in America at the DC Coliseum. Hysteria was equally as great in New York for their Ed Sullivan Show appearances. PAMS was quick to assemble a package of Beatles sound-alike jingles, so much so, they appeared as an addendum to Series 26 'Let's Go America' rather than a package unto itself.
The audio heard here is a crude recording off the air made with a microphone placed in front of a radio speaker from 09/08/64. On it, 'Marvelous Marv' Brooks can be heard playing a cut that sound suspiciously like it may have been a home grown affair with someone at the station having sung the WPGC call letters over another station's at the end!
Play Year PAMS - The Jet Set Length 1964 PAMS - Series 27 - 'The Jet Set' 8:04
Just as 1964 marked a distinct change in direction musically with the arrival of The Beatles, so too was the case with PAMS jingles. Work on Series #27 'The Jet Set' began in November, 1963. Recording sessions for the pilot package for WABC were underway the day of the tragic JFK assassination.
It's fresh new sound featured sound effects of among other things, a sports car, a motorboat and of course, a jet plane! It quickly became PAMS most successful offering up to then. Demand was great; countless stations in cities all over America used these jingles including WPGC in 1964 which Program Director, Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony) ordered before his departure in November of that year for WMCA in New York.
Play Year PAMS - The Jet Set Run 1964 'Morning Mayor' Show :13 1964 'Tiger Bob' Raleigh :13 1964 'Dean Griffith' Show :13 1964 It's Him, 'Gentleman Jim' :13 1964 1580 On Your Dial :13 1964 Guitar, Flute :23 1964 (Surf SFX) Guitar, Flute :30 1964 (Jet SFX) :16 1964 (No Jet SFX) :11 1964 Sport Report - Stager :12 1964 Greater Washington :11 1964 Brightest Thing In the Air :16 1964 A Positive Charge :14 1964 Remember This Flashback - Stager :18 1964 1580 Weather Tower - Stager :14 1964 New Music - Stager :32 1964 Pulsebeat News - Stager :17 1964 (Sports Car SFX) :27 1964 Doo Bee Doo Bee Doo :20 1964 It's A Blast :10 1964 Thank Goodness It's Fun :13 1964 All Weekend At 1580 - Stager :13 1964 Hear the 'Morning Mayor'
:14 1964 You're A Winner - Stager :21 1964 (Diving Board SFX) :14 1964 Spend Your Day 1:06
In addition to the above cuts, stations who ordered the package were also offered 'Pre-Records', a collection of generic cuts which did not use the station's call letters and which could be used as the station saw fit.
Play Year PAMS - Jet Set Pre-Records Run 1964 PAMS - Series 27 - 'Jet Set' - 'Pre-Records' 8:05
The assortment of production aids included music beds, contesting elements, sound effects and so forth, not to mention a month long, day-by-day countdown till school was out!
Play Year PAMS - Jet Set Pre-Records Run 1964 Time To Turn 1 :06 1964 Time To Turn 2, So You Won't Burn :11 1964 Time To Turn 3 :08 1964 Time To Turn 4 :11 1964 31 Days Till School's Out! :09 1964 30 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 29 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 28 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 27 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 26 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 25 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 24 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 23 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 22 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 21 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 20 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 19 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 18 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 17 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 16 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 15 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 14 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 13 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 12 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 11 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 10 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 9 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 8 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 7 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 6 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 5 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 4 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 3 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 2 Days Till School's Out! :08 1964 1 Day Till School's Out! :08 1964 Diving Board & Water Splash SFX 1 :04 1964 Diving Board & Water Splash SFX 2 :06 1964 Pool Party Crowd Ambience SFX 1:51 1964 Motorboat SFX :51 1964 Ocean Surf SFX 1:20
Based on the huge success of PAMS 'Jet Set' late the year before, no new jingles were ordered in 1965.
Play Year Mark-Century - Young Americans Run 1966 Mark-Century -'The Young Americans' 1:28
Program Director, 'Cousin' Warren Duffy ordered these jingles upon his arrival in in the Fall of 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!
Play Year Mark-Century - Young Americans Run 1966 Sports Shorts! WPGC Let's Go! stager :XX 1966 Stop! Go! The Win With Good Guys Radio On WPGC :XX 1966 Go Go Go Go Go With WPGC :XX 1966 Meet The Swingin' Good Guys On WPGC :XX 1966 WPGC, WPGC, WPGC, Greater Washington :XX 1966 WPGC, It's Good Guys Radio :XX 1966 Win A WPGC Sweatshirt, It's Good Guys Radio :XX 1966 News Bed :XX
Play Year Spot Productions - Thatman Run 1966 SPOT - Thatman 1:00
In February, 1966, the enormous Bat-craze was sweeping the nation. SPOT Productions' thinly disguised rip off , 'Thatman' was based on the theme from the show and featured the names of the DJs on the station. Program Director, 'Cousin' Warren Duffy also ordered the the Bat - package.
Play Year Spot Productions - Funtastic Run 1966 SPOT - Fun-tastic 7:50 1966 SPOT - Fun-tastic - Additional Cuts 2:20
In April of 1966, SPOT Productions created, 'Fun-tastic'. Intended to capitalize on the notion of Summer fun for teens out of school, additional cuts to the lengthy package were added soon afterwards. Fun-lovin' 'Cousin' Duffy put these on the air that year too.
Thanks to contributor Lee Whitney for the above three packages.
With no fewer than three packages ordered the year before, there were no jingles ordered in 1967.
Play Year Pepper-Tanner - The Now Sound Run 1968 Pepper-Tanner - The Now Sound 1:14
The arrival of a new Program Director invariably meant new jingles on WPGC. Such was the case with Charlie Shoe who ordered the high powered (& loud!) 'The Now Sound' 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.
Play Year Pepper-Tanner - Fun One Run 1969 Pepper-Tanner - Fun One :41
More fun from Pepper-Tanner with the aptly titled, 'Fun One' heard on WPGC in 1969. It was essentially a continuation of the previous package from the year before. Truly, in-your-face and in-your-ears jingles at their best!
Play Year PAMS - Grid Run 1969 PAMS -'Grid' 8:26
Late in 1968, PAMS introduced what was considered at the time a revolutionary concept - a means by which basic jingle beds could be created for use by any station, yet still customized for each one individually by the incorporation of that station's musical logo at the front or end.
This was accomplished with an early multi-track reel to reel tape machine. Unique musical station logos were added on separate tracks apart from the basic jingle beds. PAMS called the concept 'Grid'. WPGC was one of many stations to use the package in 1969.
Play Year PAMS - Grid Run 1969 'Handy Andy' (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 'Tiger Bob' Raleigh (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 Mark West (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 Dave MacKay (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 WPGC (No Jock Shout) :XX 1969 Legal ID (slow) :XX 1969 Good Guys Radio :XX 1969 Good Guys Radio (Male Singers only) :XX 1969 20 / 20 Music - #1! :XX 1969 20 / 20 Music (No - #1!) :XX 1969 All Summer Long 1
:XX 1969 All Summer Long 2 :XX 1969 High Flyin' - #1! :XX 1969 Music Power :XX 1969 Fun Lovin, Crowd Pleasin' Good Guys :XX 1969 Summer Fun Power 1 :XX 1969 Summer Fun Power 2
:XX 1969 Power Play :XX 1969 Music Power - Power Play :XX 1969 WPGC - Memory (slow) :XX 1969 Double Power Play :XX 1969 Fun Lovin', Crowd Pleasin' GG - Music Power :XX 1969 Instrumental :XX 1969 FM Legal ID :XX 1969 With Music Power :XX 1969 Music Power, Music Power, Music Power :XX 1969 Non-Stop Music
:XX 1969 It's A Good Guy Fun Weekend :XX 1969 Good Guys Sure Shot stager :XX 1969 Million Dollar Music :XX 1969 Good Guy Best Bet :XX 1969 Means Music :XX 1969 Hit Power, Hit Power, Hit Power, Hit Power :XX 1969 It's A Good Guy Fun Weekend (a ccapella) :XX 1969 Million Dollar Music (a ccapella) :XX 1969 Super Weight Hit Power :XX 1969 Fab Flashback :XX 1969 Outta Site! :XX 1969 Music Pow-Pow-Pow-Power :XX 1969 50,000 Pow-Pow-Pow-Powerful Watts :XX 1969 F-M - Fun Music :XX 1969 Yesterplay (slow) :XX 1969 Triple Power Play :XX 1969 Instrumental :XX 1969 WPGC (& Instrumental) :XX 1969 WPGC - Outta - Site! :XX 1969 Yesterplay (a ccapella) :XX 1969 Triple Power Play (shout) :XX 1969 Music Pow-Pow-Pow-Power (a ccapella) :XX 1969 Music Pow-Pow-Pow-Power (with efx) :XX 1969 (efx only) :XX 1969 Weather Wardrobe (& bed) :XX 1969 You're Looking Good! :XX 1969 More Music Pow-Pow-Pow-Power :XX 1969 'Bob Peyton' (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 WPGC :XX 1969 WPGC - Music :XX 1969 WPGC (slow) - Music (fast) :XX 1969 WPGC (slow) - Music (slow) :XX 1969 WPGC - Music (slow) :XX 1969 WPGC :XX 1969 Moog EFX :XX 1969 Faster Moog EFX :XX 1969 Moog Warble EFX :XX 1969 Moog Warble EFX with Echo :XX 1969 Moog EFX only :XX 1969 Moog EFX with Echo :XX 1969 High Flyin' WPGC :XX 1969 Music Power - Good Guys Radio - POW! :XX 1969 Ascending / Decending Moog - Power :XX 1969 Fun Lovin', Crowd Pleasin' (All Male Vocal) :XX 1969 All Summer Long - POW! :XX 1969 High Flyin' Good Guys Radio (& Moog) :XX 1969 Music Power, Music Power (& Moog) :XX 1969 Music Power, Music Power (a ccapella) :XX 1969 Slow Moog EFX :XX 1969 WPGC - Non-Stop Music (a ccapella) :XX 1969 Hit Power, Hit Power, Hit Power (& Moog) :XX 1969 Music Power, Music Power (different Moog) :XX 1969 Slow Moog Warble :XX 1969 It's A Good Guy Fun Weekend (a ccapella) :XX 1969 WPGC (Fast) :XX 1969 Million Dollar Music (a ccapella) :XX 1969 Quick Sting :XX 1969 Slow Moog with Warble :XX 1969 With Music Power (Male a ccapella) :XX 1969 Good Guys Best Best stager (& Moog) :XX 1969 Moog with Decending Glide :XX 1969 Time Sounder EFX only :XX 1969 Yesterplay (a ccapella) :XX 1969 50K Pow-Pow-Powerful Watts (a ccapella) :XX 1969 Outta- Site! (& Moog) :XX 1969 Outta- Site! (a ccapella) :XX 1969 F-M - Fun Music (a ccapella) :XX 1969 Music Pow-Pow-Pow-Power (& Moog) :XX 1969 Time Sounder (with Decending Moog) :XX
Play Year PAMS - Grid - Additional Cuts Run 1969 PAMS - 'Grid' - Additional Cuts 6:12
As the '70's were about to dawn, new sounds were being heard in station jingles. PAMS 'Grid' was notable for the inclusion of a Moog synthesizer. A new, younger group of singers was also used to make this set stand apart from the competition as well as previous PAMS packages. WPGC Program Director, Charlie Shoe ordered both of these packages in 1969.
Year PAMS - Grid - Additional Cuts Run 1969 WPGC - Super Weight Hit 1, Hit 1, Hit 1 :XX 1969 WPGC - Super Weight Hit 2, Hit 2, Hit 2 :XX 1969 WPGC - Super Weight Hit 3, Hit 3 , Hit 3 :XX 1969 WPGC - Super Weight Hit 4, Hit 4 , Hit 4 :XX 1969 WPGC - Super Weight Hit 10, Hit 10 , Hit 10 :XX 1969 WPGC Music Power - Super Weight :XX 1969 WPGC - Harv Moore (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 WPGC - Charlie Shoe (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 WPGC - Davy Jones (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 WPGC - 'Gentleman Jim' (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 WPGC - 'Famous Amos' (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 WPGC - 'Handy Andy' (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 WPGC - 'Tiger Bob' Raleigh (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 WPGC - Mark West (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 WPGC - Dave MacKay (Jock Shout) :XX 1969 WPGC (No Jock Shout) :XX 1969 AM & FM Legal ID (a capella)
:XX 1969 WPGC - Good Guys Radio (Female Sing) :XX 1969 WPGC - Good Guys Radio (Male Sing) :XX 1969 20 / 20 Music (Female Sing) #1! (Shout) :XX 1969 20 / 20 Music (& Descending Glide) :XX 1969 All Summer Long (Female / Male Sing) :XX 1969 All Summer Long (As above with Bridge) :XX 1969 High Flyin' WPGC - #1 (Female / Male Sing) :XX 1969 Music Power - Good Guys Radio (& Sting) :XX 1969 Fun Lovin' Crowd Pleasin' (Male) :XX 1969 Summer Fun Power (Male Shout) :XX 1969 Summer Fun Power (Male Shout w/ Bridge) :XX 1969 WPGC - Power Play (Male / Female Sing) :XX 1969 Music Power - WPGC - Power Play :XX 1969 WPGC - Memory (Fast > Slow Transition) :XX 1969 WPGC - Double Power Play :XX 1969 Fun Lovin' Crowd Pleasin' - Music Power :XX 1969 Instrumental :XX 1969 FM Legal ID :XX 1969 WPGC - With Music Power :XX 1969 Music Power, Music Power, Music Power :XX 1969 WPGC - Non-Stop Music (Male Sing) :XX 1969 It's A Good Guy Fun Weekend :XX 1969 WPGC - Good Guys Sure Shot (Stager) :XX 1969 Million Dollar Music :XX 1969 WPGC - Good Guy Best Bet (Stager) :XX 1969 WPGC - Means Music :XX 1969 Hit Power, Hit Power, Hit Power :XX 1969 It's A Good Guy Fun Weekend (a capella) :XX 1969 Million Dollar Music (a capella) :XX 1969 WPGC - Super Weight Hit Power :XX 1969 Fab Flashback (Stager) :XX 1969 Outta-Site! (Male Sing) :XX 1969 Music Power (& Descending Glide) :XX 1969 50K Powerful Watts - FM - Fun Music :XX 1969 WPGC - Yesterplay (Stager) :XX 1969 WPGC - Triple Power Play (Shout) :XX 1969 Instrumental (With Time Check SFX) :XX 1969 Time Check SFX (& Descending Glide) :XX 1969 Outta-Site! (Male Sing w/Time Check SFX) :XX 1969 Yesterplay (Stager) (a capella) :XX 1969 Triple Power Play (Male Shout) :XX 1969 Music Pow-Pow-Pow-Power (a capella) :XX 1969 Time Check SFX (w/Music Pow-Pow-Power) :XX 1969 Time Check SFX (In the Clear) :XX 1969 WPGC - Weather Wardrobe (& Bed) :XX 1969 You're Looking Good (a capella) :XX
With seemingly endless variations on the infinite 'Grid' series from PAMS the year before, no jingles were ordered in 1970.
No new jingles were ordered in 1971.
Play Year PAMS - The Ignitors Run 1972 PAMS - Series 42a - The Ignitors (Auditions) :42 1972 PAMS - Series 42a - The Ignitors (Originals) 2:49 1972 PAMS - Series 42a - The Ignitors (Rehearsal) 1:12 1972 PAMS - Series 42a - The Ignitors (Re-sings) 3:01 Hear the difference on 'P-G-C' between the originals & the re-sings
Over the years, PAMS created more custom jingle packages for WABC than any other station. These in turn were soon syndicated to stations around the country. Late in 1971, PAMS started work on Series #42a 'The Ignitors' which WPGC put on the air in 1972.
Rather than a collection of unrelated cuts, the package was an early attempt at accentuating the flow between the songs by use of 'subliminal logo triggers'. The latest in electronic gimmicktry such as phasing and flanging effects highlighted the series. Included in the sales pitch to stations was the claim, 'Ignite your listeners' consciousness with exciting trigger pads'.
The first cut above is a series of five demonstration jingles of what it would sound like if WPGC ordered them. These cuts used a variety of station logos on them (WABC and KLIF / Dallas to name a couple). When WPGC did order them, it's own logo was used instead.
Program Director, Harv Moore selected the package but was dismayed if not 'ignited' with the result, leading to the jingles being re-sung in Dallas soon after their creation. Both the originals and re-sings are included here for comparison. The primary difference is the way in which the 'P-G-C' was sung.
Jonathan Wolfert of JAM writes:
On the first cut they're singing the notes, F-D-G. The re-sing was sung to the notes, G-A-C and was an improvement. For one thing, the revised logo ended on the same note as the WABC logo which the tracks were originally written for. That first PGC logo ended much lower, so it didn't have the same punch.
Harv himself attended the do-over session. A rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the creative process of making jingles from inside the studio is also provided with a minute or so of the rehearsal just prior the re-sings. Listen towards the end when one of the female singers can be heard speaking with Harv.
I can't remember what station I heard that had the "full harmony" sound on the call letters, but I loved it. I'm a "song" guy. When Bob Howard gave the OK for new jingles, I knew exactly what I wanted. We ordered the PAMS package, and I sent a sample of the way I wanted it. They didn't do it. They suggested I come to Dallas to supervise the resings.
The actual Cue Sheet from PAMS Series 42a - 'The Ignitors' for WPGC.
Play Year PAMS - The Ignitors - Original Run 1972 W (Horns) P-G-C :XX 1972 (Wandering Horns) - WPGC :XX 1972 (Wandering Horns) W - Weekend - PGC :XX 1972 All Hit Music - WPGC :XX 1972 Downbeat (& Ramp) WPGC :XX 1972 WPG - Hi 'C' (Female Sing) :XX 1972 W-P-G-C (Slow) :XX 1972 W (Tympani) PGC :XX 1972 WPGC - Lovin' Up Your Weekend (Stager) :XX 1972 W - Golden - P-G-C (Stager) :XX 1972 W - Golden - P-G-C (Stager) (Slow) :XX 1972 W - Stereo - P-G-C :XX 1972 W - Stereo - P-G-C (Slow) :XX 1972 W - Good Morning - PGC :XX 1972 W - Stare - Ree - Oh - PGC :XX 1972 W (Shaft-Like Instrumental) - PGC :XX 1972 W - PGC (& Music Trail)
:XX 1972 W - PGC (Male Sing) :XX 1972 (Music Fades In) - W - Pee - Gee - Cee :XX 1972 W (Ascending EFX) - PGC :XX 1972 Orchestra Intro - WPGC :XX 1972 Da-Da-Da-Da - W-P-G-C :XX 1972 (Water Drop) - W - PGC :XX 1972 W - Bump-Bump-Bump-Be-Bump - PGC :XX 1972 W - P- G - (Flanged) - C :XX 1972 Bryan Lawrence (a capella) :XX 1972 Jim Collins (a capella) :XX 1972 Brad Scott (a capella) :XX 1972 Johnny Jones (a capella) :XX 1972 Dino DelGallo (a capella) :XX 1972 big (Foghorn) Wilson (a capella) :XX
Harv selected the package but was dismayed if not 'ignited' with the result, leading to the jingles being re-sung in Dallas soon after their creation. Both the original and re-sings are included above for comparison. A rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the creative process of making jingles from inside the studio is also provided with a minute or so of the rehearsal just prior to the re-sings. Listen towards the end when one of the female singers can be heard below speaking with Harv.
Play Year PAMS - Ignitors - Rehearsal Run 1972 Rehearsal Banter with Harv Moore :XX
Jonathan Wolfert of JAM writes:
On the originals they're singing the notes, F-D-G. The re-sings were sung to the notes, G-A-C and was an improvement. For one thing, the revised logo ended on the same note as the WABC logo which the tracks were originally written for. That first PGC logo ended much lower, so it didn't have the same punch.
Play Year PAMS - The Ignitors - Resings Run 1972 'Charge' - W (Horns) P-G-C :07 1972 'Transflow' - Music To Music - WPGC :05 1972 'Cell' - Downbeat (& Ramp) WPGC :06 1972 'Clipper' - WPG - Hi 'C' (Female Sing) :07 1972 'Transcurrent' - Fades In - W-P-G-C (Slow) :08 1972 'Band Pass' - W (Tympani) PGC :07 1972 'Band Pass' - W (Tympani) All Hit Music PGC :07 1972 'Positive Love Wknd' - Lovin' Up Your Wknd :15 1972 'Modulation' - Recycle :05 1972 'Slow Modulation' - Golden :07 1972 'Insertion' - W - Good Morning - PGC :07 1972 'Cycle' - W - Shaft - P-G-C (Slow) (Stager) :09 1972 'Amplification' - W - Long Ramp - PGC :13 1972 'Bass Response' - W (Ascending Notes) PGC :04 1972 'Ohm' - W Note Fades In - PGC :03 1972 'Digital B' - W - Ascending EFX - PGC :04 1972 'Output' - W - Orchestra - Pee - Gee - Cee :06 1972 'Ion' - W - Da - Da - Da - Da - PGC :07 1972 'Digital C' - Album - WPGC
:06 1972 'Digital E' - Bump-Bump-Ba-Bump - W-P-G-C :04 1972 'Bias Beat' - W - Flanger EFX - PGC (Stager) :09 1972 'Flux' - Long W - PGC (Male Sing) :05 1972 'Flux' - Long W - Weekend - PGC (Stager) :05 1972 Harv Moore (a capella) :02 1972 'Columbus' (a capella) :01 1972 Big Wilson (a capella) :02 1972 'Alexander Goodfellow' (a capella) :02 1972 Todd Reynolds (a capella) :02 1972 'Bob Raleigh' (a capella) :01 1973 Ken Carpenter (a capella) :02
With numerous cuts from PAMS Series 42a,'The Ignitors' still in rotation from the year before, no new jingles were ordered in 1973.
In 1971, legendary programmer Bill Drake commissioned a new set of jingles utilizing the Johnny Mann singers. Instrumental backing tracks were done in Detroit using the Motown session musicians who had appeared on countless hits. The set was marketed by Drake-Chenault's, 'American Independent Radio' ('AIR') division.
Drake - Double A Image Pack - Comparisons Play Year Name Run 07/74 AIR - Drake Double A Image Pack (originals) :24 10/74 AIR - Drake Double A Image Pack (re-sings) :16 1979 Drake Double A Image Pack (remixes) 1:43 Hear the difference between the originals & the re-sings of the 'W'
The package was later re-cut with new vocals in 1973 at PAMS of Dallas with local singers but retained the original Motown backing instrumentation. Program Director, Harv Moore ordered this package in July, 1974.
Drake - Double A Image Pack 1974 - Originals Play Year Name Run 1A Full Logo Fast :03 1D Full Logo Edit :03 2A Full Logo Long :06 3A Full Logo Slow :06 4B FM ID Voice Track with 'Stereo' :05
As had been the case with the previous PAMS package, Harv had these jingles re-cut, with the only difference being how the 'W' was sung. In the initial attempt, three identical notes were sung to 'Dub-Bull-Yew'. The subsequent sing used three ascending notes instead. It was the last package Harv ordered before leaving for WYSL in Buffalo early in 1975.
Drake - Double A Image Pack 1974 - Resings Play Cut Name Run 3A Full Logo Slow :07 3B Slow Voice Track :04 4B FM ID Voice Track with 'Stereo' :05
In 1979, the package was remixed yet again in the hope of putting it back into radio syndication. The original (three identical note 'W') cuts were used in the creation of the remixes. But by then, time had marched on and other producers, particularly JAM dominated the radio landscape. WPGC did not purchase the remixes and as such, they never aired. Listen to the cut by cut listing below.
Drake - Double A Image Pack 1979 - Remixes Play Cut Name Run 1A Full Logo Fast :06 1B Fast Voice Track :02 1C Fast Band Track :06 2A Full Logo Long :12 2B Long Voice Track :03 2C Long Band Track :12 3A Full Logo Slow :10 3B Slow Voice Track :04 3C Slow Band Track :10 4A FM ID Full Mix :12 4B FM ID Voice Track with 'Stereo' :04 4C FM ID Band Track :12
Thanks to Tracy Carman of the Media Preservation Foundation for the above!Tracy writes:
The remixes were done by Tommy Loy. Tommy was a long time Dallas engineer who worked for TM, PAMS and everyone else. The original Drake multi-tracks and reduction reels made their way to Dallas sometime after the original company folded up operations in Los Angeles and was sold to Wagon Wheel in Arizona.
PAMS was doing resings over the original tracks and based on listening through the whole reel, I'd guess these resings (including those for WPGC) were being done on a 1/2" 4-track or 1" 8-track reduction reel. The original Motown track master is a 2" reel that now lives in my basement.
Based on the vocal group sound, I'd guess these were sung at PAMS, who had done resings over these tracks for KPOI / Honolulu and other stations in the 1973-to-1975 period. I'm guessing the vocals were just sitting on the reels since then.
The Drake tracks are the bastards of the industry. After being sung at PAMS, they were later sung at Otis Conner and TM Productions. Fortunately, I rescued the original multitracks before they got dumpstered. I don't HAVE the original reel they were mixed from nor do I have these as a full 44.1/16-bit file... just the .mp3 I found of Tony Griffin's from when he worked for Otis. At least these survived...!!!
1975 was marked by several 'tide-us-over-till-we-get-a-new-package' jingles.
Play Year PAMS - Energy 1 Run 1975 'Energy 1' montage :XX
In addition to the PAMS 49 numbered series, they would from time to time put together more specialized custom jingles which were usually named. One of these from 1975 which was widely used by the RKO stations & many others including by WPGC was known as'Energy 1'.
Play Cut PAMS - Energy 1 Run 01 Musicradio 1 (Fast) WPGC (Group Sing) :XX 02 Musicradio 1 (Slow) WPGC (Group Sing) :XX 03 Musicradio 1 (Slow) (a capella) :XX 04 Musicradio 1 (Fast) (a capella) :XX 05 Musicradio 2 (Fast) WPGC (Group Sing) :XX 06 Musicradio 2 (Slow) WPGC (Group Sing) :XX 07 Generic Tag - WPGC (Group Sing) :XX 08 Musicradio 2 (Fast) (a capella) :XX 09 Musicradio 2 (Slow) (a capella) :XX
There were two versions done of the 'Musicradio' logo. Although the first was widely used by WPGC, the second was not used at all.
Play Year PAMS - Energy 1 Run 1975 Hear the difference between both versions. :XX
Play Year PAMS - 'LS Auditions Run 1975 'LS Auditions' :12
When it came time for additional cuts in 1975, Program Director, Jim Collins (for whom this site is dedicated) looked no further than WLS in Chicago for a custom package known simply as 'LS Auditions'. The cuts on it were short, quick and to the point. Streamlined by design to get back into music quickly.
The package was the last to be ordered from PAMS, which by the mid '70's faced economic hardships that ultimately led to its demise in 1977 (though in later years, resings of many of the classic PAMS packages would be heard on numerous Oldies stations around the country, most notably at 66 WNBC in New York during its re-creation of WABC's '60's sound as the 'Time Machine' in the mid-80's, when ironically, Jim Collins worked on the air there).
Play Cut PAMS - 'LS Auditions Run 01 Ascending EFX 1 - WPGC :XX 02 Descending EFX 1 - (Horns) - WPGC :XX 03 (Drums) Music Radio - WPGC (a capella) :XX 04 (Drums) Music Radio - WPGC (Group Sing) :XX
By the mid '70's, PAMS faced economic hardships that ultimately led to its demise in 1977 (though in later years, re-sings of many of the classic PAMS packages would be heard on numerous Oldies stations around the country, most notably at 66 WNBC in New York during its re-creation of WABC's '60's sound as the 'Time Machine' in the mid-80's, when ironically, Jim Collins worked on the air there).
Play Year JAM - Logoset / Priority One Run 04/76 JAM - Logoset / Priority One 3:17
'Logoset / Priority One' cut in April, 1976 was a compilation and the first JAM package used on WPGC. It was ordered by Program Director, Jim Collins.
'Priority One' was originally produced in 1975 for WDIA in Memphis while 'Logoset' was the first JAM custom package cut that same year for WABC.
For a while, JAM utilized an actual WPGC aircheck of Jim Collins to demonstrate to other stations how they sounded in use on the air.
JAM's 'Logoset / Priority One' from the year before was still going strong throughout 1977 when no new jingles were ordered.
Play Year JAM - Positron Run 1978 JAM - Positron 3:06
'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.
Year JAM - Positron Length 1978 JAM - Positron - Additional DJ cuts :XX
When Scott Carpenter and Ed McNeil joined the station in the Spring of 1978 these DJ cuts were added.
Play Year JAM - Express Pack Run 1978 JAM - Express Pack (Demo) :25
'Express Pack' was another JAM collection from 1978, obstensibly for WQXI in Atlanta. The demo heard here also included cuts for WPGC, possibly in the hope the station might order the complete package. It didn't, perhaps because 'Positron' was so new on the station at the time.
Play Year JAM - Specialty Cuts Run 08/79 JAM - Specialty Cuts 2:28
'Specialty Cuts' from August, 1979 were actually from 'Express Pack' (cut 11A for those keeping track at home) intended for specific usage such as morning show features like 'Day Off With Pay' and 'Boss Of The Day' and were ordered by Program Director, Scott Shannon.
Also included on this brief package was the widespread Hallelujah Choir's treatment of Elliott & Woodside, including deliberate outtakes on the latter's name.
Play Year JAM - Christmas Kit Run 12/79 JAM - Christmas Kit 2:40
'Christmas Kit' from December, 1979 was actually cut for WABC in December, 1977 and was JAM's first holiday package. The cuts were ordered by 'Santa Shannon' and were used extensively during WPGC's annual '24 Hours of Christmas' special each year.
Play Year JAM - Congressman Cottonpicker Run 01/80 JAM - Congressman Cottonpicker for Pres.! :XX
Capitalizing (if not 'capitolizing') on an election year, listen for an encore of the the Hallelujah Choir's treatment of 'Congressman Cottonpicker for President' that were cut in January, 1980. These too were actually from 'Express Pack', cut 11A.
Play Year JAM - Congressman Cottonpicker Run 02/80 JAM - Congressman Cottonpicker (re-sings) :XX
The re-sings in February, 1980 merely placed the accent on a different syllable of the good Congressman's cottonpickin' name.
Play Year JAM - Whisper Chants Run 06/80 JAM - Whisper Chants :25
As the more-music battle with Q107 heated up, 'Whisper Chants' from June of 1980 debuted on WPGC and were used as quick drop-ins between songs to identify the station without interrupting the flow of the music.
Play Year JAM - The Music Sounds Best Run 09/80 JAM - The Music Sounds Best :18
As Disco gasped it's last dying breath in 1980, a single cut, 'The Music Sounds Best' was ordered by Program Director, Scott Shannon. As a stand alone cut, it had originally appeared on JAM's 'I'd Rather Be 2' package for KIMN in Denver in 1979.
Play Year JAM - Free Money Hi-Lo Run 10/80 JAM - Free Money Hi-Lo Chant :XX
Major image-building contesting with the station promotion, 'Free Money Hi-Lo' in the Fall of 1980 warranted a group chant from JAM in October of that year.
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Play Year JAM - Continuous Music Chants Run 02/81 JAM - Continuous Music Chants :XX In the race with Q107 to see who could play the most music, these cuts from February, 1981 could be laid over the intros of songs without stopping the music and included a chant used in the middle of '30 Minute Music Sweeps'. Hence the name, 'Continuous Music Chants'!
Play Year JAM - Elliott & Woodside Run 02/81 JAM - Elliott & Woodside Starts DC's AM :XX
This cut replaced the nearly identical 'Jim Elliott Starts Washington's Morning' cut originally in 'Positron' to reflect the equal billing of the morning team. Within a year, Elliott & Woodside would depart for big bucks & big disappointment at Q107.
Play Year TM - Radio Express Run 07/04/81 TM - Radio Express 3:45 07/30/81 TM - Radio Express (re-do) 4:33 Hear the minor difference between the two.
'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.
Thanks to Tracy Carman & the Media Preservation Society for the above.
Play Year JAM - Foxx & Theismann Run 01/82 JAM - Foxx & Theismann Shouts :06
'Foxx & Theismann Shouts' debuted in early 1982 when Elliott & Woodside bolted for Q107.
Play Year JAM - Double Plus Run 08/82 JAM - Double Plus 5:03
'Double Plus', originally created for WYNY in New York premiered on WPGC in the fall of 1982 and coincided with the change in format. Sadly, it was to be the last complete package ever ordered from JAM.
Play Year JAM - Walker & Howe Run 11/82 JAM - Walker & Howe Shout :04
The 'Walker & Howe Shout' replaced the 'Foxx & Theismann Shouts' late in 1982 when Dude Walker & J. Robert Howe succeeded Dave Foxx & Joe Theismann in mornings.
With the change in format to AC late the year before, 'Double Plus' from JAM continued to be used throughout 1983.
Play Year The Jingle Machine - 95 PGC Run 1984 The Jingle Machine - 95 PGC :17
In 1984, Program Director, Al Casey wanted to get some new jingles. With the station in the ratings toilet and revenues to match, there was very little funding available for a package from any of the major jingle production 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.
Covering the gamut over the years from various packages, here are DJ Shouts, Sonovox & sung cuts alphabetically by Personality last name.
Play Year Cut Run 06/11/66 Turn So You Don't Burn :09 06/19/66 The Brightest Thing In The Air :15 12/24/66 Look Into The Future :25 12/24/66 Funtastic First & Last :11 12/24/66 Funtastic You're A Gas :14 01/01/67 Where The Music Is News :12 1967 Generic Happy Holiday :24 08/67 Traffic Advisory :08 1969 Time Check Sounder :01 07/20/69 It's A Gas! :05 07/20/69 Just For The Fun Of It :10 07/20/69 Summer Power :10 07/20/69 Summer Power Fun Fun :14 04/01/70 Weather :03 04/10/72 Gooooooold :02 09/19/72 High CCCCCCC :05 09/30/73 PAMS 42a with AT 40 :07 ? Where People Get Cash :05
It's often difficult to determine which jingle package was in use from any given aircheck because of isolated cuts from previous packages still being in use at the time. Below is a rough approximation of the most likely scenarios for the time period indicated.
Many of these jingles used early in 1965 are most likely from © PAMS Series 27 'The Jet Set' from 1964, although numerous cuts from earlier packages were still in use. For example, those featuring two young girls singing alone are from © PAMS Series 25 - 'The Happy Difference' - (See above).
As was typical in the heavily jingle driven Top 40 era, numerous cuts from previous packages were still heard when a new package arrived at the station. Cuts at the end of this montage are from Pepper-Tanner's 'The Now Sound' in 1968 (See above).
Case in point, the first few cuts here in use from 1971 were actually from the package above from three years earlier. The ID cuts at the end were not however.
Play Year Package Name Run 08/28/06 Cousin Duffy on: Station Jingle Packages 1:26 08/28/06 Cousin Duffy on: 'Thatman' Jingle Package :34
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