Tapetrix Custom Voices, Hospital Songs and Sonotronics

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    Laotian_12_in
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      I was looking though the Weird Jingles exhibit on Ken R’s Jingle Samplers website until I stumbled across this demo from Alfasound Tapetrix which he posted on the website back in 2018: http://jinglesamplers.com/audio/TapetrixCustomVoicesHospitalSongs&SonotronicsDemo.mp3

      I listened to the demo and heard a lot of jingles for more obscure and lesser known radio stations, which surprised me.
      It also has some cuts for different DJs, including Geoff Barton.

      It mainly comprised of hospital radio stations, but also has some BBC, IBA, pirate and student stations.

      DJs and Stations in the musical tracks demo:
      NHR (Nottingham Hospital Radio)
      Robin Eccles
      Island Radio
      Radio Kidderminster
      BBC Radio Deeside
      Beacon Radio
      Centre Radio
      Radio Lonsdale
      Anne Royal
      Radio Ales
      Gateway Radio
      Jubilee Radio
      Radio Tomshore
      Tony Allen
      (U-Danube?) Radio
      Carnival Radio
      Radio Caroline
      Channel 3 Big K
      University Radio Bath (URB)
      Geoff Barton
      Dave Conway
      BBC Radio Wales

      #109258
      gameswizard
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        I once heard that Roy Norry acapella on air donkeys years ago on Radio Merseyside.
        Tagged onto the end of it was (part of) a JAM jingle which went “from the BBC” which, if I remember rightly, had some nice guitar chords on it.

        #109261
        Laotian_12_in
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          The station what came before Carnival Radio in the demo was actually Blue Danube Radio, which was an Austrian radio station owned by the public service broadcaster ORF.

          #109262
          Davey_w
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            As yes I played those Alfasound jingles at University Radio Bath when I was a Baby Jock there (1988-1992)

            #109277
            Laotian_12_in
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              That NHR jingle can also be heard in the spoof reel “The Grot” by NHR Productions.

              #109413
              Laotian_12_in
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                I have noticed that only 8 stations in the demo are/were real stations (as far as I know it), and 5 cuts are DJ cuts (also they should be Anne Ryle and Tony Allan, not Anne Royal and Tony Allen, my bad!)

                The rest of the cuts were for fictional stations made up for demonstration.

                Another mistake on the list is that the jingle before Gateway Radio was also for BBC Radio Wales, but I just didn’t hear the W!

                #109457
                Laotian_12_in
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                  Yet another mishearing, the one after Jubilee Radio was Radio Topshop, not Radio Tomshore, might have been how they sung it…

                  So I can now confirm that 9 are real stations, 5 are DJ discotheques and the rest are stations made up for demonstration.

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