[IainJohnston]

As mentioned on the JMW on Rewound thread today,
WHO Des Moines did indeed have “more jingles”…these from my “early days of jingle collecting direct from stations”:-

https://soundcloud.com/allthebestjingles04/ij-who-desmoines-royross/s-LiVTv

Warning! This Roy Ross package is very “Marmite” – love ’em or hate ’em – unlikely to be any middle ground!

IJ

[jonnoMember]

Not my cup of tea… but to my ear – very much sounding ‘of the time’.
I was expecting something far less listenable/tuneful based on the way you described them before I actually played them.

[Tracy CarmanMember]

Both WABC New York and WDRC Hartford used these Roy Ross jingles (you can google ’em if you want to hear ’em).

[ntcarver0Member]

From earlier discriptions I thought they’d be some sort of ear torture, but I actually like these. Sure, they sound dated, but they’ve got a sort of charm to them IMO. Does anyone know when they were produced or purchased?

[Tracy CarmanMember]

Does anyone know when they were produced or purchased?

WDRC purchased theirs in 1961. Roy Ross died, I believe, in 1968.

[IainJohnston]

We’ll get through this yet…
Grit your teeth and listen to the CKEY Toronto version (which actually is lyrically better).
https://soundcloud.com/allthebestjingles04/ij-ckey-toronto-royross/s-1IwJg

{After these, CKEY moved from 580 kHz to 590 kHz – and to PAMS 17/22/etc}

PS – just one more to go…………

[IainJohnston]

Nearly there…just like a “scale and polish” at the dentists…
WRVA Richmond Virginia version…
https://soundcloud.com/allthebestjingles04/ij-wrva-richmond-royross/s-o5Yc1

There now, its all over, just rinse out and thats it. :^)

All joking aside, a package a wee bit ahead of its time in terms acapella endings and individual acapellas.
Other than that – indeed “a package of its time”.

And now, back to 21st century buzz-saw synths and screaming fold-back digital reverb….

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