I am currently not doing a live show yet. I did purchase the cuts to meet different programming needs including seasonal features but most of the cuts used on J1 are mainly the slogan and tag but rearranged in many different ways. Between JAM and TM (and cuts that have a mix of both), there are currently over 250 different jingles in use on J1 as part of the general format. The liners are brought in when they are needed:
Cut 1: Japan’s Top 40 Countdown – a voice tracked weekend show that airs on J1. We are still in the process of implementing this jingle on air. Cut 1 without the Countdown liner is used extensively throughout the day.
Cut 2: Natsu no Tanoshimi – an hourly feature introducing a Japanese pop song about the summer. (Similar to how we would do an hourly feature in December to stage a Christmas song – and yes, there are a lot of contemporary Japanese pop songs related t o Christmas and the winter season)
Cut 3: Nichiyoubi – Japanese for “Sunday”. On Sundays, J1 goes to a retro format spanning 1980 to 2002. This cut will be introduced in that period real soon. For now, it was just added to the normal rotation with the slogan and tag.
Cut 4: The Michiasa Show – Out of all of the 5 cuts iJingles did for this package, this is the one I like the best. While we are not doing a live show yet, there is a 2 hour slot currently called “Michiasa Music” (Mon-Fri 8-10AM JST) which plays from a hand-picked playlist of what the program director likes (and I tend to lean towards the cute bubblegum idol girlpop stuff which makes J-POP fun). This jingle with just the slogan and tag and now in rotation.
Cut 5: Sakura Springtime – like Natsu no Tanoshimi but for the spring. J-POP has a lot of songs about spring and especially about the annual bloom of the cherry blossoms (sakura) which is a very special event in Japan.
In answer to your question, the vocal group used on these cuts were 3 guys and 2 girls.
Our next (and final) gig for iJingles is going to be Cut 1 of Big Time Radio. This cut is being done in the spirit of JAM’s ‘Best Show’ where we will have two different lyrics sung and will result in 4 different full length cuts to be used on the air (as well as the zillions of short mix possibilities as well as the acapellas finding their way into other jingle tracks)
Let’s see how this can go..
“Radio can be fun….” – JAM
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