[Media Preservation FoundationMember]

Number 55 in a series of collector downloads is now available for $20. MPF Basics 55 features the basic cuts of the following in the clear :

Track 1 : Leicester Sound – Alfasound – Custom – 1984 (7’11)
Track 2 : CFUN – TM Productions – Velvet – 1986 – (5’38)
Track 3 : KGEE (KG100) – TM Productions – Star Spangled Country – 1989 (5’54)
Track 4 : WAXY – TM Productions – Composite – 1984 (9’46)
Track 5 : WBEN (Rock 102) – TM Productions – Composite – 1983 (9’28)
Track 6 : WMAS – TM Century – The Hottest Mix Of New York – 1993 (4’23)

All jingles have been transferred directly from the reference reels and DAT’S and are uploaded as wav files for optimum quality. Head to http://www.jingles.org and click ‘products’ to place your order. Once processed a download link will be sent to you.

Tracks marked in bold are available as full collector dubs featuring the mixouts as supplied to the radio station. These are priced separately at $49. Durations of individual packages will vary and not all mixouts may be included on the master reference. Email tracy@jingles.org for details.

All jingles are for personal use only. They are NOT licensed for broadcast and may not be shared or posted in full online. All copyrights are still in force and the jingles remain the property of TM Studios, Inc. – Dallas, TX USA, Muff Murfin – Worcester, UK, S2Blue/Steve England Sale, UK, Tony Griffin Productions – Dallas, TX USA, Thompson Creative Productions (a division of Zone Radio Imaging, New York, NY) and/or Johnny Hooper.

Sample montage featuring one cut from each track.

[logodaveMember]

Love the WAXY cut from TM’s Your Custom Combination.

[amigoMember]

Yes, I love that WAXY cut as well. Never heard the RKO part at the beginning before though

[IainJohnston]

Now didn’t County Sound do a cheeky version of the “RKO” bit on the front of a couple of their JAM Premier Radio cuts?

[GrahamCollins]

Yes Iain, you’re right – I have at least one that sings – “A County Sound Radio Station” followed by – “96.4FM Premier Radio”.

[logodaveMember]

Some stations we’re doing that in the mid 80s in the USA. Malrite, Nationwide Communications and RKO were all proud of their group owned stations.

[IainJohnston]

“A County Sound Radio Station”

Please flip over to Marc’s WNBC / syndication thread for some audio of their resings of the package.

[PKMember]

Or TM Full Force Cuts with lyrics “The Chiltern Network – Northants 96”.

[PKMember]

Smooth Radio used to have a Top of the Hour ident that used to end “A Guardian Media Station”.

[tyty21]

Some stations we’re doing that in the mid 80s in the USA. Malrite, Nationwide Communications and RKO were all proud of their group owned stations.

i knew Nationwide and RKO, well, for RKO owned, only WAXY showed that in their jingles, nationwide, of course, but which station used their broadcaster in their toh or other jingles? I only knew malrite was voiced over, and what other jingles used that.

[Tracy CarmanMember]

Yes, I love that WAXY cut as well. Never heard the RKO part at the beginning before though

That acappella front used to blast through the radio, loudly announcing RKO and starting each hour. I always remembered that cut and wondered who produced it until I found the WAXY master…

[KennyLee]

Here’s an interesting story behind the Station ID cut. I was the PD of WAXY-FM and commissioned these jingles. At the time, RKO had a policy of voicing “An RKO radio station,” at the top of every hour. Incidentally, this was one of the few, if not the only, programming directive coming straight from HQ. RKO PD s had great autonomy. When at TM in Dallas for the recording of the vocals, I was inspired to have an acapella sing of “An RKO radio station,” at the front of the ID jingle. The TM production staff was very accommodating to a couple of technical challenges presented by my off-the-cuff idea. One, a melody needed to be written and that was done right there in the studio. Two, the singers needed a click track longer than the drumstick countdown on the original recording. The engineer at the session flipped the 16-track tape upside down and, using the playback of the now-backward drumstick clicks as a guide, recorded handclaps to “extend” the click track. After flipping the 16-track back over, voila, we had a click track of the proper length for the singers. I never forgot the kindness and creativity of the TM crew in making this happen.

[gameswizardMember]

@KennyLee A fascinating insight. Thank you for sharing that

[KennyLee]

@KennyLee A fascinating insight. Thank you for sharing that

Thanks @gameswizard! Glad you liked it…

[KennyLee]

Thanks @gameswizard! Glad you liked it…

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