[firetypecinderaceMemberAuthor]

103.1 WNDH in Defiance, OH and Cool 102 in Cape Cod are using this, too.

[firetypecinderaceMemberAuthor]

Oldies 93.5 are using this too, they stopped using JAM.

[firetypecinderaceMemberAuthor]

and also 98.3 TRY in Albany.

[Jeffrey T. MasonMember]

Most of the stations mentioned and sampled on this page (minus KODJ) are iHeart “Big Classic Hits” affiliates. Same playlists and (mainly the same) jocks. So it makes sense to have the same jingles across the board. I’m a lifelong JAM fan, but I think this new package sounds pretty good. And I’m not just saying that because I am ON all of these stations. LOL

[mjb1124Member]

Great to hear from you Jeffro, congrats on the timeslot promotion!

[TigerQ105Member]

Jeffrey_T_Mason;c-76447 wrote:

Most of the stations mentioned and sampled on this page (minus KODJ) are iHeart “Big Classic Hits” affiliates. Same playlists and (mainly the same) jocks. So it makes sense to have the same jingles across the board. I’m a lifelong JAM fan, but I think this new package sounds pretty good. And I’m not just saying that because I am ON all of these stations. LOL

It does sound good, as with their previous packages. It sounds very modern and young for classic hits stations. As radio evolves, so does its jingles.

[firetypecinderaceMemberAuthor]

I’m still checking for more.

[firetypecinderaceMemberAuthor]

U100.9 (WIBA-HD2) is using this too.

[firetypecinderaceMemberAuthor]

TigerQ105;c-76449 wrote:

Jeffrey_T_Mason;c-76447 wrote:

Most of the stations mentioned and sampled on this page (minus KODJ) are iHeart “Big Classic Hits” affiliates. Same playlists and (mainly the same) jocks. So it makes sense to have the same jingles across the board. I’m a lifelong JAM fan, but I think this new package sounds pretty good. And I’m not just saying that because I am ON all of these stations. LOL

It does sound good, as with their previous packages. It sounds very modern and young for classic hits stations. As radio evolves, so does its jingles.

Same. Hope it’s in the RW website and gonna be heard on a Canadian station.

[TigerQ105Member]

https://soundcloud.com/lawrence-simmons-d/1031-wndh-napoleon-ohio-unknown-reelworld-package
https://soundcloud.com/lawrence-simmons-d/wcib-cape-cod-ma-cool-102-unknown-reelworld-package

Things do be pouring out for iHeart and Reelworld.

[mjb1124Member]

Found two more stations using this: Big 95 KBGO in Waco TX, and WBVB (B97) in Huntington WV.

So far, WSRZ seems to be the biggest station (by market size) using this package.

[firetypecinderaceMemberAuthor]

WGMZ Z93.1 in Gadsden, AL and Leo 1360 KMJM in Cedar Rapids, IA is also using it, too.

[mjb1124Member]

Interestingly, there’s one recently launched small-market iHeart Oldies station that’s not using this package or anything else from Reelworld. WZRX-FM “The Big Buck” in Lima, Ohio has a JAM composite.

[Jeffrey T. MasonMember]

mjb1124;c-76537 wrote:

WZRX-FM “The Big Buck” in Lima, Ohio has a JAM composite.

This is a relaunch of a station that existed from the 90s-00s. So they’re using the same classic jingles from the first go-around. Nostalgia!

[Jeffrey T. MasonMember]

mjb1124;c-76535 wrote:

So far, WSRZ seems to be the biggest station (by market size) using this package.

B101/Providence and WTRY/Albany are 1st and 2nd by market size with WSRZ 3rd.

[firetypecinderaceMemberAuthor]

B101 is not using this. I heard them use the WCBS FM 2018 package. 98.3 TRY, yes. They did use the iHeart Classic Hits package (which is what we call the unknown RW package).

[TigerQ105Member]

Leo 1360 and Big 95 are using this mysterious package, too.
https://soundcloud.com/lawrence-simmons-d/kmjm-cedar-rapids-ia-leo-1360-unknown-reelworld-package
https://soundcloud.com/lawrence-simmons-d/kbgo-waco-tx-big-95-unknown-reelworld-package

Leo surprisingly uses both the branding and the callsign on this one.

[mbMember]

I like a lot of Reelworld work and some of thier packages are top notch. It’s all down to what the market wants. I find it a bit functional but thats clearly what it is desgned for a variety of stations with easy modifications and rolled out to a lot of markets. It’s OK – It’s not a reelworld classic like windy100 or B94. I love a big statement full on Reelworld package – I dont fell this is one of them.

[Jeffrey T. MasonMember]

firetypecinderace;c-76541 wrote:

B101 is not using this. I heard them use the WCBS FM 2018 package. 98.3 TRY, yes. They did use the iHeart Classic Hits package (which is what we call the unknown RW package).

My bad! I was just looking at my list of stations and assumed. There’s an old saying about that. LOL

[TigerQ105Member]

Seems like this whole thing has not been complete without this one.

https://soundcloud.com/lawrence-simmons-d/real-oldies-on-iheartradio-unknown-reelworld-jingle-with-jam-year-shout

So, I was thinking, this could be the TOH theme for the mystery package?

[firetypecinderaceMemberAuthor]

Is it possible to ask RW or no?

[TigerQ105Member]

WQOL dropped the K-Hits package for this new package. I’m expecting it to drop between either by Spring or Summer of this year. Or probably not at all.

[firetypecinderaceMemberAuthor]

There are iHeart stations now using this package – 96.1 The Fox (KQHT-FM Grand Forks, was using the WCBS FM package few months ago), 99.9 KGOR Omaha (stopped using the Wisebuddah Boom 973 package) and Oldies 107.9 Vero Beach, FL.

[jaydohertyMember]

TigerQ105;c-76958 wrote:

I’m expecting it to drop between either by Spring or Summer of this year. Or probably not at all.

I’d bet that it will never drop publicly… at least not any time soon. Every station or channel that uses the package is owned by iHeart, so my bet is that the package was a specially contracted project through “iHeart corporate” for their dozens (perhaps hundreds) of oldies stations. Instead of market exclusivity, they’re getting company exclusivity; only iHeart stations can play it or order it. That’s all my own theory/guess. If I’m right, one could say ReelWorld hit the jackpot by getting a huge project like this for the biggest radio company in the country.

The fact this package is generically spread across so many of iHeart’s stations just proves how corporate radio has become. I would not be surprised if iHeart tries to buy ReelWorld at some point, just as Cumulus did with TM. It’s all become such an icy-cold corporate game… but thank God JAM is still around providing (in my opinion) MUCH better jingles than both of them and putting human heart and soul into the production.

[TigerQ105Member]

livelocal247;c-77268 wrote:

TigerQ105;c-76958 wrote:

I’m expecting it to drop between either by Spring or Summer of this year. Or probably not at all.

I’d bet that it will never drop publicly… at least not any time soon. Every station or channel that uses the package is owned by iHeart, so my bet is that the package was a specially contracted project through “iHeart corporate” for their dozens (perhaps hundreds) of oldies stations. Instead of market exclusivity, they’re getting company exclusivity; only iHeart stations can play it or order it. That’s all my own theory/guess. If I’m right, one could say ReelWorld hit the jackpot by getting a huge project like this for the biggest radio company in the country.

The fact this package is generically spread across so many of iHeart’s stations just proves how corporate radio has become. I would not be surprised if iHeart tries to buy ReelWorld at some point, just as Cumulus did with TM. It’s all become such an icy-cold corporate game… but thank God JAM is still around providing (in my opinion) MUCH better jingles than both of them and putting human heart and soul into the production.

Seems like a good theory. I think iHeart themselves had inked a deal with RW to make an exclusive package for their oldies/classic hits station, especially those stations who’ve signed up to a very “Orwellian-named” Premium Choice network. Mainly the “Cool Oldies” and “Big Classic Hits” ones.

Also, regarding the part where you said that iHeart tried to buy RW, I think their division, Premiere Networks has inked a deal with Reelworld US (not Europe) as their imaging partner in the US all the way back 15 years ago.

And regarding the custom package that RW did for iHeart, I’m not sure they will be released anytime soon. Maybe until something miraculous will happen one day. But that one day might be someday.

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