News Talk jingles

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  • July 26, 2021 at 11:26 am #12064
    firetypecinderace
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      Any news talkers that still use jingles today?

      July 26, 2021 at 1:56 pm #106266
      glen

        WABC WGN

        July 26, 2021 at 7:00 pm #106279
        mjb1124
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          WABC and WGN are both using JAM.

          WLS, WBAP, KOA, and WMAL are using TM’s Next News/Talk service.

          There’s also New Jersey 101.5 which is news/talk on weekdays and music on weekends – they have custom jingles from TM.

          July 26, 2021 at 10:22 pm #106282
          jaydoherty
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            WGN Chicago, WABC New York, and WNSR Nashville are using JAM. WBBM Chicago has been using TM for years. WTOP Washington, D.C. also got a custom from Reelworld… but no sung cuts.

            July 27, 2021 at 2:09 am #106283
            glen

              Screeching vocal do not belong on newstalk radio

              July 27, 2021 at 5:47 am #106289
              jaydoherty
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                glen;c-75679 wrote:
                Screeching vocal do not belong on newstalk radio

                If they’re used correctly and are a legacy branding tool designed to identify with the age of a station’s main demo, I’d argue that sung jingles (especially WGN’s and WABC’s) have the ability to compliment the personality of a station and keep its nostalgia going, in some cases.

                In my opinion, it’s also about what cuts a station chooses and how they lyric them, not if they add them at all; WBBM’s long-running TM TOH has very smooth, toned-down vocals that are quick & easy to remember but not (at least to my ears) “screeching.”

                I may be in the minority here, but I also think that JAM’s News/Talk WABC packages, while not as popular/famous as their Top 40 packages, feature some of the best orchestral arrangements I’ve ever heard in any jingle package. Who could say no to Top News cuts 2 and 4, for example?

                Plus, who here would say no to more jingles of any kind? :)

                July 27, 2021 at 6:00 am #106290
                jaydoherty
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                  Speaking of news/talk jingles, does anyone know where this “In Touch with Chicago” jingle came from at 4:28?

                  July 29, 2021 at 12:02 am #106284
                  glen

                    TM

                    July 29, 2021 at 12:04 am #106285
                    glen

                      Maybe Tuesday Production

                      July 29, 2021 at 10:56 am #106287
                      jaydoherty
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                        WJDX Jackson is also using a TM custom called ‘Talk, News & Sports,’ and WTMA Charleston has re-sings of that package and TM’s ‘Capital News.’

                        July 29, 2021 at 3:07 pm #106280
                        firetypecinderace
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                          WTMA is also using Talk, News and Sports.

                          July 30, 2021 at 3:34 pm #106278
                          mb
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                            LBC, Talkradio and Times Radio primarily use beds I couln’t recall if you asked

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