[Peter30]

Solid Gold GEM have been playing new jingles since the start of 2022 with the theme of “What will we play you next”, I am wondering if anybody knows who made them, they all sound very similar and are not a patch on their old JAM and PAMS re-sing jingles which have nearly all been ditched, also they have a new voice over man which I find really annoying.
This week I have been listening to BOOM Radio instead, a very good station with a good mix of music, TM jingles and a lot of very familiar old DJ’s

[IainJohnston]

Thought I’d heard it somewhere before!

https://soundcloud.com/allthebestjingles04a/ssgfeb2021?si=9c87715399e14999b76e41adc56d541f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

https://tmstudios.com/jingles/tm-12-packs-classic-hits/

Another TM package with the “slightly softer than RW but still RW-like” vocal sound,
which is a current sound of its time I guess.

[gameswizardMember]

Isn’t Len Groat behind this station? I thought he was a big JAM/PAMS jingles fan, so it’s an unusual jingle direction for this station to take.

[IainJohnston]

SGG had TM jingles before when under Len’s management, but they were 1980s/90s “classic”
e.g. Synchronism etc..
These new ones are a current era/style TM take on what jingles” should be” for an “oldies” station.

Have to say that the “Theme 07” I airchecked above sounds a bit like a cut JAM did several years ago,
but perhaps its “based upon” some specific song?

[UKJinglesMember]

Christ..What have they done to that Great Oldies Station……..
The Jingles certainly don’t sound like an oldies station anymore! ?

[GrahamCollins]

Well, I like the new sound

[nleibo]

Peter30;d-11813 wrote:

their old JAM and PAMS re-sing jingles which have nearly all been ditched–” Really? what were they thinking?

[IainJohnston]

“Peter30 wrote: »
their old JAM and PAMS re-sing jingles which have nearly all been ditched–” Really? what were they thinking?”

Does this mean that as Collectors, we can now go out and hunt for any dubs of their (now “retired”)
PAMS/JAM/TM packages?
o:)

PS
“Well, I like the new sound “
Did notice the use of a few (John Quincy) type items and individual Personal Cuts floating around though?

[TigerQ105Member]

Huh… now I understand why Solid Gold GEM suddenly turned silver after 2020.
No more JAM jingles… They started to sound like post-2016 classic hits stations with most of the 60s and 70s song library being gradually reduced into the void.

[nleibo]

IainJohnston;c-76620 wrote:

“Peter30 wrote: »
their old JAM and PAMS re-sing jingles which have nearly all been ditched–” Really? what were they thinking?”

Does this mean that as Collectors, we can now go out and hunt for any dubs of their (now “retired”)
PAMS/JAM/TM packages?
o:)

PS
“Well, I like the new sound “
Did notice the use of a few (John Quincy) type items and individual Personal Cuts floating around though?

That “smacks” of “budgetary considerations”..

[MorganOCTLMember]

Don’t blame them. Time to update things and rejuvenate. As much as some would like, or try, nothing lasts forever.

[mjb1124Member]

IMO, this package is fine for modern US terrestrial Classic Hits stations. But it’s disappointing to see GEM go this route. I thought this was Len Groat’s pet project, but I guess not anymore.

[nleibo]

MorganOCTL;c-76628 wrote:

“– nothing lasts forever.”

— Including the listeners they just “alienated”..

[UKJinglesMember]

nleibo;c-76639 wrote:

MorganOCTL;c-76628 wrote:

“– nothing lasts forever.”

— Including the listeners they just “alienated”..

Indeed..Count me as one of them (I used to listen 3 or 4 times a week) ?
It’s amazing that TM in contrast can do some really nice Jingles for another Oldies station (Boom Radio) but really these “Reelworld Sound-A-Likes” don’t fit on an Oldies station!
Maybe the Generation Z kids will like them! ?

[GrahamCollins]

Actually listener numbers are up since we launched the new jingles. I would suggest that most people don’t notice or care. The music policy is unchanged and the schedule is the same, so make of that what you will.

[mbMember]

The JAM jingles sounded great, But even the greatest stations need some redecoration and freshening up occasionally. The new jingles are different but great to hear a new package on air and a station investing in its sound and imaging. I like the new jingles / I liked the old jingles. Plus a lot of work goes into a total overhaul of station imgaging so well done to the tem at SGM

[GrahamCollins]

Thanks Mike, appreciate your positive comments

[mjb1124Member]

UKJingles;c-76643 wrote:

Indeed..Count me as one of them (I used to listen 3 or 4 times a week) ?
It’s amazing that TM in contrast can do some really nice Jingles for another Oldies station (Boom Radio) but really these “Reelworld Sound-A-Likes” don’t fit on an Oldies station!

TM does what the client asks for… just a bit shocked that this is what SGG wanted.

Quote:

Maybe the Generation Z kids will like them! ?

Can’t vouch for Gen Z, but I’m a millennial and I preferred the old sound. Of course my tastes are not typical of my generation, but then again most millennials don’t seek out ’50-70s pop hits either. In any case, the ratings are up, so what do I know?

[jaydohertyMember]

UKJingles;c-76643 wrote:

nleibo;c-76639 wrote:

MorganOCTL;c-76628 wrote:

“– nothing lasts forever.”

— Including the listeners they just “alienated”..

Maybe the Generation Z kids will like them! ?

I am in Generation Z, and I strongly dislike them. JAM/PAMS sounds so much better, and their cuts would fit much nicer in between the music SGG AM plays. It’s still a good station, of course, but I would have gone a different direction with the jingles if it were up to me.

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