[Barras]

Yes sir, the JAM video vault is equally as good as the JAM vault !

I`ll never forget that day when myself, Neal Bowden and Jeffrey T.Mason visted with you at JAM in October 2004 and part of the day, we sat in the JAM control room watching your TV spots and other JAM related video, fantastic…

Here we are, four years later and I`m watching the TV Spots again by JAM and thoroughly enjoying them.

Thanks for taking the time Jon to upload these JAM treasures to the internet, it`s much appreciated.

Yours Truly (!)

David Barras

[MarkajPaxton]

all i get when i click the link jon is this message:

The URL contained a malformed video ID.

Mark

[JAM / PAMSMemberAuthor]

Should be fixed now. Sorry about that!

[MarkajPaxton]

No problem. Great stuff as ever. Many thanks!

[Bigdave]

Thanks Jonathan for uploading these little pieces of JAM and American Radio History.

The clips show us how varied JAM's work is,and the way it can be used – more than an on-air imaging tool,but to sell the station to a different market.

Your kindness is respected by us all!

[GlennaMember]

JAM
Still the Best Show around!!

[ratnobMember]

Fantastic – great jingles which make up for the dress sense in many of the ads! Many thanks for compiling them. G

[radioboy949]

Such NICE work Jon. Thanks so much for sharing this. I love the KDWB spot in particular. A terrific TV piece to coincide with the radio campaign. Makes you feel good just to watch it. Too bad radio doesn't make many people feel that way anymore. It used to make EVERYONE feel good. Those WERE the days. Great work Jon. JAM is the best.

[jr2479]

Great video, thanks for posting Jon!

[RjM]

Some fantastic bits of video, thanks for putting that together Jonathan. I particularly liked the KDWB and WCAU FM spots.

[JAM / PAMSMemberAuthor]

Glad to see that everyone's enjoying the videos (despite the recent horrible YouTube audio, which many are upset about). Thanks for the comments, I appreciate them. Now then, on to the trivia:

Can anyone spot the obvious mistake in the very first WABC commercial? Clues: it's in the video, not the audio, and you might need to be a fellow New Yorker to spot it.

[JingleMadMember]

JAM / PAMS wrote:
Can anyone spot the obvious mistake in the very first WABC commercial? Clues: it's in the video, not the audio, and you might need to be a fellow New Yorker to spot it.

Geez, I've watched it like 10 times trying to figure it out. Is it at 0.38 when Ross & Wilson are walking? When they are walking TOWARDS the camera they are walking away from Times Square. In the next shot when they are walking AWAY from the camera they are walking TOWARDS Times Square?

[GlennaMember]

Picky Picky Picky.

[JAM / PAMSMemberAuthor]

Can anyone spot the obvious mistake in the very first WABC commercial?

Well, it has been several weeks since I asked the question, and there has only been one contestant with the (buzzzzzz) wrong answer. So to resolve this, here it is…

In the opening scene of that first WABC spot, you hear the voice-over (Dan Ingram) say “New York's found a new way to wake up…” with a lovely aerial scene of the sun sitting just above the horizon, peeking through the World Trade Center towers (weep). Except… in the foreground we see the East River, which means we're looking west toward New Jersey. The scene is a sunSET, not a sunRISE. (My appologies to friends in New Jersey who believe the sun rises and sets around their state. I suppose it does… just not from this angle!)

[ratnobMember]

Ah, yes – I thought it was that but assumed it was too obvious! Ha ha!

[GlennaMember]

Good one Jon!!

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