Wow, what a station.

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  • #85563
    jonno
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      great find ! I’m liking the songs to jingles ratio… 2 songs and 2 jingles so far :-D

      #85564
      LenGroat

        And……..

        Positron cuts….
        +
        WCBS FM “Do It Again” package weather jingle !!

        ♫ ♪♫ Capital Region WetheTherrrrrr♫ ♪♫ !

        The dj crashed the out-tag…. but I’ll forgive that as it’s

        ♫ ♪♫Radio Like It Used to Be♫ ♪♫ !!

        (Licencing ? Isn’t “Albaneee Noo Yawwk” part of WCBS’s region??)

        #85565
        LenGroat

          Hmmmmm…….

          Goodbye… BBC (Wise Buddah) Radio 2

          Hello Magic 590 (JAM PAMS) Albany Noo Yawk !

          If the BBC did this format for Radio 2…

          ….. they could save MILLIONS, wipe out ‘Gold’ and sound MUCH better!

          #85566
          jinglejoe
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            I was recording the station via Total Recorder. Had some neat jingles etc. Then it came time to stop and save, the stupid program stopped responding. A half hour of jingles LOST!!!!! Arrrghhh! The joys of collecting.
            jj

            #85567
            IainJohnston
            Member

              “(Licencing ? Isn’t “Albaneee Noo Yawwk” part of WCBS’s region??)”

              O-level geography Len!

              Albany NY is the state capital, in upstate NY State; New York NY is…135 miles away.
              Totally different City of License, and even if they’d both been on the FM they’d have been well beyond each one’s lowest FCC signal contour for overlap/interference even if they’d been on same/adjacent frequencies.

              Plenty of same-package JAM stuff aired on UK stations much closer to each other than that at the same time (and indeed in/around Glasgow AT the SAME time – Clyde and Q96 as discussed a while back).

              #85569
              Barras

                Haven`t heard this station yet but from all the great comments here, can`t wait to get home and roll tape…well, roll minidisc !

                #85570
                jinglejoe
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                  You’ll love it.
                  joe

                  #85571
                  jinglejoe
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                    Hey folks, we should all try to keep track of the cuts heard. I’ve heard GOLDMINE from PAMS (JAM?), a few different JAM packages plus cuts from TM’s WSB/WFBC, CLASSIC OLDIES. I know I’m missing something.
                    jj

                    #85572
                    LenGroat

                      Wixy: thanks for the geography lesson. I only visited Noo Yawk a few times, not my favourite part of the states, WABC, WCBS, Z100 were the best things about it ! Still have 1992 airchecks I did of WCBS FM using ‘Do It Again’ VERY early on …

                      Might Magic 590 be owned by CBS ?

                      I DO recall another station with the legal ID from ‘Do It Again’ ending ‘Albany Noo Yawk.. that was 3 or 4 years ago; anyone else recall that ?

                      #85573
                      Barras

                        Here`s a quickie JAM jingle aircheck for WROW…

                        JAM AIRCHECK WROW ALBANY, NEW YORK (JULY 2012) by DavidBarras

                        #85574
                        Barras

                          I DO recall another station with the legal ID from ‘Do It Again’ ending ‘Albany Noo Yawk.. that was 3 or 4 years ago; anyone else recall that ?

                          The “Noo Yawk” was for WKLI and how`s this for an instant montage request Len….

                          JAM WKLI Do It Again by DavidBarras

                          #85575
                          mjb1124
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                            Magic 100.9 WKLI was essentially the same station – they moved to 590 AM a few years ago and had some of the same jingles resung while also getting ones that were new to them. Glad to hear they’re continuing to update the jingles – they’ve really got a great mix.

                            By the way Len, they are not owned by CBS, though they do run CBS newscasts at the top of the hour. They also used CBS-FM’s voice guy Ziggie.

                            #85576
                            bobgreenradio
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                              actually, its a shame you all missed out on ‘legends 1540, wptr albany’.
                              it was a better product than wrow (which is a repackage of their fm-100).
                              wptr had a killer pattern, 50kw and covered the northeast better than abc, nbc, wor, or cbs.
                              they had a ton of pams and played a bit more brisk-mix (even old little richard tunes), but try as they might, they failed after 3 or so years. they flipped to “jesus radio” and have made money ever since, 7-10 years now.
                              good luck to wrow. if they control costs they might make it doing this. they do need a bit more flex in that playlist. the other big gun in that market is wtry.

                              #85577
                              jinglejoe
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                                Wow, what a fast worker! Barras, you are soooo good. BTW what is the toh cut from? I thought it was a TM studios product.
                                jrc

                                #85578
                                tyty21

                                  home of the hits! wow, i thought i’d never hear that package in the capital region! and to think, just 2 months ago, i heard do it again as the toh cut. but yes, great stuff!

                                  #85580
                                  Barras

                                    Wow, what a fast worker! Barras, you are soooo good. BTW what is the toh cut from? I thought it was a TM studios product.
                                    jrc

                                    Thanks Joe, I`ve heard a TM cut (older package) at the TOH also…

                                    #85586
                                    IainJohnston
                                    Member

                                      Great aircheck David – and, with apologies to Len for lifting his Tagline – “radio like it used to be” – clear sounding, fresh as a daisy jingles & presentation, DJ with good diction and mixing levels, and no frantic screaming vocals! “Radio for grown-ups” :)

                                      #85588
                                      LenGroat

                                        At last…. a topic of ‘Olympian standards’ on JingleMad… rather than the introspection and dissection of a package that had an 18 month “JingleJestation” !!

                                        Barras: you ARE ‘quick off the ‘block’…. and it’s good to read everyone else’s comments here.

                                        I can add some audio:

                                        ‘Do It Again’ Legal ID re-sung for Len Groat by Len Groat

                                        Regulars will have heard it before but it’s the legal ID cut from the DIA again package – I missed it first time around in 1992 when I got the namecheck, weather , Best Oldies’ cuts for (the original) GEM-AM. I got it direct from JAM in 2007 for my Smooth Radio ’70s Sunday’.

                                        TRANSPOSITION NOTE

                                        It took me a while…. but I clicked that if you have a 2 syllable name like me (yawn), it works BEAUTIFULLY it you place it where the original sings

                                        ♫ ♪♫Noo Yawk♫ ♪♫ !!

                                        #85589
                                        Barras

                                          Just grabbed the TOH cut by TM for WROW, here it is…

                                          TM WROW ALBANY, NEW YORK TOH (JULY 2012) by DavidBarras

                                          #85597
                                          ratnob
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                                            Great work, Mr Barras.

                                            #85598
                                            jinglejoe
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                                              I’m in love! Thanx Dave; I kept missing that TM cut. One of my fave packages too; “WSB/WFBC”.
                                              jj

                                              #85599
                                              tyty21

                                                didn’t they do this in their early year

                                                #85615
                                                ratnob
                                                Member

                                                  Here’s some more off-air recording of Magic 590:
                                                  Magic 590 WROW by Bob Dinan

                                                  #85616
                                                  Barras

                                                    That`s the way to do it Bob…

                                                    #85622
                                                    jinglejoe
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                                                      Superb!

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