Radio station jingles

[Desert Man]

When you drive in your car (or at home), you're in the mood to listen to something on the radios and what better place is to make a thread on radio stations and their catchy jingles. I found lots of them on Youtube both audio and visual, to look at the logos of (some bygone) radio stations both on the FM and AM dials. I can remember KHJ from L.A. before they became a Spanish-language station and KCBS from San Francisco in the night hours "clear as a bell".

In Southern California radio station jingles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dYwfeLaF20

North America radio station jingles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWveOetr5-E

edit: KHJ, the top 40/pop/"soul radio" station of Southern California back in the 1960's, 70's and 80's played at 50,000 watts in evening hours heard across parts of the continent of North America. (the video I want to show you was removed).

[SidS1045]

A 20-minute montage of jingles from the legendary MusicRadio 77, WABC/New York, courtesy of Jonathan Wolfert, president of JAM Creative Productions of Dallas:

http://www.jingles.com/audio/ota/2001-WABC.mp3

A page where you can sample some of the most famous jingles in radio history from one of the most famous jingle makers, PAMS of Dallas (now owned by JAM):

http://www.pams.com/listen.html

A history of PAMS, which is basically the history of radio jingles:

http://www.pams.com/history.html

[cpzilliacus]

I always liked the jingles used by the CBS owned and operated stations, including these classics from the WCBS Newsradio 88 tribute site (I like all-news radio and I admit it):

WCBS ("More than just the headlines"): http://donswaim.com/wcbsradiopackage.mp3
WCBS ("News is" from the 1970's): http://donswaim.com/Karmen-jingle-package-personalities.mp3

KNX ("All you need to know"): http://donswaim.com/knxnewspackage.mp3

[nexus73]

"K-Y-N-G...1420...King Of The Oregon Coast!" rang strong through the Top 40/Boss Radio era here in the Coos Bay-North Bend area.  They were a 1000 watt daytime only station with no network affiliations.  This was so long ago that no one has any videos to post up on YouTube.  So I leave it up to your imagination to have this brightly sung jingle ring through your mind!

Today sees the 1420 AM frequency occupied by KMHS, which is a high school radio station for Marshfield and North Bend High Schools to use in teaching students about broadcast radio.  They play modern alternative music.  Considering that the original KYNG was youth-oriented in it's heyday, I'll call KMHS as doing well in continuing the theme.  Unfortunately there are not many young people listening to AM these days.  Back then it's all we had!

Rick

[PHLBOS]

For the Philly/Delaware Valley area, an oldie but a goodie that still runs today:

KYW Newsradio 1060...

Jingle at the end of this TV commercial from 1993:

[Stephane Dumas]

Here some old jingles of CKLW, Windsor, Ont. Jingles blended with commercials

In Montreal, the French station CKAC used a popular jingle in the 1970s and early 1980s titled "Tout le monde le fait, fais-le donc! Écoute CKAC!" (approximate translation:"Everyone do it, do it now! Listen to CKAC!")

[Desert Man]

My addition to the radio station bumper collection from South America, the defunct Radio Chilena from Chile once blasted across South America and the Pacific in nighttime hours.

(From the 1970's):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41nunFOW_7I&feature=player_embedded#!

[Desert Man]

A more recent bumper from XEW of Mexico City, known as "W Radio" has a network of radio stations across Latin America including the USA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fivPQ8w4h_s

[Brandon]

WLS Chicago (1971): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3bJ9G07y-4
Some of these are still used on the FM station.
WCFL Chicago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8xQqOZdYJk

WLS-FM Chicago reboot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCTBibKCmoQ

More WLS Chicago, from their history website: http://www.wlshistory.com/new/jingles.htm

Even more Chicago radio airchecks and jingles: http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/multimedia/audio

[thenetwork]

If you are in the Long Island Sound area, 92.1 WLNG is the king of old radio jingles and forgotten music of the 50s-70s. The air talent is still LIVE and LOCAL, unlike most other commercial stations nowadays.

KRWZ in Denver (AM 950) does a lot of old jingles, but their playlist isn't as deep.

For those outside of their respective areas, you can listen to them over your smartphone via the TuneIn Radio app.

[roadman65]

You know one jingle that I find interesting, comical, and annoying at the same time is Tom Joyner's "Uh uh uh, its the Tom Joyner Morning Show sung by female singers with a jazz type intro and beat  for the Shock Jock that is syndicated on R & B stations nationwide who is the liberal version of talk radio with a Howard Stern Robin type  of co-host.

[Brandon]

If you are in the Long Island Sound area, 92.1 WLNG is the king of old radio jingles and forgotten music of the 50s-70s. The air talent is still LIVE and LOCAL, unlike most other commercial stations nowadays.

Being around Chicago, I find that most air talent is live and local on the commercial stations.  They've tried the automated approach here to lackluster ratings, and even Howard Stern played second fiddle to the local talent.

[roadman65]

Z88 Radio in Orlando has a real cool jingle.

[Billy F 1988]

KGGL 93.3 FM (known as "Eagle 93"), KYSS 95.1 FM (now 94.9 FM), KXDL 98.7 (Star FM) (now occupied by a classic contry station), KMSO Lite Rock 102.5 (now called Mountain FM), KBQQ Oldies/B 106.7 FM, KLCY 930 AM, and KYLT 1340 AM are a few stations in Missoula that I can name that ran several station ID jingles over the years. Some of them are crappy today, but back then, it was a mark of pride, if you will, to them.

Eagle 93's jingles over the years, at least that I recall:

"The Most Country Music! Eagle 93!"
"93.3! Eagle 93!"

I can't remember KYSS FM's jingles since they moved from 95.1 to 94.9 FM.

Star FM's jingle before the switch to 106.7 taking over KBQQ:
"The #1 Hit Music Station! Star FM!"

Oldies/B 106 Jingle before the Star FM takeover:
"Oldies 106.7!"
"The coolest rock and roll hits! B 106!"

KLCY and KYLT had numerous jingles over the years that I can't name off the top of my head.

[A.J. Bertin]

I'm a big fan of terrestrial and absolutely love living to jingles of different stations. All these are great!

[cpzilliacus]

You know one jingle that I find interesting, comical, and annoying at the same time is Tom Joyner's "Uh uh uh, its the Tom Joyner Morning Show sung by female singers with a jazz type intro and beat  for the Shock Jock that is syndicated on R & B stations nationwide who is the liberal version of talk radio with a Howard Stern Robin type  of co-host.

Tom Joyner (IMO) towers above Stern (though I got bored with Stern's routines back when he was on WWDC in Washington many years ago). 

[agentsteel53]

You know one jingle that I find interesting, comical, and annoying at the same time is Tom Joyner's "Uh uh uh, its the Tom Joyner Morning Show sung by female singers with a jazz type intro and beat  for the Shock Jock that is syndicated on R & B stations nationwide who is the liberal version of talk radio with a Howard Stern Robin type  of co-host.

you have a runaway quote, implying that the lyrics of the song are "it's the Tom Joyner Morning Show, sung by female singers with a jazz type intro..."

I think only Garry Shandling has done something like that.

[Desert Man]

The current Los Angeles area radio market bumpers, logos and station jingles, but I couldn't find a collection of them from the Palm Springs and Riverside-San Bernardino markets. KDES of Palm Springs and KFXM of San Bernardino are mentioned in the "Southern California Radio jingles" beginning post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9927C-Ms0Z0#!

[Desert Man]

Stephane, I'm pretty familiar with French (in part, my father is from France) and I speak to my cousins despite their English is good...able to comprehend somewhat of what's being said in your French station bumper videos. 

I hold an interest in TV station and network bumpers, may have to start another thread for it, and some are worth sharing.

[Henry]

WLS Chicago (1971): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3bJ9G07y-4
Some of these are still used on the FM station.
WCFL Chicago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8xQqOZdYJk

WLS-FM Chicago reboot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCTBibKCmoQ

More WLS Chicago, from their history website: http://www.wlshistory.com/new/jingles.htm

Even more Chicago radio airchecks and jingles: http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/multimedia/audio

Brings back some good old memories from my childhood!

And here in Seattle, the syndicated nighttime Delilah show has some great-sounding jingles too.

[mgk920]

There really is something WOW! about the sound of AM top-40 music radio from the 1960s and 1970s and into the early 1980s - that's when it was truly FUN to listen to!

An example, the first hour of 1978 - as broadcast on WLS (890 AM) in Chicago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzfiupsMwKk

Enjoy!

Also, don't forget the radio playing in the first few minutes of Ferris Bueller's Day Off - classic WLS!



Mike

[thenetwork]

There really is something WOW! about the sound of AM top-40 music radio from the 1960s and 1970s and into the early 1980s - that's when it was truly FUN to listen to!

6 Reasons why listening to Top-40 AM was neat back then.

-  "Hearing" the lightning static when storms were in the region.
-  How the weaker & distant stations would fade-in and fade-out on the dial at night.
-  You could choose from one set of AM stations in the day, and another set of AM stations at night.
-  Never knowing what kind of static you'll hear (if any) when you pass under the next set of high-tension power lines.
-  Every station had their own modulated sound.  Some tinny-sounding, some booming with ample bass.
-  It made your "records" sound different, since AM radio could never process every sound from a record.

[Desert Man]

I have two radio station Antena3 (later Sinfo Radio FM in the 1990s/2000s) bumpers from Sevilla, Spain circa 1985 (notice the audio can sound garbled on 10% of the sound clip). I'm unsure the station was AM (or MW in Europe) or FM dial, but I guess Antena3 sound clips was on Shortwave (was received across Europe, the Middle East and South Asia, and the western hemisphere) or Longwave transmissions many European radio networks are on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-IylMlpc0ow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAG9m28BGyI&feature=player_embedded

[cpzilliacus]

-  Every station had their own modulated sound.  Some tinny-sounding, some booming with ample bass.

New York's WABC (770 AM) had a great sound back when it was Top-40 and could be heard up and down the East Coast at night.

[Desert Man]

Another one of 'em radio station bumpers, this is from RadioCadena Espanola from Spain played on the air in the 1980s. Honestly, it has good music and well organized narration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOIj38aMWvQ