… 12-07-1997 00:00 …
For those young broadcasters (like Uncle Ricky) who weren’t privileged to hear an actual “Boss” station in 1970, this was likely their first introduction to Boss Radio , The Johnny Mann Singers and, of course, the 21 Top-Flight Hollywood Musicians who made radio history with what is one of the most sought-after radio ID packages ever created. The original demo, distributed by American Independent Radio included a 25hz tone
throughout. This primitive form of copyright protection made it impossible to play the tape on automation-ready reel decks, and it slightly degraded the audio quality as well.
Nevertheless, it probably didn’t deter some smaller market stations from ripping off
the instrumental tracks. Here, the demo has been edited to remove lots of “dead air” between the jingles and the simulated airchecks, which include Robert W. Morgan, The Real Don Steele, Humble Harv, J. Paul Huddleston and those memorable ” And now, Ladies and Gentlemen ” introductions by none other than Bill Drake himself.
