This exhibit was originally presented in low-fidelity Real Audio 2.0 on May 12, 1996! On June 29, 2008, it’s been polished from the original reel contribution and processed with our OPTIMOD-PC, and re-encoded in 44 kbps Real Media v8. It sounds MUCH better! But don’t listen to this if your only interest in jingles is the Drake jingle series – there’s one reference to Drake in the entire 15 minutes. Otherwise, this is interesting research. If you’ve ever wondered about the origins of the classic PAMS sound of the 60’s, you’ll find this piece fascinating. It includes Bill Meeks himself (the founder of PAMS), performing in a 50’s jingle for KDNT, Denton, Texas.
This retrospective focuses on the late 50’s and early 60’s classics from WNEW, New York, and KFWB, Los Angeles (Channel 98! Color Radio!). There are many others, as well, including WABC before the familiar “Manhattan” logo was finalized, and even a few early TM jings – a remarkable collection, and strong evidence that much of the history of the radio jingle business was already written in 1970.