Chapter 6: A radio hybrid. Olga
Patricia programming.
Robert Chapman[1] describes the(initial SRE broadcasts)to be New York City(radio
stations) influenced… “very “up” and very frenetic…a
blurring montage of motor skills and corporate ego.” And that SRE introduced
“many of the gimmicks and techniques familiar to American audiences…echo and
reverberation effects took the station into the realm of the avant garde…not
used only to enhance announcements…” This is partly right. The Jet Set jingles
were there, also used by WABC, and Gary Stevens from WMCA came in with a taped
show from Summer 1966. But format-wise, The Olga
Project was a hybrid of several stations from various parts of the USA. Here
are some of them:
US
Station Roots
KLIF Dallas, TX 1190
KBOX Dallas, TX 1480[2]
WFAA Dallas, TX 570
WFUN Miami, FL, 790
WLCY Tampa-St.Petersburg, FL 1380
KHJ Los Angeles, CA 930
WPTR Albany, NY 1540
WFEC Harrisburg, PA 1400
WROV Roanoke, VA 1240
WBZ Boston, MA 1030
WABC New York, NY 770
WMCA New York, NY 570
New York radio
roots from ©Billboard, 1978. Talking about American radio in Europe, Alan Freed
also had a Luxembourg show in the 50s.(© Eric Gilder.)
”In excess of 50000 watts”. SRE’s Legal IDs atop the hour(TOH)
The
Legal ID is an USA term for station identification atop the hour(TOH).
The FCC requires stations there to identify themselves by call letters,
assigned frequency and licence city. Listening to Bill Berry on ID #9, it’s
almost as he’s saying WSRE!
1. “From 4 miles off the Frinton Essex
Coast on 227 metres in the MW band, you’re tuned to Swinging Radio England Home
of the Boss Jocks and Much More Music.”(June 19th,1966)
2. ”1322 kilocycles, 227 metres in the
MW band, 4 1/2 miles off the Frinton Essex Coast of Great Britain with 55000
watts of power this is Swinging Radio England. Radio England,
your most music station. This is the Ron O’Quinn show. On the much more
music stn SRE.(July,1966)
3. ”Broadcasting 4 1/2 miles off the
Frinton Essex Coast you’re listening to the Capital Sound of SRE, SRE on 227
metres in the MW band it’s 5pm.”(Jerry Smithwick, August 1966?)
4. ”Broadcasting 4 1/2 miles off the
Frinton Essex Coast on 227 metres, this is SRE your first 24 hours Most Music
Station” Jingle: The Boss Jocks(twice) play more music
now!” (August and September 1966?)
5. “Broadcasting 4 1/2 miles off the
Frinton Essex Coast this is Swinging Radio
England, Britain’s only 24 hours most music station where
the time now…”(Roger Day, October 13th,1966)
A 1966 Texas
radio venture has impact. School
scribbling in Norway on October 2nd, 1966. Submitted by svennam.
6. ”Broadcasting 4 1/2 miles off the Frinton Essex
Coast on 227 metres with 55000 watts of power, this is Swinging Radio England
your first 24 hour music station where the time now ...”(Johnnie Walker, last
show, October 15th,1966)
7.Broadcasting
4 1/2 miles off the Frinton Essex Coast on 227 metres this is Swinging Radio
England, your first 24 hour music station.” (October 16th, 1966)
8. (Fanfare)” With 55000 watts of
power. You’re listening to the world’s most powerful offshore station Radio
England. With facilites for combining power to 110000 watts (Bill Berry)
9. (Fanfare and Drums)” (This is)SRE-Swinging Radio England. Broadcasting 4 1/2 miles off
the Frinton Essex Coast on 227 metres, 24 hours a day, in excess of 50000 watts
of power, SRE-First and Foremost is BOSS!” Jingle: The Boss Jocks(twice)
play more music now!” (Bill Berry, used as late as final day at 1400)
10. ”Broadcasting 4 1/2
miles off the Frinton Essex Coast on 227 metres this is Swinging Radio
England.”(Over ”Surf” track from ”Jet Set”, spoken by Mark Stevens. Used in
final programme, Nov.13th,1966 at 2302.)
BOH/Bottom of the Hour IDs:
”This is the
Ron O’Quinn show. On the much more music stn SRE.”( July,1966)
“Broadcasting 4
1/2 miles off the Frinton Essex Coast this is Swinging Radio England, 227
metres in the MW band…”(Tom Cooper, October 14th,1966)
”Broadcasting
4 1/2 miles off the Frinton Essex Coast on 227 metres this is Swinging Radio
England, your first 24 hour music station.” (October 16th, 1966)
”Broadcasting
4 1/2 miles off the Frinton Essex Coast on 227 metres this is Swinging Radio
England, your first 24 hour most music station.” (Harry Putnam/Johnny Dark
October ?, 1966)
Here he is! Fans favourite Harry Putnam, or “Johnny Dark”
formerly of formerly of WTOW Towson, Maryland and
Radio Essex, the voice on IDs, ads and not forgetting the ”R&B
Nightride” achieving ”cult” status on Britain Radio from January to February
1967.
1. ”Mr.
Businessman”#1
”With 55000 watts of power, you’re listening to the world’s
most powerful offshore station at Radio England. With
facilities for combining power to 110000 watts. Mr.Businessman, to get
your product before the largest audience in the world call Colin Brown at
Mayfair 7494 or Mr.Bill Vick at Mayfair 3742. You may write direct to Colin
Brown, 33 Dover Street, London W!. Anyone may receive
a free brochure simply by calling or writing. Radio England reminds you to
always advertise with the leader!”
“Mr.Businessman, I am a housewife. I
have never heard of your product or your service. I may be in need of one or
both of these right now, ‘cause I’ve never heard of you. By the way, I listen
to Radio England all the time. Don’t let a prospective customer such as this
housewife buy your product or obtain your services elsewhere. Radio England
covers the entire country, the local businessman pays only for the area. For
further information call the Radio England business offices at Mayfair 3742
today. Let’s face a fact Mr.Businessman, everyone listens to Radio England,
you’re listening right now.”(Spoken by Mark Stevens)
2. ”Thatman”
To ”Thatman” jingle bed: ”It’s another Fun first for Boss
Radio coming soon to to 227 Your Much More Music Station Swinging R England.”
3. Boss radio
Bumper stickers.
a. ”You asked for it, Boss Radio’s got it. The brand new
Boss bumper stickers are available NOW! Send for fabulous bumper stickers-
please send a stamped addressed envelope to Boss Bumper stickers, 32 Curzon
Street London W1. It’s free from the Boss!”
b. ”You asked for
it, Boss Radio’s got it. The brand new car stickers are available NOW! To get
your FREE Boss-fabulous car sticker- send a self-addressed stamped envelope to
car sticker, 32 Curzon Street London W1. It’s free from the Boss!”
4.”The Magnificent Seven”.
The
style of this approx. 30 secs promo is similar to the three
Chuck Blair made for Britain Radio and for all I know, it could be him at least
writing the script on this slightly cryptic one too.
Theme mx: ”The
Magnificent Seven” by Elmer Bernstein. Bill Berry: “From the fishing banks of
the Thames to the all-night (buckle?)(muscle?)(music?) of the markets at Covent(?)
Garden. All England waits, watches and listens as the leaves begin to dawn
their fall jackets of many color..” [3]
5. “Ja,
ja”-Going Dutch.
a. ”Hallo
Swingers in Holland, wij verzorgen de groetse programma’s binnen kort voor U op dit station
Swinging Radio Holland dus blijft afgestemd op 227 meter op het middengolf op
Swinging Radio Holland.”
b.
”Ja, ja nog maar even de Radio England wordt een nieuwe nederlandse zender op
de 227 meter. Anstande maandag kunt u al gaan luisteren naar dit fijne station…
darin komt alle nieuws op deze niuewe zender op de 227 meter.”
”Saturday
morning at 8”-SRE’s Promos(for) special shows
1.”Saturday morning at 8-the Boss Fun 50”
The chart
changed name at some stage from Boss 40 to Boss Fun 50 but was also called Fun
50(or Top 50, Tom Cooper) towards the end.
2. ”Sunday
at 3.15 the Rock ’n Roll Revival Hour w Mark Stevens and Errol Bruce.”
(Spoken
by Errol Bruce) This
programme was also broadcast on the closing day, but when did it start?
3. Gary
Stevens show.
Recorded at
WMCA New York. Started July 17th. Heard last October 28th, 1966?
Gave 17 Argyle Street, London W1 as address[4]. “…relayed
his brash and abrasive New York style without compromise…”[5] The show was important as music
source for the station, as it gave the British market early plays of records
with hit potential in the UK. Alan Black mentions in his final show on Radio
355 in 1967 that the Olga djs “lifted off” music from the GS tapes such as Left
Banke’s “Walk Away Renee.”
4. The
Swinging Radio England Great Gathering of Golden Goodies.
Radio England
was the first station to program a part-time oldies format. From the
official start in June Every other record each weekend from Fri Midnight to
Sun Midnight was an Oldie Goldie.
From
September until the end
each Sunday was a The Swinging Radio England Great Gathering of Golden
Goodies. Ie every record played a Golden Goodie from Sat
Midnight to Sun Midnight.
5. Boss
Beatles Weekend.
In an interview
with Maureen Cleave in London Evening Standard of March 4th,1966[6] John Lennon said the Fab Four were
more popular than Jesus. The American reaction was
instantaneous. Radio stations across the country, but especially in the Midwest
and the South, one being WAGY 1320, stopped
playing Beatles records. On August 13, KLUE Radio in Texas organized a Beatles
bonfire. The Texan SRE hosted this event to ”boost” the group,
coinceding with the Beatles’ USA tour in August, - every record
played was by the Liverpool 4.
6.
Musical Carousel.(Britain Radio)(Producer
Chuck Blair, autumn 1966)
1.”From the shivering heights of the
Eiffel tower…”
2.”As the busy girls of London scurry
back from lunch and into office…”
3. ”As the days events roll from the
presses of the evening newspaper…”
-”…music in the air everywhere from
Britain Radio-and this is Musical Carousel.”
7. Music for every mood.(Britain
radio)( Producer Alan Black, autumn 1966)
8. Another STAR dj(Radio 227)(Producer
Dave MacKay/Tony Windsor, late May, 1967)
Jingle: ”Swinging Radio-”Double 27”
”Hullo! This is TW... Happy indeed to introduce another
STAR dj on the NEW Double 27!...(Sample) This is Dick Weeda... Radio
2-2-7...”
“when form was more important than content.”[7] Bannerlines, Space News Hotlines,
Weatherwords and Ionospheric Weatherchecks-SRE News and Weather.
“Radio
England made “news bulletins into pure theatre…it didn’t just report the news,
it presented bannerlines…”[8]
As
it well known, from its inception, SRE had the most complicated news bulletins
ever heard on UK radio, easy to hear on the opening day, June 19th, 1966. In
”Bannerline News” every hour 15 minutes past the hour the presenter had to
coordinate jingles, echoes and sound effects while reading the news stories[9].
Although
simplified after some weeks, later the format was slightly changed to ”Space
News Hotlines”, not exactly easy to present either: ”From the North, East, West and South, this is Radio
England news live and up-to the minute at –fifteen. N.N.
reporting in the public interest. Hotline…(Hotlines)This
is N.N.…Hotline…(Hotlines)And then the R England Weatherscope reports… This has
been N.N. for Radio England.(Jingle) The station that
keeps you informed. News every hour…More Music NOW!
The weather
reports were broadcast at 15 minutes before the hour, and during the night also
at 15 past. Two different jingles were used seemingly without any clear format:
”Pams ”Ionospheric weatherchecker” and ”Theweatherwordtheweatherword”,
sometimes followed by “Weatherword-go go!”
Ron
O’Quinn explains how the news concept was put together[10]:
“I wanted us to
sound professional. We had two information services, a teletype
machine and shortwave radio and it could be really garbled. We could get UPI or
AP News from their shortwave broadcast on to the teletype
which would type it all out. We could also pick up the English teletype version of the Russian news agency TASS so we got
American and Russian slants on the news, and somewhere in the middle was the
truth. We could also listen to the BBC News because we could hear the facts as the British are quite dry in their news delivery.
In my opinion it was extremely accurate and it wasn’t political.
We tried to
present headline news as we couldn’t get the meat of
the story. News at 15 past and 15 to the hour means accuracy of your eye and
that you have excellent vision and I thought by using that would give the same
impression.
Weather
forecasting was a different thing and where we were out in the North Sea I
couldn’t understand British meteorologists and how can you forecast for an
island? The North of England weather is going to be totally different from the
South of England and we covered all of that so all we could say was “Hey, it’s
a pretty day here in the North Sea.”
The
Bannerline news format came from WFUN.
Go to Richard Irwin’s(“Uncle
Ricky”) great Reel Radio site(subscription) at
http://www.reelradio.com/ricky/index.html
and listen to great recordings from WFUN 790 Miami, FL
and Fundamental News with Jay McKay from July, 1961 and Britt Huey from 1961,
http://www.reelradio.com/jay/index.html#funcast2
http://www.reelradio.com/ricky/index.html#funcast
On his site, Uncle Ricky says about the latter:
“Cuban Embargo Pending!
This is (I think) a fairly rare clip. I first heard
this in 1968. The clip begins with the ending of "Bonanza" by Al
Caiola (got to #19 on Billboards HOT 100 in 1961). The newscaster is
"Britt Huey". Britt bumps the mic stand at least once during this
unbelievably noisy newscast. No wonder - he did it with McKenzie Repeater[11] tape loop machines - there were no
carts. One deck of the Repeater needed a second start - you'll hear the
authentic dead air where a tympani should be within
the first 15 seconds of the newscast. But it wasn't too bad - with two
underscores (teletype and strings) and that "shimmering" reverb,
there was no such thing as "dead air."
The echo and filter effects were applied LIVE by the
newscaster. PARIS! France set off its fourth Nuclear Explosion! HAVANA! Russian
Goods on the Way! All the elements of todays
tabloid-style TV newscasts are here: The recorded "features" (WFUN
REFLECTS THE PUBLIC OPINION! WFUN PREDICTS!) intermixed
with hard news, noise and dramatic musical bridges. Note the "Weatherscope"
and "COUNT! DOWN!" at the end of the newscast, climaxing with the big
TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON annoucement, followed by THE major hit of the year -
"Runaway", by Del Shannon! Whew! Whadda rush!
“…This is a marvelous, silly and stylish treasure, but
a genuine example of Reel Top-40 news - when form was more important
than content!”
Radio
City parody
On Radio City ”299” on Shivering Sands,
a parody on Radio England news was broadcast on ”Aunty Mabel Hour” on 1034 kc
hosted by Ian McRae and Tom Edwards with ”Bang Bang Brannigan” reporting in the
public convenience” on ”Swinging Radio Worksop.”[12]”
“It’s Thatman” -Olga’s jingle sets.
Ron
O’Quinn and Larry Dean explains[13]:
“I had done
jingles with other stations I had worked at. I went to Pams which
was the premier jingle house in Dallas, Texas and I told them what I wanted. I
got Series #27 but it was possible to re-arrange it a bit and make them sound
the way you wanted to. We would spend $35-45.000[14] a year on jingles, which was a lot
of money then, and we cut new jingles on a regular basis. I didn’t come up with
Swinging Radio England, which I would never have used, but Don Pierson thought
it was a good idea because of Roger Miller’s “England Swings” hit. When I came
back to the USA I heard the The Who album using all our jingles with Radio
London stuck in! But Radio London never had Pams
series #27 and they stole all of those. They spliced them all.
Later, I bought
jingles from Spot Productions, because Batman, the TV series was coming to
England, and we adapted the jingles to the Swinging Radio England ID and the
DJs name so that when people heard the Batman theme, they would automatically
think of Radio England.
KHJ 930 “Boss
30” February 9th, 1966. Source: Unknown.
Regarding the Dick Starr material: Dick was very talented. We had gone
to a radio convention in Los Angeles and met Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys. We
wanted him to do some one-liners like: “This is Carl Wilson on the Jack
Armstrong show” and he thought that was great and said; “Hey, that’s Boss”. So
we thought this was a neat idea and we came back and cut the Boss Jock package.
It probably didn’t fit in England because Boss was not a phrase that was used
over there and it wasn’t even used a great deal on the East coast. But we got
it going in South Florida. Dick sadly passed away in 1977.”
And where did Carl Wilson pick up “Boss”? On LA’s Boss
Radio, KHJ featuring Robert W. Morgan, The “Real” Don Steele, Charlie Tuna and
many others. [15]
”We used DJ names from WPTR Albany, New
York. I brought tapes of the DJ jingles from there, when I came over.” [16]
Inside of WPTR
1540 QSL card from 1965. Donated by John Sgrulletta of the National Radio Club.
http://www.nrcdxas.org
“While I was at
WPTR, we had PAMS jingles Series #30[17] for the likes of Chuck Blair, Boom
Boom Brannigan, Johnnie Walker etc. Jack Walker was his real name, but he used
Johnnie on the air. He was a great disc-jockey a very funny man-he was
originally from Ohio.”
“We knew we had
a PAMS jingle package for Swinging Radio England, and you could splice these
things together really well. I just took a copy of the jingles with me, and as
new people were hired, they were played some of these things and asked which
one do you want. So that’s how the whole thing came about.”
Jingles
used on the Olga stations
Pams, Dallas, Series #14 ”Dramatic
Signatures”
It’s blastoff
time on the Action Satellite we’re going into orbit
Its blastoff time on funny radio we’re
going into orbit
Pams, Dallas,
Series #16(from
WFUN Miami)”Sound of the City”
The Fun spot
With you all the way Fun
spot
Do you remember
You are on the go go - the
fun spot
Cool summer sounds The Fun spot
Pams, Dallas, Series #22 ”Sono-Magic”
Fun Radio-Yes Indeed(?)
Pams, Dallas, Series #24 ”His and Her
Radio”
Let the good sound roll
We don’t want all the listeners
Pams, Dallas, Series #27[18].
”Jet Set”
Swinging Radio England Where the Action
is
You get a positive charge here on
Swinging Radio England
Surfin’ Swinging Radio England
Jet Set Sig Swinging Radio England
Remember this Golden Classic - Swinging
Radio England
Lets look into the future time, pick
the tune that's gonna climb, breaking with the sound of tomorrow - Swinging
Radio England
The fastest thing in the air, Swinging
Radio England
Swinging Radio England brings you up to
the minute reports from the Ionospheric weather checker
England's Finest - Swinging Radio
England -Where the Music is News
Skyliner Swinging Radio England
Swinging Radio England Out-a-Sight!
Stay with the fun, Whoopie, hear all
the hits on Swinging Radio England
Live this weekend where the action is
on Swinging Radio England
In Swinging England we pamper people...
Good Morning the world is bright and
new, sit tight you're always right with Swinging Radio England
You're a winner with Swinging Radio
England
Invoice from Pams to Laissez-Faire Ltd.
for Series 27 and Smart Set. ©Eric Gilder. Used with permission.
Pams, Dallas series #29 ”Radio au Go
Go”
Space News Hotline
Weatherword-go go!
Pams, Dallas, Series #30”The N’ Set”
(from WPTR Albany)
He’s here, He’s on intros
Pams #27 Jet Set master delivered to
WTMA Charleston, SC on 1250.
Pams, Dallas, Series #32
”Swiszle”/”Good Timer”
[19]
Let the good sound roll
We don’t want all the listeners
Spot Productions, Dallas
Thatman
Thatman(ex.WPTR Albany)[20]
CRC[21]
Fundamental News
Bannerline News/News
sounders/Weatherprediction Time(Ex. WFUN Miami)
Futursonic[22]
The station that keeps you informed(?)
Larry Dean’s(and Roger Scott[23]’s) WPTR anno 1966. 1540 survey for February 19th, 1966. From http://www.fifteenforty.com
Dick Starr(of WFUN)[24]
The Boss Jocks...play more music Now!
Boss Radio
Boss Radio(Alt.version)
More Music More Music
Boss Radio Instant replay
Today-this song is Boss Sound no.1
Today-this song is Boss Sound no.2
Today-this song is Boss Sound no.4
Flashback-Flashback-(?)
Twin Spin(?)
BRITAIN RADIO JINGLES
Pams Smart Set[25]
International standard for quality,
Hallmark of Quality Britain Radio The Smart Set
Tha Hallmark
There's never a dull moment on Hallmark
of Quality Britain Radio The Smart Set
Hallmark of Quality Britain Radio
Step up, step up to a new level of
musical velvet, smooth sounds of the Smart Set - Hallmark of Quality Britain
Radio
Hallmark of Quality Britain Radio
Hallmark of Quality Britain Radio
Swinging, smart, satisfying sounds,
sharp and syncopated.... Hallmark of Quality Britain Radio Wonderful Music
Hallmark of Quality Britain Radio
Hallmark of Quality Britain Radio with
music for this that and the other.
Hallmark of Quality Britain Radio
Britain Radio
Britain Radio
Britain Radio
Britain Radio
Britain Radio
Britain Radio
The Sound of News
The Sound of News is heard only on
Hallmark of Quality Britain Radio
Hallmark of Quality Britain Radio
Britain Radio-Weather
Around the clock, you know more when
you listen to Hallmark of Quality Britain Radio
The Bright Sounds of the Smart Set
Hallmark of Quality Britain Radio
Around the clock, irresistible music
Hallmark of Quality Britain Radio
Around the clock for all the best in
music, turn to us...
Global Medium(NAB)(Also used by
WRUL/WNYW Radio New York Worldwide)
http://www.stellamaris.no/wnyw3.htm
Wherever you go(?)
Have a happy happy weekend(?)
RADIO DOLFIJN
Dolphin cries
CRC Fundamental News bits for News
RADIO 227
used edited jingles from Pams,
Dallas series #27 ”Jet Set” and Pams, Dallas series #29 ”Radio au Go
Go.”
With ”Double 2-7” and ”2-2-7” spoken by
Dave MacKay in English and inserted instead of ”England.”
CRC Fundamental News bits for News
RADIO 355
Pams, Dallas series #26
Instrumentals
Olga Patricia Programme names[26]
Radio England
Dj theme tunes was
not used on Radio England.
3,4- and 5-hour long “Boss Jock” stints, some had
names like Roger Day Groove, Walker Fiasco and BB Spree/Boomers Broadcasting
Company.
Gary Stevens Show Weekdays 1700-1800 from July 17th?
Gary Stevens Musical Museum
Saturdays 1100-1200, later 1200-1300, in October 1966.
Midnight Early Show
Boss Fun 50
Rock n’Roll Revival Hour
Chickenman(Syndicated)
Britain Radio
Breakfast club
Morning Serenade
Musical Carousel
Rush Hours
Evening Spin
Late Date
Memory Lane
Nightbeat
Rock n’Roll Revival Hour?[27]
R and B Nite Ride
Request Show
Spotlight
Echo
World Tomorrow
Prizes to be
won on 355(and 390 metres)… From Radio News(in London Weekly Advertiser and National Advertiser),
February 7th, 1967.
Radio Dolfijn
Caroussel
Flipside
Lichte Muziek vanaf The Laissez Faire
Matinee
Middagshow
Muziek in de Vroege Morgen
Radio Dolfijn na Sluitingstijd
Showtime
Top 30
…and on 227 metres. Radio
Dolfijn ad From ©Hans Knot’s archive.
Radio 227
Aubade
Beat Boot
Beatles Show
Carrousel
Country Rise
Country Style
Jim Reeves Show
Koffie Verkeer
Louter Nederlands (Dick Weeda)
Matinee
Middle of the Road Show
Night Beat Show
Ochtend Parade
Radio 227 Fab Fifty
Saturday Evening Party
Spits Uur
Ster van de Dag
Zeebanket
Radio 355
355 Countryfied
AB Spree
Afternoon Star
Allegro
At the keyboard
Breakfast Club
Café Continental
Children Time
Coffeebreak
Continental music
Country corner
Country Rise
Country Style
Double Feature
Easy Listening Hitparade
Easy Listening Top 40
Eight by Ten
Elevenses
Encounter
Epilogue
Evening Requests
Evening Spin
For the children
Hour of Decision
Kayne's Kingdom
Late date
Light and Bright
Lunchtime Requests
Mainly Instrumental
Make mine country style
MacKay's Music
Melody Hour
Middle of the road
Midnight Party
Music in the night
Musical Carousel
Pause for prayer
Requests
Revive your heart
Rise and Shine
Rush Hours
Saturday Night Party
Showcase
Show Music
Something that you won't forget
Sunday Selection
Sunday's Folk Night
Sunday Story
The Beat of G and S
The R and B Show
Thursday's Selection
Top of the morning
World Tomorrow
[1] ©Robert Chapman
[2] KBOX was owned by Euel Box, who worked at PAMS, and
incidentially was the composer of the famous ”My Hometown” song(Pams series
#16) used by Radio London. The "wonderful" in Wonderful Radio London
also came from Euel Box (who may have instigated this slogan on several US stations,
editor)KBOX 1480 in Dallas – the same station
where the format of SRE came from, but with the same type of jingles used by
Radio London. So not only Gordon McLendon’s KLIF 1190 ,
was the background of the stations Don Pierson founded.(©Eric Gilder.)
Here are some links to KBOX, first Mike Shannon’s great memorial site:
http://www.knus99.com/kbox1480.html
See also at “Uncle Ricky”’s for two great recordings of Dave Tucker(from John Rook’s collection)
and Frank Jolle on KBOX from 1966:
http://www.reelradio.com/rook/index.html
http://www.reelradio.com/gifts/fjkbox112166.html#fjkbox112166
[3] Can anyone help with the correct text of the SRE
"Magnificent Seven" "SRE Country" promo? It seems to be
spoken by Bill Berry. And, does anyone know if it was considered in October
1966 to change SRE into country music?-Editor.
[4] Now the Alhambra Hotel.
[5] ©Robert Chapman
[6] ”How does a
Beatle live?”
[7]“Uncle Ricky” at reelradio.com
[8] ©Robert Chapman
[9]
Roger Day said reading news was ”like flying Concorde”.(Interview on the Steve England Radio
England story.)
[12]
Interview on the Steve England Radio
England story. There also seems to be a parody made by Larry Dean, with only
one “Bannerline”: ”A 4 feet Tidal Wave had allegedly washed away West Bridge and
parts of the Embankment!”
[13] From ”Ron
O’ Quinn interview” by ©OFFSHORE ECHOS #117, April 2000.
[14] Editor: Printing error?
[15] For a case of “British export” to KHJ, listen to a recording of Tommy Vance on KHJ from 1966 here: http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/air1965.html
[16] Frank
Laseter aka Larry Dean.
[17] For reference, check out http://www.560.com/html/pams_numbered_series.html
[18] See http://www.pams.com/pams/series.html
Featuring the ”soaring vocals” of Glenni Tai. See Don
Worshams’ page http://www.jingles.org
You might also want to check out Steve Geisler’s #27
collection at
[19] Featuring
the vocals of Trella Hart. http://www.fifteenforty.com/sounds.html
[21] Commercial Recording Corporation,
founded by Tom Merriman, prior to his forming TM Productions, editor. See Don
Worshams’ http://www.jingles.org
[22] See Don
Worshams’ http://www.jingles.org
[23] Famous UK
dj in the 70s on Capital Radio, Roger Scott, started his career on WPTR, and
was a later ”British export” to the USA. Hear his farewell show, before going
to CFOX 1470 in Montreal here:
[24] Later
Century 21 Productions, editor.
[25] Used on
Dallas’ WFAA-570, it had ”... Magnificent orchestral arrangements. Probably the biggest
group of musicians PAMS assembled. It also had a nice logo, although that was
probably originally written by Tom Merriman for WIFE(AM)'s
"Starbright" package at CRC. Very cool for the "better
music" stations.”(Ken R. on a Radio World Special Report, also giving some
new insight in Pams #18 track “Sonowaltz” and Euel Box, creator of the same
set, the owner of “Wonderful KBOX” in Dallas. See http://www.rwonline.com/reference-room/special-report/06_ss_ask_ken_r_.shtml
See also “The
Second Jingle Book” available through ken@kenr.com
[26]
From ”Offshore Radio Programme
Names” by Hans Knot.
[27] Said by Mark Stevens on Radio England
November 13th, 1966 to be starting on BR Sunday, Nov.20th.