Monday, January 14, 2008
Another baseball jingle
From back when NBC was a class operation (1968), here's the jingle they used on their weekend "Monitor" radio block when it was time to give the baseball scores.
Labels: jingles
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Just in time to spend the checks from your grandparents
Our Baseball Music page has been updated to match the new format -- and, more importantly, now with Amazon.com links in addition to the iTunes links.
I also acquired a new baseball-themed radio station jingle, from WCAU in Philadelphia -- it's available for download at the top of the music page, along with all the other baseball jingles I've got.
I also acquired a new baseball-themed radio station jingle, from WCAU in Philadelphia -- it's available for download at the top of the music page, along with all the other baseball jingles I've got.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
The jingle Levi's been waiting for (maybe)
This is from KWK radio in St. Louis in the late 1950s or early 1960s, and you can be the judge of whether they were thinking baseball, football, or both.
Friday, December 23, 2005
Jingle bells -- you know, ho ho ho and mistletoe and presents to pretty girls
A new acquisition for the baseball-related radio station jingle collection: this one, from WBLG in Lexington, Kentucky (which now has different call letters and an ugly web site that hasn't been updated in months). I don't think this was a Reds network-wide jingle campaign; I think this particular affiliate had it done on their own. I believe it's from about 1976 or 1977, which would make the lyric particularly apt.
Thursday, June 30, 2005
There are Indians around, it's Cleveland baseball
If you're such a big baseballrelated.com fan that you're excited about the comments, then prepare to lose control of various bodily fluids: I've just acquired and uploaded a new baseball-related radio station jingle, this one from WERE in Cleveland, dating back to 1961.
Incidentally, another jingle in this series starts off with the lyrics "In the 25th century, we'll still be tuned to 'ERE," which was wildly optimistic, but unlike a lot of other radio stations that were around in 1961, they actually have made it into the 21st century! (Well, sort of, since they don't seem to have a web site.) Only 395-1/2 more years to go to prove that jingle correct.
Remember, for your listening pleasure, also available here at baseballrelated.com are jingles mentioning the Giants, the Phillies, the Red Sox, the Orioles, the Yankees, the Tigers, and my favorite of the bunch, the Pirates.
Incidentally, another jingle in this series starts off with the lyrics "In the 25th century, we'll still be tuned to 'ERE," which was wildly optimistic, but unlike a lot of other radio stations that were around in 1961, they actually have made it into the 21st century! (Well, sort of, since they don't seem to have a web site.) Only 395-1/2 more years to go to prove that jingle correct.
Remember, for your listening pleasure, also available here at baseballrelated.com are jingles mentioning the Giants, the Phillies, the Red Sox, the Orioles, the Yankees, the Tigers, and my favorite of the bunch, the Pirates.
Labels: jingles
Monday, December 20, 2004
Another baseball-related jingle
The season may be over, but my radio station jingle collecting continues. Here's one I just acquired, circa the early 1960s, back when cheering baseball fans sounded a lot like ocean waves or static or something like that.
Labels: jingles
Monday, April 12, 2004
Here we go. From WCOL in Columbus, Ohio, circa 1963:
And a pair of jingles from 1970, from a no-longer-in-existence Washington, D.C., station:
True, they're not directly related to baseball, but they are more grist for my upcoming thesis "An All-American Pick Hit: Baseball Imagery in PAMS Radio Jingles, 1958-1975."
1230's doubleheader
(15-second instrumental bed)
And a pair of jingles from 1970, from a no-longer-in-existence Washington, D.C., station:
Double play, WEAM
Triple play, WEAM
True, they're not directly related to baseball, but they are more grist for my upcoming thesis "An All-American Pick Hit: Baseball Imagery in PAMS Radio Jingles, 1958-1975."
Labels: jingles
Sunday, April 11, 2004
I've gone through two of the nine CDs from the grab bag, and already have two baseball-related jingles...
From 1973:
And from some indeterminate time in the '70s:
Unfortunately, neither of these is anywhere near as good as the awesome KDKA "World Champion Pirates" jingle I have, which Levi has already heard. There is, however, a 1974 series of jingles for WMAL in Washington based on the bizarre theme "we're living in a city of song"; their longtime slogan was "where all is said and done," so one of these jingles calls them "the saying and doing station."
(P.S.: In case you're curious after looking at their web site, yes, WFIL has a slightly different format now than they did back in 1973.)
From 1973:
WFIL, the Phillies
And from some indeterminate time in the '70s:
WBAL, sounds like Baltimore sports
(7-second instrumental bed)
WBAL and the Orioles
(7-second instrumental bed)
WBAL, sounds like Baltimore sports
Unfortunately, neither of these is anywhere near as good as the awesome KDKA "World Champion Pirates" jingle I have, which Levi has already heard. There is, however, a 1974 series of jingles for WMAL in Washington based on the bizarre theme "we're living in a city of song"; their longtime slogan was "where all is said and done," so one of these jingles calls them "the saying and doing station."
(P.S.: In case you're curious after looking at their web site, yes, WFIL has a slightly different format now than they did back in 1973.)
Labels: jingles
Friday, April 09, 2004
Black water, keep on rolling
I'm not sure if I'm going to have room on my iPod for any additional Johnny Cash songs beyond the handful I have ("Ring of Fire," "Folsom Prison Blues," and a couple others). This purveyor of radio station jingles has a special this month: a "grab bag" of nine random CDs for $99, which was a deal I couldn't pass up, since those CDs are normally priced at $39(!). It won't be such a good deal if I end up with duplicates of CDs of theirs that I already own, but still...
Anyway, the comments should be functioning properly now, thanks to some remote troubleshooting by Sandy. We lost one comment in the process, unfortunately, so perhaps the person who posted said comment would like to repost her words of wisdom.
Dan: If you don't want Cash overload, yet still want to appease Levi, just bring along the Waco Brothers' fine cover of Big River -- it's on Cowboy in Flames, which you should own, anyway.
Go Mets!
-Dan
Jim: Yeah, there's a lot of music I should own but don't. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to drink that much Pepsi between now and April 30th.
Anyway, the comments should be functioning properly now, thanks to some remote troubleshooting by Sandy. We lost one comment in the process, unfortunately, so perhaps the person who posted said comment would like to repost her words of wisdom.
Original comments...
Dan: If you don't want Cash overload, yet still want to appease Levi, just bring along the Waco Brothers' fine cover of Big River -- it's on Cowboy in Flames, which you should own, anyway.
Go Mets!
-Dan
Jim: Yeah, there's a lot of music I should own but don't. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to drink that much Pepsi between now and April 30th.
Labels: admin, jingles, johnny cash, music, sandy weisz
