Many people of a certain generation might remember a jingle or two from one of their hometown radio stations. "It was, to use the current terminology, the branding or the imaging of the radio station, ...
The last time I wrote about radio jingles was in 2012, when I interviewed jingle writer Larry Greene in two parts (here and here). I love the sound of great radio jingles. The vocals harmonies are ...
Should you ever run across a guy named Richard Kaufman, set aside some time because when it comes to the 1960s, he really likes to talk. And talk. After all, this is a guy who watches The Jack Benny ...
MINNEAPOLIS — They can stick with us forever whether we like it or not. Advertisers have used catchy tunes for decades. "They're the original earworms, I think," said Jerry Wolczanski. The first known ...
The XM Radio show "Sonic Sound Salutes" jumps in the time travel machine and turns the two dials to "1960s" and "Syracuse" from 4 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. The weekly show pays tribute to a great radio ...
If you grew up in the Northeast in the 1960s with a transistor radio glued to your ear, that radio might have been tuned to WABC in New York. In the Midwest, it might have been WCFL from Chicago or ...
Some heroes are described as “unsung.” This one is “sung,” and by that I mean immortalized in perhaps tens of thousands of radio jingles he wrote that are still heard all over the world. His name is ...
Many people of a certain generation might remember a jingle or two from one of their hometown radio stations. "It was, to use the current terminology, the branding or the imaging of the radio station, ...