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Really cool that you worked at KIMN and got to meet a DJ that you had listened to on KXOK. I remember him...think he called himself "Davey-O" when he was on-air. I lived in Denver from early 70s to mid 80s and mostly listened to KHOW. Hal Moore and Charlie Martin were great. THX for your comment!

SAME!

Glad you liked it. THX.

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Good to know! I would use that for a jingle montage! But, how do you collect all those darn stuff to make a montage???

@@willfi3830 Various sources that I can't even recall. Lots and lots of searching on the web many years ago.

Yeah I always thought that was a clever jingle. THX!

​​@@radiogroupie2397 What years did these jingles come out? I mainly remember KXOK from the early to mid '70s.

@@MomLAU 1960's

THX for your comment. Yes these are all based on the WLS silver dollar surveys.

Thx for your comment. Yeah I think all of us jingle fanatics are a little insane. 😁 And sonovox jingles are awesome.

@@radiogroupie2397 sorry, I meant STT, "Speech To Text".

Wow. Thank you so much for your comment. KXOK was truly one of the finest Top 40 stations ever. Must have been a great place to work.

@@radiogroupie2397 They have a doc on here. kXOk A view from the top

Glad you like it. THX!

Where did that come from

not sure what you mean by this. there are no wls-fm jingles here.

@The Real Dan Levi Garcia these jingles are all from WLS-AM during it's musicradio years. None are from WLS-FM.

A similar radio format existed in the Philippines from 1992-2007 under the moniker Campus Radio in the Philippines from a radio station Owned by the GMA network under the FM frequency 97.1 with the call sign DWLS, hence it blended with the station branding when it existed. On-air it was branded as “Campus Radio WLS-FM”

@@Claro1993 Very interesting. So the WLS influence was even international. THX for that information!

@@radiogroupie2397MA Network, owner of 97.1 WLS in Manila, is a former ABC-affiliate in the Philippines from way back. They were also a client of JAM Productions. So, they also used the WLS jingle template in the late 80s. BTW, I'm a Filipino from Chicagoland. ☺️

@Gary Heath I agree - but I also liked Super CFL's jingles as well! As a kid in Michigan, I would switch between the two, to hear songs I liked.

That was a great comment. Growing up when WLS was a top Top 40 station and living close enough to Chicago to hear it all day long was a blessing.

My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed them.

Really good days! THX! :)

I lived in the Chicago suburbs and I used to pick up WSM in Nashville late at night. 😊

Not so rural SW Tn here, used to lay in bed at night also tuning in. Imagine to my surprise being 13 and the jingle kicking off the opening of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and actually knowing the station.

In 1977 when I was 13 We drove to Chicago for a vacation from MPHS TN. I listened to wls all the way home to Memphis, amazed I could pick it up. I listened to the station every night. A big city radio station. Wls played a better mix of the hits than our local stations. I liked the big city sound. I used to do my homework in my room listening to it and I LOVED THE JINGLES, especially when Chicago was part of the jingle. The station helped me survive that part of my youth. I new In my heart I’d move to a bigger city when I grew up. I moved to San Diego in 1987.

I used to listen to them as I was doing my homework in Baltimore. They came in like thunder in those days, not so much anymore but they're a newstalker now.

Sad but probably true.

Actually many still do, stations in major markets that do not broadcast 24 hours or other forms of signal change use the national anthem. You are referring to the big guys in the markets that don't because they are 24 hours with the same power. WGN-TV in Chicago has for more that 60 years played the national anthem twice around 4 AM to end their broadcast 24 hour cycle and then to begin the new one. National Anthem is used as a station identifier for the nation of broadcast origin, primarily started on the AM band. If you know where to look and when to listen you can hear the national anthem at sign off from the US, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, the Netherland Antilles, etc.

Thanks for listening. I don't have any shows but just jingles and short clips. THX.

There's 2 1/2 minutes cut off from original aircheck.

The music is edited out because facebook does not allow it and would block the whole aircheck if it contained the music.

@@radiogroupie2397 The music is edited out in the original copy too. There are jingles edited out. The original copy is better.

@@dennishogenmiller4456 Well I post what I have. It's still great!

Yeah completely different. And sonovox has been around a long time.

@@radiogroupie2397 No offense, but this series actually came out in 1961.

More like mid 1970s I believe. THX for listening!

@@radiogroupie2397 Some are from the 60's, some are form the early 70's. I listened from day 1 but gave up in the 80's. The fun was gone. How many of you can name the original Jocks? After all these years, I don't think I can anymore. I have a personally signed copy of Clark Webers book. I heard he recently passe away. RIP Clark, the memories live on.

@@dbeaus The original DJs when WLS became a Top 40 station were Sam Holman, Mort Crowley, Jim Dunbar, Dick Biondi, Gene Taylor, Art Roberts & Bob Hale. That was when it was fun! :)

@@radiogroupie2397 Sam Holman had the Silver Dollar Survey and Bob Hale had the East of Midnight show. As a young teenager I spent many a night when people thought I was asleep, dreaming and listening to Bob Hale. For some reason, Dunbar is the one I can never remember. Great memories, and yeah it was fun. Jokes, Light hearted, stunts, you wanted to listen. Now, it's all serious and controlled. How long do you think Biondi would last now?

@@dbeaus John Landecker, Bill Baily were my favorites.

SONOVOX was a very cool and creative sound.

@@radiogroupie2397 yeah. And as far as i know, you don't hear that sound anymore unless you listen to recordings like this, or if you can find stations that still use it. And i don't think any station uses pams jingles anymore.

He was a part of the KXOK team that helped to make it such a great station. So many stations did similar newscasts at that time. It was as much about the production as it was about the stories.

@@radiogroupie2397 KXOK's sister station in Miami, WQAM, kept their newscasts more straightforward. Of course, if you want really dramatic newscasts, check out the CKLW 20/20 newscasts from the late 60's and early 70's.They'll curl even the straightest of hair!

She was such a big part of PAMS jingles. :)

Which one is she?

And listening to K - Confidential where teen secrets would be read on-air. Was a great time! :)