BBC Radio 2 Jingle package - 1976

Jam at their finest. Whatever your feelings about Radio 2's programming during the late 1970s, this jingle package absolutely nailed it in terms of complementing the easy listening sound.
Listen out for the Karen Carpenter sound-alike...!
Interested in the origins of this jingle Package? Check out Jam's own 40th anniversary "Magic Music" upload: • JAM "Magic Music" jing...

[@grahamkennedy5580]

Memories from a time, when life just seemed a little more simpler.

[@RetroRadioUK]

Ah yes, as Gladys Knight once asked: "Could it be that it was all so simple then? Or has time re-written every line?" Truth is... we were younger... so it was simpler :-)

[@Din-nz9tl]

Sorry to break the mood but the UK of the 1970s has been nicknamed "the sick man of Europe" since the end of the Second World War.

[@el_raffido18]

00:00 America 00:15 The Beatles 00:31 and 00:49 Bread 01:23 James Taylor 02:10 Gordon Lightfoot 02:43 Neil Diamond 03:34 Simon & Garfunkel 03:44 Joni Mitchell 04:00 Johnny Rivers 04:24 Peter, Paul and Mary 04:37 Carole King 04:52 Carpenters

[@Candolad]

Wow - I think you're right. I never realised. There is another one that simulates, "This Guys in Love" by Burt Bacharach ("Doo wah, Doo wah . . .")

[@jinglesbluecat]

This a composite package, meaning it is assembled from tracks from several different sets. There was at least one custom written jingle recorded but it is not included in this demo. Internally it was known as the C-Series, the two previous PAMS packages were A and B respectively. This marked the move away from PAMS by the BBC and was produced by JAM in June 1976. Wonderful then and still is.

[@RetroRadioUK]

... and you can hear how many other stations used the same excellent package here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zqa7eqF_itZ_fs0

[@TicoStudio90]

That truly was the golden age of radio. Thank you for the beautiful memories 👍❤️

[@RicarusAngelus]

Carpenters would be proud

[@RetroRadioUK]

+Ricarus Dogbe Agreed! :)

[@Knightyknight72]

The jingle at 0:30 has been beautifully re-sung for easy listening station Serenade Radio as has the one at 2:00. JAM Creative Productions have not lost their touch.

[@Candolad]

That was also resung for Beacon Radio in 1976 for their "Sunshine Music" package as were most of the others, which are originally a WMGK package.

[@leecarnall7108]

Again another classic JAM Package.

[@cuedotfilms4427]

A gentler time.

[@christopherbusby1726]

I'm an old fogey.... That's how I liked Radio 2.

[@ianjohnson4052]

proper radio2 .

[@Candolad]

The jingke at 2:09 was resung beautifully for Beacon Radio 303 (West Midlands, UK) also in 1976 and aired at the same time as the bbc Radio 2 package. It the lyrics were: 🎶"Beacon 303, Music into the Night"🎶

[@JoannaGoodyear1978]

7:54 My all time favourite BBC Radio 2 Jingle x

[@Candolad]

This was a WMGK package from JAM. Quite a few of them were also resung for Beacon Radio's first package . . . "The Music is the Sunshine on Beacon 303" and were aired at the same time.

[@peterg957]

Absolute Magic...

[@johnchristiancanda3320]

I am an X'ennial but Seventies music is the best music for me.

[@vcrcooking]

Jam Creative is the best there is.

[@simonjharrisson]

Interesting to hear. Many of these jingles have been re-sung by Jam for Internet oldies station Solidgoldgem.am

[@RetroRadioUK]

+simonjharrisson And for many, many more! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zqa7eqF_itZ_fs0

[@tyreburster]

Very high quality product. It must have cost the BBC a significant sum to have this company supply their jingles. Very much of their time and shamelessly American in style. Not surprising given the Dallas HQ.

[@betaman7988]

Well the BBC used these jingles well into the 80s

[@Koldbot]

The jingle heard between 0:00 to 0:13 is sung with a Kate Humble voice, Christopher guitar tunes and Sue Ellen beats.

[@el_raffido18]

Guitar tunes sound like America (trio band)

[@Super8Rescue]

takes me back, cheers

[@tallpaska5913]

This was the sound of horror when I ws about 15.

[@lossadjuster1]

From a time when radio 2 was worth listening to.

[@RetroRadioUK]

As I always say, it makes no sense to knock today's Radio 2, even if it isn't your own station of choice. Not only is it the most listened to station in the U.K. (2022), it has the biggest audience by far. All this at a time when there has never been more choice on the dial or more activities fighting for our attention.

[@SM-dt1pr]

It's better now than ever.

[@Bruce-vq7ni]

Sounds like jingles by the Carpenters 😆

[@RetroRadioUK]

Every sha la la la... 😉

[@willowvc1910]

Bliss......❤

[@am74343]

Sounds like someone didn't press the "Dolby B" button.

[@RetroRadioUK]

:-)

[@danw1374]

😂

[@bobhellier]

traffic jingle and radio 2 goes racing my favourites is this from when terry wogan was at 7.00am and pete murray at 9.00am and jimmy young 11.30 am -1.50pm weekdays.

[@mjruston1]

They all sound like Bread.

[@RetroRadioUK]

[@retrotvfan5702]

Retroradiouk can you please give me some info if you can when did radio 2 have racing on their schedule what year did it start? And if you have any sport on 2 segments would be nice to hear them on here and racing on 2 would be nice thank you

[@RetroRadioUK]

Hi - I don't have the answers to all your questions but I know that sport was an important part of Radio 2's output until the launch of Radio 5. According to Wikipedia: "5 Live Sport evolved from the Saturday afternoon radio sports programme Sport on 2 which started on BBC Radio 2 on 4 April 1970, becoming Sport on 5 when BBC Radio 5 launched in August 1990. The 5 Live Sport name has been used since 2006." I'm sure some more Googling will give you more info. Sorry, I've no more clips to upload - my You Tube channel is complete :)

[@nowster]

Radio 2 came out of the Light Programme and carried sport until it lost its MW transmitters to BBC Radio 5. Usually VHF would be carrying music programmes (usually a stereo simulcast of Radio 1 which didn't have its own VHF slot until the early 1990s) when MW was carrying sport. The exception was cricket coverage which went on Radio 3 MW. When R3 lost its MW frequencies the cricket coverage moved to R4 LW.

[@SM-dt1pr]

They used to play that fanfare jingle in the Terry Wigan show, when he'd give out that days tips. (note: I was 7 in 1976, so you might want to check, but that is what I remember...)

[@arthurvasey]

During David Hamilton’s show on weekdays, which went out on both Radios 1 & 2, if you listened on long wave, at quarter to three and quarter to four, they would fade it down for that - mainly concentrating on the racing results - 247 and VHF stayed with the music - the jingle at 8:57 heralded it!

[@bioskahabinivous9906]

What is "fifteen-hundred" frequency?

[@RetroRadioUK]

That's 15-hundred metres long wave which (in those days) was 2-hundred kilohertz. Back then, UK radio stations usually referred to the wavelength (in metres) rather than the frequency (in kilohertz) - they are just two ways of identifying the same channel. Apart from a network of FM (VHF) transmitters for Radios 2, 3 and 4, most stations were also on the AM (medium wave) band and the UK had one long wave channel which covered the bulk of the population (and well into western Europe) with a single transmitter. Today, that same channel is used for BBC Radio 4 with a slightly tweaked frequency (since February 1st 1988) of 198 kilohertz. Read more about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droitwich_Transmitting_Station