Vintage Generic Radio (no station ID) Jingles. Many used by the UK Pirate Radio Ships of the 60s.

[@SwingSwindlers]

These have an amazing, comforting effect on one's spirit. So well composed, arranged and performed, like miniature songs. Little jewels.

[@rippetoe38]

1:39 (9/17/21) My favorite. 4:00 (11/30/21) My new favorite.

[@peteranderson217]

These are from the era when britain was at its peak. Great collection of jingles and radi pics. My Cossor Radio was in there too. The offshore radio stations were part of a revolution in the finest years and era of my life, never to return or be surpassed. My favorite jingle of all just take a lively companion wherever you go take a portable radio in there too.

[@johnbroughton3401]

Love these! I remember the Sarah Vaughn promo when I was a kid.

[@stevedvd272]

i love the pirate jingles, I mix them with these for my online station

[@stuartbrixton6260]

Great to hear these golden classics. So many memories.

[@jdrs4214]

I’m an 80s/90s kid, and these need to be brought back in this covid pandemic!!!!

[@StuartVallantine]

They have an instant feel good nature about them, even now (you can never have too many PAMS jingles).

[@jdrs4214]

I really dig “the station that swings” jingle!!! So classic!!!

[@peterhogan9537]

I wish AM radio sounded like this today.

[@dennyfarrell4388]

I agree Pete. Let your local station know your feelings. Then let a sponsor know. It could help.

[@djjas79]

The cut at 02:48 is just stunning. Great PAMS at work ;-)

[@barbarakirk3064]

'Remember This Golden Classic' was also sampled by Tomas Bodin for Harlem Heat on the Pin-Up Guru album.

[@macobelli]

FAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN Tastic !!!! Love these..

[@willh538]

Thanks, it's fantastic to hear this.

[@StanleyKewbeb1]

5:03 "Who Listens to Radio" written by Stan Freberg, arranged by Quincy Jones, sung by Sarah Vaughan.

[@hughconoly4029]

"Marmaladio"? Really?

[@tomleader7054]

@@hughconoly4029 That is the best rhyme ever. If a word doesn't fit just push or pull it until it nearly does.

[@radionicpowers5938]

many of these came from a 7inch UK vinyl record called "Jumbo Jingles"

[@bill1952]

Correct, a few did come from the record as it's in my vinyl collection but the vast majority came from a site called "Azanorak" it's well worth a visit for any jingle collector or fan of offshore radio, The password for any zipped files on the site is freeradio. :)

[@radionicpowers5938]

@@bill1952 cool info 2 know, I program a radio show so this is RIGHT up my alley, cheers

[@KodaKitten333]

When the radio demon calls you at 3AM:

[@donlorml5869]

great compilation, regards from the netherlands

[@redyforyou09]

Love the static sound, listening to open mike at night, people calling with all sorts of stories... late into night... Love the AM antennas flashing red lights at night....

[@glennso47]

Broadcasting from a big stick in the ground with red lights on it so the airplanes don't run into it. 😁

[@2010metsfan]

Fond memories of when radio (AM only) was so dominant. Today we have AM/FM, satellite, internet, etc.

[@whenAMradiorocked]

It was a great time and this post is great. Thanks!

[@pcno2832]

As memorialized in songs like "Roadrunner" by Jonathan Richmond and the Modern Lovers, "Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodo and "Around the Dial" by the kinks, there was something cool about listening to a broadcast from hundreds, even thousands of miles away as it was going out, along with all the noises picked up along the way and the occasional effects of shifting delay (from the ionosphere rising and falling?). The superiority of the fidelity of FM and now the internet has drawn a lot of people away from long distance radio, but it's a little colder and less direct. Even with less to hear, I still like to poke around the AM dial every now and then.

[@barbarakirk3064]

And The Who Sell Out used a number of Radio London jingles between tracks.

[@terrysparks58]

Hi thanks for posting this , couple in there i've never heard which was nice but also a couple of classics in great quality , hope you won't mind if i have a couple

[@barbarakirk1451]

'Remember this golden classic' was familiar from Radio One but later on Tomas Bodin used it on the Pin-Up Guru album!

[@jeffmissinne3866]

That's a clip from the opening of the Stan Freberg radio show at about 1:15 ("You won't find us on your TV," etc.

[@fjbutch]

Stan Freeberg,, now that's a name from the past !!!

[@charliezalenski6685]

Great Collection!

[@alcockell]

"Remember.. this golden classic... on BBC National Radio 2" - yep..

[@geoffreyvoeth3993]

I have heard radio with no ID just a series of five character groups spoken by some perfect sounding adult female voice I know these broadcasts must have been recorded but no one seems to be posting them. The female voice was so perfect and nice it could all have been a lullaby,

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

Wow, the vocoder "muussic" at 3:35 mixed with older style vocals. Must've been at the transition between the 60s and 70s. Fantastic!

[@NickG123]

Yes! I love this jingle. A station near me called WHTG 1410 (jersey shore) uses this jingle a lot. So does 77 WABC on Saturday nights with cousin Brucie (6pm-10pm)

[@DLCOrganization]

Actually, it's at 3:31.

[@daintyar9184]

0:06 that jingle.

[@931jukebox]

Great collection!

[@wigwagstudios2474]

Some of these give off very Dr. Seuss on the loose DePatie Freleng vibes

[@marjanpogiyoutubechannel6559]

02:32 and 04:15 jingles of MOR Classics, a program of MOR Philippines every Sundays

[@jasonandrewtoppin9760]

RADIO IS ALL SORTS OF FUN

[@april1969simnel]

The very first one was used all the way into the 2000s. It still might be, but I don't listen to terrestrial radio anymore. I know I heard it in NYC, and remember being surprised because I'd heard the same one as a kid in 1970s Wisconsin. I just don't recall the station.

[@NickG123]

That’s 101.1 WCBS or 77 WABC. WABC has oldies programming every Saturday night with “Cousin Brucie” and Tony Orlando! 6pm-12 midnight.

[@derghaze2862]

We need to go back.

[@bill1952]

We certainly do, radio has lost it's way completely.

[@charliezalenski6685]

There is still a few stations that use actual professional jingles....

[@pcno2832]

I think a lot of them do, but they are so cold and slick today that you barely notice them.

[@mickroyster6442]

I live in a small town about 10 miles outside Winston-Salem, NC. They have 96.3 WTOB (The Big 980) they stll have the warm staticy radio bumpers, such as the Daddy-Oh on the Pattio, and only play stuff from the 50s-70s. It's such a golden radio station

[@NickG123]

@@mickroyster6442 I frequently get their 1470 repeater signal over “Skip” at night! All the way out on Long Island in NY. Love the jingles! Same jingles as 77 WABC, who will be playing oldies in about 15 mins (6pm) with “cousin Brucie” live!

[@skaggsey]

excellent and well done!

[@terrysparks58]

thanks bill1952 , used to know a bill who was a bit of a jingle collector when i was living and dj'ing a bit in london from crouch end anyhow thanks for the links . If you know of anywhere i'm after the radio 1 set made by audio producers to complete my radio 1 60/70's collection would also like to track down a film called Radio Onderful made in 1973/4 if you know of any links , many thanks .

[@john111257]

the great 60s, what happened ?

[@desertrat1111]

That’s when radio was fun

[@eliseleaf]

this is so trippy

[@marksaunders1390]

'Raves from the graves' is clearly no expert ; The reason why the BBC used Pams and Jams (like the pirates) was due to the restrictive agreements the BBC had with the Musicians' Union. This meant that ANY work recorded by a UK based 'musician' could only ever be played on the radio twice, before it had to be re-recorded - to keep the musicians in work. Obviously useless for jingles, so jingles had to be produced outside of the UK. Incidentally, I know (from being an insider) that when recording 'standards' (e.g. Girl from Ipanema) used often on Radio 2 late night, that the same recording was played many more times than twice, but the musicians were still paid for 're-recording it' as it saved everyone's time 'not to bother' to re-record something again.

[@janemay395]

❤

[@PriceNotRight]

I LOVE THIS

[@ajg2558]

I love it

[@raytrace9720]

Anyone know of a forum for people who love 20th century AM music radio?

[@tapefive]

great!

[@lancalotspratt]

As found on RADIO Caroline Flashback U K

[@bill1952]

Listen to Flashback all day long, an excellent station with some brilliant jingles. :-)

[@millionradio3334]

love these old style jingles, perfect for our community station for the elder folk, is it possible to use these in the UK?

[@bill1952]

Unsure about that Million Radio but I would think the fact that you pay PPL and PRS as a broadcaster this will also cover copyright on these jingles, I have used them on stations myself in the past and copyright was never a problem.

[@millionradio3334]

Good afternoon Billsoldies. Yes i thought that also but i just wanted to check really, it would really be great for our older listeners, and of course the younger guys who like the classic oldies. Kind Regards

[@stephanbackert1797]

are you from angel radio?

[@brianmitchell8347]

how do you find who owns the copyright to these jingles, i want to use some legally

[@oscarflores1980]

I'm the 100 comment and nice jingles

[@NickG123]

1:51 77 WABC!

[@twangville]

going back in time it's the Caroline flashback - wher is it ?

[@bill1952]

Yes I have that and it is posted elsewhere but these are Generic so that any station can use them as there is no station ID in the Jingles. Caroline Flashback is a great jingle though and in my collection. :-)

[@twangville]

BillsOldies I've found it meanwhile - thanks a lot; we'd only be able to listen to offshore radio at the dark hours of day, that's what I liked most about winter, fading in early and still on when I left for school, while in summer, it was 11pm - 3 am, approx; keep playing London's last hour, every now and then, taped on dutch radio in 1980

[@hebneh]

It was a big surprise to discover that American radio jingles were used in Britain. I found this out from listening to "The Who Sell Out" album in 1968 or '69. In the US, however, we pretty much only had station-specific jingles which included the station's call letters. Since radio stations in the USA start either with the letter K (west of the Mississippi River) or W (east of it), the music tracks had to be able to accommodate either letter. W is pronounced with 2 syllables and K with just one; so W requires a bit more time to sing. Also, a handful of very early stations which went on the air in the 1920s had only 3 letters instead of 4. Regardless, the producers were not going to create different music to deal with all these differences.

[@rareblues78daddy]

It was all PAMS. They were the jingle kings!

[@stanwbaker]

Production Advertising Merchandising Service, and their noble competitor Drake, typically arranged two scores for each of the elements of their jingle packages for both W and K stations. These were all performed and recorded live in-studio during the classic era. Notable exceptions were Radio London whose jingles doubled up on the W intro mimicking the phrase "wonderful radio" and CKLW whose W was at the end.

[@john111257]

PAMS ...the jingles that kept England swinging

[@jayrogers8255]

hebneh W has 3 syllables.

[@pcno2832]

@@jayrogers8255 Not if you're from Texas.

[@petesmith8886]

Love The Hilda Baker at the end especially! I'm trying to find an old Pams Jingle, which is a variation on want you come on in The Weekend's fine. the one I want goes.. won't you come on in The Music's fine. Do you by any chance have it or a link to it.

[@MarkJones-bx1gg]

+Pete Smith The cut you are looking for is from PAMS series 30 "The In Set" & being from Manchester, Pete get in touch with Anne at Naps.

[@colinfribbens827]

where can I get a copy of this on cd?

[@jamespfitz]

Make one

[@elvismjbeatles143]

Where are the generic PAMS from? I love music explosion but would love to hear if generic.

[@bill1952]

Can't say for sure but I found mant jingles on a site called azanorak, if you try it the password for zipped files is freeradio. Hope this helps?

[@mountain177]

Would you happen to have any ones from the 80s would you?

[@jdrs4214]

You can listen to Casey Kasem’s classic American Top40 countdowns in the i❤️radio app. Those have some 80s and 70s style AT40 jingles too.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Cool! I can make this jingle montage kid version, chipmunk version or in G Major version, and guess what, the radio jingles in G Major will scare everyone when you hear the jingle singers singing in demonic voices which would sound like demons from hell.

[@Raves0From0The0Grave]

...which meant Radio One ended up using jingles that'd been played on the pirates - just with different words! Of course, they should have recorded their OWN (they HAD the damn facilities) - but instead, ARROGANTLY assumed none of their listeners had EVER listened to a PIRATE station... Berks!

[@PazziReal]

Is it just me or I find this very nostalgic even tho I was born in 2008...?

[@1976DJH]

Would love to use these on my show? Is there copyright on this?

[@brianmitchell8347]

Hi can someone please tell me the legalities of all this , my brother in law owns a small charity internet radio station, is he allowed to use any of these jingles on any of his shows, i,m confused

[@irishradiowithgerrybyrne9355]

Can't see what the problem would be?

[@jamespfitz]

Everything is legal till you get caught

[@BlueAgaveStudios]

Video killed the radio star.

[@dyzencmoi2586]

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