CRC

All jingles below are copyrighted by CRC.

 

 

Play	CRC - Series #3	Run
	Triangle Stations Custom (Montage)	:28

 

Commercial Recording Corporation was founded by Tom Merriman in 1955, over a decade before launcing TM in 1967. CRC's third package in 1957 was a custom for the Triangle stations including WFIL in Philadelphia. WPGC used only a couple of cuts from it in 1959. Noticeably absent were the WPGC calls, suggesting they may have been lifted illegally!

 

Play	CRC - Series #3	Run
	It's Time For the News	:18
	Will It Be Warmer? (No Calls)	:10

 

 

Play	CRC - Series #4	Run
	KOCY Custom (Montage)	3:02

 

The next package from CRC in 1957 was also a custom package for KOCY in Oklahoma City. WPGC used it extensively in 1959 by which time the increase in power to 10,000 watts had been implemented, allowing WPGC to be heard around Greater Washington for the first time.

 

Play	CRC - Series #4	Run
	What's the Weather Gonna Be?	:26
	Here Comes Mr. PG, the Weatherman	:22
	More Music Than You've Heard Before	:23
	The 1580 Weather Tower (Open)	:27
	Now On With the Show (Close) (No Calls)	:05
	The Listening Spot	:18
	You Get 50% More Music	:22
	The Station That's On the Rise	:10
	Please, What Time Is It?	:19

 

 

Play	CRC - Series #8	Run
	On The Go Radio / Wonderful (Montage)	:24

 

1958 saw a custom package for the RKO stations with, 'On the Go Radio / Wonderful'. As before, the cuts WPGC used in 1959 did not contain call letters and most likely were 'borrowed' from the demo!

 

Play	CRC - Series #8	Run
	Here's A Special Announcement (No Calls)	:07
	Keep Going All Day (No Calls)	:16

 

 

Play	CRC - Series #9	Run
	Mighty One (Montage)	:10

 

'Mighty One' for WDGY in St. Paul was aptly named in 1959 as WPGC only used a single cut from it, again with no call letters. Since WPGC had in fact legitmately ordered Series #4 from CRC, perhaps they felt they were entitled to a few extra goodies free of charge!

 

Play	CRC - Series #9	Run
	Sounds So Much Better (No Calls)	:10

 

 

Play	CRC - Tune Toppers	Run
	Tune Toppers (Montage)	1:22

 

Stations were eager to add credibility by having stars of the day sing custom versions of their current hits with their call letters. Few artists however had the time to do so.

CRC and other jingle companies filled the gap by providing sound-a-likes impersonating those artists, joyously belting out clear-cut mentions for WPGC and others.

The first of this series was released in 1959 with the follow-up coming out in 1961. Both of the cuts below are from the second set.

 

Play	CRC - Tune Toppers	Run
	Artificial Flowers - Bobby Darin - #20 - 09/26/60	:53
	Big John - Jimmy Dean - #01 - 10/02/60	:28

 

CRC ceased production in 1968 following the departure of Tom Merriman the year before.

 

 

AIR	Futursonic	JAM
Jingle Machine	Mark-Century	PAMS
Pepper-Tanner	SPOT	TM
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