Futursonic

All jingles below are copyrighted by Futursonic.

 

 

Play	Name	Run
	Futursonic - Pacemaker (Montage)	6:36

 

Futursonic was formed when three employees at PAMS left to form their own company. Their first package in 1958, 'Pacemaker', was in use on WPGC in 1959. 18 cuts were produced for the demo which was distributed on 12" vinyl insted of tape.

Among those also using the package were WCAO in Baltimore, CHUM in Toronto and WGH in Norfolk. The latter is of interest because future WPGC Program Director, Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony) had been playing jingles from Futursonic for some time at WGH before his arrival in Washington, perhaps explaining his ordering of the packages below.

 

Play	Futursonic - Pacemaker	Run
	It's A Bright New Day	:09
	Million Dollar Music / Music for You	:17
	Mr. Weatherman, What's the Score? (Open)	:15
	That's Mr. PG's Story (Close)	:10
	Weather, Weather, Weather	:07
	The Bells Are Ringing	:39
	Hey! This Is WPGC 1580 Color Radio	:08
	Sports Review	:22
	The Nation's Capital Hears It's Favorite Show	:10
	WPGC Has Everything (long)	:44
	WPGC Has Everything (short)	:17
	When You're On the Go, Tune Your Radio	:34
	Now Don't Go Away, We'll Be Back In A Minute	:12
	(Teletype SFX) Here's the News	:22
	Music! News! Weather! Sports!	:24
	This Is WPGC 1580 Color Radio	:07
	Man, You'll Really Dig Our Music	:14
	They All Sound Better on WPGC 1580	:12
	Swing With the DJs You Love Best (1959 Jocks)	:41
	Swing With the DJs You Love Best (1961 Jocks)	:42

 

 

Play	Name	Run
	Futursonic - Econ-O-Pac (Montage)	:34

 

Futursonic offered their packages via barter to stations in exchange for airplay of commercials. PAMS had initiated the barter process earlier and sued Futursonic for one million dollars claiming barter of airtime for jingles was proprietary. A judge in Dallas however ruled against PAMS, citing herself as an example - she had bartered airtime in her re-election campaign that year!

 

Play	Futursonic Econ-O-Pac	Run
	Never, Never, Never, Never, Never Alone	:20
	When You're Driving In Your Car	:14

 

Futursonic's 'Econ-O-Pac' was intended to undercut the competition. Here's a couple of cuts that were used in 1960 by WINS in New York. Lyrics were customized for Washington and 'The Big P-G!'.

 

 

Play	Futursonic - Time Chex	Run
	Futursonic - Time Checks (Montage)	1:03

 

WPGC Tribute Site Contributor, the late Lee Whitney remembers:

I'm pretty sure all the minute cuts are Futursonic "Time Checks" done in 1960. They were the lower priced competition for CRC's "The Singing Clock." These were professionally done, but were generic with no call letters and cuts only for every five minutes. CRC had undertaken the ludicrous task of customizing 720 jingles per station--one per minute for 12 hours (AM and PM shared the same cut).

 

Play	Futursonic - Time Checks	Run
	(3:35) Twenty Five Till Four	:03
	(3:40) Three & Two Thirds - 3:40	:05
	(3:45) It's Fifteen Minutes Till Four	:07
	(3:50) Three Fifty, the Time Is Ten Till Four	:06
	(3:55) Three Fifty Five, Three Fifty Five	:02
	(5:50) Five Fifty, the Time Is Ten Till Six	:06
	(6:45) 6:45, It's Fifteen Minutes Till Seven	:08
	(7:05) The Time Is Seven Oh Five, 5 After 7	:10
	(7:15) Old Father Time, It's A Quarter Past 7	:10
	(8:55) The Time Is Eight Fifty Five	:05

 

 

Play	Futursonic - Sound-A-Likes	Run
	Futursonic - Sound-A-Likes (Montage)	1:18

 

Few things gave such instant credibility with young impressionable listeners than hearing their favorite songs by their favorite artists customized for their favorite stations. Or so stations thought.

Play	Futursonic - Sound-A-Likes	Run
	Artificial Flowers - Bobby Darin - #20 - 09/26/60	:53
	Mr. Custer - Larry Verne - #1 - 08/29/60	:13
	Will You Still Love Me - Shirelles - #1 - 11/21/60	:12

  

Like its competitors, Futursonic got in on the fad with anonymous singer impersonating stars of the day with fairly accurate covers of their hits.

 

 

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