1964

Play	Year	Name	Run
	1964	PAMS - Series 26D - Beatles	:23

1972

Over the years, PAMS created more custom jingle packages for WABC than any other station. These in turn were soon syndicated to stations around the country. Late in 1971, PAMS started work on Series #42a 'The Ignitors' which WPGC put on the air in 1972.

Rather than a collection of unrelated cuts, the package was an early attempt at accentuating the flow between the songs by use of 'subliminal logo triggers'. The latest in electronic gimmicktry such as phasing and flanging effects highlighted the series. Included in the sales pitch to stations was the claim, 'Ignite your listeners' consciousness with exciting trigger pads'.

Play	Name	Length
	PAMS - Series 42a - The Ignitors (Auditions)	:42
	PAMS - Series 42a - The Ignitors (Originals)	2:49
	PAMS - Series 42a - The Ignitors (Rehearsal)	1:12
	PAMS - Series 42a - The Ignitors (Re-sings)	3:01
	Difference on the 'P-G-C' between the Originals & the Re-sings

The first series of cuts below are five demonstration jingles of what it would sound like if WPGC ordered them. These cuts used a variety of station logos on them (WABC and KLIF / Dallas to name a couple). When WPGC did order them, it's own logo was used instead.

Play	Cut	Name (Series 42a - Auditions)	Run
	01	'Cell'	:XX
	02	'Amplification'	:XX
	03	'Bias Beat'	:XX
	04	'Charge'	:XX
	05	'Flux'	:XX

 

Harv Moore writes:

I can't remember what station I heard that had the "full harmony" sound on the call letters, but I loved it. I'm a "song" guy. When Bob Howard gave the OK for new jingles, I knew exactly what I wanted. We ordered the PAMS package, and I sent a sample of the way I wanted it. They didn't do it. They suggested I come to Dallas to supervise the re-sings.

 

 

	Cut	Name (Series 42a - Originals)	Run
	01	W (Horns) P-G-C	:XX
	02	(Wandering Horns) - WPGC	:XX
	03	(Wandering Horns) W - Weekend - PGC	:XX
	04	All Hit Music - WPGC	:XX
	05	Downbeat (& Ramp) WPGC	:XX
	06	WPG - Hi 'C' (Female Sing)	:XX
	07	W-P-G-C (Slow)	:XX
	08	W (Tympani) PGC	:XX
	09	WPGC - Lovin' Up Your Weekend (Stager)	:XX
	10	W - Golden - P-G-C (Stager)	:XX
	11	W - Golden - P-G-C (Stager) (Slow)	:XX
	12	W - Stereo - P-G-C	:XX
	13	W - Stereo - P-G-C (Slow)	:XX
	14	W - Good Morning - PGC	:XX
	15	W - Stare - Ree - Oh - PGC	:XX
	16	W (Shaft-Like Instrumental) - PGC	:XX
	17	W - PGC (& Music Trail)	:XX
	18	W - PGC (Male Sing)	:XX
	19	(Music Fades In) - W - Pee - Gee - Cee	:XX
	20	W (Ascending EFX) - PGC	:XX
	21	Orchestra Intro - WPGC	:XX
	22	Da-Da-Da-Da - W-P-G-C	:XX
	23	(Water Drop) - W - PGC	:XX
	24	W - Bump-Bump-Bump-Be-Bump - PGC	:XX
	25	W - P- G - (Flanged) - C	:XX
	26	Bryan Lawrence (a capella)	:XX
	27	Jim Collins (a capella)	:XX
	28	Brad Scott (a capella)	:XX
	29	Johnny Jones (a capella)	:XX
	30	Dino DelGallo (a capella)	:XX
	31	Big (Foghorn) Wilson (a capella)	:XX

 

Harv selected the package but was dismayed if not 'ignited' with the result, leading to the jingles being re-sung in Dallas soon after their creation. Both the original and re-sings are included above for comparison. A rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the creative process of making jingles from inside the studio is also provided with a minute or so of the rehearsal just prior to the re-sings. Listen towards the end when one of the female singers can be heard speaking with Harv.

 

	Cut	Name (Series 42a - Rehearsal)	Run
	01	Rehearsal Banter with Harv Moore	:XX

 

Jonathan Wolfert of JAM writes:

On the originals they're singing the notes, F-D-G. The re-sings were sung to the notes, G-A-C and was an improvement. For one thing, the revised logo ended on the same note as the WABC logo which the tracks were originally written for. That first PGC logo ended much lower, so it didn't have the same punch.

 

Play	Cut	Name (Series 42a - Re-Sings)	Run
	01	'Charge' - W (Horns) P-G-C	:07
	02	'Transflow' - Music To Music - WPGC	:05
	03	'Cell' - Downbeat (& Ramp) WPGC	:06
	04	'Clipper' - WPG - Hi 'C' (Female Sing)	:07
	05	'Transcurrent' - Fades In - W-P-G-C (Slow)	:08
	06a	'Band Pass' - W (Tympani) PGC	:07
	06b	'Band Pass' - W (Tympani) All Hit Music PGC	:07
	07	'Positive Love Wknd' - Lovin' Up Your Wknd	:15
	08a	'Modulation' - Recycle	:05
	08b	'Slow Modulation' - Golden	:07
	09	'Insertion' - W - Good Morning - PGC	:07
	10	'Cycle' - W - Shaft - P-G-C (Slow) (Stager)	:09
	11	'Amplification' - W - Long Ramp - PGC	:13
	12	'Bass Response' - W (Ascending Notes) PGC	:04
	13	'Ohm' - W Note Fades In - PGC	:03
	14	'Digital B' - W - Ascending EFX - PGC	:04
	15	'Output' - W - Orchestra - Pee - Gee - Cee	:06
	16	'Ion' - W - Da - Da - Da - Da - PGC	:07
	17	'Digital C' - Album - WPGC	:06
	18	'Digital E' - Bump-Bump-Ba-Bump - W-P-G-C	:04
	19	'Bias Beat' - W - Flanger EFX - PGC (Stager)	:09
	20a	'Flux' - Long W - PGC (Male Sing)	:05
	20b	'Flux' - Long W - Weekend - PGC (Stager)	:05
	21	Harv Moore (a capella)	:02
	22	Columbus (a capella)	:01
	23	Big Wilson (a capella)	:02
	24	Alexander Goodfellow (a capella)	:02
	25	Todd Reynolds (a capella)	:02
	26	Bob Raleigh (a capella)	:01

 

 

1975

Play	Year	Package Name	Run
	1975	Energy 1	:XX

 

In addition to PAMS' 49 numbered series, they would from time to time put together more specialized custom jingles which were usually named. One of these from 1975 which was widely used by the RKO stations & many others including by WPGC was known as 'Energy 1'.

 

	Cut	Name	Run
	01	Musicradio 1 (Fast) WPGC (Group Sing)	:XX
	02	Musicradio 1 (Slow) WPGC (Group Sing)	:XX
	03	Musicradio 1 (Slow) (a capella)	:XX
	04	Musicradio 1 (Fast) (a capella)	:XX
	05	Musicradio 2 (Fast) WPGC (Group Sing)	:XX
	06	Musicradio 2 (Slow) WPGC (Group Sing)	:XX
	07	Generic Tag - WPGC (Group Sing)	:XX
	08	Musicradio 2 (Fast) (a capella)	:XX
	09	Musicradio 2 (Slow) (a capella)	:XX

 

There were two versions done of the 'Musicradio' logo. Although the first was widely used by WPGC, the second was not used at all.

 

Play	Year	Package Name	Run
	1975	Hear the difference between both versions.	:XX

 

 

Play	Year	Package Name	Run
	1975	'LS Auditions	:12

When it came time for additional cuts in 1975, Program Director, Jim Collins (for whom this site is dedicated) looked no further than WLS in Chicago for a custom package known simply as 'LS Auditions'. The cuts on it were short, quick and to the point. Streamlined by design to get back into music quickly.

The package was the last to be ordered from PAMS, which by the mid '70's faced economic hardships that ultimately led to its demise in 1977 (though in later years, re-sings of many of the classic PAMS packages would be heard on numerous Oldies stations around the country, most notably at 66 WNBC in New York during its re-creation of WABC's '60's sound as the 'Time Machine' in the mid-80's, when ironically, Jim Collins worked on the air there).

 

	Cut	Name	Run
	01	Ascending EFX 1 - WPGC	:XX
	02	Descending EFX 1 - (Horns) - WPGC	:XX
	03	(Drums) Music Radio - WPGC (a capella)	:XX
	04	(Drums) Music Radio - WPGC (Group Sing)	:XX

 

 

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