• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

92 PRO FM jingles

W

wpjb

Guest
Did PRO-FM get a new jingle package? the new jingles sound a lot more contempary than the old jingles....and how did PRO-FM get money to buy a new jingle package from corporate when the Citadel stock is down to 15 cents?????
 
That's a shame... they were probably one of the last CHR stations in the country using JAM jingles (assuming these new ones aren't JAM since I haven't heard them yet, but going by what you posted, I'm guessing they're not). It's definitely the end of an era if it's true.
 
The end of an era happened long ago at PRO FM and it has nothing to do with jingles
 
wpjb said:
Did PRO-FM get a new jingle package? the new jingles sound a lot more contempary than the old jingles....and how did PRO-FM get money to buy a new jingle package from corporate when the Citadel stock is down to 15 cents?????
Click to expand...
It seems Citadel is very much backing what is left in Providence. Hence no major cuts since they let everyone go from the Score, then hired Tony back.
 
Citadel is being threatened with delisting and has 45 days to come up with a business plan so don't discount cuts that business plan could result in. That doesn't necessarily mean they will happen at PRO-FM though. They'd be crazy to make any changes to the morning show. Two weekenders left and were never replaced. AJ Crozby at Citadel in Worcester was tracking two stations and was the production director and he got let go so it isn't even a matter of people targeted because they're not pulling their weight. Someone else posted about possible cuts saying the cluster could cut a lot of little people not earning much just to show they are taking some kind of action. We shall see what happens this month.
 
I like the new ProFM jingles... they sound good.

Don't forget... most jingle companies will let you barter for jingles/imaging. So it can be done if they're not in the budget. (though any GM worth his or her salt won't allow bartering on their stations as it is FAR cheaper to just buy whatever you're bartering!)
 
Oxford_Street_Shuffle said:
though any GM worth his or her salt won't allow bartering on their stations as it is FAR cheaper to just buy whatever you're bartering!
Click to expand...

...except when you can sacrifice a couple of spots a day for the bartered product and eliminate an expense from the budget...
 
The stock price has nothing to do with the internal budget. Revenues are fine at Citadel. It's the investor stock "game" that is killing it. No growth for the future. But as long as the rates are up and ads are being bought, the budget's just fine within ... for now.

When the stock investors start to scream, though, that when there will be internal changes. But for now, the stock losses are writeoffs to stockholders and as long as the board of directors keeps paying Farid $11-million, AND his $2-million a year tax bill, life goes on at Citadel.

The new vacation cuts, the parking fees, etc. are just to appease stockholders.

And as for new jingles, syndicators are hurting. What syndicator/jingle house wouldn't want PRO-FM as a "pilot" station? This results in great savings for the station and publicity for the syndicator. I haven't heard them, yet, but not every syndicator barters. It's a numbers game. Maybe they come out of the budget on a monthly basis. I've done that, like a "jingle bank." Pay as you play. A few grand over a number of months is easier to pay for than cash up front.
 
oaktree said:
And as for new jingles, syndicators are hurting. What syndicator/jingle house wouldn't want PRO-FM as a "pilot" station? This results in great savings for the station and publicity for the syndicator. I haven't heard them, yet, but not every syndicator barters. It's a numbers game. Maybe they come out of the budget on a monthly basis. I've done that, like a "jingle bank." Pay as you play. A few grand over a number of months is easier to pay for than cash up front.
Click to expand...

I don't believe the new jingles are a custom package. I believe they're a syndicated Reel World package for Z100 in NY, because they definitely contain the familiar Z100 logo at the beginning of some of them.
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom