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Station Tag Lines

OLDRFGUY said:
The WMPO Portsmouth Ohio "Buddy" bumper package was a joke created by some (I believe) students at Ohio University Athens who did it for a class project. It was FAR more perjorative (and indeed obscene, and FUNNY) than described above. At some point, the owners of WMPO became aware of it (the audio bits were quite widely available thru the broadcast grapevine in Ohio; I acquired a copy of the tape) and were unamused enuff that legal action was threatened.

Allegedly there was a station in West Virginia in the 80's (?) with the call letters WJIZ. And (allegedly) they ran bumpers that said: Don't touch that dial, there's JIZ on it!

This was reported to me in the 90's by a fellow who worked there.

WHIZ Zanesville Ohio had no image bumpers that I recall but DID put out bumper stickers with the call letters. They often appeared above urinals in public places.

WHOK Lancaster Ohio was commonly referred to as "The Hacking Voice of the HOCKing Valley,"

When Screen Gems acquired Wheeling Broadcasting in the 70's they flipped the format on WWVA's FM to rock and changed the call to WCPI (Columbia Pictures Industries). The rock competition in the the market was WOMP in Bellaire. WCPI ran bumpers saying things like "Are you WOMPED OUT?"
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I don’t believe the “There Buddy” was a class project as much as a drunken late night attempt at humor (I’m in touch with a couple of the participants on Facebook). A guy I went to worked with brought a Copy back from Kentucky). I once had a CD copy of the 25th anniversary edition.
 
During their last few years on the air in the mid-'90s, 1590 WERA in Plainfield, NJ called themselves "A-1590" and used the tag line "We Are A-1590". (Get it? WE R A-1590)

They also had a liner which described their music as "All the best, and the best gold", which never made any sense to me.
 
CTListener said:
Back in my Arkansas years, there was 1010 KRLA Little Rock, "The 10,000-watt voice of Arkansas!" This once-proud country station, which also was home to Paul Harvey's daily news show and "The Rest of the Story," turned in its license and went dark some time ago, I believe in the '90s.
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The only KRLA I knew was in Los Angeles in the 60's. Did the license transfer at some point?
 
We use a few, but not on a regular basis

"YOUR public radio station for the west central interior"
"The yukon and kuskowkim rivers home of information for more than 40 years....."
 
OLDRFGUY said:
The WMPO Portsmouth Ohio "Buddy" bumper package was a joke created by some (I believe) students at Ohio University Athens who did it for a class project. It was FAR more perjorative (and indeed obscene, and FUNNY) than described above. At some point, the owners of WMPO became aware of it (the audio bits were quite widely available thru the broadcast grapevine in Ohio; I acquired a copy of the tape) and were unamused enuff that legal action was threatened.

Allegedly there was a station in West Virginia in the 80's (?) with the call letters WJIZ. And (allegedly) they ran bumpers that said: Don't touch that dial, there's JIZ on it!

This was reported to me in the 90's by a fellow who worked there.

WHIZ Zanesville Ohio had no image bumpers that I recall but DID put out bumper stickers with the call letters. They often appeared above urinals in public places.

WHOK Lancaster Ohio was commonly referred to as "The Hacking Voice of the HOCKing Valley,"

When Screen Gems acquired Wheeling Broadcasting in the 70's they flipped the format on WWVA's FM to rock and changed the call to WCPI (Columbia Pictures Industries). The rock competition in the the market was WOMP in Bellaire. WCPI ran bumpers saying things like "Are you WOMPED OUT?"
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Interesting - I'd love top hear that tape!
I have heard of the "Hacking Voice of HOCKing Valley" here in Australia - via the old grapevine and rumours years ago.
It is interesting that some stations feel the need to attack others on their bumper stickers and on-air!
 
Thanks everyone - this has been a great thread - really enjoyed your responses.
There are some very clever liners, taglines and station positioning statements - and I am struck at how many are similar, especially in the USA.
Anyway, thanks again - I have been inspired!
 
A few that have been used at places I worked:

A public non-commercial FM: Playing 60 minutes of music this hour. We'd play more if we had the time.

The best variety on your radio.

If Texas was a radio station, it would sound like us, Canyon 99 FM.

The most music, the most winning and the most fun. It's hard to believe they pay us to do this. Power 96
 
b-turner said:
A few that have been used at places I worked:

A public non-commercial FM: Playing 60 minutes of music this hour. We'd play more if we had the time.

The best variety on your radio.

If Texas was a radio station, it would sound like us, Canyon 99 FM.

The most music, the most winning and the most fun. It's hard to believe they pay us to do this. Power 96
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LOVE THOSE!
 
CTListener said:
Back in my Arkansas years, there was 1010 KRLA Little Rock, "The 10,000-watt voice of Arkansas!" This once-proud country station, which also was home to Paul Harvey's daily news show and "The Rest of the Story," turned in its license and went dark some time ago, I believe in the '90s.
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It was paid to go off so WINS in NYC could let out its pattern to the Southwest.
 
CTListener said:
Back in my Arkansas years, there was 1010 KRLA Little Rock, "The 10,000-watt voice of Arkansas!" This once-proud country station, which also was home to Paul Harvey's daily news show and "The Rest of the Story," turned in its license and went dark some time ago, I believe in the '90s.
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At a top 40 music station I worked in the late 70’ s we were obligated to take Paul Harvey to receive more relevant programming. Understand this was a different era and the station was AM, in a small market. Harvey was always a fun listen due to his mix of news and humor. Some of us of a certain age remember his sign off “Paul Harvey…(2 second pause)…Good Day” so we being a bunch of young dj’s we inserted our calls into his pause. It was hilarious at the time.

This is the same station where I chopped up a great WABC jingle from a demo and matched it up to one of our jingles. It sounded big time. I suppose the statute of limitations has passed so I don’t have to be afraid of the jingle police.
 
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KRLC Lewiston/Clarkston, ID/WA used the slogan “Seaport cities” even though they were nowhere any seaport. The reason was they wanted to help the inland shipping industry. Yes, connected by riverways (Columbia via Snake) but always wondered if there was some collusion with another business or businesses. I suppose not too blatant but sure sounded weird in a place that far from the sea.
 
1970’s KJR Seattle was one of very few stations that used the top of the hour ID every break. This included jingles and usually jock mentions.
 
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