Wanted, vintage WICE airchecks and jingles from the sixties.

[samw54]

Hello there folks, and greetings from just outside Toronto Canada. Back in the sixties, both sets of my grandparents lived in the Providence area and I used to visit them quite frequently. Though I could pick up WPRO from my home in Norwood Mass, and I could also pick it up from the school for the blind that I attended in Watertown near Boston along with WEAN and WJAR, (those were the good old days of the Providence AM dial,) one station I couldn't pick up except extremely faintly was the mighty 1290 WICE, Providence's other and much better top forty station in the sixties and early seventies. I would love to find some airchecks of this station from the mid sixties, the 1964 through 1968 period, back in the days when they were using PAMS jingles so heavily and had that cool sounding reverb on their signal. I am well aware of the June 6, 1962 Paul Revere morning show aircheck that is available on Richard Irwin's Reel Top Forty Repository website, but that aircheck does not do the radio station justice and does not show WICE at their best. There isn't a single jingle in that aircheck. Anyway, if anyone has any sixties WICE airchecks, please let me know.

Now, in terms of jingles, I do have PAMS series 15 and 16 for the station, but I'm looking for their composite of PAMS series 17, 20 and 27, and also their series 31 with some custom a capellas that they got as well. Those are the jingles that I remember hearing the most either in Boston when I struggled to listen to them during the daytime, but at night, WKNE in Keene New Hampshire often clobbered them and totally over rode their signal, and at my grandparent's homes in Riverside and East Providence respectively. I personally found WICE to be one of my favorite New England radio stations while growing up. Thanks in advance for any help.

Sam

 

[LongTimeLoafer]

Sam,

I've got some. PM me and I'll send them to you.

 

[wiggums]

Hi Sam,
I had the honor of hi-jacking the WICE calls that I ran on a, um, pirate is such a dirty word. I prefer un-licenced station for many years. Over those years, I aquired the packages you mention. I also have a set from a company called Futuresonic sung in the late 50's. As well as many used during the second coming of ICE back in the mid 80's. I also had a bunch of Pams stuff re-done using the early 60's "Susquehanna logo" from a defunct company called Ken R. They sounded great on FM and were a great match with the music we were playing. PM me. [email protected]. I can upload to my FTP. It is unfortunate that there isn't much sound of the mighty 1290 on the web. Thankfully I scoped alot of ICE-FM.

Thanks!
Steve

 

[necrat123]

pirate is such a dirty word.

Hence the reason why they are now called "undocumented radio stations".

That's the politically correct way of putting it.

 

[bloodshot56]

man, one of the main reasons i got into radio was falling asleep with WICE on my new Westclock clock radio in the early 70's and listening to a guy named Jim Cook. Mike Sands was great in the morning but i thought this guy Jim Cook was a genius at the time. Any airchecks of him?

 

[TheVoice1915]

I am begging anybody still in this forum to PLEASE send me any airchecks or jingles you may have to do with WICE! I have been trying to find them for so long! An other material from the Providence area is also of my interest. Thank you so much. My email is [email protected]. Hope to hear from someone soon!