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WGKA Singing ID

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radioworld

I noticed WGKA has started using singing call letters during their top of the hour ID. I guess everything old is new again. I wonder how long it will be before WSB and WGST start doing the same?
 
Sing Jingles! CLASSIC! I remember listening to the "sing jingles" on WBBM in Chicago (Newsradio 78) They sounded great....I'll have to tune in and check out GKA...
 
I'm sure they were all over the country, but I still remember the great singing jingles in Chicago too -- grew up with WLS(in Chicago) and (Big 10)WCFL
 
I love that......there are so many classics....CKLW "The Motor City!" 1010 WINS in NY CITY used to have some great ones years back also...
 
WSB-AM 750 used a great singing ID for a while some years ago. I wish they would go back to using it again. I'm sorta tired of the current imaging. It could use some freshing up along with on air talent.
 
radioworld said:
I noticed WGKA has started using singing call letters during their top of the hour ID. I guess everything old is new again. I wonder how long it will be before WSB and WGST start doing the same?
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Unless there is a spoken set of calls to go along, it is against FCC rules. (The rules appear to be fairly new).

And don't expect WSB to start soon. I believe B98.5 is the only Cox station nationwide even using jingles (and they are 5+ years old, and resings of jingles made 15+ years ago). Although they have the money to do so, They are too cheap to get new jingles for their stations.
 
I love it & they sound great! It's been a long time since an AM station in Atlanta has had an actual "singing jingle." I've thought for a while now that GKA has had the best sounding talk station in Atlanta...and the best line up of talk shows.
 
In the late '70's, WINS in New York, an all-news station, had jingles that I loved. The theme of the jingles was "New York WINS" (New York wins). One of them went something like, "When Reggie swings, New York WINS; when Broadway sings, New York WINS. Keep it on 10-10 New York WINS."
 
amlover said:
WSB-AM 750 used a great singing ID for a while some years ago. I wish they would go back to using it again. I'm sorta tired of the current imaging. It could use some freshing up along with on air talent.
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I would like to hear a new approach to this station as well. They have the winning signal, a great product, but as you say, its time to rotate the product for freshness.
 
>Unless there is a spoken set of calls to go along, it is against FCC rules.

Could you quote me a Rule number for that one? I was of the opinion that prety much all thre requirement was/is was/is the call and city of license, adjacent, at the closest break ion natural programming to the top of the hour. Didn't used to be anything which said one couldn't sing the calls as long as the above requirements were met.
 
I would also like to know if the rules have changed. In the 70s and 80s, it was common (especially on AM) to hear a singing legal ID at the top of the hour as the lead in to the network news.
 
littlejohn said:
>Unless there is a spoken set of calls to go along, it is against FCC rules.

Could you quote me a Rule number for that one? I was of the opinion that prety much all thre requirement was/is was/is the call and city of license, adjacent, at the closest break ion natural programming to the top of the hour. Didn't used to be anything which said one couldn't sing the calls as long as the above requirements were met.
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I dunno about spoken vs sung that but I know that they HAVE to id in english, like KOMO, the japanese station in hawaii, the only english youd ever hear is from when they ID once an hour
 
swmaphox said:
KOMO, the japanese station in hawaii, the only english youd ever hear is from when they ID once an hour
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KOMO is licensed to Seattle.
 
well whichever is he all japanese station in hawaii...dont have my world radio and television handbook handy at the moment and radio locator.com is blocked by my work filter (supposedly its streaming radio)
 
"Unless there is a spoken set of calls to go along, it is against FCC rules. (The rules appear to be fairly new)."

Absolutely false! You can say 'em, sing 'em, rap 'em, chant 'em, and sometimes bury them.
 
I must agree.

The FCC rules state you must give call letters, immediately followed by city of license. That's it. The rules do not dictate that they must be spoken. They can be sung, as well...as evidenced by the thousands of stations that used singing ID's for decades.
 
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