WHNE ‘JAM’ Jingle Pak on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WHNE-FM * 1979-1980 * BACK SEAT MUSIC
ABOUT THESE CLASSIC WHNE HONEYRADIO JINGLES
The JAM Productions jingle package featured is the “Back Seat Music” package which was the 1st Jam package. It was purchased when the WHNE/WHND automated format was ditched around 1980 and Honeyradio in turn went DJ live.
The other Greater Media stations, WPEN 950 Philadelphia PA, and KRLA 1110 Pasadena CA, also had the same package. Those were the three oldies stations which they owned.
Initially when WHNE AM-FM signed on in 1973, the jingle package for their then automated format was first created by Drake/Chenault. It was Bill Drake who did the voice over — “This is WHNE Birmingham, WHND Monroe“– one of three Greater Media stations advancing their new “all oldies” format, likewise, heard in Pasadena (KRLA 1110) and in Philadelphia (WPEN 950).
Least known, the Ron Hicklin Singers was the other group Drake used. They normally had the Johnny Mann Singers recording Drake’s jingles, (such as CKLW), but Hicklin was tasked with doing the music beds and sings for the package. Not certain if they ever recorded the call letters. Most were generic beds with Bill Drake doing ‘voice overs’ for each stations’ appropriated jingles.
In 1982, WHND introduced the new “All Oldies” jingle package by Jam Creative.
The evolution of ‘Honey’ jingles represented here in short order. Drake/Chenault, Jam, and Jam again.
— Frederick Vobbe
ABOUT FREDERICK VOBBE
Frederick Vobbe was the former engineer at Greater Media WHNE/WHND/WMJC in Birmingham, MI., late-70s through the 1980s.
He currently resides in Lima, Ohio, where he is chief engineer for radio and television station in that market.
A special THANK YOU to Fred Vobbe for providing further, otherwise unknown, information about this WHNE/WHND JAM jingle package — ’79-’80 — featured today on this website. 🙂
A MCRFB NOTE ABOUT THESE JINGLES
Motor City Radio Flashbacks has completely reprocessed, digitally enhanced and restored the above WHNE file using the Sound Forge 12 Audio Studio software. In the site’s collection for a number of dozen years, the initial audio file was lacking in audio fidelity (mp3), found to be”flat” in sound, thereby was never featured on this site for this one very reason — until now. The transformation for advanced, remarkable sound quality has now been attained. This site now has the ability to repair and newly restore most deficient audio files for the very first time.
Pleased to say, these classic Honeyradio jingles recalled today has been brought “back to life” once again.
Conceived, created and produced by Jonathan Wolfert of JAM Productions, 1980. All rights reserved. For more on JAM Creative, Dallas, visit www.jingles.com/
Hi all. I was the PD (and morning jock) at Honey Radio for a year, managing the shift from automation to live, beginning in January, 1980. I’d been hosting the morning show across the hall at Magic 95 prior to that. Anyway, to clarify the jingles, that “Back Seat Music” package was the initial Honey Radio jingle package when Greater Media bought the station in ‘73 or ‘74. The JAM package came later prior to the split when Magic was launched on 94.7 in March ‘76. Fred, I’m not sure we crossed paths. Irv and Frank are the Engineers I remember there. I left in December ‘80 to take a job at TM Programming in Dallas. Did 2 stints at Magic/Honey. I was the first morning jock when Magic debuted (at the old Rankin Rd studio) in ‘76..went to Phoenix for a couple years and returned in Fall ‘78 in the same slot until we launched Honey live on the AM.
What was the Honey radio Detroit sign off song after the Lawrence Welk radio show in the 1960’s – A Carousel?