Month: July 2016
DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’66!
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’62
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TOBY ARNOLD ASSOCIATES BUYS PAMS . . . MAY 12, 1979
From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1979
DALLAS — Radio syndicator Toby Arnold & Associates have agreed to acquire the entire master tape library of PAMS, producer of jingles and production music.
“It’s taken us over two years to reach an agreement to purchase and clear the PAMS tapes and productions,” Arnold comments. “The inventory amounts to more than one-million in music and recording. It includes all of the PAMS jingle packages, commercial music back- grounds, concepts, syndicated programming libraries, sales features, program specials as well as television and film scores,” Arnold notes.
PAMS for more than 20 years was recognized as a leader in the jingle field. Financial difficulties in 1977 resulted in the shutdown of operations.
Arnold says many stations have asked him about the possibility of updating the PAMS productions. “I’ve contracted Dick Starr to serve as executive producer in charge of PAMS projects,” Arnold says.
Arnold also stated that Starr “helped us create many new ideas for syndication” while he served as program director for KYA-AM, San Francisco, and WFUN-AM, Miami. “Now with Dick in Dallas and heading up our I6-track Starr Studios facility, he’s the natural choice to work on the updating, remixing, sweetening and repackaging for today’s radio needs.” END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; May 12, 1979)
DETROIT 1957 WKMH 1310 NEWSPAPER AD FLASHBACK
Tuesday, December 10, 1957
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “B’WAY CAPITOL ‘JAMBOREE’ ”
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A ’57 DETROIT WKMH RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK!
Friday, December 13, 1957
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKMH-AM ‘Star Gazing: It’s Deejay’s Paradise’
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RIVALS: AIR PROMOTION SHAPES DETROIT BOOM . . . JULY 21, 1962
From the MCRFB news archive: 1962
WJBK, WXYZ Trending More Newer Pop Record Singles
DETROIT — Distributors here are crediting aggressive promotion of new material by stations WJBK and WXYZ for some of the best singles business the area has enjoyed in years.
Nearby Toledo, with stations WOHO and WTOD, also is reported to be very receptive to new releases. Though not exactly a trend, distributors note that often material breaks first in Toledo, then moves into the Motor City.
Detroit’s big singles stations -WJBK and WXYZ – always have been sensitive to pop hits, but lately distributors feel the stations are getting on new material much faster. As one distributor put it, “They’re willing to pioneer and test, making for a much ‘hipper’ record picture here.”
Discounting continues on par with prices ranging from $2.77 to $2.98 for a regular $3.98 album. Rumors are circulating that Gem and Korvette are expected to open stores in the area before too long.
Three of the city’s newest distributors – Record Merchants, S & L and Merle appear to be getting well established. The latter two were formed when Merle Schneider and John Shepherd, who previously owned S & S Distributing Company split.
Schneider formed Merle Distributing, and Shepherd took on a new partner, Bob Lymperis, to form S & L. Shepherd and Lymperis now have some 15 lines including MGM, Disneyland (acquired recently from Henry Droz), Request, Circa and Allied.
Firm employs three salesmen, Rick Tecker, Jerry Light and Roy Austin, and two promotion people, Curley Dmytro and Betty Alexander.
The new distribution has also enjoyed a steady percentage of sales increase each month and recently bought a new building in the North-West “Record Row” section of Detroit. Another big distributor, John Kaplan, is also breaking ground up the street from S & L for a new building. END
(Information and news source: Billboard; July 21, 1962)