CHED Fake Drake

[radiofan]

In the late 60s, most of the Moffatt stations had genuine Drake/Johnny Mann jingles .. Edmonton's CHED had to settle for a batch of "Fake Drake" jingles ...

CHED Fake Drake



Thanks to albertaboy4life for sharing these.

[Hallicrafters]

That's because the Johnny Mann singers didn't come cheap, it wasn't a one time payment, it was like a union commercial, residuals every thirteen weeks or so.

I filled in at CKLW for one night in 1976 or so, they paid me $300.00 for the one all night show, so it's not like they couldn't afford Johnny Mann. CHED probably not so much.

[Jack Bennest]

I'm a bit confused. Who did the fake drake?

[Hallicrafters]

My guess..... Pams. It was once a bonus to PD's they got to travel to Dallas for the session. It gave them a feeling of importance. As if most Pd's knew anything about music production. lol

I can remember one station had "keyed" jingles, the jingles were designed to match the key of the songs opening. Problem was the music was sped up to get an extra song every 3 hours, the "keys" never matched. The only station I worked at that I saw a PD with a pitch pipe, a very frustrated PD.

[Hallicrafters]

Forgot to post this;

The original "Drake" type jingles really helped pace a station. The More Music jingles ran in sweeps, however they came in a great variety. You could transition from a slow to fast, a medium to medium, a fast to fast, etc, e.g. "more music" sung slowly into a fast call sign. They also had straight call letter jingles that came off some spot sets. The pacing gave the station a momentum that I don't hear much anymore. Mind you they limited the commercial count to about 8 minutes an hour. Usually stopping for no more than 90 seconds.

When you heard a jingle you knew the music would always be there.

Most of the "copiers" failed to get the variety of "sweepers" that "Drake" used. Some dummies would roll jingles between spots, which of course subconsciously equates your station with spots, rather than what the audience was there for.

[Russ_Byth]

I can remember one station had "keyed" jingles, the jingles were designed to match the key of the songs opening. Problem was the music was sped up to get an extra song every 3 hours, the "keys" never matched.

Hah! I remember those. Someone may correct me, but I'm pretty sure we had those in Terrace for a short while (at least before I was asked to leave town) in the mid '80s.

[albertaboy4life]

I think this particular package is from Pepper Tanner. CHED only purchased PAMS Series 16 "Sound of the City", Solid Rock, Series 46 "Just For You" and Windy/WLS '76 (four cuts only while CKLG had five). They were a frequent purchaser of Pepper Tanner jingles including Centennial (also used by CKNW), Now Sound and Fun One.

[Jack Bennest]

(at least before I was asked to leave town)

Might be a great story to tell Bites.