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MichielAlexnder wrote:
I have several contacts in the BBC, they tell me the whole of BBC Local Radio is getting the same jingle package.
Apparently there are 700 (?) to choose from and each station will have a very slight variation and their own voice overs but will all be created by one company.
Michael Bolton wrote:
It's not groove or any traditional jingles company, so not Music4, Wise Buddah, JAM, TM, IQ Beats or Groove.
I heard some last night an was underwhelmed. The Star Wars bursts of laser zaps in the news intro sound awfully dated.
I'm not sure jingle fans will like them.
RjM wrote:
I'm gutted to read about this new generic, presumably non-sung sound that's coming, as it will mean the end of the excellent IQ Beats package on Radio Manchester.
In my opinion that package is a huge part of the station, and has really helped change the feel of the station from GMR. I love the current re-mixed top of hour sequence (not currently on IQ's website) and the first(?) sung "Manchester's Weather" jingle I can think of on any Manchester station (also not on IQ's website).
I wonder if the station voices will also become standardised? Again Radio Manchester's Craig Kelly/Trish Bertram mix is perfect for the station. (Perhaps this is why Manchester's Key 103 also went with Craig Kelly, knowing he wouldn't be used by the BBC for much longer? Something that seemed a little strange at the time)
Robert Williams wrote:
I find this all rather baffling seeing as it was only last month that BBC Sussex & BBC Surrey introduced sung jingles for the first time - why would they have bothered bringing in a new package if they'd known there was a corporate package on the way? Or are they one of the stations that is being defiant?
David Hemsley wrote:
From what i can gather from my own contacts, stations with newer packages will not be forced to take the new branding for some time . . . as soon as new jingles are due for them then they will be expected to rebrand under the new image.
David Hemsley wrote:
I'm told the full details of the roll-out will be unveiled next week at a BBC Station Sound conference . . . should be interesting.
ST wrote:
....Trying to think now which stations have had a package the longest from the Beeb locals, possibly the Leeds / Stoke & Kent IQ Beats package is near it's use life ?.....
scary wrote:
I assume the jingles rolling out nationally are different to the ones launched today on BBC London? They're the same musical 'church bells' logo they've had for almost 10 years but heavily orchestrated. Sounds quite good but not as good as the previous guitar based ones and a bit too similar to LBC.
They were done by Music4 although they've not put them up on their site yet
GB wrote:
I assume the jingles rolling out nationally are different to the ones launched today on BBC London? They're the same musical 'church bells' logo they've had for almost 10 years but heavily orchestrated. Sounds quite good but not as good as the previous guitar based ones and a bit too similar to LBC.
They were done by Music4 although they've not put them up on their site yet
Sorry I'm new to this and didn't get my message in last time!
The new BBC London 94.9 jingles are just vamped up from the package they already had. The new BBC local corporate package is completely new.
GB wrote:
BBC Newcastle, BBC Tees, BBC Radio Stoke and BBC Radio Cornwall have now taken the new Mcasso package aswell.
southwestman wrote:
The package is airing on BBC Devon, they started the new year with a new schedule and introduced these jingles... they sound random on air at the moment but I'm sure the listening auidence will soon get used to them.