JAM Breakthrough stations ?

Barras

I`ve always been fond of the Breakthrough package, as it was the first JAM package that I got to use on-air, when I was working in professional radio. Particularly like cut #1, the TOH cut and I was curious to know of any other stations who have used it.

I have jingle audio (Breakthrough cut #1) from these stations...

WPLJ-New York, NY
WNIC-Dearborn, MI
WAYV-Atlantic City, NJ
Century Radio-Ireland
Sun FM-Sunderland, North-East England
C4 Radio-Cambridge University, England
TFM-Cleveland, England
Z107-Hamburg, Germany
Rock FM-North-West England
Sanyu FM
WSOC-Charlotte NC
Radio Tres-Europe
Pulse FM-West Yorkshire, England
Trent FM-Nottingham, England
Contact 94-Normandy, France
WWQQ-Eastern Carolina
KODJ-Salt Lake City UT
WKUS-Hampton Roads VA
WGCI-Chicago IL
Sound FM-England
WNOK-South Carolina
WSM-Nashville TN
The Frog-Daytona Beach, Florida
KPLZ-Tacoma, Seattle
WXLK-K92 Roanoke,VA
KMLE-Chander-Phoenix AZ
WMXN-Hampton Roads VA
WCTK-New Bedford,MA-Providence,RI
WKHQ-Charlevoix, Michigan
WGNI-Wilmington, NC
WRFY-â€œY102â€ Reading, PA

Plus, I`ve been told from a very reliable source that these stations also used Breakthrough cut #1...

WBXX-BATTLE CREEK , MI
WKHK-COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA
WMXB-RICHMOND, VA
WKZL-WINSTON-SALEM,NC
WWMX-BALTIMORE,MD
WNCI-COLUMBUS, OH
WXXX-SOUTH BURLINGTON, VA
WHHH-INDIANAPOLIS, IN
WOMX-ORLANDO, FL
WMEE-FORT WAYNE, IN
KJLO-MONROE,LA
KVIC-VICTORIA, TX
92.5-MONCKS CORNER,SC
104.7-NAPLES,FL
107-HORSE CAVE, KY
96.9-PRESQUE ISLE, ME

Do you know of any other stations to use cut #1 ? - appreciate you adding to this list.

Thanks,

David Barras

JingleCity

Others To Add:-

* Essex FM
* Red Rose Rock FM

Admin

KMLE (Camel Country 108) in Phoenix also used cut #1 from Breakthrough. They sounded great on a country station!

Here at Channel 4 Dubai, we had Breakthrough, but not Cut #1.

Barras

Totally agree Neal, Breakthrough does work very well on country stations. Sounding good on "Cat Country" (WCTK) a country station in Providence RI, here`s Breakthrough #1...

JAM WCTK New Bedford Providence (Breakthrough TOH).mp3

And here`s how it sounded in Phoenix on KMLE...

JAM KMLE BreakthroughTOH.mp3

David Barras

Attached files JAM WCTK New Bedford Providence (Breakthrough TOH).mp3 (242.1 KB) JAM KMLE BreakthroughTOH.mp3 (211.1 KB)

blandyness

WSGL (Mix 104.7) in Naples, Southern FL were using Breakthrough cut#1 when I was there in May 2005.

Who could also forget personal cut resings of that great cut too ! :D

http://www.paulbland.homechoice.co.uk/PBBT1FullMix.mp3

http://www.paulbland.homechoice.co.uk/PBBT1BestMixMusicRamp.mp3

LenGroat

I have this cut sung for KOKU, Guam.

(KOKU is the call sign of a station in the United States territory of Guam. The station broadcasts on 100.3 FM in HagÃ¥tÃ±a, with a contemporary hit radio format as Hit Radio 100)

LG

Barras

blandyness wrote:
WSGL (Mix 104.7) in Naples, Southern FL were using Breakthrough cut#1 when I was there in May 2005.

Who could also forget personal cut resings of that great cut too ! :D

http://www.paulbland.homechoice.co.uk/PBBT1FullMix.mp3

http://www.paulbland.homechoice.co.uk/PBBT1BestMixMusicRamp.mp3

Thanks for posting your Breakthrough cuts Paul - I`m in the process of updating the Breakthrough montage I posted years ago and yours will be in there. Cheers !

David Barras

Barras

Another Breakthrough station...

WVAQ Morgantown WV

tvnutboy

I'm not sure if they've used cut 1, but on the JAM "20 Years in 20 Minutes" reel, they use a Breakthough "Murphy in the Morning" cut for WKQX (Q101) Chicago. I'm gonna call it a hunch and say Yes, they used the rest of the package as well, but I'm gonna need some more evidence (Stick it in a "Maybe" pile, perhaps?).

MarcMannetje

The station I started off as a baby DJ was OOG Radio in Groningen City Netherlands. It jumped to #1 when we relaunched it as an adult CHR in 1995/1996. We purchased BREAKTHROUGH with a full vocal sound. The package was partly on the air for over 10 years.

I managed to find some cuts in my collection, sadly I do not have most cuts anymore... The lyrics say Dag En Nacht Jouw Zender / Day And Night Your Station, and one cut has the frequency 106.6 sung in it.

http://jinglemad.com/e107_files/public/1179323877_6166_FT44068_jingles_jam__breakthrough_oog_radio_1996.mp3

Devaweb

I'm looking forward to Dave doing the same for Turbo Z :)

MarcMannetje

For a short time WPLJ called itself Mojo Radio, as I remember with the Early Morning Energizers as morning show. I'm not shure but I think these two cuts were sung for that period. I could be wrong: maybe there was another station that called itself Mojo Radio?

http://jinglemad.com/e107_files/public/1179664329_6166_FT44068_jingles_jam__breakthrough_mojo_radio_wplj.mp3

Barras

Thanks to Jon Wolfert at JAM who has just emailed me with this information about Breakthrough...

"According to our database, Breakthrough cut #1 has been sung at least 125 times, and at least 207 stations worldwide have ordered some or all of Breakthrough."

Jon also went on to say, the database is a couple of months behind and doesn`t include recent entries.

Pleased to say, I`ve now got 30 resings of Breathrough cut #1 - only 95 to go !!!

Thanks again for the info. Jon.

David Barras

MarcMannetje

David, you mention Z107 in Hamburg Germany, I'm almost shure there was a station called Zandvoort 107 ZFM in the Netherlands. Their Breakthrough #1 Cut was on the 1991 Top Format demo 'Top Format by Format' in the CHR-section...

Admin

MarcMannetje wrote:

For a short time WPLJ called itself Mojo Radio, as I remember with the Early Morning Energizers as morning show. I'm not shure but I think these two cuts were sung for that period. I could be wrong: maybe there was another station that called itself Mojo Radio?

http://jinglemad.com/e107_files/public/1179664329_6166_FT44068_jingles_jam__breakthrough_mojo_radio_wplj.mp3

WPLJ was indeed called Mojo Radio in 1991, but they had resings from TM Century.

The cuts you posted are from Mojo Radio in the UK -

http://www.mojo4music.com/radio/

prisnz

Hi folks.. first time I have posted since joining the site a while back.

Re Breakthrough TOH cut - it was used here in New Zealand on Q90FM in New Plymouth (Taranaki region) between 1989 and 1991. Although, it wasn't actually used as a TOH jingle. They just played it out of commercials like the rest of the cuts.

You can hear it here: http://www.4shared.com/file/16487842/4cc7732f/Q90FM_-_Taranaki_-_Breakthrough_TOH.html

Enjoy!

Duane

Barras

This is what I still love about Jingle Mad, here we have a post from New Zealand ! 8)

Thanks very much Duane for posting the Q90FM Breakthrough #1 cut - never heard that version before.

Plus, I`ve Just been informed of another station that used Breakthrough - WKQX-Chicago IL

David

prisnz

You're welcome! I've always loved this cut too... it was great to discover this website and find out that I'm not the only one going crazy over jingles :p

Incidentally, a now defunct station here in Palmerston North, NZ also used Breakthrough between 1989 and 1991 but sadly they did not use cut #1. That station was called 2QQ FM.

Again, glad to be of some help. Good luck in your search for more Breakthrough #1 cuts!

Regards
Duane

wixy1360

Did someone say "Taranaki" ? ! ?

From deep in my collection of original
station-recorded tapes...

http://www.4shared.com/file/16808365/f311f003/Wixy1360-EnergyFM-Taranaki-NZ.html

prisnz

Wow! I loved hearing those jingles on Energy FM at the time and it was great to hear them again. Cheers wixy1360 for posting them.

In fact, I contacted Energy FM a number of times in the hope of obtaining a copy of their master but sadly without any luck.

wixy1360: any chance of sending me a high quality copy of those cuts, please? It's not often that my locals pop up on this site! :)

Barras

Any TFM fans know this story on this ?

There are two versions of Breakthrough #1 for TFM Cleveland, England - have a listen to this piece of audio where you can hear two sings on the "96.60" harmony...

http://www.davidbarras.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/JAM_TFM_Breakthrough_2versions.mp3

In my ears, both versions sound good and I`ve heard both "96.60" sings on aircheck tapes, just curious to why they had it re-sung ?

David Barras

Barras

Hope you don`t mind me "bumping" this post up about the question in the previous entry...re: TFM - two versions of Breakthrough`s TOH cut for TFM.

Plus, does anyone know - was it David Tighe who commissioned Breakthrough for TFM ?

David Barras

Paul

Barras wrote:
Plus, does anyone know - was it David Tighe who commissioned Breakthrough for TFM ?

There's a David Tighe at Live 95fm here in Limerick, Ireland. He's the PD.

Paul

Here's David Tighe talking about their news team winning some award in October 2004.

http://www.thejinglenetwork.com/share/live95_oct04.mp3

Barras

Thanks Paul...

Some more info. about Breakthrough - in the book "The Hits Between the Hits" by Don Worsham, they mention that Jon Wolfert in 1997 released a list of the companies ten best all time jingle packages and Breakthrough is in at #10.

This JAM list is a ranking based on the number of different radio stations which have had these packages sung for them...

1 WARP FACTOR
2 TURBO Z
3 HOT KIIS
4 FLAME THROWER
5 Q CUTS
6 POSITRON
7 PRIORITY ONE
8 SKYWAVE
9 OUTSTANDING
10 BREAKTHROUGH

David Barras

JingleMad

Just thought i`d stick my oare in for a couple of minutes

http://www.4shared.com/file/19870006/bfd83c70/Breakthrough_Montage.html

Paul

Some more to add:

WNOK Breakthrough JAM
WKZW Breakthrough JAM
WEQQ Breakthrough JAM

Barras

Another Breakthrough station is...

KBAL "FM 106"
San Saba
Texas

wixy1360

Is Scotland's Q-96 Paisley in there? They certainly had
Cut 1 and others.

Clyde 1 Glasgow also had various other cuts from Breakthrough
in their JAM Composite but not Cut 1, ditto Channel 103 Jersey.
Did Island FM Guernsey have a couple in their JAM composite perhaps?

theniceguy

One to add: the BRT top 30 from the Belgian National Broadcaster BRT (now VRT)

Barras

Wixy1360 wrote:
Is Scotland's Q-96 Paisley in there? They certainly had
Cut 1 and others.

Clyde 1 Glasgow also had various other cuts from Breakthrough
in their JAM Composite but not Cut 1, ditto Channel 103 Jersey.
Did Island FM Guernsey have a couple in their JAM composite perhaps?

Cheers Iain !

For those who haven`t heard, here`s the Q96 resing...

http://www.4shared.com/file/21698355/a40e99ac/JAM_Q96_Breakthrough1.html?cau2=403tNull

David Barras

wixy1360

Thanks David!

Thats obviously from the old ALfa Collectors cassette...

As we're on the topic, anyone out there ever come across
the Q96 and/or Island FM JAM Breakthrough etc etc circa
1992 Composites "in the clear" rather than the semi-montaged
demo cassette versions? Or for that matter, the Clyde One
Turbo-Z cut #10 (The Best in the West" sono etc)???

Barras

Another one...WMXB Richmond, Virginia USA.

http://www.4shared.com/file/21699977/cd1d78b1/JAM_WMXB_Richmond__Breakthrough_01_.html?cau2=403tNull

David Barras

Barras

Here`s a photo of the Breakthrough master at JAM in Dallas, taken in 2004.

David Barras

gameswizard

could someone explain why most of those demos in the photo are mono?
whats wrong with stereo demos?

Barras

Good question Mike, hopefully Jon@JAM might see this post and enlighten us...

I know a lot of the earlier JAM demos in the 1970s (and reference dubs) were sent out to American radio staions in "mono" as the Top 40 stations of that time were on AM and obviously broadcast in mono.

David Barras

Barras

theniceguy wrote:
One to add: the BRT top 30 from the Belgian National Broadcaster BRT (now VRT)

To "the nice guy" - have you got any examples you could post here please...

David Barras

Barras

Three versions of the Q96 Paisley, Scotland - Breakthrough #1 jingles...

From the launch day promo...

http://jinglemad.com/e107_files/public/1196864519_3680_FT44068_jam_q96_launch_1992.mp3 filename:1196864519_3680_FT44068_jam_q96_launch_1992.mp3

And the original version...

http://jinglemad.com/e107_files/public/1196864747_3680_FT44068_jam_q96_breakthrough1.mp3 filename:1196864747_3680_FT44068_jam_q96_breakthrough1.mp3

David Barras

AndyWalters

I'm sure breakthrough was used on Signal One during the Mid 90's.

Barras

It was...here`s cuts #15 and #3 for Signal One...

http://jinglemad.com/e107_files/public/1198455301_3680_FT44068_jam_signal_one_breakthrough_.mp3 filename:1198455301_3680_FT44068_jam_signal_one_breakthrough_.mp3

David Barras

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The station I started off as a baby DJ was OOG Radio in Groningen City Netherlands. It jumped to #1 when we relaunched it as an adult CHR in 1995/1996. We purchased BREAKTHROUGH with a full vocal sound. The package was partly on the air for over 10 years.

I managed to find some cuts in my collection, sadly I do not have most cuts anymore... The lyrics say Dag En Nacht Jouw Zender / Day And Night Your Station, and one cut has the frequency 106.6 sung in it.

1179323877_6166_FT44068_jingles_jam__breakthrough_oog_radio_1996.mp3

remember hearing some mon holiday in 1991? is that possible. it was quite a distorted radio signal.

Barras

LenGroat wrote:

I have this cut sung for KOKU, Guam.

(KOKU is the call sign of a station in the United States territory of Guam. The station broadcasts on 100.3 FM in HagÃ¥tÃ±a, with a contemporary hit radio format as Hit Radio 100)

LG

Thanks for reminding me about this version Len - I knew I had KOKU somewhere and I`ve eventually found it...

http://jinglemad.com/e107_files/public/1203005041_3680_FT44068_koku_guam.mp3 filename:1203005041_3680_FT44068_koku_guam.mp3

David Barras

Barras

Another one for the collection, this time for Q90 FM in Taranaki, New Zealand - it`s a resing of JAM`s Breakthrough cut #1.

David Barras

Barras

Here`s the Q90 FM cut.

http://jinglemad.com/e107_files/public/1205234951_3680_FT44068_jam_q90fm_taranaki_new_zealand_breakthrough_1.mp3

David Barras

Daniel484

Several stations in Canada used Breakthrough including CFTR. I`ve got the CFTR package and will upload the T-O-H once I learn how to upload !

Barras

Found another one...KDWB Minneapolis-St. Paul

http://www.4shared.com/file/51731157/bfa5a179/JAM_KDWB_Breakthrough01.html?dirPwdVerified=e22519d5

Barras

radio_bloke

cracker!....always love that leagle ID.....Minneapolis-St. Paul

prisnz

I love how this thread keeps going.. and going.. :-)
Nice cut, Barras. You just can't beat the Breakthrough TOH cut, especially with a seven syllable place-name on the end!

Duane

Barras

Thanks Duane,

another one...

K92 FM

Barras

Thanks Brian (you know who you are !) for this JAM jingle aircheck from CFTY in Canada.

http://jinglemad.com/e107_files/public/1212273084_3680_FT44068_jam_cftr_breakthrough_1.mp3 filename:jam_cftr_breakthrough_1.mp3

Barras

Glenna

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