Radio Station Imaging

Fago! · 23-04-2010 11:11pm #1

What station do you think has the best on-air imaging (jingles, liners, promos, voiceovers...etc...)?

Mine would be BBC Radio 1. Chris Moyles' jingles are unbelieveable, his American voice over guy is brilliant. Radio 1 have a great sound all through the day. It's young, fresh and stylish and brilliantly produced

On our side of the pond, Spin 103.8 would be the best IMO. The VOs, the promos, jingles..... As with Radio 1, it's fresh, catchy and well produced.

My least favorite would be RTE 2FM or Dublin's 98FM.... 2FM because it should be miles better. 98 purely because I hate the voice guy! Yucky.

Aye? What about you?

deadhead13 · 24-04-2010 1:50am

I haven't listened to it in a good while now, but Talksports imaging was quite good. Most of it done by ex-The Bill actor, Steven Hartley.

The Most annoying has to be Newstalk's - "Different nation, Different station", "Listen...think...now...feel" and the latest one which I can't think of at the moment, but I know it irritates me.

eth0_ · 24-04-2010 12:29pm

Radio 1 and Spin's imaging makes me cringe. Makes me think of the radio station where Garth and Wayne go for an interview to promote their festival, or the "Dingo and the baby" episode of Family Guy! Or worse still...Atlantic 252's naff as hell imaging.

I usually navigate away from a radio station that uses a faux-yanky voiceover guy or too many fx in their sweepers etc. It does my head in.

I think 6music's is good (they're up for a Sony award for best station imaging this year), and 2FM's is inoffensive.

thejuggler · 24-04-2010 2:10pm

Try 96FM in Cork. They use Sandy Thomas and he leaves the rest in the shade.

Fago! · 29-04-2010 1:38pm

eth0_ wrote: »

Radio 1 and Spin's imaging makes me cringe. Makes me think of the radio station where Garth and Wayne go for an interview to promote their festival, or the "Dingo and the baby" episode of Family Guy! Or worse still...Atlantic 252's naff as hell imaging.

I usually navigate away from a radio station that uses a faux-yanky voiceover guy or too many fx in their sweepers etc. It does my head in.

I think 6music's is good (they're up for a Sony award for best station imaging this year), and 2FM's is inoffensive.

6Music is good...

I love the Yank voiceovers (Except when it's a guy doing a crap american accent)...

sorrywhat · 29-04-2010 3:00pm

I dont even want to mention his name cos Im afraid it will end up in a I love/hate him, but I love Ray Foleys jingles. I like the today FM jingles for the station too.

L1011 · 29-04-2010 3:03pm

Surely the whole american voiceovers thing has had its day - ten years ago, in fact. Sounds utterly jaded and worn out to me, on any station. We're not in the US and its not somewhere we should aim to ape culturally either.

Fago! · 29-04-2010 3:13pm

MYOB wrote: »

Surely the whole american voiceovers thing has had its day - ten years ago, in fact. Sounds utterly jaded and worn out to me, on any station. We're not in the US and its not somewhere we should aim to ape culturally either.

Yeah we should have Arab voiceovers!

sorrywhat wrote: »

I dont even want to mention his name cos Im afraid it will end up in a I love/hate him, but I love Ray Foleys jingles. I like the today FM jingles for the station too.

I love his jingles too, but I think he should update them...

It's the same company that make hris Moyles' jingles. www.music4.com He updates his all the time...

Bard · 30-04-2010 2:20pm

Fago! wrote: »

I love his jingles too, but I think he should update them...

It's the same company that make hris Moyles' jingles. www.music4.com He updates his all the time...

Agreed re: Foley's jingles - I think they're excellent and perfect for that show and timeslot.

Certainly, it'd be great if he updated them more often, like Moyles does - but there's a huge difference in the budget of Today FM for things like that and that of BBC Radio 1 - especially these days!

eth0_ · 30-04-2010 5:28pm

Fago! wrote: »

Yeah we should have Arab voiceovers!

No, this is Ireland, we should have IRISH voiceovers rather than some chump doing a cod-American accent.

Fago! · 30-04-2010 5:28pm

Bard wrote: »

Agreed re: Foley's jingles - I think they're excellent and perfect for that show and timeslot.

Certainly, it'd be great if he updated them more often, like Moyles does - but there's a huge difference in the budget of Today FM for things like that and that of BBC Radio 1 - especially these days!

Good point.

*SAVE UP YER POCKET MONEY FOLEY!!!!*

Moyles' jingles actually make me tingle inside. The whole choir thing is brilliant.

The cheesy song is excellent!

http://www.music4.com/musicservices/catalogue/119/bbc-radio-1/jingles.html

The first three tracks ^^^^^

eth0_ · 30-04-2010 7:59pm

Yes but you have to judge it against the frankly disgustingly large budget he has for that show. When you have millions of the public's money to spend on your jingles, of course they'll be amazing.

Fago! · 30-04-2010 9:12pm

eth0_ wrote: »

No, this is Ireland, we should have IRISH voiceovers rather than some chump doing a cod-American accent.

Irish VOs suck TBH! They suck. Really they do.

Fago! · 30-04-2010 9:17pm

eth0_ wrote: »

Yes but you have to judge it against the frankly disgustingly large budget he has for that show. When you have millions of the public's money to spend on your jingles, of course they'll be amazing.

RE Foley and Moyles' jingles, that's a fair point. I reckon Today Fm can splurge out on a new set for Foley. I like the jingles, but the music needs to be freshened up. Hearing the same piece of jingle music every day is annoying even if there is different lyrics.

Bard · 02-05-2010 2:58am

Fago! wrote: »

Irish VOs suck TBH! They suck. Really they do.

Er... really? What examples are you basing this sweeping generalisation on?

barneygumble · 02-05-2010 7:54am

Can't abide the female voice over they use on Newstalk for the Premiership, the adverts on the Breakfast show, Talking History and the rest. She also appears on Country Mix.

Not sure what effect she is trying for but it makes my skin crawl.

Fago! · 02-05-2010 7:23pm

Bard wrote: »

Er... really? What examples are you basing this sweeping generalisation on?

Every irish VO I've ever heard. The main one I remember is Phantom's and Today Fm's voiceovers. More so the female one on Today Fm. She annoys me.

Also the Stupid irish voices on ads.

eth0_ · 02-05-2010 10:18pm

Fago! wrote: »

RE Foley and Moyles' jingles, that's a fair point. I reckon Today Fm can splurge out on a new set for Foley. I like the jingles, but the music needs to be freshened up. Hearing the same piece of jingle music every day is annoying even if there is different lyrics.

True. Any producer worth their salt can knock up sweepers and jingles at a very low cost to the station. I was able to make some decent ones after teaching myself Adobe Audition for about a week! And they're fun to make so I think there's no excuse for hearing the same jingles over and over again.

re: Irish accents in station imaging - I honestly would prefer to hear Irish accents rather than American or *shudder* an Irish person putting on an American accent. It makes me cringe. But I know what you mean about some Irish voiceovers affecting a posh or bogger accent. It can be just as bad.

Fago! · 02-05-2010 10:50pm

eth0_ wrote: »

True. Any producer worth their salt can knock up sweepers and jingles at a very low cost to the station. I was able to make some decent ones after teaching myself Adobe Audition for about a week! And they're fun to make so I think there's no excuse for hearing the same jingles over and over again..

Yeah I'm pretty good at making jingles and imaging and stuff. It's quite enjoyable...

eth0_ wrote: »

re: Irish accents in station imaging - I honestly would prefer to hear Irish accents rather than American or *shudder* an Irish person putting on an American accent. It makes me cringe. But I know what you mean about some Irish voiceovers affecting a posh or bogger accent. It can be just as bad.

Yeah a good Irish VO I can stick. but not the terrible ones who try to put on an accent or *IMO* are trying to sound different then to how they actually sound. If it's done well, grand. If not, fack off ya hacks.

Plus I'm just biast towards the American VO.

Firetrap · 04-05-2010 7:34pm

I'm biased against bad voiceovers

GiftGrub100 · 04-05-2010 10:51pm

+1 BBC Radio Chris Moyles Show, they really are good and the new ones for this year have a very classy sound

http://www.music4.com/musicservices/catalogue/632/bbc-radio-1/chris-moyles-jingles-january-2010.html

Check out the Ferne Cotton

and when he was stuck in NYC because of the Ash cloud

http://www.music4.com/musicservices/catalogue/641/bbc-radio-1/bbc-radio-1-chris-moyles-stuck-in-new-york-jingles-april-2010.html

Fago! · 05-05-2010 12:17am

GiftGrub100 wrote: »

+1 BBC Radio Chris Moyles Show, they really are good and the new ones for this year have a very classy sound

http://www.music4.com/musicservices/catalogue/632/bbc-radio-1/chris-moyles-jingles-january-2010.html

Check out the Ferne Cotton

and when he was stuck in NYC because of the Ash cloud

http://www.music4.com/musicservices/catalogue/641/bbc-radio-1/bbc-radio-1-chris-moyles-stuck-in-new-york-jingles-april-2010.html

I'm not a fan of this years jingles. I liked the old jazzy ones. I don't like the remix of the cheesy song. The old one had more UMPH!!!

vince · 05-05-2010 11:48pm

beat 102 103 sounds good

klypso · 05-05-2010 11:55pm

vince wrote: »

beat 102 103 sounds good

Here they are with a few other audio clips too: http://www.jinglenews.com/2009/02/24/beat-102-103-2009/

vince · 06-05-2010 5:55pm

i wish i could pick up beat all over west cork its better than the rest and old skool sunday what a show

i am niamh · 14-06-2010 2:46am

Similar to Beat Galway bay fm and LMFMs nighttime Programme use similar if not the same. not sure whose producing it but sounds great. Really hits vocals while delivering the message. Very radio 1

gavindowd · 22-02-2013 10:20pm

i am niamh wrote: »

Similar to Beat Galway bay fm and LMFMs nighttime Programme use similar if not the same. not sure whose producing it but sounds great. Really hits vocals while delivering the message. Very radio 1

Sorry to dig up old threads but the guy that your talking about is Enda Caldwell...

soc160 · 22-02-2013 11:26pm

gavindowd wrote: »

Sorry to dig up old threads but the guy that your talking about is Enda Caldwell...

Its been the best part of 3 years now since this was last discussed, lot of change since then, think we should probably discuss this again now? any changes, anything really good out there or really bad?

siezetheday · 23-02-2013 12:47am

Interesting thread. I'd be interested to hear from posters with experience in jingle production if you'd like to produce some Irish voiced jingles for our online radio station (RadioActive.ie). We've a small budget and really like to promote Irish talent. So if you're interested, leave me a private message.

Infoanon · 23-02-2013 2:52pm

It is 3 years and Spin are still on top imho - 98 still lag far behind....

gavindowd · 23-02-2013 2:54pm

Infoanon wrote: »

It is 3 years and Spin are still on top imho - 98 still lag far behind....

I think Dave Foxx and Becki Miller sound great on 98

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