Heading into a new year is often a time for reflection and the crew here at IQ Beats would like to take a moment to look back on a fun 2007, briefly touch on things to come and issue some well deserved thanks.

The year was filled with quite a few interesting custom packages, a ton of cleverly crafted re-sings, many additions to existing packages, a few groundbreaking one-off commissions, forays into the music world outside of radio and a whole bunch of tequila Fridays.

Let’s first have a look at the larger custom packages:

• 104.6 RTL - Berlin
• Fun Radio - France
• 100.7 The Wolf - Seattle
• Fox FM - UK
• Newstalk 106 - Ireland.

And some of the more memorable re-sings:

• Angel 88.9 - Athens (Heart Network)
• Kick 104 - Rapid City, SD (The Wolf)
• Froggy 99.9 - Fargo, ND (KSON)
• KWJJ - Portland, OR (The Wolf)
• Bright FM - Sussex, UK (Heart 106.2)
• KBWF - San Francisco, CA (The Wolf)
• Megaswara - Jakarta, Indonesia (Fox FM)
• KQFC - Boise, ID (KSON)
• WPKR - Oshkosh, WI (The Wolf)
• Eagle Radio - Surrey and Hampshire, UK (96.6 TFM)
• Q102 - Dublin, Ireland (Heart 106.2)

Packages that received new cuts:

• BBC Radio Manchester: Main news theme freshening and remix, the Manchester Now theme, a new Sports theme, a fresh new Traffic theme, and Anniversary theme celebrating one year on-air as BBC Radio Manchester, and close to 3,000 new presenter sings.
• Country X Factor: Spawned 20 new cuts
• Heart Network: Two Christmas themes, a Feelgood Music Live theme, Feelgood Friday theme, two more breakfast Anthems, two breakfast comedy themes, and a bed for Heart Laugh
• LBC: An all-new Top of Hour for 2007 as well as two additional themes used at various times of day

One-off Commissions

BBC Radio 1 - The world’s most-listened to chart show was due for a freshening up and a distinctive new theme was the order. IQ Beats composer Patrick Napper delivered with a great cut that continues to sound fresh on air.

Savebuckets.com - Mr. Phil Angel of UKRD came knocking for someone to craft a piece of music based on a zany idea in his head and we delivered a custom theme featuring a men’s choir used to promote the online comparison shopping site.

Big Ups (In alphabetical order)

Arno Müller, Bad Animals, Ben Wong, Big Bang & Fuzz, Charlie Nordstrom, Chris Bailey, Chris Lowrie, Cliff Goldmacher, Dan Akers, Dan Schulz, Dave Howe, David Sabee, Elliot Mulhern, Eric Paul, Francis Currie, Gary Eckert, Henry Vienayoko, Hoppy Gilmore, Ian Fish, Jamie Hunsdale, Jamie Scott, Jimmy Dulin, John Helde, John Ryan, Jonathan Richards, Jonathan Yudkins, Josh Evans, Kate Dinsdale, Lance Tidwell, Mark Browning, Mark Hall, Mark Sadler, Martin Bruce, Martin Dumschat, Matt Vaughn, Michiel Lisseveld, Mike McAuliffe, Mike Moore, Mike Ryan, Music and Images, Paul Gulmans, Paul Hollins, Paul Jones, Paul McGrath, Peter Gordon, Reed Ruddy, Rick Stewart, Rob Newby, Rob Walker, Robert Puff, Ross Ford, Russ Evans, Russ Pahl, Sam Hofstedt, Scott Mahalick, Simon Beale, Simon James, Simon Walkington, Stuart Barrett, Stuart Davies, Studio X, Tim Ryan, Tom McGurk, and Wendi Wills.

We are sorry if we forgot to put you on the list, but here’s to having you on it next year!!

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