Two years ago we unleashed a bespoke package for 104.6 RTL - Berlin featuring the famous Kiss Chicago/Kiss Dallas logo and Arno und die RLT crew are back for more.  As they say, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.

The cuts feature a slightly more organic feel this time around and are the perfect foundation for Arno and the Morning Crew and the rest of Berlin’s Hit Radio to rock their mix of Hot AC across Berlin’s twelve boroughs.  12 ramps + 12 long stagers + 12 short stagers + 12 shotguns + 12 boroughs = Boom.sauce to the 12th power.

As with the first package, we’ve set-up a call center with operators standing by for you to order up your own version of that venerable 3 note logo that no one can seem to shake loose from their consciousness.

And a shout out is due to Michiel Lisseveld and Paul Gulmans at Music And Images for being the link that brought this package to fruition.  Things happen in 3’s, right?  Well, we’ve just done Fun Radio - France and RTL - Berlin… What else you got for us guys?

Check out RTL - Berlin 1 here and/or all the cuts from the new RTL - Berlin 2 here.  Ch-check the face-melting demo below…

2009 RTL - Berlin 2

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Boom-shaka-laka —-> Our muy bon amigos from Fun Radio France have hit us up for their 3rd installment of IQ awesomeness in the form of 15 new themes, all with an upbeat Electro-Dance feel.

With every cut being in a major key, Fun Radio is turning up the smile for listeners and relentlessly promoting their brand of Fun, Fun, Fun.  Turn frowns upside down in your market and get yo’ self a slice of the Fun.

As with the previous two packages, the producers at Fun like to take the a capella vocals and spin new tales of audio awesomeness to go along with the heaping of awesomeness unloaded on them by yours truly.  And speaking of awesomeness, we’d like to once again thank our European reps Michiel Lisseveld and Paul Gulmans at Music And Images for brokering the deal and being the coolest of dudes.  Grazie.  Ooops… Merci!

Fun Radio 1 is here whilst Fun Radio 2 is partying over here… Check out the demo below for the new package or rendez-vous with all the cuts and mix-outs for Fun Radio 3 individually here at iqbeats.com.

Fun Radio 3

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We are proud to announce the North American debut of our 95.8 Capital FM package for Virgin Radio 999 - Toronto, the Astral Media Hot A/C flagship of Canada’s Virgin Radio.

Virgin has selected the entire package with all 16 cuts using their heritage logo adapted from the Capital FM logo for a perfect fit that sounds nothing short of bespoke.  Stay tuned for breakfast imaging to be produced soon.

Check out a quick montage of the cuts here or head to IQ Beats.com and hear each cut individually here.

Virgin 999 - Toronto Montage | Download 1.6MB

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As CFRB Newstalk 1010 is Toronto’s oldest broadcaster, Program Director Mike Bendixon was looking for a sound to maintain the heritage of the station while moving the sound forward.  This was to be accomplished while eschewing a typical four-on-the-floor and electronic-leaning news package.  Hmmmm… Who to call?

IQ composer Patrick Napper has just returned from Toronto and is proud to announce that our friends at Newstalk 1010 have begun airing our new bespoke News/Talk package and it’s sounding great on air!  Here are a few pics of Patrick haunting the Newstalk 1010 offices in Midtown on St. Clair Avenue…

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The package is comprised of 9 themes touching on the main topics needed for the News/Talk format:  News, Traffic, Weather, Sports, Breaking News, Morning Drive, Afternoon Drive, Business and Entertainment.

Par usual with any IQ Beats package, each main theme is broken down and supplied with a bunch of mixouts to give editors and producers maximum flexibility with the package.  Mixes found are:  Fulls, Beds with 3 thinner versions, Front Stagers, two End Tags per theme, two detached logo versions per theme and a mix of drums-only alongside the same thing, but with effects.   Plenty of tools to keep Newstalk 1010 sounding fresh and will-imaged for a long, long time to come.

Check out each of the demo, each main themes below or audition the entire package here at IQ Beats.com

CFRB - Newstalk 1010 Demo

News

Traffic

Weather

Breaking News

Morning Drive

Afternoon Drive

Sports

Business

Entertainment

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We just got sent a funny piece of audio from PG of The Peter Gordon Breakfast Show on 96.4 Eagle Radio in Surrey and Hampshire, UK.  It appears as if PG and fellow presenter Posh Al were talking about 16 September, or “Stay Away From Seattle Day” as it’s known outside the hometown of IQ Beats.

Posh Al was postulating that perhaps it was due to the dreadful weather when PG acknowledges that if it weren’t for Seattle (and IQ Beats), his great breakfast imaging simply would not exist.

Not a lot of meat to this… Just a funny Friday post to brighten your day.  Have a great weekend!

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KUPL + new ownership = New jingles!  Today Portland’s KUPL begins to air their very own version of our KSON package throughout Greater-Portland, Oregon and the surrounding Willamette Valley.

The themes from this package are uniquely mixed out into guitar-driven versions, traditional Country inspired versions featuring dobro, mandolin or pedal steel, and thinner acoustic guitar-led versions.  The 10 music themes are rounded out with a morning cut for KUPL’s Lee and Alana as well as a weather cut lifted from our JR FM package.

Y’all know we got love for the KWJJ as their airing our 100.7 The Wolf package and now KUPL are part of the family.  Daddy can’t pick favorites but can be proud that both are sounding as great on-air with awesome jingles.

Click here to head to the main site and hear each cut individually or have a little listen to a montage of elements from the package below.

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On this the 7th Day of September we are thrilled to announce a major new project we have been developing with the Heart Network. If you are a regular follower of this blog you’ll know that there are now 33 Heart stations in the UK all sporting our custom Heart Network Music Imaging package which can be found here.

We work closely with the talented team at Global Radio on a variety of projects and one of the major things we have in common with the guys over the pond is the desire to keep the music fresh and up to date and this can be heard in our re-image of Heart Breakfast today.

From this morning all Heart stations are running new breakfast music themes and new versions of our light-hearted breakfast songs. The cuts break down into a variety of different elements, top of hour cuts, out of break IDs, ramps and promo beds. Each site has the name of it’s host or hosts sung on both cuts and as you can imagine this has been a major job!

Have a listen to a variety of the cuts and sings for the main anthems…

Theme 1 - Brasso

TOH Donuts

Promo Donuts

Ramps

Shotguns

Theme 2 - La Proof

TOH Donuts

Promo Donuts

Ramps

Shotguns

and the new Comedy Song

Alarm Clock

Autumn

Best Show

Eat Bad

First Hour

Pregnant

Rocket

School Run

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This morning at 6am GMT nine more stations in the Global Radio portfolio re-branded to Heart, completing the roll out of the brand to 33 of their broadcasting areas. This is tremendously exciting for all of us at IQ Beats and quite an accomplishment for both the Heart brand and Global Radio.

We have been working on the imaging package that has been deployed across the brand since April last year with updates at regular intervals since.  Whew!

In case you don’t know what this is all about, here is a link to the custom Heart package from 2008 that is the foundation aligning all the stations in the network to feature one music imaging identity.

Click to read the fine print

It got us wondering about the individual IQ breakfast packages that all Heart stations are now running. We have now re-sung our breakfast anthems for Heart 33 times. That is 33 sets of presenters for 33 local breakfast shows… Quite an achievement.  Here is just a small sampling:

Breakfast Anthem 1 montage

Breakfast Anthem 2 montage

Finally, we are also thrilled that IQ Beats music imaging has been used in the brand new Heart TV commercial rolling out across the UK from this weekend. The use of one of our Heart music themes really shows the strength and versatility of the package to perform exquisitely on both radio and TV.

Click to play (link unavailable outside the UK)

Many thanks to everybody at Global Radio that we have worked so closely with over the past few months on the Heart project.  Keep checking back for updates to our continuously growing Heart Network imaging package or simply contact us to get a version of your own!

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As Wimbledon (the greatest tournament in tennis) gets fired up, so does 5 Live with a brand new custom imaging piece from IQ Beats to compliment and showcase their coverage.  Following shortly behind is a bespoke theme for the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifier matches soon to be captivating the interest of UK rugby fans.  Also coming soon are a theme for horse racing and an interactive bed.

In looking back we’ve realized that we forgot to share a theme produced last year for 5 Live’s “Life’s Not Rehearsed” segment featuring presenters talking about their most memorable moments in live commentary.  Check out the past and present themes below and check back soon for more.

Wimbledon

Rugby

Life’s Not Rehearsed - Promo 1

Life’s Not Rehearsed - Promo 2

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As well as gearing up for the launch of the next set of Heart stations around the UK, our friends at Global Radio have been busy launching a brand new show presented by former Spice Girl Emma Bunton (who I had a major crush on).

Emma has joined Heart to present the Friday drivetime slot in London and a new music-based show on all the Heart stations in the network on Saturday afternoons.  Check out a Q&A with Emma on Heart’s website here.

We were thrilled when given the challenge to create a little extra IQ sparkle for Emma with a quick turnaround of just a few days. The whole team pulled together to create a piece of work we are all very proud of - A brand new theme that has the flavor of Heart with a touch of Spice Girls retro.  Spice up your life!

Check out the main ramp mix below or head to IQ Beats.com and check out all the mix-outs here.

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