Tulsa, Oklahoma’s 98.5 KVOO is the “Voice of Oklahoma” (VOO) and is playing Today’s Country Variety.

Program Director Luke Jensen rang us up and ordered a tasty selection of cuts from our JR FM package topped off with the Top of Hour from the Kix 106 package and it sounds great.

We looked all over the world for a fresh, innovative sound that would allow us to stand out in the marketplace.  Once we found the IQ JR FM package, the decision was easy.  The JR FM package has the contemporary feel that we were looking for, it’s different, and will help further differentiate KVOO from our competitors. There is nothing better in this business than getting a great product from a great group of people!   This was the easiest, most stress free process I have ever been through!

-Luke Jensen, Program Director 98.5 KVOO

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The European customs continue to fly off the shelves with this new bespoke effort for RMF FM in Krakow.  Broadcasting nationally throughout Poland as the most popular station, the brief was to craft 20 custom cuts that are each “mini hit songs” in a mere 12 seconds in length or less… All just as varied as RMF’s dynamic AC playlist.

With short transitions and even shorter mixes complimented by each theme having a logo mix with it’s own instrumental lead instrument, their new package is even more potent than a bottle of Luksusowa!

We love the package we’ve made with IQ Beats! It’s a step ahead of the music we play and really captures the sound we were looking for as a European station between CHR and HOT AC targeting mostly women 25-39.

The communication was great and everything was delivered on time. The creativity and writing of outstanding melodies paired with their attention to detail is unmatched. The vocalists they work with are talented and versatile while lending great variety to the entire package.

We will definitely work with IQ Beats for future projects!

-Adam Czerwinski, RMF FM

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Let’s dance with Radio 1075 Stockshols Enda Dans Golv! Radio 1075 is THE Dance station of Stockholm and is presented by popular local DJ’s such as Gordon Eriksson, Thomas Hansen and Patrik Hallmert. Radio 1075 is formerly known as Studio 1075 and have taken delivery of our WKTU New York package to brand their re-launch with style.

For this syndication, IQ Beats and Music and Images have worked together to produce a version of the WKTU package that has Thomas Hansen saying, “The jingles even sound better than the KTU originals!”

Have a listen to our montage of stager cuts below, head to here at iqbeats.com for a blow by blow, or head to the Music and Images site to hear the cuts at length.

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Clear, concise, elegant and soulful. UTV Radio has launched its dynamic, new on-air imaging on Staffordshire and Cheshire’s Signal 1 with the other 12 stations in the network each due to launch their respective versions soon.

Composed by Steven Scalfati and Patrick Napper, the package exhibits a range of mood, style, color and emotion while blending perfectly with the varied playlists found throughout UTV’s UK network.

We always love to have our clients from the UK and beyond visit us at our downtown Seattle tequila bar and clubhouse production facilities. UTV Radio’s Deputy Group Programme Director Simon Walkington made the pilgrimage to oversee vocal recording, get his hands on some mixes and find out what tequila is all about:

We are delighted with our new package. On first listen I was truly gob smacked. Working with the guys at IQ Beats is a bit harrowing with the free-flowing tequila, but how can you question the results?

They patiently got to know our brand(s), tirelessly worked on beds until they were perfect, mixed in world-class vocalists and presented us with jingles that complement our great playlist. IQ Beats have really taken our station imaging to a whole new level.

Click here to hear each component of the package and stay tuned to the blog for future additions showcasing the enormous amount of work that went into writing, recording, editing and mixing a custom package for thirteen different sings all at one time. Now may be a good time to remind you to subscribe to our feed so as not to miss out on any of the IQ action.

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Rusty James and the rest of the crew at Evansville, Indiana’s 93-5 The Wolf have recently taken delivery of a wolfrageous re-sing of our 100.7 The Wolf package and a healthy dose of Country X Factors.

As we were mixing down cut after cut, Rusty was already putting them on air! Either he is one eager beaver or he truly loves our stuff. Think he’s a fan of the IQ spin on music imaging for the Wolf? Let’s see:

The guys at IQ Beats know how to produce radio jingles for program directors… They give you all of the things you wish you had with other jingle packages like several mix-outs with every element of your jingle package at your fingertips for production.

If you are a Wolf Country station, I don’t know why you would use anything else! -Rusty James, Program Director, 93.5 The Wolf Evansville, Indiana

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IQ Beats is proud to announce our latest custom music-imaging package for LBC, our third in a longstanding relationship with Executive Producer Chris Lowrie and the first under the ownership of Global Radio. LBC is London’s premier News/Talk station on 97.3 FM and across the UK on DAB digital radio.

Composers Patrick Napper and Steven Scalfati worked closely with Programme Director Jonathan Richards and Mr. Lowrie to produce a package bringing together a contemporary, authoritative and confident sound to reflect LBC as a ‘news talk’ station and live orchestrations, using strings and horns, to reflect the emotion of real and honest conservations. It is a winning combination not previously found in any other package and is designed to confirm London’s premier talk radio station as bold, modern, confident and proud.

The package is a true achievement and is the culmination of 4 months of focused composition, communication, coordination, scheduling, production, recording, editing and mixing made possible by the talent of Steven and Patrick, the clear vision laid out by Jonathan and Chris at LBC, and the 80 other persons instrumentally involved in the package.

Chris Lowrie had this to say:

We are delighted with this exciting new sound for LBC 97.3, making us stand out from the rest of the market. It’s fresh and distinctive and reflects LBC as the best talk station in London.

Chris Lowrie, Executive Producer, LBC 97.3 FM

The package is diverse with themes for: Daytime, Nighttime, Top of Hour, Travel, Breakfast, and 911 News. In addition, there is an absolutely majestic Main Theme as well as a huge workpart kit of atmospheres and Logo ID’s.

Head to IQ Beats.com to hear the vast majority of the the new LBC 2008 Package, or click More to view video and images from behind the scenes. (more…)

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Stations imaging with IQ Beats custom music have scored a hat trick for awards this week. Our friends at BBC Radio Manchester have taken the Gold from the Frank Gillard Awards for BBC Local Radio to go alongside station sound winners and proud IQ custom package recipients Newstalk 106 in Ireland and JR fm in Canada.

As our first opportunity to employ the grandeur of a live orchestra, it is with no doubt that the depth and diversity of our BBC Radio Manchester custom package featuring Manchester’s own BBC Philharmonic provides the station with the mojo it needs to take such an award.

Managing Editor John Ryan had this to say:

Hello. I’m delighted to announce we have won the Gold award for Station Sound at the Frank Gillard Awards for BBC Local Radio 2007. This is our third Gold since relaunching, and the second award for our station sound this year.

The Station Sound team are responsible for everything that’s not content or broadcasters - trails, music programming, jingles, audio production, running orders etc etc. It’s a vital part of defining our brand, conducting the rhythmn and discipline of the radio station.

Very many congratulations to Stuart Barrett and Toby Whitehouse (not forgetting Kate Dinsdale - a couple of her pieces of work were on the tape too!) who lead this work, but also to our entire on-air team for their engagement with this important part of what we do and their creative use of this stuff. Thanks also due to Craig Kelly and the wonderful Trish Bertram for their voice talent, and to Michael, Steven, Kip and Patrick at IQ Beats, our jingle house - as well as Michael and Karen, our singers, and the BBC Philharmonic here in Manchester who provided the string performances. A brilliant team effort. Well done.

* Despite not getting a nomination for Hatton in Vegas in the Sports Awards, a special judges commendation was read out at the awards. So well done to Ian, Sarah, Kev, Andy and the sports team involved in our coverage of this important story.

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93.7 JRfm WINS CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION’S MAJOR MARKET RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR!

Our friends up the road in Vancouver, BC have gone and won themselves some serious recognition. Awards like this are won due to great listeners, a great programmer and of course the seriously slick custom package we crafted for Gord and the gang.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Gerry Siemens, Vice President and General Manager of 93.7 JRfm (CJJR FM), is pleased to announced that JRfm has been named Canadian Country Music Association’s Major Market Radio Station of the Year. The station received the award Sunday night in Regina at the CCMA Gala Dinner.“I’m very proud of our team in Vancouver” Siemens says. “The Pattison Broadcast Group believes in Total Team Involvement and this recognition of the job that we do together, as a radio station, is outstanding. Our hard-working staff and our listeners deserve a big pat on their backs for helping achieve this honour.”

The CCMA Major Market Radio Station of the Year award was judged by peers in the industry. JRfm’s presentation was deemed the best, and represents the pinnacle in Canadian country radio for 2007.

This award will be added to JRfm’s growing award case. JRfm was also named Country Station of the Year in 2004, 2005 & 2006 at Canadian Music Week, an annual event that takes place in Toronto.

“It’s wonderful there are people who recognize our station as being the best country station in Canada” said JRfm Program Director Gord Eno. “However we are only as good as our listeners, which means our listeners are the best in Canada too!”

93.7 JRfm and sister station Unforgettable 600AM are part of the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group.

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The PPI Radio Awards are a celebration of the art and skill of radio production and programming in Ireland.

This is the seventh year of the awards, and this year IQ Beats client Newstalk 106 took 4 awards, no doubt due in part to the fantastic custom package crafted for them.

The main award was for National Station of the Year with other awards for Best News Programme, Best Sports Programme, and Best Short Feature.

From the announcement on Newstalk’s site:

At the 2007 PPI Radio Awards, Newstalk 106-108 fm won four awards. Wittier, sharper and more controversial than any other broadcaster, Newstalk’s offering is the result of a fantastic group of people all striving towards one goal - to get Ireland talking.

Newstalk’s awards in full:

• National Station of the Year
• Lunchtime with Eamon Keane - News Programme
• Off The Ball - Sports Programme
• Short Feature - Moncrieff’s Henry McKean: “Don’t be Mean, Vote McKean”

Newstalk 106-108 fm Aircheck | Download 3MB

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When you’re top radio consultant Ray Arthur bee-bopping around London and hearing our phenomenal Heart Network package filling the airwaves with all sorts of radness, naturally which package do you turn to for the the re-launch of Angel FM 88.9 in Athens, Greece?

You weigh your options for .5 seconds and then get on the horn to IQ HQ and get the package sung in the style of the Heart original with a stylized open sing of “Angel” and a powerful finish of “This is Angel”. A few of the cuts feature alternate open sings for Club Classics, Summertime and Time Tunnel.

Stay tuned for a montage at the end of the post, but first let us share with you a glowing testimonial from Mr. Arthur himself…

I wanted to write you and say how happy we are with the new Angel jingle package.

The comments we are getting from both people in the industry and, more importantly the listeners, is the quality of the package is of a very high standard. They sound very international and not ‘cheesy’ like other packages.

Again, thanks for a great job. I look forward to using IQ Beats again soon.

–Ray Arthur, Ray Arthur Radio Consulting

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