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New BBC Radio Manchester Themes

kip — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:29:06 +0000

Managing Editor John Ryan and the fine folks at BBC Radio Manchester have begun airing some new themes to freshen up their original BBC Radio Manchester custom package from way back in the salad days of ~~2008~~ ~~2007~~ 2006.

Now in use are a new Top of Hour theme with updated Travel and Weather themes.

Thank you to BBC Radio Manchester’s Stuart Barrett for pulling some examples of the new themes being used on-air for your listening enjoyment here.

2010 BBC Radio Manchester - Top of Hour, Travel and Weather Aircheck

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99.7 EZ Rock

kip — Fri, 28 May 2010 21:46:02 +0000

We are pleased to announce the debut of 99.7 EZ ROCK in Ottawa rolling out with our Heart Network 2 jingle package as their imaging choice. They went for pretty much the entire lot and even commissioned jingles for their morning programming! Thanks to all involved with the production of the package - It was great working with you!

Previously Astral Media took delivery of the first North American re-sing of our 95.8 Capital FM jingle package for Virgin Radio - Toronto and it has been great to work with them again. Here’s from the official press release of the 99.7 EZ ROCK debut:

OTTAWA, May 27, 2010 – Astral today unveiled 99.7 EZ ROCK as the National Capital Region’s new “At Work” radio station – designed by women, for women. The best soft rock and pop rock music from the past five decades is the sizzle behind its Mainstream Adult Contemporary format. 99.7 EZ ROCK promises more uninterrupted music flow. It’s currently the only radio station in Canada broadcasting continuous 99-Minute Music Mixes during the work day. At the same time, 99.7 EZ ROCK offers more music variety and lots of fun. All of which is packed into a highly interactive experience customized for women in Ottawa.

Congratulations and we’re cheering for a smashing success.

Check out a montage of the cuts

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LBC Election Theme

kip — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:47:35 +0000

It’s a bit of a shame that the political process in the UK is only a month long… This Election Theme just made for LBC would have run for two years in the United States!!

The Election Theme was based off of the Main Theme from the 2008 LBC package that we created whilst Creative Director Chris Lowrie and Programme Director Jonathan Richards were in town to experience the orchestral recording and mixing of the new package.

Please check out The New LBC 2008 Package post to see and hear more about this monumental package.

LBC 2010 Election Theme | Aircheck

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WZPL - Indianapolis

IQ Beast — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:00:54 +0000

Scott Sands, Program Director for Z99.5 WZPL in Indianapolis, IN has just rolled out a bangin’ version of our 95.8 Capital FM package that is even more winning than Manning and the Colts. The airing of the package also marks the debut of the Capital package in the U.S.

Their version is not without a special twist as it sees the creation of Super Shotgun length mixes of the cuts just the right size for dropping their call letters like they’re hot. In addition to the music themes, ZPL are running the morning themes for the Smiley Breakfast Show and took Capital’s Summertime Ball theme and has refashioned it or their Request-A-Thon benefiting the Make A Wish Foundation.

Hear a short montage of the cuts below or head to the main site and listen to the package cut by cut and check out the newly minted Super Shotguns here.

Z99.5 WZPL - Indianapolis Montage

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953 The Wolf, WLFK

kip — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:01:33 +0000

Hey Friendos,

Sorry that it’s been forever and a day since we’ve updated this thing. We’ve been busy focusing on a couple of different custom packages that are in various stages of completion.

While we nurture those and inch them toward the finish line, have a listen to our 100.7 The Wolf package that 953 The Wolf in Watertown, NY started airing recently.

953 The Wolf - Watertown, NY

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104.6 RTL - Berlin 2

IQ Beast — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:02:42 +0000

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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Fun Radio 3 - France

IQ Beast — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:33:01 +0000

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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Virgin Radio 999 Toronto

IQ Beast — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:44:27 +0000

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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New Custom for Newstalk 1010 - Toronto

IQ Beast — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:32:10 +0000

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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All Our Jingles Are Made In Seattle

IQ Beast — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:39:44 +0000

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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