Does any one havecthe jimgle from the 90’s of Beacon from the wrekin jingle? It have a list of the towns in shropshire as did the 97.2 jimgle for the Black country

At 0:22 seconds the voiceover is Chris Harper. He joined Beacon in August 1976 (from Swansea Sound) and stayed until mid-1980 when he moved Alberta, Canada. He's still there and is the owner/creative cirector at ADVICE Advertising & Marketing in Calgary. Great presenter, great voice and great guy.

The voiceover at 4:10 is Mark Williams.  He was at Beacon from its start until early 1979.  He'd come from Radio City and in 1979 he went to work in Australia, Canada and then numberous stations in the UK.

Beacon's first news jingle at 8:44 based on Isaac Hayes'  "Theme from Shaft".

Great montage - Beacon really knew how to do imaging

Pirate FM also had this cut from Z100 New York

Does anyone have the full news jingle from the early 80s (8:54) in this montage.

The JAM jingles in this montage are my favorites. ^_^

This montage contains jingles, idents and *off-air audio clips from Beacon Radio, which served the West Midlands and Shropshire, England. 

The station commenced broadcasting in 1976 on 303 metres, 989 kHz (realigned to the universal 990 kHz definition) and 97.2 VHF/FM to the Wolverhampton and Black Country area(s), before extending to nearby Shropshire in 1987 on 103.1 FM. The AM/FM frequencies split in 1989 and an 'melodic-orientated' station was launched - "Nice 'n' Easy Radio WABC". A Shropshire AM transmitter was added during 1990, although WABC became a general 'oldies' station in 1991. 

Beacon's parent company was purchased by GWR Group PLC and rebranded as 'Beacon FM' in 1997, before reverting back to 'Beacon Radio' in 2005. The name WABC was gradually phased out in favour of GWR's 'Classic Gold', before latterly becoming 'Gold'.

Beacon's AM and FM services were purchased by Orion Media in 2009 along with other former Gcap Media stations in the Midlands. The name disappeared altogether in 2012 when Beacon along with BRMB, Mercia and Wyvern became 'Free Radio'. 'Gold' in the former Beacon, BRMB and Mercia areas were rebranded 'Free Radio 80's'.

In 2013; Free Radio moved out of Beacon's historic studios at '267 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton' and moved to Oldbury in Warley.  

The station names:- Beacon Radio, Beacon Radio 303, Beacon FM, Beacon Shropshire, Free Radio, Nice 'N' Easy Radio WABC, WABC, Classic Gold, Gold, Free Radio 80's

The jingle companies:- EMIson, Yamco/TM Communications Inc, Alfasound, JAM Creative Productions Inc, TM Studios Inc, Wise Buddah

- All material protected under Copyright the applicable company/organisation

*With thanks to aircheckdownloads.com for scoped aircheck audio.

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