American Top 40 in the Boston market

[Tim Gordon]

That must be it! Thanks, Ron. Hard to believe that was ever released, let
alone that it's cataloged somewhere.


On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 9:19 AM Ron <obrienron2@gmail.com> wrote:

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> >> I remember "The Spirit of New England" as a catchy ~1-2 minute promo
> tune on WRKO AM680 in the mid- or late-70's at the very tail end of their
> music days. It was played in rotation just like regular songs, not set
> apart in ad breaks.
>
> I believe you are thinking about " The* Rhythm*  of New England" A song
> that was cut up into jingles.
>
>
> *https://www.discogs.com/Jim-Kirk-The-Rhythm-Of-New-England-RKO-Song/release/3321818*
> <https://www.discogs.com/Jim-Kirk-The-Rhythm-Of-New-England-RKO-Song/release/3321818>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boston-Radio-Interest <
> boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org> On Behalf Of Tim
> Gordon
> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 4:15 PM
> To: Boston Radio Group <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>
> Subject: Re: American Top 40 in the Boston market
>
> I remember "The Spirit of New England" as a catchy ~1-2 minute promo tune
> on WRKO AM680 in the mid- or late-70's at the very tail end of their music
> days. It was played in rotation just like regular songs, not set apart in
> ad breaks.
>
> --Tim
>
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 4:08 PM Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajority.org>
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> wrote:
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> > <<On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 15:59:58 -0500, Garrett Wollman <
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> > wollman@bimajority.org> said:
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> >
>
> > <<On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 11:11:35 -0500, Donna Halper
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> > <dlh@donnahalper.com>
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> > said:
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> > >> In the mid-1960s, WBZ was using "the Spirit of 103" in many of
>
> > >> their promotional ads, and then they transitioned into "the Spirit
>
> > >> of New England" in the early 70s. I also vaguely recall a jingle
>
> > >> from that era about "the spirit of Massachusetts is the Spirit of New
> England."
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> >
>
> > > Not from that era!  That was the Massachusetts tourism jingle from
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> > > the late 1980s.  (Which is also when they changed the license plate
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> > > design to add that slogan.)
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> >
>
> > And now I belatedly realize that I was thinking of "The Spirit of
>
> > America", and Donna wrote "The Spirit of New England".  Sorry, Donna,
>
> > my error.
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> >
>
> > -GAWollman
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> >
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> >
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