newsguy22 59 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 I'm wondering if anyone knows about parts Stephen Arnold's "Counterpoint" theme that were re-worked into a music package for news radio stations. If you head to the NMSA and listen to the "Counterpoint" theme, right at 1:59, there is a 30 second cut that sounds identical to the "headlines" theme used by WWL 870 AM and a couple of other news/talk radio stations in the 1990s. I can't find any information online about a possible Counterpoint-based music package for news radio, and WWL radio and Stephen Arnold haven't been much help. Just curious to see if anyone on this board might have some insight. Thanks! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4501-counterpoint-as-a-radio-theme/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 WBEN here in Buffalo used that same exact cut in the late '90's. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4501-counterpoint-as-a-radio-theme/#findComment-42107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sctvhound 27 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Also, Nonstop Music's "First News" is also used on the radio, as the exact cut that WRAZ used for their ten o'clock news around 2000 or so is still used by WCBS-AM in New York, and WTOP in Washington used it at the top of the hour and probably at other times for the better part of a decade. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4501-counterpoint-as-a-radio-theme/#findComment-42111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnoxvilleTVFan 286 Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 WLAC-AM 1510 in Nashville, TN used it in the late 1990s to the early 2000s. I wish I could share the clip as I recorded it but unfortunately, I don't have it as I recorded over it. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4501-counterpoint-as-a-radio-theme/#findComment-42132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKyuubi 0 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Speaking of news themes on the radio, last time I listened to KOMO 1000 (don't ask why, okay? over the web), they were using Battery (which is of course, the KOMO 4 News theme). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4501-counterpoint-as-a-radio-theme/#findComment-42241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
first on fox 18 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Way back when WRKZ (B94) broadcasted Howard Stern in the AM, they used a cut of Sinclair News Package oddly enough. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4501-counterpoint-as-a-radio-theme/#findComment-42244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFTV 526 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 760 KFMB (AM) used to use Impact back in the 90's and RHRN for its news updates. Now that they became more of a talk format, its been a while since i tuned to the AM dial so I dont know if their using Seize the Day on their AM Station as they currently use this as their news package on TV. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4501-counterpoint-as-a-radio-theme/#findComment-42284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricNewsHD 0 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 ...seems like we should open another topic on radio stations that use TV news packages...if there isn't one already... WINK Newsradio (AM1240/1270) in Fort Myers uses 360 music's 'Viral' package. Radio was added to the license agreement when affiliate WINK TV started using it. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4501-counterpoint-as-a-radio-theme/#findComment-42290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 192 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 In the mid-'90s(?), NewsRadio 1140 WRVA used a cut from Stephen Arnold's "Signature" (5:55-6:05 on NMSA) for weather updates from WWBT-NBC12 on the morning show. I remember WWBT also used the package for its newscasts at the time. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4501-counterpoint-as-a-radio-theme/#findComment-42446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsProducer 0 Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 When KRDO NewsRadio 105.5 FM & 1240 AM first launched in Colorado Springs, they used the same mix of The Hearst News Package and U-Phonix that KRDO-TV was using. Eventually they picked up some package from KSL Newsradio in Salt Lake City, though. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/4501-counterpoint-as-a-radio-theme/#findComment-43690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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