WCBS 880 News radio New York - News theme

Composed by non-stop music, here is WCBS's TOH and Half-hour news theme.

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[Rockthered8]

Anybody know where I can find a clip of WCBS' traffic sounder that plays on the 8's?

[QCnewsmusic]

@Rockthered8 Do you have some interesting news music to trade ? ;-)

[devswartz]

A variation of this cut is still used on WTOP-FM in Washington, D.C. as the :59 top of hour before CBS Radio News and the bottom-of-hour open. They began using some other cue about a year ago for the local open at :03.

[QCnewsmusic]

I know! But it is strange, because I can't find the WTOP version in the First news package. Did WTOP producer only change the ''pitch'' or is is a new track composed especially for WTOP ?

[vwestlife]

It's amazing that even after all these years, news themes still have a bit of Morse Code rhythm to them.

[notyourraven]

the most epic theme

[transvideos1992]

I only wish they had the 1010 WINS sounders. Those sounders are just slightly better than this one. Especially the 20 minute theme.

[tonyny77]

@devswartz -- May I further comment. As my other post mentions, WTOP very often winds up running the close of the sounder together with the open of CBS News on the hour. It's simply awful-sounding. I haven't tuned into WCBS for quite a while, but they've done a MUCH better job of it by using the sounder as a bed under the news tease, with the end arriving and enough time to announce, "At the tone, WCBS news time is ?? o'clock ... BOING!" Beautiful! WTOP? Really bad! Just my opinion.

[tonyny77]

@devswartz -- I've had the same curiosity that your comment reflects. I'm only guessing, but I think WTOP played around with it and edited a version cut to match their timing needs exactly, but I have to emphasize, that's just a guess. I've noticed they often fail the timing on it or they just roll it late, thus the CBS time tone tramples the close of this sounder, which I never-ever liked, but WCBS cut theirs differently and it doesn't sound quite as bad. Just my opinion.

[Pookatube]

Check out the BBC Radio 2 theme for the Steve Wright show...could be the next WCBS Newsradio 88 theme!

[ABSCBNCBS]

That Theme is also used by WCPO in Cincinnati,Ohio back when they are CBS AFFILIATE and THE END...

WCPO is now an ABC AFFILIATE in 1996...

[Rockthered8]

Hey do you know the name of this? Is is just "wcbs news theme" or something like that?

[Rockthered8]

@QCnewsmusic I have some WINS stuff... but thats about it.

[lanebd00]

@scottknitter London's nice...but not the Greatest!