CLASSIC MUTUAL BROADCASTING SOUNDERS

Dennis Daily reaches into the archives for some of the former Mutual Broadcasting System's incredible, splashy news, sports and special events sounders from the late 1970s and early '80.

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[5BGVO4]

BE-doop!!

[SkeeterVT]

Does Dennis Daily's Mutual Radio archive include the sounders for the Mutual Black Network? WBLS-FM in New York was MBN's flagship affiliate in the '70s.

[gli7utubeo]

I remember some of these pieces on WHN 1050 in NY back in the 1960s (I think...)

[WitzlawTN]

Re.: The Larry Ling Alternate Close at 5:45 -- Actually, from childhood recollection (circa 1982-83 or thereabouts)-- I remember this theme being used as the show's hourly open, except that it did not have the "Star Wars" style sound effects. Thanks so much for sharing this!

[altfactor]

@newscaster13 Mutual was originally a cooperative of WXYZ Detroit (home of "Lone Ranger", WOR New York, WGN Chicago, and WLW Cincinatti (I believe the latter also had affiliations with both NBC networks and CBS as well), and until the late 1950's, was cooperatively owned by it's major affiliates, including the Yankee Network in New England and Don Lee Broadcasting in California.

[kresblain]

Was that "Feeling is Mutual" campaign from TM Productions? It sounds like their style, plus former affiliate WCFL had custom jingles utilizing the Mutual melody.

[mt7676]

But how about when Satellite's came in? I rememebr hearing the difference on Mutual TOH and CBS -- hearing notes and tones you never heard from lower bandwidth lines. It was like -- WOW LOL

[eblackadder3]

I'd love to hear the Mutual top-of-the-hour and bottom-of-the-hour sounders from this era. The beginning of the sounder at 2:42 was used at the

top of the hour news very briefly (literally a few weeks) in 1982, then reverted back to the original sounder which had been used for years. it had the drumroll and the familiar four note "news theme".I'd love to hear the

original again, along with the cue tones!

[newscaster13]

such futuristic sound

[toddmundt]

It's so fun to hear these again after so many years! Has anyone come across two of the other iconic sounders for Mutual: the top-of-the-hour and bottom-of-the-hour sounders from this same era and package?