Radio

Capping Some Classic Ad Slogans and Jingles

Camels were cool in the old days and reportedly the favorite bad habit of doctors who would walk a mile for one. As a member of the jingle generation, I have all kinds of stuff cluttering my mind. Blame it on TV commercials— the most pervasive purveyor of advertising slogans and jingles. I had a good time with this subject a few years back, and some bear repeating— along with a few others in this updated version. [...]

By Wes Skillings|2022-08-19T02:21:04+00:00August 19, 2022|Advertising, Brand development, Commercials, Jingles, Marketing, Pop Culture, Radio, Uncategorized|

Similes and Smiles from Classic Radio Scripts

When words sparked the visuals in listeners. I’m not driving around as much as usual. Maybe once a week we hit the road just to get away and, while we’re sheltering by vehicle, take a hike or stop to shop for necessities. That means I haven’t spent as much time listening to those classic radio shows on Sirius XM. I do have the app on my iPad, but I only use that sporadically for background noise while [...]

By Wes Skillings|2022-01-24T09:09:55+00:00January 26, 2021|Analogies, Humor, Language, Metaphors, Radio, Similes|