Radio jingle pioneer Tom Merriman, 85, dies

Sad news to report from the radio world. Tom Merriman, who was a radio jingle pioneer in Dallas, has passed away:

Merriman wrote and recorded the first radio jingle for KLIF-AM/Dallas, the first ever recorded in Dallas. He along with Jim Long partnered in 1967 to create TM, one of the successful commercial jingle and radio ID production companies. READ MORE

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(Thanks Charlie)