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Before streaming playlists had cover art and before podcasts had theme songs, 92 FM stations had jingles — tiny, perfectly engineered bursts of sound that told you exactly who you were listening to. Then, almost overnight, they were gone. We tracked down the people who made them to find out why.
You remember the song. You can hear the opening riff in your head right now. But when you search for it on every streaming platform you own, it simply isn't there. For millions of American listeners who grew up with 92 FM, the gap between what ruled the airwaves and what exists in the digital world is a very real — and surprisingly emotional — problem. Here's why it happened, and where to start looking.
Long before anyone had a follower count, guys like Casey Kasem and Wolfman Jack were building audiences that hung on their every word. We're talking real parasocial connection — forged through static and signal, no selfies required. Here's how they pulled it off.