TM Century
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TM Century is a radio jingle company based in Dallas, Texas (USA). It is currently the oldest radio jingle company still in business, with roots tracing back to 1955 when Tom Merriman (The "TM" in TM Century) founded Commercial Recording Corporation. A few years later he started Futuresonic; the two merged in 1962. In 1968, Merriman closed down CRC and founded TM Productions. By this time, Century 21 Productions, another Dallas jingle company, was founded.
Both jingle companies remained in business until 1990, when TM Productions and Century 21 Productions merged to become the current TM Century.
Studio Dragonfly, a division of TM Century, offers radio station jingles at low prices. Several of the jingles offered by Studio Dragonfly were previously produced by TM Productions, Century 21 and others.
Over the years jingle composers such as Bruce Upchurch, Bruce Wermuth, Greg Clancy and Barry Young have composed jingle packages for TM Century and its predecessors. Tom Merriman has composed several jingle packages for the company, most recently KLUV's Greatest Hits in 2005.
Of all the radio stations using jingles from TM Century and its predecessors, WPLJ in New York City has ordered more jingle packages to date: seven so far since 1991. TM Century is now a division of Jones Media Group, which acquired the company in September of 2006.
