Spot Production
was a minor Texas rival to PAMS and TM in the 60s, and it was
located in neighboring Ft. Worth, a short drive from Dallas.
One of Spot's most popular packages was Personality Plus, which
aired on a number of stations. During the Batman craze in 1966,
Spot’s jingle version of that was called "That Man" and it ran
on WPGC in Washington, D.C., WPTR in Albany, New York, WXYZ in
Detroit and many other stations. The company also syndicated the
comedy series "Chicken Man" which was created at WCFL, Chicago.
Some of the jingles were written by Paris Rutherford, a great
arranger who had been an instrumentalist on PAMS series 18.
Jackie Dickson, Dick Cole, Jim Clancy and many other singers who
freelanced at other companies also made the drive to Ft. Worth
and sang for Spot. Ronnie Tutt had played drums for Elvis, and
he also worked at Spot.
While not as well-known as some of the other companies in
business at the time, Spot Productions created some unique and
well-crafted station IDs.
