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Curious about that Powell Electric jingle because there's another firm out here Texas way by the name Milestone Electric that uses the same slogan. Curious if i
by 6stringmerc 10y ago
Curious about that Powell Electric jingle because there's another firm out here Texas way by the name Milestone Electric that uses the same slogan. Curious if it's a franchise model. Something akin to how Clear Channel has a robot playlist Bob FM, Jack FM, Steve FM, etc in different large markets.
- endswapper 10y agoI'm not sure, and I am not familiar with the TX company, but if you want to take a look for yourself, this is a link to the Powell I am referring to: http://www.powell-electric.com/ http://www.powell-electric.com/ I hope that was an answer, in a flash... Now, just because I am curious, mostly because it is catchy, if you do confirm an affiliation either way please let us know. Thanks.
- soylentcola 10y agoJust did a quick Google search and saw where someone posed the same question on Milestone's Facebook page. According to their rep, they are not the same company but they are "friends". Probably not affiliated but mostly just aware of each other and not in direct competition due to regions.
- endswapper 10y agoThanks again on the follow through.
- sevensor 10y agoFunny thing about Bob FM. I used to live in Austin, and I didn't believe in Bob. I went around complaining about how there wasn't really a Bob. One of my friends was the son of a guy who was in the radio business, and he used to try to convince me that there really was a Bob. I still didn't buy it. Some time later, my friend got married. At the wedding reception, he came up to me and pointed out a guy at the next table, well dressed, in his mid 50s. "See him? That's Bob." And it was. Bob is a guy who runs a robot-playlist radio station in the Austin area. (Or at least he was a wedding guest who was willing to play along with the ruse.) The moral of the story is that there is a Bob. Probably.