Uploaded June 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Before online dating, there were telephone dating services. Here is a 1996 radio commercial (broadcast on 95.5 WPLJ in New York City) for one such company, named TeleCompanions. The only information I can find about them is from their trademark registration, which says the TeleCompanions name was first used in 1992, and their trademark was filed in April 1996 by J R P D Inc. and expired in 2003.
Attempting to call the number sung in the ad's Disco-style jingle today just results in a "your call could not be completed as dialed" message. I wonder if that young professional named Donna ever met her companion through the service...
Before online dating, there were telephone dating services. Here is a 1996 radio commercial (broadcast on 95.5 WPLJ in New York City) for one such company, named TeleCompanions. The only information I can find about them is from their trademark registration, which says the TeleCompanions name was first used in 1992, and their trademark was filed in April 1996 by J R P D Inc. and expired in 2003.
Attempting to call the number sung in the ad's Disco-style jingle today just results in a "your call could not be completed as dialed" message. I wonder if that young professional named Donna ever met her companion through the service...
