Was not uncommon in the late 1980s and 1990s for a station to have 5PM news, then a syndicated program, then 6PM news.

sinklair wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 26, 2023 11:43 pm

Good catch on Alpena. Forget that it’s an actual TV market with one single owner.

And technically, one commercial TV station, with a major network on each of its subchannels -- though just enough to claim a "monopoly" on TV media.

Realist wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:20 pm

If they’re going to be so damn half assed about running the station and their news operation, then just sell the damn station to someone who gives 2 shits about news.

Knowing Sinclair, they would rather just keep the station and replace the news department with The National Desk.

I've heard WKBD planned a show with WKNR's Gary Stevens, but Gary left for New York shortly after WKBD signed on in early 1965, so the show may not have made it to air. The only dance program in the Kaiser / Field chain that I knew of was Hy Lit's show from WKBS Philadelphia -- I imagine for some s...

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:31 am

All I know is Power 96 seems like a much more fun radio station than the present day WDVD (whose calls perhaps mean "We're Detroit's Venereal Disease")!

When I think of "DVD", I think more of those movies on small discs the size of CDs.

I remember the short life of WMQF-19 too. They showed Lions games and half the time they couldn't get the network feed of the game to work. They had NO local presence whatsoever. Which was typical of stations owned by Equity Media Holdings, in which everything ran out of Little Rock and transmitted...

Ben Zonia wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:46 pm

WEMU had to put a WJIM-TV/WLNS translator in Ann Arbor to get the interference population counts down.

If only to appease the station and the FCC, as Ann Arbor was within the Detroit market.

Foamy wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 09, 2023 8:15 pm

whitebalance wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 09, 2023 1:42 pm

I'm surprised more hospice care facilities and funeral homes don't advertise on WJR. It's their demo.

That is the demo. Along with Geritol complete, hemorrhoid surgery done dirt cheap, and Adjustable toilets seats!

Reminds me of WKRP in Cincinnati before they flipped to rock in 1978.

MikeBear wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:02 am

Well, I wish one of the other stations in our DMA would pick up the Movies and CatchyComedy channels.

Would their cancellation of the licenses nullify their carriage contracts? I believe they held market-wide rights, yet they only covered just a small fraction of the market.

When locals were introduced on DirecTV in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I believe at first you had to pay extra for them.

About 1977, CJAM was listed in White's Radio Log on AM 660. It was not shown as a carrier current station. The article said that the station on AM was heard in its residence halls, rather than the entire campus or the surrounding area, so it's very likely was a carrier current. An over the air full...

paul8539 wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:19 pm

Sounds like a rebirth of QUEST.

Quest is still around, and seen in Detroit as a sub of WADL.

There is considerable overlap of WJR 760 and WTOR 770, but it is over Canada and there isn't much WJR can do. I drove from Michigan to Toronto on a road trip in 1999, and I was able to tune in to WJR until I got into the western outskirts of the GTA, when interference began obliterating the signal....

Yeah, how did that one ever get approved? I guess because the transmitter is directed at Canada. Exactly -- WTOR's signal is directional towards Ontario from its transmitter north of Niagara Falls. When it's on the air during the day, the signal blankets the GTA and Southwestern Ontario, though beg...

Ben Zonia wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 16, 2023 1:51 pm

There are quite a few good 60s 70s Oldies stations on the internet that are close to what you listen there for, without all the obscure CanCon.

Though on the other hand, obscure Cancon was what made stations such as CKWW interesting.