SixPlusOne wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:45 pm

Birach has ruined what was a good country station WSDS.

edj wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:55 pm

I don’t think he owns WSDS anymore.

Birach sold WSDS to Vazquez Broadcasting in 2012, which flipped it to Spanish language.

WTHI-FM was split from WTHI-TV in 2005 -- the FM is owned by Midwest Communications, while Allen Media owns the TV. As the FM is no longer part of the same family, they can choose to get their news and weather from anyone else.

Sinclair is already hubbing out its Toledo station. That station was also a trainwreck holdover from Barrington. It was never going to be a competitor in news. Just like how they now view 25-66. The fact that channel 24, as WDHO and WNWO, has always been a bottom dweller all its life. And these day...

OTA media too often does such a tremendously poor job with execution these days when the job could be done to a even a mediocre standard with just a bit of effort. I don't care who is to blame, I just call sloppy results when I see sloppy results. When you're a broadcaster, your efforts are instant...

True Crime Network by Oxygen now airs on 18.3. Tegna owns True Crime, and sources most of its programs from the Turner Networks, with some from other sources and a few originals; not to be confused with the Oxygen channel on cable, which these days is known as "Oxygen True Crime". More here: https:...

matt1 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 10, 2023 11:53 pm

"Hello Mid-Michigan, TV 12 "LIKES" You"!!! (1982 - 1984)

When WJRT began using their 1980s and early 1990s logo in 1981, they had "Take a Look", which was originally created for Tampa Bay then-ABC affiliate, WTSP.

organman95 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:43 am

I didn't know 12's logo from the 90s dated back to the early 80s

WJRT used that logo from ca. 1981 to its sale to ABC in 1995.

Stadium is owned by Sinclair which afternoon is just Live On The Line and College Hoops Live on a loop every hour. Why do they even bother with a sports subchannel in the first place? Just about every sport has been called for by the cable channels, including Sinclair's own cable sports channels, w...

Well, it's now February and I still can't figure out what this thing is supposed to be. They're now airing continuous instrumental music, but it's not orchestral "beautiful music," it's like karaoke versions of mellow rock songs with the original instrumental track without vocal. Some of the tracks...

The logo looks, and works, its best if both channels are clearly given equal footing, as viewers always knew the channel as "9 & 10" since the 1960s. The new logo will have folks wondering if they should call them "channel 9" or "channel 10" from now on, as it's no longer clear that they are "9 & 10".

Generally reruns of crime reality programming previously seen on cable channels such as TruTV and HLN:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_p ... me_Network

So, the ownership invoked a mass exodus and now they present us with this? What the heck is going on at the Comma!? It will take some getting used to, but it will never be good. :barf To be honest, it makes the dog-eared "9&10 News" logo, which has been around since the late 1990s until now, look g...

3. One of the smaller Toronto stations will be purchased by one of the 3 Canadian Giants... If Bell unloads 1050 AM, they might try to get their hands on Boom 97.3 Would be a natural, as Bell already owns the Boom branding, though Bell only owns two Boom stations themselves. Most Boom stations are ...

zeplepplin wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 27, 2022 7:33 pm

kinda makes you wonder if anyone that works there listens to the station

The general mentality of radio these days is "set it and forget it" -- unlike the days of yore, there are no engineers monitoring their stations around the clock.

TC Talks wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 27, 2022 8:18 pm

He did big things with Kiss in L.A.

...including helping launch the Rick Dees Weekly Top 40, which was initially KIIS's replacement for American Top 40 (which, in turn, would replace AT40 on ABC Radio in 1994).