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by ChrisWL1980
Sun Sep 10, 2023 8:53 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: W4 country
Replies: 8
Views: 944

Re: W4 country

Last time I had 102.9 then-WFUR in this area (Washtenaw County) was during the 2003 blackout. I also pulled in WYFM that day. Without WWWW's IBOC splashing onto the adjacent frequencies, I'm getting WNDH Napoleon pretty well on 103.1. There's a bit of tropospheric enhancement going on as well which ...
by ChrisWL1980
Tue Sep 05, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: August 16-22 Tropo Summary
Replies: 10
Views: 3590

Re: August 16-22 Tropo Summary

How did the Toledo FM station get the same (long held) call sign as the Cinci AM with 50 kW ? I have seen only a fewinstances of this duplication in the US, very unusual. Using the -FM suffix makes it a separate call sign. Pemberville is legally WCKY-FM. Another example is WMGC. Detroit's 105.1 is ...
by ChrisWL1980
Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:18 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: Q105 rebrands to a 90's and 2000's format
Replies: 22
Views: 9421

Re: Q105 rebrands to a 90's and 2000's format

RadioInsight would call this "CHR/Gold." Similar to what B96 in Chicago is doing now.
Not quite a River clone. You won't be hearing Celine Dion or Rod Stewart here.
by ChrisWL1980
Sun Sep 03, 2023 6:14 pm
Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
Topic: WEYI hubbing weather from WWMT?
Replies: 9
Views: 1969

Re: WEYI hubbing weather from WWMT?

They're still better off than NBC 24 in Toledo, which doesn't even HAVE a local newscast anymore. They just run The National Desk. I get the feeling anyone can be a meteorologist for a Sinclair station anyway. All you have to do is deny the science and blame the LGBTQ+ community for any bad weather ...
by ChrisWL1980
Sat Sep 02, 2023 6:28 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: WUBU South Bend sold to VCY America
Replies: 11
Views: 5874

Re: WUBU South Bend sold to VCY America

Stacks may image itself as a Rhythmic station as opposed to Urban, but unlike other small-to-medium-market Rhythmic stations, their music is virtually solidly mass-appeal Black music, little if any pop unless it has some kind of Hip-Hop component. Also, their only local air personality, Metro Melik,...
by ChrisWL1980
Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:32 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: WUBU South Bend sold to VCY America
Replies: 11
Views: 5874

Re: WUBU South Bend sold to VCY America

So, kinda like Stacks 92.1 in Lansing?
Reminds me of when WSMK tried the "Movin'" Rhythmic AC format a number of years ago.
by ChrisWL1980
Fri Sep 01, 2023 3:19 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: WUBU South Bend sold to VCY America
Replies: 11
Views: 5874

Re: WUBU South Bend sold to VCY America

102.3 WYET has stepped up to fill the coming void by flipping to Urban AC. Smart move.

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2582 ... outh-bend/
by ChrisWL1980
Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:54 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: P-U Country 93-1 is moving to...
Replies: 67
Views: 7982

Re: P-U Country 93-1 is moving to...

One thing FLR did do was put 93.1 back in HD. I noticed it last night.

As for 96.3 HD3, I strongly doubt they care if anyone actually listens or will even subscribe to ratings. Cumulus just wants it to claim their corporate "country" programming is heard in Detroit.
by ChrisWL1980
Sun Aug 27, 2023 12:12 am
Forum: Music Musings
Topic: Great Motown-Style Songs
Replies: 7
Views: 1037

Re: Great Motown-Style Songs

Phil Collins obviously had a love for Motown. Not only did he cover "You Can't Hurry Love," he worked with Lamont Dozier himself on "Two Hearts," which became his fifth solo #1 song (sixth #1 apart from Genesis, seventh of his career) in early 1989. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9wq5GV2uIU Speaki...
by ChrisWL1980
Sun Aug 27, 2023 12:04 am
Forum: Music Musings
Topic: Great Motown-Style Songs
Replies: 7
Views: 1037

Re: Great Motown-Style Songs

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam's two #1 songs from 1987 were both Motown pastiches. "Head to Toe" was inspired by The Supremes' "Back in My Arms Again" (the pre-chorus is almost a direct steal) and "My World Is Empty Without You." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck2egUnhbt4 And "Lost in Emotion" was a mix of ...
by ChrisWL1980
Fri Aug 25, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: Lansing/Mid-Michigan
Topic: Williamston/Webberville Tornado Coverage
Replies: 4
Views: 4426

Williamston/Webberville Tornado Coverage

Just trying to bring this section back to life... So who had the best coverage? I watched WILX's streaming coverage (the incentive being that the tornado was moving into Livingston County) and thought the meteorologists did a good job. Gotta say Jordyn Burrell does not impress me though... she prono...
by ChrisWL1980
Wed Aug 23, 2023 8:01 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Tuning three different 98.7 stations in between G.R. and Lansing
Replies: 1
Views: 816

Re: Tuning three different 98.7 stations in between G.R. and Lansing

Do you get this all the time, or has it just been within the past few days? With the extreme tropo we've been having, it could be from anywhere in the Upper Midwest or as far away as Kentucky or Tennessee. 98.7 WNNS in Springfield IL has an AC format, and AC stations sometimes play pop/dance/club mu...
by ChrisWL1980
Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:29 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: some real good skip and bounce
Replies: 6
Views: 2917

Re: some real good skip and bounce

Columbus was booming in this morning. 93.3 The Bus and Kool 101.7 from Newark were as strong as local stations for a time.
Biggest surprise: V100 (WVAF 99.9) from Charleston, WV.
by ChrisWL1980
Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:27 pm
Forum: Central/Western Upper Michigan
Topic: WLUC fires Weather Staffer
Replies: 32
Views: 16902

Re: WLUC fires Weather Staffer

There's always "that one person."
And here, "that one person" is always the same person.
by ChrisWL1980
Tue Aug 22, 2023 2:39 am
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: some real good skip and bounce
Replies: 6
Views: 2917

Re: some real good skip and bounce

Additional tonight:

88.1 CBC Radio One Chatham
88.5 WYSU Youngstown
93.1 WZAK overriding WUFL
Mix 94.1 Canton
100.1 WNIR Kent
Mix 106.1 Mansfield
106.9 WRQK Canton
107.1 WTLZ Saginaw in WQKL null