Does anybody remember when that old guy drove through the storefront at FJ at 17 mile and Van Dyke in Sterling Heights around 2001 or so? Contrary to what MCRF wrote, that store indeed was a Farmer Jack, and yes, I do remember the news story about the old geezer driving through the storefront. A nu...

Answer this for me. What good would initiating climate change procedures due in the United States when countries like China India and many other emerging markets are polluting up a storm?

Bingo. Completely agree.

It's not that GR cannot support two Country stations - it most certainly can. Country had a decent run on 94.5, generally speaking. It laid down some really crappy ratings on occasion, but those troughs were generally short lived. Right before the poorly executed frequency change to 107.3, country w...

Wow - what a turnaround for WFGR!!! WLAV, WLHT and WTRV all saw nice boosts, too. A very good book for the Townsquare stations when compared to the past several. WCSG is nipping on B93's heels for first place honors. A rather shitty book for Star 105.7 - probably one of the worst on record (ages 12+...

I don't like WLAV's processing. Too much emphasis on cymbals and high end treble; bass sounds muffled. The station should change back to the settings it had a couple years ago, which were perfect. I noticed the station in response to its putrid ratings earlier this year has cut way back on 90's titl...

I largely agree with Chris's suggestions. 105.7 WAPL (Classic Rock - Appleton), 102.1 WLUM (Alternative - Milwaukee), and 102.9 WHQG (that one is a more difficult catch, usually) are all good options to check out. You might also want to attempt to pick up 94.7 WZOR (Active Rock - Green Bay). In term...

Getting back to programming discussion: Looks like longtime ratings laggard 97.3 The Wolf flipped to 90's & early 00's based classic country some time ago, with a couple older songs also thrown into the mix: https://onlineradiobox.com/us/973thewolfwygy/playlist/ https://www.facebook.com/973TheWolf/ ...

You're giving 96.5's range too much credit. My experience has been that 96.5 is unreliable north of I-70 and rock solid south of I-70. It's usually horrible around Troy, thanks to interference from the K-Love signal at 96.9 MHz (looks like it might've flipped to Air 1 recently), which I believe runs...

94.1 in Cinci seems to have modified its playlist in an effort to appeal to former 105.9 listeners.

It still plays unadulterated garbage from the likes of Niko Moon, but it is now playing a healthy amount of 90s and early 00s country, similar to KPLX Dallas and WSM-FM Nashville.

I think Cumulus is trying to reduce salary it pays to veteran air talent by not offering to renew expiring contracts.

Another example can be found in Grand Rapids (Tony Gates / WLAV).

They already have bagged Billie.

Her music was re-added a couple weeks ago in recurrent rotation. I've heard her twice in the past week.

Have you listened in the last few months?

Yes, plenty (other than afternoons).

The songs seemed pretty ordinary and boring to me the vast majority of the time, but it worked.

I miss the days when 50 had a real newscast. Not the biggest budget but solid anchors and Jim Madaus doing weather. When 2 went FOX and started the 10PM news it slowly killed them. The 10 O'Clock News on WKBD around 1990 and into the early 90's was an excellent newscast. Even the opening music was ...

You're probably right.

I agree that the DJ content on both 107.1 in Ann Arbor and 94.5 in Grand Rapids is often lacking in terms of "value add."

I realize the AAA format does not necessarily lend itself to a lot of DJ chatter between songs; the audience is looking for music-intensive programming.