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- Mon Feb 11, 2019 2:04 pm
- Forum: Network & Syndicated Radio and TV
- Topic: Bruce Williams Dies...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3367
Bruce Williams Dies...
He's been away from radio for near six years, the former NBC Talknet financial-advice host died Saturday, just short of his 87th birthday. Williams' popularity was at its peak in the late 80s and 90s, Bruce's subject matter was never my cup of tea. One thing's for sure, he was never a flame-throwing...
- Thu Jan 24, 2019 9:58 am
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: 97.3 Grand Rapids shut down
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9013
Re: 97.3 Grand Rapids shut down
Point taken on the actual WDEE "down time." I will leave it to you to define whether the adjustments have been completed, or if the signal contour has been changed. I am finding a less friendly arrival of their sound as I commute in from Comstock Park/Belmont. The grainy sound used to make it to Ced...
- Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:31 am
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: 97.3 Grand Rapids shut down
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9013
Re: 97.3 Grand Rapids shut down
I punched up and received the WDEE signal this morning at the 131 Sand Lake exit, while on my way to Big Rapids. They were previously able to hold off 97.3 in Grand Rapids till I reached the Cedar Rock area in my southbound travels. We'll see what the drive home brings in terms of reception. I have ...
- Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:21 am
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: New Afternoon Host AM 1480/850
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5014
Re: New Afternoon Host AM 1480/850
Yep, I know about him.
Many things.
Many things.
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:50 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: 97.3 Grand Rapids shut down
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9013
Re: 97.3 Grand Rapids shut down
It's a big day for that frequency in the region, as WDEE in Big Rapids/Reed City also returned to the airwaves. A transmitter relocation was the reported cause of 12 days of darkness from that signal.
- Tue Jan 15, 2019 2:59 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: NewsNet on WHNE 14.9
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8489
Re: NewsNet on WHNE 14.9
Just went to their website and I see Vic McCarty interviewing a guy who wrote a book about Hobey Baker, a hockey star from a century ago on what is apparently called "Midday Edition." Vic looks a bit more normal than he did as a redheaded sports reporter on Channel 7&4 about 20 years ago. If they ma...
- Tue Jan 15, 2019 2:06 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: WBBL gone
- Replies: 64
- Views: 32988
Re: WBBL gone
The logistics of the situation is the stumbling block I am referring to. Getting off a plane before a road series starts, or going town to town during one producing an arrival at the airport in the wee hours of the morning, with that 6 a.m. start of show obligation is what seems daunting. You would ...
- Tue Jan 15, 2019 9:40 am
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: WBBL gone
- Replies: 64
- Views: 32988
Re: WBBL gone
So, now that Matt Shepard is the FSD Tigers PBP man, what happens to this Michigan Media Network morning show, "Shep, Shower and Shave?" Does he even complete the Michigan basketball schedule? (I know there are obvious gaps in the Tigers' preseason coverage that can be accommodated, but the MLB regu...
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 11:58 am
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: WBBL gone
- Replies: 64
- Views: 32988
Re: WBBL gone
To me, "the sticks" apply to Big Rapids and other environs 40-55 miles of GR that were served by 107.3's signal. Like today, when I am on my way to Ravenna and then, on to Big Rapids, I guess 590 is going to have to do as a resource for MSU-OSU listening. 1340 doesn't get me much past Cedar Springs,...
- Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:33 pm
- Forum: Remembering the Golden Years
- Topic: Lancelot Link Secret Chimp
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12169
Re: Lancelot Link Secret Chimp
Bernie Kopell, who is still among us at the age of 85, voiced a number of characters on that show, including Lancelot's nemesis, Baron Von Butcher. Lancelot's voice sounded like Walter Matthau to me, but apparently Dayton Allen was going for Humphrey Bogart. Always enjoyed when the chimps would get ...
- Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:16 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: WBBL gone
- Replies: 64
- Views: 32988
Re: WBBL gone
You get nowhere reading FOX 17's web article about this chance, with a sentence that links 106.1 FM with the WJRW signal and indicates both are in Grand Rapids. (I see by a post down the thread that a translator is coming in on that frequency) I hear Sean Baligian (I believe) on The H*** Show and I ...
- Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:49 am
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: Looks like the Orbit Room is finally toast; share your memories here!
- Replies: 44
- Views: 14427
Re: Looks like the Orbit Room is finally toast; share your memories here!
Which way to go here...May as well first offer a thought to the question, "Orbit Room closure, what does it have to do with broadcasting?" Considering the number of regional to national acts that performed in the Orbit Room/Club Eastbrook over the years, which were the focus of promotion for area ra...
- Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:08 am
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: ENTERCOM STATIONS OFF THE AIR !
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7718
Re: ENTERCOM STATIONS OFF THE AIR !
This techno-mishap snuffed out their ability to serve as the hub of the Michigan News Network, as well. I remember a visiting cook hooking up a griddle at the Grand Rapids cluster of Clear Channel in early 2000, then going into a studio for an interview. Butter, or something burning on the hot surfa...
- Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:59 am
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: Another Local Radio Fail
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8961
Re: Another Local Radio Fail
I admit to not having heard a 5 a.m. WOOD Radio newscast in years, and when that was the case, it offered weather on the ones, no traffic. I thought Kevin's first traffic drop was at 5:21 a.m., which when you consider his coming back in to work 3 to 6:45 p.m. as the back end of a split shift, there'...
- Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:37 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: WLAV Tower Relocation - new update 7/29
- Replies: 98
- Views: 35608
Re: WLAV Tower Relocation
Where the freeway crosses Pine Island is a pretty good rise in elevation from the West River intersection, that's for sure. Not to be an "old horse," but I remember tuning in Aris on LAV with a fringe signal when I was up by Reed City in the 80s, and being able to pull in 96.9 by Mt. Pleasant. A thu...