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by Michigan Media
Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:35 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Nielsen audio AQH shares - new results for GR, K'zoo and Muskegon
Replies: 15
Views: 4931

Re: Nielsen audio AQH shares - new results for GR, K'zoo and Muskegon

Kalamazoo: https://ratings.radio-online.com/content/arb251 Hits 96.5 is a disaster. Big book for WRKR and for WCSG. I think that's an all-time record in Kalamazoo for WCSG. WKZO performed surprisingly well. This has to be the nail in the coffin for Hits 96.5. What’s going on with 102.5/104.9 The Bl...
by Michigan Media
Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:35 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: CW7 changing on 1-1-24?
Replies: 34
Views: 7448

Re: CW7 changing on 1-1-24?

Nexstar Television Stations in Grand Rapids, Sioux Falls, and Panama City To Begin Carrying CW Network Programming on January 1:
https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-station ... ing-jan-1/
by Michigan Media
Sat Dec 02, 2023 3:10 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Hits 96.5 trying to stay alive
Replies: 7
Views: 3046

Re: Hits 96.5 trying to stay alive

Is Hits 96.5 on life support? The afternoon host/brand manager Jordan Lass is no longer listed on the Hits 96.5 website. According to LinkedIn, he departed Midwest Communications back in October. The remaining on-air staff is syndicated or piped-in from another Midwest station. The spring ratings bo...
by Michigan Media
Sat Jul 30, 2022 9:53 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Jethro FM on 105.1 Kalamazoo?
Replies: 5
Views: 1584

Jethro FM on 105.1 Kalamazoo?

This evening I noticed that Jethro FM is on 105.1 in Kalamazoo. When did this happen? 105.1 was the FM translator for WKPR 1440. WKPR is still airing religious programming. The programming for 105.1 must be originating from WAKV 980 in Otsego.
by Michigan Media
Mon Jun 13, 2022 8:07 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: WBCK - No Local Programming?
Replies: 1
Views: 732

WBCK - No Local Programming?

Did Townsquare dump all local programming on WBCK in Battle Creek (or did everyone quit)? The local programming in the morning (6-noon) has been replaced with Steve Gruber and Mike Gallagher: https://wbckfm.com/shows/monday/ There is a similar post about WJIM-FM in the Lansing/Mid-Michigan section: ...
by Michigan Media
Wed Mar 23, 2022 5:43 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: WOTV rebrand
Replies: 5
Views: 1988

WOTV rebrand

WOTV ditched the "WOTV 4 Women" branding: https://www.woodtv.com/abc4/wotv-4-women-rebrands-to-abc-4-west-michigan/ GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOTV)- WOTV 4 is revealing the next chapter of its brand evolution. On March 23, 2022, viewers will now experience their favorite WOTV content as “ABC 4 West Michi...
by Michigan Media
Mon Feb 28, 2022 6:26 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: That didn't last long...
Replies: 5
Views: 2767

Re: That didn't last long...

MWmetalhead wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 11:22 am
Shits 96.5 in Kalamazoo has already abandoned CHR/Pop.

This morning, the station evidently pivoted to Hot AC with a pronounced Modern AC lean.
This is not new. WZOX has been sporting a Hot AC playlist since late last year. However, the Modern AC lean may be a newer addition.
by Michigan Media
Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:24 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Kalamazoo Nielsen audio numbers
Replies: 15
Views: 2414

Re: Kalamazoo Nielsen audio numbers

Win 98.5 has become a near non-factor in this market. WIN 98.5 ping pongs back and forth every handful of years of embracing Kalamazoo as part of their audience and not. It seems like lately, they have not. It interesting how this market has often considered a GR station as the country station of c...
by Michigan Media
Sat Sep 25, 2021 8:49 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: WBCK & WBXX moving?
Replies: 3
Views: 1310

Re: WBCK & WBXX moving?

They are moving to the Battle Creek Tower in downtown Battle Creek:
https://wbckfm.com/wbck-is-moving-to-do ... tle-creek/
by Michigan Media
Mon Aug 09, 2021 5:19 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: WWMT-TV, CW7 go live with new transmitter, improved broadcast signal
Replies: 5
Views: 1659

WWMT-TV, CW7 go live with new transmitter, improved broadcast signal

From https://wwmt.com/news/local/wwmt-tv-cw7-go-live-with-new-transmitter-improved-broadcast-signal: KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Over-the-air viewers of News Channel 3, WWMT-TV and the CW7 may notice an improved signal coming to their TV sets. On Friday, August 6, WWMT-TV went live with a new signal transmis...
by Michigan Media
Sun Jul 18, 2021 1:52 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Bronco Radio Network Announces 106.5 Jack FM As New Flagship
Replies: 5
Views: 1460

Bronco Radio Network Announces 106.5 Jack FM As New Flagship

Link: https://wmubroncos.com/news/2021/7/15/general-bronco-radio-network-announces-jack-106-5-fm-as-new-flagship.aspx KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Starting this fall, Western Michigan University football, hockey and men's basketball games will have a new radio station home. Midwest Communications recently tr...
by Michigan Media
Sat Apr 24, 2021 12:51 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: The updated sound of 103.3 WKFR
Replies: 1
Views: 1474

Re: The updated sound of 103.3 WKFR

Will a Kalamazoo-based FM give Adult Contemporary a try, or will all of the local stations cede the format to out-of-market stations, as is the case with Country? With Nielsen changing listing rules this spring, we'll start to see Grand Rapids stations being listed in publicly published Nielsen 12+...
by Michigan Media
Sat Apr 24, 2021 12:05 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: WVFM got JACKED up!
Replies: 28
Views: 7887

Re: WVFM got JACKED up!

Has anyone noticed that Midwest labels Hits 96.5 as a Hot AC station on their corporate website? https://mwcradio.com/station/106/. Their website has had some issues with accuracy in the past. Back in October, the website listed WVFM as a Classic Hits station: https://web.archive.org/web/20201028144...