94.7 WCSX and 106.7 WLLZ are now playing all Van Halen music. Dave Dahmer and Doug Podell are live on the air. They are playing deeper cuts, not just the top hits.

After a long battle with cancer, Eddie Van Halen dead at 65. R.I.P.

Today August 8, I was in the car listening to WWJ 950 and heard them constantly switching between analog and HD, and the HD indicator light was on. When I got home I tried my Sangean HDR-14 and found a solid HD signal on WWJ. HD on AM is not going away.

WGPR’s existing web site (in the Urban One style) is:

hothiphopdetroit.com

At the top of the page in small print is an email address:

wgprdetroit@wgprdetroitfm.com

If you go to the web site:

wgprdetroitfm.com

it reads “Under Construction”. Are there changes in progress?

Classical/Jazz 90.9 WRCJ has been slowly creeping up in the ratings. They are now at a 2.9 which has got to be the highest ever for that frequency. Where are their new listeners coming from, WJR?

FOX has the contract for NFC (National Football Conference) teams. The Cleveland Browns are an AFC team. This is why FOX was willing to give up O and O stations in Cleveland and Boston. CBS has the AFC contract. There are some cross conference games and other rare exceptions.

I just tuned in to 107.5 WGPR HD1 on my Sangean HDR-14. There were no song titles on the readout, but when I cycled thru the INFO/MENU button, page 1 read “Adult Hits”. I am too lazy to go outside and check my car radio.

W252BX moved their transmitter awhile back to the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit.

A good time to make changes on 105.9 Kiss is when Tom Joyner retires at the end of the year.

It doesn’t matter how boring the programs are or how few people listen....as long as the checks clear. Salem makes their money on their brokered time stations, not the conservative talk ones. Crawford also does this with 560 WRDT and 1200 WMUZ-AM. They even sell some time on WMUZ-FM.

Immaculate Heart Media/Relevant Radio just made their third recent deal with Salem to buy a total of 14 AM stations (plus some translators) for their Catholic talk programming. Relevant Radio will now have stations in 22 of the top 25 markets. When will they come to Detroit?

WDEO 990 Ypsilanti has a H*** null to the East-Northeast to protect CFPL 980 in London Ontario. WCAR 1090 (that used to be Catholic radio) also has a null to the East-Northeast to protect an allotment on 1090 in Kitchener Ontario. It will be difficult for a Catholic radio operator to find a signal f...

On the WWJ Newsradio Facebook page, morning anchor Tom Jordan does a five minute newscast while standing in front of their building!

I have an HDR-14 and have no problem with strong HD FM signals, with the exception of 106.7 HD-3. I don’t even need to extend the antenna all the way. Sensitive FM, but small speaker. HD AM is another story. 950 WWJ locks in okay. 1200 WMUZ a little less so. 910 WFDF, 1270 WXYT, and 1340 WCHB have p...

I visited the W4 studios on East Jefferson in 1974 during their “Quad” days. The jock spoke into two microphones right next to each other and sounded spacey on the air.

Captain that’s because they don’t care about it ,if they did they would have taken an interest in trying to find out how it works ,maybe read the car manual ,but really more importantly it’s the fault of the people behind the development of HD Radio they didn’t care about promoting and educating th...