I see now by my Facebook page that Star has "jumped" to Christmas music. Based on my previous exposure, albeit a few years distant, these moves were commonly made between Nov. 5-9.

A couple of my former peers in Grand Rapids have been corporate adjustment victims already this week. Broadway, who many listened to on WSNX and WBCT in Grand Rapids, with dances into St. Louis and Hartford, CT is out at WDSY/Pittsburgh (Entercom). He's a Kenowa Hills native who has plenty of talent...

100.5 apparently jumped on Monday to an All-Christmas music format. I heard the tunes playing in a thrift store on Tuesday, and see by 95.7's website that their cluster is acknowledging the "change." A website review also indicates that Star 105.7 didn't follow suit, yet. Maybe this is what put the ...

Probably only nine days from the resumption of our discontent.

Milk Wrote: [quote] iHeart doesn't have 12 employees total in Grand Rapids. 9 are "managers".[/quote] Simply untrue. I can think of three, in-house, on-air talents for B93 (Aly Mac, Matt Gilcheck, and Conrad) WOOD has Steve Kelly and Bret Bakita, John Bry, Rob Sanford and Chuck LaTour are full time ...

Faymos, I like Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer on Cubs broadcasts. I heard Price on Sunday talking about his minor league days losing weight while he learned to be a catcher in the heat of Kinston, N.C. It was nothing I cared to hear, but it was an improvement on the rote responses he makes all too many t...

When you compare Price"s work to that of his peers, major league radio broadcast color announcers, there is a window of opportunity to complain. Price does not have the soaring ego of Darrin Jackson on WLS/White Sox games, or, God forbid, Jeff Brantley on WLW/Reds broadcasts (I believe the king of e...