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- Sun Sep 24, 2023 1:19 pm
- Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
- Topic: Brief observations
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3050
Brief observations
While driving from Grand Rapids to my parents' house today, I noticed a few things: - Several of the big Northern Michigan signals were listenable along parts of I-96 and US-31, such as 88.5 WIAB, 89.3 WTLI, 96.3 WLXT, 105.1 WGFM, 105.9 WKHQ, and 106.7 WSRT, as well as a handful of Flint/Tri-Cities ...
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:24 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: Nielsen #s for GR radio - some significant movements!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2405
Re: Nielsen #s for GR radio - some significant movements!
If I were in charge of Townsquare GR:
1. Keep WGRD as is
2. Flip 95.7 to country, keeping Big Joe in mornings. I would play at least 2-3 pre-2010 songs per hour
3. WFGR remains as is
4. 100.5 the River adds a Hot AC lean
5. Magic 104.9 shifts to a near-clone of the Block in Kalamazoo/Battle Creek
1. Keep WGRD as is
2. Flip 95.7 to country, keeping Big Joe in mornings. I would play at least 2-3 pre-2010 songs per hour
3. WFGR remains as is
4. 100.5 the River adds a Hot AC lean
5. Magic 104.9 shifts to a near-clone of the Block in Kalamazoo/Battle Creek
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:09 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: Nielsen #s for GR radio - some significant movements!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2405
Re: Nielsen #s for GR radio - some significant movements!
The Game (which is on a signal that covers the market very well) is almost losing to Jethro FM (which is on a daytimer AM and two translators that don't have the best signals)!
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:03 pm
- Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
- Topic: Northern Christian Radio buys WLJN/Good News Media
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4085
Re: Northern Christian Radio buys WLJN/Good News Media
A $1 sale price??? 😲 There's something more going on here than meets the eye. $1 is a price to indicate that some value changed hands. There's likely some donations going on. The Promise FM will finally have a good signal in TC! For years, they've covered most of northern Michigan well with the exc...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:51 pm
- Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
- Topic: Morgan Murphy Media Acquiring Northern Michigan TV/Radio Combo
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5357
Re: Morgan Murphy Media Acquiring Northern Michigan TV/Radio Combo
WBKB having all of the Big Four helps bring that price up. I wonder if the price includes studios, offices, and towersorganman95 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:14 amWow. I didn't think all those stations would amount to $12 million...
- Sat Sep 09, 2023 1:23 pm
- Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
- Topic: Relevant Radio expanding into Dayton-Cincinnati
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7459
Re: Relevant Radio expanding into Dayton-Cincinnati
What's sad is the Oasis had developed a pretty loyal following in the Cincy and especially Dayton markets. In the beauty pageant 12+ numbers in Dayton, it was ahead of 92.9, 95.3, 101.5, 103.9 and perhaps others. Dayton has already lost 94.5 & 106.5 to niche programming in the past few years; now i...
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 6:29 pm
- Forum: Music Musings
- Topic: Smash Mouth Steve Harwell dies
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1345
Re: Smash Mouth Steve Harwell dies
Not long after the announcement of his death came out yesterday, I heard WIXX spin at least two of Smash Mouth's songs in a row. Many other stations likely wouldn't have adjusted their playlists until this morning.
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 7:30 pm
- Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
- Topic: August 16-22 Tropo Summary
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3034
Re: August 16-22 Tropo Summary
That is impressive! The best I was able to do in the RF hell that is my basement room in Grand Rapids was WCKY from Toledo and a handful of northern Michigan stations (WGFM, WSRT, WJZQ, WKLT, WCCW, and WGFE in addition to the much more common WTCM/WIAA/WOLW). Since WGVU turned off HD Radio a few mon...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:10 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: Updated ratings!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4557
Updated ratings!
https://radioinsight.com/ratings/grand-rapids/
96.1 the Game (50kW full market signal) is almost losing to Jethro FM (which is on a daytimer AM with two subpar translators)!
96.1 the Game (50kW full market signal) is almost losing to Jethro FM (which is on a daytimer AM with two subpar translators)!
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:20 pm
- Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
- Topic: KLT wipes the floor clean with The Bear in latest ratings
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9189
Re: KLT wipes the floor clean with The Bear in latest ratings
Manistee County should've never been added to the Traverse City/Petoskey market in the first place.
I wonder what has hurt WTCM more, losing 93.5 or getting its most popular county removed from the market.
I wonder what has hurt WTCM more, losing 93.5 or getting its most popular county removed from the market.
- Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:50 pm
- Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
- Topic: Northern Michigan dual TV channel ID
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11011
Re: Northern Michigan dual TV channel ID
Ben did a better job than me explaining the shortcomings of the current site. It's in a low lying area and signal propagation is definitely hampered by terrain shadowing. As mentioned in another post, there is a lot of signal overlap with WGTQ as well. Usage of a site closer to Petoskey would make ...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:38 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: Blunder 107.3 earns worst AQH share in brand history
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2140
Re: Blunder 107.3 earns worst AQH share in brand history
1. 96.1 the Game did even worse (a 0.9 share!)
2. Jethro FM shows up with a 0.7, which is impressive for a daytimer AM with two less-than-optimal translators.
2. Jethro FM shows up with a 0.7, which is impressive for a daytimer AM with two less-than-optimal translators.
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:31 pm
- Forum: Central/Western Upper Michigan
- Topic: UP High School Radio Station Loses Frequency To Bigger Station
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8333
Re: UP High School Radio Station Loses Frequency To Bigger Station
98.1 should be available as WHWL's new full power station is replacing a nearby translator on said frequency.MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 9:36 am89.3, 89.5, 89.7, 89.9, 90.3 and any number of different channels in the commercial part of the FM band should all be options.
- Fri Jun 09, 2023 7:34 pm
- Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
- Topic: Look at all the FCC silent notifications in N. Michigan...
- Replies: 54
- Views: 14743
Re: Look at all the FCC silent notifications in N. Michigan...
1210 is slightly more valuable because it has the translator attached to itColonel Flagg wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 12:00 pmI wonder if Mr. Yob will bother to get 1110 and 1210 back on-air before they expire?
1210 sits on an old landfill. That can't be good for resale.
- Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:54 pm
- Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
- Topic: New station coming to Ludington area
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4597
Re: New station coming to Ludington area
Gold-based country would make sense so they're not competing directly with the 800-pound gorilla that is WTCM-FM. Speaking of good signals, that one makes it farther south on US-31 than WKZC! I'm usually able to carry 'TCM to around the Oceana/Muskegon county line (and is rock-solid to the big hill ...