The station was still known as "104.5 Sunny FM" at the time. I believe it was summer 1996 when the Sunny FM moniker was ditched. If I remember correctly, 1996 was also the year the station began making major ratings gains in the Grand Rapids market, cracking a 6 share for the first time in 12+. By 1...

This aircheck is from January 1995. WGRD's format at the time could perhaps be best described as Modern CHR. The air check is imperfect; there are some reception drop outs during the second half of it. I'm guessing the broadcast was recorded off-air in eastern Wisconsin or perhaps northern MI somewh...

I agree, at least in terms of a standalone drink.

This is some crazy shit:

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gover ... no-backers

Karamo, DePerno and their respective loyalists deserve one another.

Coca-Cola owns Barq's to answer the earlier question regarding root beer.

Makes sense.

Beware of 2015 to 2020 Subaru Forester, Outback and Legacy vehicles....

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ ... 108995007/

There are incidences of unintended acceleration after depressing the brake pedal.

At least in print, self-righteous Mitch has always complained about people that don't live up to his lofty standards. In 2006, he had the gall to complain about an EAS alert interrupting his show to broadcast a tornado warning. The only reason I had turned on WJR is because I was driving into the st...

The NFL thinks gambling on non-NFL contests warrants as much if not more punishment than situations where players are guilty of domestic abuse or other forms of violence off the field. That's how fucked up the NFL front office is.

I presume their Oakland Coliseum lease runs through the 2026 season.

Not exclusively. Jahvid Best leaving the game of football is SOL. A drunk assistant coach getting arrested in Dearborn for going to a drive-thru completely nude is SOL. William Clay Ford firing and then unfiring Wayne Fontes is SOL. I could go on and on.

So, WJR is ditching his program about a year early? Will be interesting to see if other Cumulus stations follow suit.

Fouts is creepy. He supported term limits for mayor when he was on council, and then once he became mayor, he flip-flopped. He is a true piece of work for many different reasons I won't get into here. Undoubtedly, he will appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court. It will be interesting to see how they r...

That news definitely falls into the Same-old-Lions column. Although, I will say of those four players, Williams is the only player potentially worth a damn (remains to be seen; he missed nearly all of 2022 due to injury).

Who can blame 'em? Oakland is a shit hole, although I will say some of the surrounding suburbs are very nice. https://apnews.com/article/oakland-athletics-las-vegas-relocation-fans-fbc6836f0db2dadb0db0be78f5783f0b https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1171046613/oakland-athletics-las-vegas They do not expe...