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by ftballfan
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: 5397

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.
by ftballfan
Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:50 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Northern Michigan dual TV channel ID
Replies: 34
Views: 6720

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 ...
by ftballfan
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: 1961

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.
by ftballfan
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: 4748

Re: UP High School Radio Station Loses Frequency To Bigger Station

MWmetalhead wrote:
Sun Jul 16, 2023 9:36 am
89.3, 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.
98.1 should be available as WHWL's new full power station is replacing a nearby translator on said frequency.
by ftballfan
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: 8999

Re: Look at all the FCC silent notifications in N. Michigan...

Colonel Flagg wrote:
Wed Jun 07, 2023 12:00 pm
I 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.
1210 is slightly more valuable because it has the translator attached to it
by ftballfan
Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:54 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: New station coming to Ludington area
Replies: 5
Views: 2367

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 ...
by ftballfan
Fri May 26, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Look at all the FCC silent notifications in N. Michigan...
Replies: 54
Views: 8999

Re: Look at all the FCC silent notifications in N. Michigan...

A lot of stations use off air antennas to feed the satellites and translators, at least as a backup. But somebody has to notice and report it when it's silent. Off-air can work, but it can come back to bite you during "conditions" when you inadvertently end up simulcasting a co-channel FM from hund...
by ftballfan
Fri May 19, 2023 8:26 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: FM power in different areas
Replies: 35
Views: 3924

Re: FM power in different areas

96.9 the Drive can be picked up somewhat often in the Manistee and Ludington areas.
by ftballfan
Fri May 19, 2023 8:18 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Look at all the FCC silent notifications in N. Michigan...
Replies: 54
Views: 8999

Re: Look at all the FCC silent notifications in N. Michigan...

In 2003 arguably the best sales team in the area was under his roof. Then he started to "adjust" things. It was an excellent plan that executed so poorly, they should study it at the Comm school at MSU. Is that around the time that they poached Ryan Dobry from WTCM, only for most of her listenershi...
by ftballfan
Wed May 17, 2023 11:00 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: WLAV Tower Relocation - new update 7/29
Replies: 98
Views: 32963

Re: WLAV Tower Relocation - new update 7/29

It's impressive how WLAW managed to get 6kW despite being short-spaced (or nearly short-spaced) to WLAV and WJIM
by ftballfan
Wed May 10, 2023 10:23 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Look at all the FCC silent notifications in N. Michigan...
Replies: 54
Views: 8999

Re: Look at all the FCC silent notifications in N. Michigan...

BirdieKingBobo wrote:
Wed May 10, 2023 6:29 am
It's sad that the Tigers don't even have a terrestrial radio station in Traverse City.....
Does WKAD still air the Tigers? They should be able to be picked up in parts of TC, albeit weakly
by ftballfan
Sun May 07, 2023 12:18 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Look at all the FCC silent notifications in N. Michigan...
Replies: 54
Views: 8999

Re: Look at all the FCC silent notifications in N. Michigan...

Are you sure about that? The majority in Northern MI certainly are. Station values have plummeted for a reason. Midwestern and MacGarb will never get the value of what their properties were worth 20 years ago. They will probably dissolve in a similar fashion to Northern Broadcasting when the respec...
by ftballfan
Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:29 pm
Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
Topic: More layoffs going down at Sinclair Stations including Flint
Replies: 90
Views: 14198

Re: More layoffs going down at Sinclair Stations including Flint

KVAL is in Eugene. KEZI must be dominant there (Eugene was a two-station market into the 1980s)
by ftballfan
Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:03 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: WNWO to eliminate newscasts
Replies: 15
Views: 2045

Re: WNWO to eliminate newscasts

Are they keeping their NBC affiliation?
by ftballfan
Tue Apr 25, 2023 6:50 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: FM power in different areas
Replies: 35
Views: 3924

Re: FM power in different areas

I've also noticed that Chicago only has one grandfathered power FM, 90.1 WMBI (which also happens to be one of two stations below 92 MHz that cover most of the market). In Los Angeles and San Francisco, most of the full-market FMs have grandfathered power (with a few exceptions in each market)