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My Cumulus RDS impersonation...

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Re: My Cumulus RDS impersonation...

Post by MWmetalhead » Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:58 am

When I was in G.R. about a month ago, I noticed WLHT did not display any kind of song/artist text whenever it locked in HD on my Sangean HDR-14. HD2 also displayed nothing, but that was before the Smile FM deal took effect. (I know WCSX-HD3 just displays "Michigan's Positive Hit's" (sic) with no song/artist info.)
When I checked WLHT-HD on Friday, there was no sign of Smile FM.

Magic 104.9 was being rebroadcast on the HD-2, as usual.

HD-3 didn't show up.



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Re: My Cumulus RDS impersonation...

Post by ftballfan » Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:32 pm

I wonder if Magic 104.9 will move to HD3 when Smile FM comes on HD2



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Re: My Cumulus RDS impersonation...

Post by ChrisWL1980 » Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:04 pm

Realist wrote:
Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:50 pm
ChrisWL1980 wrote:
Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:48 pm
Realist wrote:
Sun Oct 03, 2021 6:03 pm
You noticed this too? 🤣🤣🤣

At least Cumulus Saginaw and Flint have their 💩 together with RDS
Funny you mention Flint... CK105.5 doesn't appear to be showing song/artist info anymore. It's just "Flint's CK105.5 All The Hits" on both PS and RT whenever I tune by, even during a song.
The best thing that Cumulus could do with that station is either have it simulcast Top 40 sister WIOG or drop the Top 40 format altogether and simulcast Z93, blowing the Banana right out of water….
I wouldn't mind the latter option and I'm not even a hard rock fan. It'd be a nice return to their roots as an AOR giant in the '70s and '80s. Banana (and Townsquare stations in general, at least the ones in Flint and Grand Rapids) is painful to listen to, ever since Townsquare decided to become the next iHeart and standardized playlists across their formats.



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Re: My Cumulus RDS impersonation...

Post by DanaMarshall » Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:03 pm

gotigers wrote:I don't think WKFR (a Townsquare station) has shown a song and artist in months. It's usually plugging the morning show in all caps like you said. Very annoying. Just another reason I've been preferring the new Hits 96.5 (WZOX) to KFR lately.
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Re: My Cumulus RDS impersonation...

Post by MWmetalhead » Sun Jun 19, 2022 7:57 am

Hits 96.5 is a crappy station. Reminds me of 105.3 Hot FM circa 2010 (or earlier). Not a good thing. The imaging voices 96.5 uses are unbearably bad. Station seems to be targeting teenagers and young adults, which is a stupid strategy in the year 2022.



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