89X returns?

[ecsuser]

Oh good - can't wait to hear Charm Farm, Sponge and 24 Gone again.

[MWmetalhead]

Mike Halloran needs to be involved. He's performed great work with 91X in San Diego.

[MWmetalhead]

Labour Day in Canada and Labor Day in the U.S. both occur September 1.

Might that be the launch date?

Another possibility: the five year anniversary of the death of 89X, which I believe occurred November 19, 2020.

[ConstipatedListener]

That WOULD be cool if Mike Halloran were involved.

[edj]

Do they still have the 20% (instead of 35%) CanCon exception? Or did they give that up when they flipped to country and totally abandoned the US audience?

Yes. My understanding is it applies to all Windsor commercial stations.

[rubberneck]

Oh good - can't wait to hear Charm Farm, Sponge and 24 Gone again.

That would get me to listen!

[TC Talks]

That WOULD be cool if Mike Halloran were involved.

Maybe he can destroy another studio with a fire extinguisher. Who remembers 99.5?

[Colonel Flagg]

That WOULD be cool if Mike Halloran were involved.

Maybe he can destroy another studio with a fire extinguisher. Who remembers 99.5?

I didn't believe that story then, and I don't believe it now, either.

[ConstipatedListener]

It's cool & you know it. Jim Harper was there as well.

[TC Talks]

That WOULD be cool if Mike Halloran were involved.

Maybe he can destroy another studio with a fire extinguisher. Who remembers 99.5?

I didn't believe that story then, and I don't believe it now, either.

Halloran was a bit of a mentor, as were a few others who moved from WLBS over to DTX. I don't see any reason why any of them would lie about it, especially when it ended his career in Detroit.

That being said, he would be fabulous as a programming consultant in Detroit. It's such an antiquated market, even as old as he is, he could do wonders.

[CurlyHoward]

Oh good - can't wait to hear Charm Farm, Sponge and 24 Gone again.

That would get me to listen!

Better than Seger, Nugent and 80s butt rock at least.

[BFSEsq]

If this happens, it would be big. Hard to believe, but it's also hard to argue with sites with such good track records. I'm excited just because it would be fun to actually have two competing alt rock stations again.

I will say this: it will be 89X in name only. I mean, what else really would make it the same station? IMO there's zero chance of any of the jocks coming back. It's hard because we tend to get nostalgic for the good days, but what prevents this from being 2019 89X again, a shell of its former self with almost no local talent that anyone cares about?

It will be better than Fake Wheels, though. I think just because of the recency of it actually going away. 2020 wasn't that long ago. People will be interested. It's hard to imagine with the modern state of radio, but it might actually generate some buzz.

Instagram advertised a local company selling 89X retro t-shirts to me just yesterday. The old-school logo, with "The Cutting Edge" slogan. It's the most I've ever actually thought about a sponsored post. So yeah, I'd listen to it.

Realistically, could this happen? Bell gave up on Detroit. It would be a big move for them to reverse all of it. I mean, I'd imagine there's no chance of them actually investing any money or anything

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