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Greg Buben

I,m not sure why I was singled out to be one in favor of the WFGR new rebrand. To me it still sounds like the classic hits of the 70's and 80's as it was before it starting calling itself "The Grand". Although there are some crossover hits that both classic hits and classic rock stations play this ...

Greg Buben

I made comments regarding the top six stations in the May ratings. Due to lack of any commentary from anyone else on the top six stations I'm going to comment on stations seven and eight. Star 105.7 FM was number seven dropping down to a 4% share. I would think that a mega powered A/C station would ...

Greg Buben

I really didn't expect WBFX "The Big 101.3 FM" to move up to number six. I still say that WLAV jumping to number five is just because disenchanted classic rock listeners don't have an alternative classic rock station in the market. In fact I'll say I bet there are many who may listen to WLAV as the ...

Greg Buben

WCSG, B-93, and WGRD continue dominating the market with loyal audiences and being professionally run. WSNX went down a complete percentage point to a 5.3% share but that is still respectable for the overall ratings. I didn't expect that WLAV would jump up to fifth place and to a 4.8% share. WLAV ...

Greg Buben

What I found most interesting about this months ratings is that WYCD tumbled from a 7.8% share down to a 6.8% share. In earlier posts I had said that WYCD would be the station that would climb in the ratings and I was right that it did. I'm not sure why it dropped by that much but one may think that ...

Greg Buben

Is that the same Craig Russell who responded to my last post the former afternoon host on WFGR? If so I met him while he worked at WFGR. We all have our opinions whether we post them or not. It seems to me from what I read of his response that he is content with the status quo of commercial FM ...

Greg Buben

Although WLAV went up to a 3.1% share in the April ratings I couldn't help but notice that all recent ratings for WLAV have been under a 4% share. I still believe that WLAV should update the playlist by eliminating hits that are too pop for the classic rock audience of 2024. They should also stop ...

Greg Buben

I expected WCSG, B-93, WSNX, WGRD, and WOOD to be top ranked stations. The top five are run professionally with loyal audiences. What seemed interesting is how Star 105.7 FM didn't decline that badly after Christmas and still is in the top ten. What also seems interesting is that "The Big 101.3 FM ...

Greg Buben

Whoever is in charge of Cumulus in G.R. should first and foremost get rid of that "Thunder Country" on 107.3 FM. Over the past few years I have repeated myself that it is insane to allow the modern major label country hits to be played on a station that the people constantly ignore. B-93 is enough ...

Greg Buben

The April ratings came out and "The Ticket" is number one overall once again. It also jumped up to a 9.2% share from the March ratings. I realize Detroit is a big sports market but still that amazes me that "The Ticket" jumped that high. No music format of any kind comes close to that impressive ...

Greg Buben

As I said before I think that WLAV should make changes on their playlist. I think they should drop many of the songs that were big top 40 hits in the late 60''s and 70's which were hits on the old top 40 WGRD AM & FM. Examples of these are "Black Betty" by one hit wonder Ram Jam and "Taking Care Of ...

Greg Buben

In the March ratings WLAV dropped down to 14th place while their sister station "Hot FM" was number 12. This was a different situation where another Cumulus station did better than WLAV. Considering that there were no top ten stations owned by Cumulus and their WLAV dropped so low that makes me ...

Greg Buben

I saw the March ratings and discovered WLAV declined down to a 2.7% share. As I said earlier I believe that a new and better classic rock FM station that is 50,000 watts could and would beat WLAV but neither I-Heart nor Town Square are willing to do that. A new company would have to buy a 50,000 ...

Greg Buben

Here's how many stations each company had in the top ten stations of the March Nielsen Ratings: Company Amount of Stations Which stations and their ranking Audacy 4 #2 The Ticket, #4 WYCD, #7 WOMC, and #9 WWJ I-Heart 3 #1 WNIC, #3 WKQI, and #8 WMXD Beasley 3 #4 WCSX, #5 WRIF, and #10 WMGC Cumulus 0 ...

Greg Buben

As much as I would love to have somebody with a commercial FM station of 50,000 watts compete with WLAV with a better classic rock station I know that would require another company in the market to purchase an already existing sta- tion. Without that happening it looks to me like classic rock on G.R ...

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