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by Frosty
Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:31 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Star Country 106.7
Replies: 37
Views: 8331

Re: Star Country 106.7

I worked there in the '80s when it was just 1340 WPZ and Michigan's Beautiful North 96.3. Is it the same little two-story house on the hill? Trish still upstairs?
by Frosty
Wed Sep 29, 2021 3:51 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: WTKA AM 1050 question
Replies: 1
Views: 815

Re: WTKA AM 1050 question

That's a marathon....16 hours a day, 6 am to 10 pm. So you'd think they would have time for your call!
by Frosty
Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:38 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: WJR Local News
Replies: 20
Views: 5382

Re: WJR Local News

Lloyd Jackson? I wonder if that's the same Lloyd Jackson who did news for a short time at WSNX/Muskegon/GR. He was terrible then.
by Frosty
Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:54 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: lack of radio posts
Replies: 25
Views: 4548

Re: lack of radio posts

How many stations were playing Al Jolson or Bing Crosby in 1980? Actually, the Music of Your Life format took off at about that time. I worked at one in Florida in 1984. It fizzled out shortly after that time. So, hang in there --- the burnt to a crisp classic rock may be reaching its crumbling poi...
by Frosty
Fri Sep 17, 2021 10:40 am
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: lack of radio posts
Replies: 25
Views: 4548

Re: lack of radio posts

In what used to be PREMIER radio market, a no-talent hack such as Jade Springhart now handles middays at WRIF. Abrasive voice with zero inflection when she speaks. She just "drones" when she talks. Dry, boring content, too. Instead of on-air capability being the most important consideration when ma...
by Frosty
Fri Sep 03, 2021 5:50 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: What’s This?
Replies: 43
Views: 8774

Re: What’s This?

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I would imagine that they would skew it towards women, as Trish has always dominated women.
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.....so says the women who worked for her. And the men, too. :rollin
by Frosty
Tue Aug 10, 2021 4:15 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: WWMT-TV, CW7 go live with new transmitter, improved broadcast signal
Replies: 5
Views: 1773

Re: WWMT-TV, CW7 go live with new transmitter, improved broadcast signal

This is great news. I can't wait to rescan tonight to see for meself. Thanks for posting this news! CBS is my main OTA network. I've been thinking of subscribing to CBS online for this, because of the iffy signal and dropouts, even with the antenna pointing to their tower. Update (8/11): So I scanne...
by Frosty
Tue Jul 27, 2021 7:50 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Nielsen #'s for Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Muskegon
Replies: 15
Views: 4473

Re: Nielsen #'s for Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Muskegon

I don't think that's an "all-time low" for 107.3. It likely had next-to-nothing numbers prior to its transition to WODJ, when it was a sleepy Greenville country station.
Many years ago (1980s and '90s), WLHT/Lite 95.7 had very good numbers in Muskegon. So did WOOD-FM and WLAV.
by Frosty
Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:33 pm
Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
Topic: Banning Non-Competes
Replies: 52
Views: 5931

Re: Banning Non-Competes

There may be a common ground here, to restrict noncompete agreements and to define which ones the court would throw out in a lawsuit. Maybe a severance package at 100% salary in the same timeframe which the noncompete agreement was in force. I seem to remember a company discussed here that said you...
by Frosty
Tue Jun 15, 2021 3:22 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: West Michigan Radio Websites are miserably short of content.
Replies: 13
Views: 3832

Re: West Michigan Radio Websites are miserably short of content.

So, basically.....no one knows what the F they are doing. No wonder radio broadcasting is a nearly dead industry. Sad.

It was fun in the '80s.
by Frosty
Sun Jun 13, 2021 3:07 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: West Michigan Radio Websites are miserably short of content.
Replies: 13
Views: 3832

Re: West Michigan Radio Websites are miserably short of content.

No one answered me the first time I asked this, so I will ask again. What is the monetary gain for a radio station website? Those crappy Google ads don't pay much, and the views are going to be hard to come by to make it worth much. Local advertising? Again, the views are just not there. As for soci...
by Frosty
Sun May 16, 2021 1:43 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Vaccinated? Toss your mask.
Replies: 3
Views: 2046

Re: Vaccinated? Toss your mask.

Well, since our posts the state has issued somewhat confusing mask/no mask orders. Some stores and indoor places still require them, some do not. So keep a mask or two handy, as you are still going to need it some of the time, vaccinated or not.
by Frosty
Fri May 14, 2021 10:52 am
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Vaccinated? Toss your mask.
Replies: 3
Views: 2046

Re: Vaccinated? Toss your mask.

Reese, You are spreading misinformation. The CDC's recommendation is just that, a recommendation. The state health department is making the health laws, and they have not said anything as of this moment. Yes, the recommendation is for fully vaccinated people only. For unvaccinated people: You must w...
by Frosty
Wed Apr 14, 2021 4:29 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: We live in fame or go down in flame................
Replies: 19
Views: 5170

Re: We live in fame or go down in flame................

I was in radio in the '80s (great times) to the mid '90s (beginning of the end). What I don't understand is the benefit of radio driving its audience to the website. Sure, there's ads on the website, but is that the bigger revenue-maker of the two? I rarely go to a radio station's website, but I do ...
by Frosty
Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:51 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Bill Vogel
Replies: 21
Views: 7376

Re: Bill Vogel

Is the obituary correct, or have I been assuming incorrect info on Bill for many years? I thought Haley Vogel of TV weather fame was his daughter. I also thought an ad director at WFMK where I worked for a short time in the late '80s was his ex-wife. I can't remember her first name, but I am sure sh...