Z96.5 in K'zoo is now 96.5 Jack FM!

[JeremyAndrews]

Despite their branding, WHLS in Port Huron is basically Alternative.

[TVC_DX5678]

Would 101.5 Manistee count as "alternative"?

[JeremyAndrews]

WMTE is AAA. WQKL in Ann Arbor is also AAA. Not the radio format Alternative. More friendly on the Adult acoustic type, singer songwriter, some Classics.

WHLS calls itself “Rock 105.5: Port Huron’s Alternative” Basically Alternative (Lots of Twenty One Pilots, Muse, Gorillaz, Cage The Elephant, U2, Garbage, X Ambassadors, etc) Also plays a lot of pop Rock (Creed, Nickelback, Evanescence) but those artists were also considered Alternative at one point.

And then there’s Alt 106.7 in Detroit which is generic Alternative.

[Deleted User 12201]

They aren't fools over at 104.9 - they pretty much took over the thread announcing the format switch, over on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Z965FMKalamazo ... %22O%22%7D

[craigrussell100]

I'm just surprised they actually paid to switch it to "Jack"...and didn't come up with some workaround...I'm looking right at you "Mike" and "Joe" in Lansing and Saginaw...Duke-FM Is obviously taken, but maybe "Steve" or "Jeff" FM could have worked...

[hunterw]

https://radioinsight.com/category/headl ... t-changes/

Seems like lots of station are flipping to this format and similar logo. wonder if its syndicated programming and wonder the syndication is really cheap or on special right now.(Not sure how syndication on formats work and how they charge for them)

[TheGadgetGuy]

https://radioinsight.com/category/headl ... t-changes/

Seems like lots of station are flipping to this format and similar logo. wonder if its syndicated programming and wonder the syndication is really cheap or on special right now.(Not sure how syndication on formats work and how they charge for them)

There are two ways that one can use the Jack brand. One is to license the branding only and the other is a complete syndicated format from WestwoodOne. Midwest has rolled out Jack on 4 or so stations in recent years.

[Deleted User 10525]

This signal has had a lot of formats, wasn't this The Fat one at one point?

[CJ]

There is some cross over with Jack FM’s playlist and WVFM’s (when they aren’t playing Christmas Music). Could there be a tweak to WVFM’s format after Christmas music? They seem to be be trying to build a Morning audience more than ever with adding Curtis recently. Maybe going up against WKFR more?

[Deleted User 12201]

I noticed the playlist as well - almost like they worked in the best of Z965 into the typical Jack fare. No complaints for sure, though. If this takes off, maybe they can blow up the Fuel and put this on there instead.

They're playing "Epic" by Faith No More right now. Consider me impressed!

The imaging is well crafted and customized. So, it does not appear they are using the Westwood One feed.

Playlist seems to be more adventurous than the typical "Jack" station. Would love a station like this in Detroit. Oh, that's right. We used to have a similar one. Until iFart unceremoniously scrapped it in favor of Fault 106.7.

We should all be extremely thankful Midwest didn't bring Tom Kent's god awful "Fuel FM" format to K'zoo. You can hear that aural abortion on 92.1 FM in the Lansing area.