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Mackinaw City FM has just been sold

Covers all of Northern Lower Michigan (from Ludington to Tawas northward), as well as the Straits Area and Soo Region.
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Re: Mackinaw City FM has just been sold

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WSBX

https://www.fccdata.org/?facid=&call=WY ... d=&lang=en

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MWmetalhead wrote: Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:39 am 94.5 WYPV reportedly has been sold to Billy Sours (who just sold WBZV in the Hillsdale - Adrian area) for $140,000.

He has applied to change calls to either WBSX or WSBX; I cannot recall which.

I believe this station was previously relaying Q100 from Grayling.

It is possible this station will return to the air with a rock format of some kind, which frankly would make no sense to me at all. The area already has three classic rock stations (WSUE in the Soo flipped back to classic rock recently) plus an active rock station.

I'm unaware of any obvious format void in the region, other than perhaps Sports (good luck making money with that format on a standalone FM with limited population reach). I do not believe there is a Hot AC formatted station up that way, but that format was tried years ago on 94.5 and evidently didn't fare too well (remember Star 94.5?).
I always thought WLXT 96.3 was Hot AC?
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WSBX, now why is that familiar...

Ah, yes. The same call letters used by the legendary Woody Nelson, on the daytime AM he torpedoed in southwest Georgia. :lol

Good times. :smokin
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Woody... Is he in prison these days?
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TC Talks wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:51 pm Woody... Is he in prison these days?
Woody (aka Steven Blood) appears to still be around: https://www.facebook.com/steven.blood.9889/
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EdWalker wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 3:59 pm
TC Talks wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:51 pm Woody... Is he in prison these days?
Woody (aka Steven Blood) appears to still be around: https://www.facebook.com/steven.blood.9889/
Probably hiding from Sammy Hagar and Tommy Tutone, at least :rollin
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Word has it that WSBX has teamed up with WUPN in the Sault ste Marie area.The stations are apparently simulcasting and were rebranded as 94.5/95.1 The bridge.
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Re: Mackinaw City FM has just been sold

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Does this mean the looping radio message that is played when crossing the Mackinac Bridge will no longer be played??? That is tradition to listen to when crossing the bridge.
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BirdieKingBobo wrote: Thu May 02, 2024 5:02 pm Does this mean the looping radio message that is played when crossing the Mackinac Bridge will no longer be played??? That is tradition to listen to when crossing the bridge.
That's at 530 and 1610 kHz, so I think that's safe.
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