These companies would have already entered the Grand Rapids market, if they wanted to, being that it is highly evangelical. I just don't see EMF or Family Life trying to tip a toe into the airwaves anytime soon. There are simply enough popular "Godcasters" in the market already (WCSG, WJQK, Smile-FM...

WTNR continues its slide into oblivion. C'mon, put it out of its misery, already. On the other side of the coin, I continue to be impressed at the "new" WKLQ's run. The on-air product has certainly improved... no longer an exact clone of WQKL, but a bit more tweaked towards classic 80s and 90s alter...

Strong inversions can cause this. There have been these a bit more often lately with a prevailing east wind over the lake, creating upwelling of colder waters (and cooling the air in lower levels), and warmer than normal air flowing over the top. This can enhance signal conductivity for anything wes...

Yeah. Keep dreaming. There's only one where that may be true, and I am not certain of its long-term viability, anyway.

MrsWarmth wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 20, 2023 4:24 pm

Cumulus would be stupid to sell any of the Grand Rapids stations as they're all positioned to be market leaders in their respective formats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL6w6fjZIBA&t=277s Featuring a cache of old commercials... national ones, but also local retailers such as Amway, Randy Disselkoen, Old Kent, Cole's, Meijer, AAA of Michigan, Stahl Buick/BMW/Datsun, WCUZ AM 1230 and FM 101, and Highland Appliance... Also, old WOTV ID ...

I'm not sure how wise it would be to put 94.5 onto 107.3. Reportedly, there are a fair number of listeners on 94.5 on the lakeshore (and some of the ads that are running currently on the signal are from businesses located in Holland, Spring Lake, Muskegon...), so it would seem like not the best busi...

The other answer is that it costs Audacy very little, relatively speaking, to clear the Detroit outlet. They just aren't really trying. They just don't really care. Sure, they found a little gold in somewhat higher ratings, just by tweaking the music to a bit more of a midwestern-friendly flavor... ...

Thanks for the find, that truly is a good capture of a solidly programmed Alternative station during a time I'd consider to be the apex of the format itself. I haven't heard that Cowboy Mouth single in a very long time -- I suppose because it only scraped the lower portion of the charts, it never be...

Townsquare isn't going to, because it would cannibalize WLHT and WFGR. iHeart won't, either, since it could do damage to WSRW, WSNX, WBFX. Cumulus - maybe, flipping 107.3 wouldn't be a half bad idea. WLAV is possibly damaged, but more minimally. Otherwise, I'm not really holding my breath for format...

It's not going to work like this. There just isn't really high demand for Classic Rock. The target audience is moving out of the high side of the demo. The same 250 tired tracks, but on two signals instead of just one? Nah. And, iHeartMedia's version of the generic, sanitary format (via "Premium Cho...

According to the Arbitron Ratings Release schedule, they will be released as follows: Market Service Survey Date Time Grand Rapids Arbitrends Mar 2023 (Jan-Mar) 4/28/2023 12:00 Grand Rapids eBook Mar 2023 (Jan-Mar) 4/28/2023 12:00 Grand Rapids Respondent Level Data * Mar 2023 (Jan-Mar) 4/28/2023 12:...

It's the perfect guess, the studios are indeed there now, and perchance "younger him" spent time at the library, as many kids did back then.

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:40 am

My guess? He's headed to WYCE. Aren't their studios in a former library on GR's west side?

This website will show you when the ratings will be released. https://www.arbitron.com/home/delivsched.asp Typically, due to February being a shorter month, some markets, which have a release roughly every 30 days, will not have a release during the month, but it may slide into early March. Grand Ra...

No, as of this writing, they are still broadcasting the same program on 94.9 and 1370 AM as well as 92.1.

ChrisWL1980 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:20 pm

So I assume the oldies format is back on 1370/94.9?

If they did flip to Classic Rock, would they eliminate it from WGRD and lean that more in a KPNT-like direction? (If only...) But, more realistically... I would assume WFGR just keeps it "steady as she goes" for the time being. Nothing exciting ever seems to happen in Grand Rapids radio... Townsquar...