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by MWmetalhead
Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:33 pm
Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
Topic: ThisTV now coming to Ch 12.7
Replies: 26
Views: 4922

Re: ThisTV now coming to Ch 12.7

This TV is complete garbage. Trust me, there is zero programming worth viewing. WDIV 4.2 continues to carry it for reasons that escape me.

Example: reruns of the "Highway from Hell" tow truck series and "Weather Gone Viral" series, each from The Weather Channel, air weeknights in primetime.
by MWmetalhead
Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: Political Potpourri - Michigan
Topic: The MEDC needs to be disbanded
Replies: 16
Views: 293

Re: The MEDC needs to be disbanded

Yup. Buick City in Flint being a prime example. Portions of it have been redeveloped already (Lear has a plant there), but plenty remains available for re-use.
by MWmetalhead
Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:26 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Rewind: Vintage 1980 NewsCenter 8 WOTV Newscast
Replies: 11
Views: 829

Re: Rewind: Vintage 1980 NewsCenter 8 WOTV Newscast

Any folks from EGR who shop at Meijer are much more likely to shop at the Knapps Corner or Cascade stores.

A lot of the inner city crowd shops at 28th and Kalamazoo.
by MWmetalhead
Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:04 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Nexstar's CWNetwork looking for a new detroit home as Scripps pulls affiliation from its stations
Replies: 2
Views: 145

Re: Nexstar's CWNetwork looking for a new detroit home as Scripps pulls affiliation from its stations

The "local sports" reference is interesting. We saw some Pistons and Wings games air on 20 this month. I wonder if more of that is in store for this autumn? There has to be something inherently wrong with how CW approaches affiliation. Losing multiple major station groups as affiliation partners is ...
by MWmetalhead
Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:56 pm
Forum: Political Potpourri - Michigan
Topic: Worn becomes Warren again after electing first female mayor!
Replies: 55
Views: 4263

Re: Worn becomes Warren again after electing first female mayor!

Prediction: Hizzoner (Fouts) files to run for Stone's vacant State House seat. My prediction was almost accurate! Fouts indeed is running for the State House, albeit in a different district than the one I thought: https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/19/ex-warren-mayor-jim-fo...
by MWmetalhead
Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:45 pm
Forum: Political Potpourri - Michigan
Topic: Oakland County GOP is in disarray (what else is new?)
Replies: 0
Views: 24

Oakland County GOP is in disarray (what else is new?)

No one seems to know who their candidate is for the Oakland County Executive race now that Brooks' daughter, Mary, has dropped out of the race.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/ ... 385213007/
by MWmetalhead
Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:30 pm
Forum: Political Potpourri - Michigan
Topic: The MEDC needs to be disbanded
Replies: 16
Views: 293

Re: The MEDC needs to be disbanded

You are certainly correct that a risk exists that the environmental consultants will miss issues (recognized environmental conditions) during phase I and phase II assessments that could bite a property owner in the ass later. I suspect the number of borings performed and soil samples collected on a ...
by MWmetalhead
Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:13 pm
Forum: Network & Syndicated Radio and TV
Topic: Channel 20 Added to Frndly TV
Replies: 3
Views: 55

Re: Channel 20 Added to Frndly TV

Would love to see 20 added to YouTube TV.
by MWmetalhead
Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:01 pm
Forum: Political Potpourri - Michigan
Topic: The MEDC needs to be disbanded
Replies: 16
Views: 293

Re: The MEDC needs to be disbanded

A properly prepared Baseline Environmental Assessment could shield a successor owner from liability associated with preexisting environmental hazards. There are shopping centers, ski hills and even subdivisions built on former landfill sites. I believe the LG Chem battery plant in Holland was built ...
by MWmetalhead
Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Rewind: Vintage 1980 NewsCenter 8 WOTV Newscast
Replies: 11
Views: 829

Re: Rewind: Vintage 1980 NewsCenter 8 WOTV Newscast

You are absolutely right; I forgot that there was a story from Bill Freeman. I remember the "Freeman File" on News 8 in the late 80s.
by MWmetalhead
Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:20 pm
Forum: Chatterbox
Topic: Tesla strikes again
Replies: 3
Views: 92

Re: Tesla strikes again

I completely agree Ford is a total disaster right now. No argument from me.

The Bronco is truly awful (and I'm no fan of its little sibling, the Bronco Sport, either).
by MWmetalhead
Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:53 am
Forum: Chatterbox
Topic: Tesla strikes again
Replies: 3
Views: 92

Re: Tesla strikes again

It's nice to see Elon not blame the consumer for once for his product's defects.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/2413 ... tsa-defect

Tesla shares have lost 40 percent of their value year to date.
by MWmetalhead
Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Yammies aren't built so well these days...
Replies: 39
Views: 1489

Re: Yammies aren't built so well these days...

They did the right thing by replacing your A6A, since after all your full warranty period was still active. That's an expensive unit.

I just wish their build quality was as good as it used to be, especially with regard to their entry level receivers.
by MWmetalhead
Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: Political Potpourri - Michigan
Topic: The MEDC needs to be disbanded
Replies: 16
Views: 293

Re: The MEDC needs to be disbanded

Unfortunately, the meth head hillbillies won't suddenly change their behavior or lifestyle simply because a new manufacturing plant opens, sad to say.
by MWmetalhead
Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:09 pm
Forum: Political Potpourri - Michigan
Topic: The MEDC needs to be disbanded
Replies: 16
Views: 293

Re: The MEDC needs to be disbanded

No, you don't have to "actually deliver." Also, in some cases, economics are tilted absurdly in favor of the grant / subsidy recipient. That's why the MEDC process is a joke. The press releases to which you linked are misleading. Ford's "investment" in Marshall is conditioned upon receiving over a b...