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by ftballfan
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Bally Sports May Lose TV Rights to MLB Next Week
Replies: 41
Views: 6495

Re: Bally Sports May Lose TV Rights to MLB Next Week

With TV 20 picking up games, areas outside of Detroit get screwed out of those games
by ftballfan
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Eric Zane to (or at?) Q100...
Replies: 4
Views: 1087

Re: Eric Zane to (or at?) Q100...

WQON is underpowered for a C1 at 60kW with a HAAT of 131 meters. I'm surprised nobody over the last 20 years or so has attempted to get them up to 100kW: https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=2308 ... 3ebeb7&i=2
by ftballfan
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:43 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: WCMU Transmitter Building Fire
Replies: 29
Views: 3207

Re: WCMU Transmitter Building Fire

MWmetalhead wrote:
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:32 am
Thanks for the info.

It's interesting that 89.9 is still being run as its own brand.
89.9/107.9 have apparently shifted to a praise and worship format: https://www.promisefm.com/promiseblog/b ... -new-thing
by ftballfan
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Michigan State basketball on WJR
Replies: 9
Views: 1547

Re: Michigan State basketball on WJR

MSU football and basketball airs on 92.9 WJZQ (a 100kW Hot AC station) in Traverse City/Cadillac
by ftballfan
Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:36 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: WCMU Transmitter Building Fire
Replies: 29
Views: 3207

Re: WCMU Transmitter Building Fire

Maybe CMU should rent WFDX: https://radioinsight.com/headlines/265911/fcc-report-3-10-six-new-allocations-granted-in-hawaii/ (scroll down) It wouldn't be the first time a public radio station has rented one of Northern Broadcasting's former stations! A few years back, WIAA aired on 105.5 WSRJ for a...
by ftballfan
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:50 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: Global Sarnia-Oil Springs
Replies: 47
Views: 3389

Re: Global Sarnia-Oil Springs

Comcast dropped WCMU in Flint despite WCMU still being assigned to the Flint/Tri-Cities market. However, both dishes and Spectrum still carry WCMU in the entire Flint DMA. In fact, WCMU is still carried on Spectrum systems in northern Oakland County and Lapeer County. Speaking of WCMU, I'm a little ...
by ftballfan
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Format changes
Replies: 6
Views: 1119

Re: Format changes

95.9 covers much more coverage area than 1400/1370. Heck, 95.9 may have the best coverage of northern Michigan outside of the 100kW stations! Even though the two high-band AM stations are basically useless, those translators could be quite useful. I'm surprised how decently NewsTalk 580 has done in ...
by ftballfan
Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:20 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: Global Sarnia-Oil Springs
Replies: 47
Views: 3389

Re: Global Sarnia-Oil Springs

Ludington and Manistee may have had WVTV in the late 70s, prior to WTBS/WGN (neither Ludington nor Manistee ever had WKBD). Several years ago, I was doing some microfilm searches at the Manistee library and apparently Manistee had WTCG on cable as early as January 1978 (it first appeared on the sate...
by ftballfan
Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:06 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Tornado coverage
Replies: 27
Views: 3457

Re: Tornado coverage

MWmetalhead wrote:
Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:13 pm
Good to hear; thanks for the info.

13 definitely devotes more resources to that part of the DMA than I can remember in decades.
Kind of sad to see a station that for its first 30 or so years on the air didn't cover the I-94 corridor at all do better than the Kalamazoo-based station!
by ftballfan
Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:00 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: WCMU Transmitter Building Fire
Replies: 29
Views: 3207

Re: WCMU Transmitter Building Fire

I'm a little surprised that WCMW-FM doesn't either have a direct link to WCMU Radio HQ.

How does WCMZ in the Sault pick up CMU Public Radio programming? Also, does WCMV or WCMZ have a usable signal in Harbor Springs?
by ftballfan
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:34 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: Global Sarnia-Oil Springs
Replies: 47
Views: 3389

Re: Global Sarnia-Oil Springs

Global was not carried in the Free Press TV listings in the '80s, although CKCO 42 was. IIRC, it had a similar footprint in Michigan both OTA and cable. CHBX 2 (still in analog) has never been on cable in the Michigan Sault (although it was at one time carried in Newberry and Rogers City). CJIC 5 (...
by ftballfan
Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:04 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: Global Sarnia-Oil Springs
Replies: 47
Views: 3389

Re: Global Sarnia-Oil Springs

Global has by far the largest remaining translator network in Canada, all of whom are in digital. They are the only OTA TV service in several Canadian cities
by ftballfan
Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:10 pm
Forum: Chatterbox
Topic: Shooting at Camp Osteen
Replies: 20
Views: 738

Re: Shooting at Camp Osteen

I read the article and it appears that she had a long criminal and mental health history. It also says that she used a male name briefly, along with a few other names.
by ftballfan
Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: Music Musings
Topic: Toby Keith dies
Replies: 6
Views: 474

Re: Toby Keith dies

He was dominant in country music in the 2000s decade. After some doldrums in the late 1990s (four straight singles missing the top 10, in part due to his then-label's issues), he went on a hot streak with 25 top 10 singles in the 2000s decade, including 16 number ones.
by ftballfan
Tue Jan 30, 2024 7:30 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Fall 2023 Nielsen radio numbers are out
Replies: 3
Views: 1186

Re: Fall 2023 Nielsen radio numbers are out

WTCM-FM is technically a rimshot as its tower is outside of the newly adjusted market boundaries!