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bosco wrote: ↑Wed Apr 16, 2025 8:56 pm Mr. Henderson filed a comment or two with regard to the FCC's "Delete-delete" 25-133.
Interesting read:

https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10415037655323/1

The rantings of a mad man.

Perhaps Adell's WFDF could carry select games, they can certainly cover Flint! The now silent 1470 or 1570 in Flint would have made a nice simulcast partner for WSGW. With the demise of these two stations, there's also no MSU affiliate in the market. If Townsquare was interested in U of M they would ...

Surprised they didn't add the Westwood One program America at Night hosted by Rich Valdez (former Bohannan show) instead of a Fox News program.

Guy Gordon was abysmal on WJR, during his afternoon call in show as well as the morning show. Zero chemistry with the morning team, and a poor interviewer (though not as bad as Paul W. Smith). I may actually give the WJR morning show another listen now that he's gone. I agree that chemistry was ...

ADD in TC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 1:49 pm Looking at the FCC data base,it looks possibley like the tower that housed WFDX andWPHN may of also collapsed.

I believe these two stations were on a Silent STA prior to the ice storm. WFDX is in the process of being sold to Northern Christian Radio and WPHN suffered a fire a while back.

Wondering if WSRT, WLXT, and WKHQ could all relocate to the same tower site? The Gaylord site may be best positioned to house all three, at least on a temporary basis.

You can add WMJZ Gaylord to the growing list of towers that have collapsed. MAB newsletter today reports they plan to broadcast with a temporary antenna at their studio. Can't even imagine the amount of insurance claims from this storm.

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 5:23 pm I thought AM 600 had a commercial license?

Perhaps I should have said "secular" instead of "commercial". Either way, this past year has not been kind to heritage AM stations in Flint.

This leaves no commercial AM stations left in Flint. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/297717/cumulus-shutting-down-des-moines-flint-fort-walton-beach-ams/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=jetpack_social&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3CGjc95LQ7lfAAGVaJN5atQbM1wl6wkjMC6ogO4O3p39UUt_pYnVVJNNM_aem ...

Looks like Bongo's Replacement, Vince Coglianese, started his new show today. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/295853/wmal-afternoon-host-vince-coglianese-to-succeed-dan-bongino-on-westwood-one/ How many existing Bongino affiliates keep their affiliation with Westwood One? WTCM went with Clay and ...

Here's an idea: Flip WWCK-FM to Classic Hits. (WHNN should have never ditched the format, imo) Then make WCCW-AM and the 107.3 FM translator a simulcast of either WKQZ or WIOG. Looks like CK 105's content is completely outsourced - either via satellite or VT'd in Saginaw. Time to for a change, or a ...

Compass Media has Markley and Van Camp in that time slot as well. The show was better when it was just Markley and Van Camp. It was rolled out as a more lighthearted, pop-culture show that didn't take themselves too seriously. It was supposed to attract younger demo. When Mark Levin wannabe Scott ...

Trump has named Don Bongino to be the deputy director of the FBI. Bongino had been trying to weasel out of his contract with Cumulus/Westwood One since the pandemic, threatening to quit over a vaccine mandate, despite he himself taking the jab. He's already been replaced on many of Cumulus Media's ...

zoomer69 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2025 12:00 am From the FCC website:
On November 1st, 2024 WMTU resumed full operations.
Full operations resumed since the roof of the campus building that WMTU broadcast from was replaced.

I wonder if the issue was with their STL and had to remove it for the roof repairs or something like that.

I'm curious what happens with WSJM-FM. WQYQ, under the previous call sign of WSJM, was a sports station. They then merged the news-talk and sports-talk into a single WSJM brand and moved it to FM. Does 94.9 go all news talk? Do they flip to music?