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Did Beasley let WCSX's webmaster go in budget cuts? Big Jim is still listed in morning drive, although he's been gone since mid-May.

The MAB is sad to report the passing of longtime Michigan broadcaster Roger Hoppe II. Hoppe passed away at age 57 early this past Monday morning (7/6) from prostate cancer. Hoppe had owned stations in Bear Lake and Beulah, Michigan as well as well as stations in Craig and Limon, Colorado. Radio’s B ...

Follow-Up File: New Antenna for Upper AM Band Nears Readiness

https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gea ... -readiness

In 1981, Rick and Barbara relocated to Petoskey. While waiting for FCC approval for a construction permit for a new FM station, Rick built and managed WMKC-FM (Indian River/St. Ignace/Mackinaw City). In 1988, the FCC finally approved the license for WAIR-FM (Atlanta) (now WFDX) on 92.5 FM with 100 ...

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2026 10:25 am

GrahamWellington wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2026 9:03 am

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2026 8:19 am What does that have to do with WPRR in Grand Rapids?

Assuming he saw "1660" in the header and is thinking Kalamazoo.

Great point; I overlooked that typo. I've corrected it in the OP.

Whoops! My bad!

Filed yesterday: https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/datae ... 0&goBack=N

Also includes the 102.5 translator

They should sell the translator to Krol to give WJSZ a 2nd signal in Owosso Agree with this, entirely. Krol is dedicated to local options. Owosso is uniquely impacted by major signals from all of mid-Michigan and SE Michigan. Krol would have to do it with an HD-2 of WRSR. WJSZ itself is outside the ...

fairbankshockeypuck wrote: ↑Wed Jan 14, 2026 11:00 pm Unless they a have an FCC waiver???????

That would mean an STA of some sort on both the AM and the companion FM translator.

Fox 2 Detroit (WJBK) is owned by Fox. In the Detroit market, Scripps owns WXYZ (ABC 7). I do know that WXMI takes a feed form WJBK during Lions pre-game activities as the Fox2 logo is visible. Guessing someone routed the wrong signal through master control. Must have been a day for errors by local ...

IIRC, Victoria Bishop owns WCHY through Michigan Broadcasters, LLC

Is 106.3 in Traverse City even on the air? I cannot even find a web page for them. Yes they are, playing country by day, Grateful Dead at night as Wine Country Radio. https://www.facebook.com/WJMLRadio/ Didn't hear one commercial on my last listen. Likely a place-holder format until someone comes ...

Oh yeah. Major issues with creating interference to WCEN-FM in Clinton and probably SW Shiawassee counties. Plus, during even medium tropo events, WCEN-FM probably made reception of the WKAR translator very difficult in the immediate Lansing area. They initially relocated to 105.1, which I assumed ...