The sale of B-93 and the two WOOD stations was announced on February 19, 1996. In 1992 The Miller Brothers (two Kalamazoo lawyers) bought B-93 from Fetzer for two million. A year later the station was sold to Bruce Holberg who owned the WOOD stations for 10 or 11 million. Tim Feagan had lined up an ...

The original afternoon guy was Dave "the beef" Wellington. He didn't believe country would ever work. Conrad joined us a month or so after sign on. Turned out country worked till I Heart and it's greedy minions got a hold of it.

You have a real name and a screen name. Who will stand up and say I yam who I yam? (I was in the Navy too. ((Beat Army)).

MatthewMcKenzie writes in the thread titled " 3 Grand Rapids stations were dead air on Sunday afternoon"...... "Hate to say it, but does anyone really turn to the radio anymore for any sort of public news/information or warnings? Sadly, the days of having to have a body in the building are pretty mu...

With respect, this entire thread has me feeling like Mark Hamill in a TV ad with Patrick Stewart...... Huh, What???

Steve L. I was under the impression you had to have at least one person on premises to monitor the transmitter{s}. Has that changed?

You all know there was one part timer there when this all happened. The person could have dozed off, or who knows what. Neal used to tell a story of a part timer who went to a bar at a tiny station in downstate Illinois, while he was playing a record of a religious show. The record started to skip w...

On November 4th I wrote, "What a terrible shame Mr. Trump can't bring himself to match the grace of his supporters by calling the President Elect, offering a pat on the back, and a sincere concession." I apologize for my error. Many, if not most of Mr. Trumps supporters are anything but gracious. Th...

Frosty, there were some bad hires in my last few years at I Heart. Because "It is what it is", Phil Tower was one culprit. When the tenth floor began easing me out, I was named news director at WOOD. It was a title only. I had no power over hiring and firing. Phil blessed me with a young woman out o...

Andy my friend you sound nearly as bitter as I was..... till your first snow storm and it was 80 here in Florida. I wonder sometimes why I was called talent. I never saw the 1996 derg act for what it would be. Greedy greedy men bought every station they could and paid obscene multiples. Of course i...

Mickey Lolitch: You almost certainly were listening to Ally Mac. In her defense the show was voiced tracked. She probably had no idea the game was canceled when it was recorded. Stupid? If you were doing three shows a day you might get confused too. As for stumbling through a break, if it really was...

Andy my friend you sound nearly as bitter as I was..... till your first snow storm and it was 80 here in Florida. I wonder sometimes why I was called talent. I never saw the 1996 derg act for what it would be. Greedy greedy men bought every station they could and paid obscene multiples. Of course it...

Looking through the Grand Rapids I Heart web pages this week I was mildly surprised to see Lauren Schmidt (Shmiddy) listed as doing mornings on Wood and Star, doing afternoons on WSNX (including Sunday). Aly Mac is doing mornings on B-93, middays on Star and Middays on Big. Tony Allen is listed as d...

Many times I have wondered about the viability of a mid 80's to 2010 Classic Country Format. But especially in the 80's you must be extremely careful with the music. In 1984 for every 'Judds why not Me?" there are five John Schneider "I've been Around Enough to Know's", and Vern Gosdin "dead on arri...

I am surprised the most to see WOOD AM/FM to slide into third place, and third place in an election year. I am sure that WOOD made it's nut on political spots. (I'd have loved to be that order taker on the I Heart 8th floor.) And that is another topic. Does I Heart really need three floors anymore.?...