Michigan Radio & TV Buzzboard

Nothing substantial is going to ever change in this market until the day of Armageddon. No one's interested in actually trying to win. It's the same pageant show month after month. Tweaks may be made, but we're riding this configuration into oblivion...

That jump is probably a fluke based on diary placement. There's a high chance they polled the eastern part of the market, where 107.3 can come in easier and the demos there are more likely to partake in country music. One thing I didn't mention in my last post is that "Thunder Country" jumped up to ...

We haven't had that spirit here since 2023. Or...since Lori's been out for about a year, why would her vision even still be relevant? Hot FM is building with their new lineups. Having anchors like Rachel and Jackie in drive time will soon lead to big wins in Grand Rapids. Lori's vision just needs ...

It stands for studio-to-transmitter link - typically a high frequency signal connection between two antennas that sends information from the studio to the tranmission tower. Sometimes, as backup, STL can use point-to-point networking such as over a telephone line or IP-based (internet) methods. If ...

WLAV's shares were at a then all-time-low of 2.9 in the 12+ Winter 1991 Arbitrons (best demo was M 18-24, 16.2 share). Compare to WKLQ, which at the time had shifted to Active Rock, 6.8 12+, best demo M 18-24, 22.1 share). This precipitated, by Memorial Day, a format change on WLAV to alternative ...

I'd say Album Adult Alternative tends to have these parameters, followed by Adult Contemporary (traditional, as in what has been associated with dentist offices everywhere). Here's what I don't get. Beyonce records a country record and the world goes ape shit. Meanwhile, some fat fuck named ...

I concur - EXQ is a newer issue of a 'residential' default plate. Most commercial license plates are XX ##### format, instead.

Round Six wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:58 am Looking at the picture in the FTV link, I'm guessing WDIV no longer owns the van. EXQ. Those are new plates.

It is generational... but, it is related to an ever-evolving progression of how English is spoken in this country, always cutting corners, linguistically speaking. It appears to be more common with younger, female speakers. If you want to go down a rabbit hole, just look up "t-glottalization". Now ...

iHeart had tried literally every iteration of classic rock from 2000 to 2020 on 101.3... i.e. skewing older, or nudging it more in a mainstream rock direction, or a quasi-AAA format sometime in the mid 2000s, or "the next generation of classic rock" which really meant more 80s "butt rock". What ...

She has about as much passion for reporting the weather as Bill Steffen does. I don't see her leaving too easily, but perhaps stepping back somewhat over the next several years. Have a feeling that Ellen is going to leave WOOD TV since she had the baby and wants to be a stay-at-home mom. they will ...

That's been a trend on increasing amounts of Top 40 radio stations nationally, as of late. It is an acknowledgement that the youngest demos aren't really listening to the radio, so might as well spike in some songs that 18 to 34s who are still listening might identify with. I noticed yesterday 105,3 ...

Frankly, I can't even figure out what WGRD is doing right. But, yeah, it must be something... or some sort of fortuitous book placement. There haven't been numbers this good since 2009 (see https://web.archive.org/web/20090828061646/https://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb127) (And, oh ...

As far as WLAV goes... the modern rock experiment lasted from late May of 1992 to September of 1993 - a bit over a year. The top-line ratings never matched or exceeded those of the previous WLAV incarnation, although it had developed a bit of a cult following during that time, especially around ...

That all seems fine, except I'd push WGRD closer to a true active rocker. Cut out ANY pre-1991 product... increase new music adds/spins. Give up that attempt to be the thorn on WLAVs side. If I were in charge of Townsquare GR: 1. Keep WGRD as is 2. Flip 95.7 to country, keeping Big Joe in mornings ...

Per Wikipedia (and this relates to my memory/experiences as well...) "On October 18, 2005, the station flipped to a Jack FM clone called "MAX-FM". It gained the call sign of WMAX from another Clear Channel operation in Chattanooga, Tennessee on November 16, 2005. The station initially was programmed ...