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by zackeast
Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:59 am
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: iHeart and HD
Replies: 8
Views: 1868

Re: iHeart and HD

Probably saving a massive amount of money in royalty costs by shutting them off. It's cheaper to run them on the apps, by far.
by zackeast
Sun Jun 12, 2022 9:51 am
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: 95.7 The Lake - Benton Harbor/St. Joseph
Replies: 7
Views: 1527

Re: 95.7 The Lake - Benton Harbor/St. Joseph

the week I finally caught the dreaded Covid is the week you all have my ears ringing. Heh. I finally got my voice back, and am well enough to type this. Our own Bill Gamble, who is GM of our South Bend cluster, runs The Lake for us. It translates on 95.7 but originates on 99.9 HD2, at 50kw. Gets pre...
by zackeast
Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:18 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: WOODTV Meteorologist/Weather Producer (part-time)
Replies: 5
Views: 2224

Re: WOODTV Meteorologist/Weather Producer (part-time)

MWmetalhead wrote:
Fri Sep 17, 2021 5:06 pm
I bet they already have a candidate; that posting was probably made for EEO purposes only.
As far as I know in my EEO travels, part-time postings are not necessary to report for EEO.
by zackeast
Fri Sep 03, 2021 9:47 am
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: H*** Show & Michigan Sports Network to 96.1 FM
Replies: 21
Views: 5282

Re: H*** Show & Michigan Sports Network to 96.1 FM

96.1 may have dropped ESPN somewhat silently because there's a bit of buzz that Disney is killing ESPN Radio all together...
by zackeast
Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:04 am
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Donovan Long New WOOD Daybreak Anchor
Replies: 3
Views: 1525

Re: Donovan Long New WOOD Daybreak Anchor

Donovan's smile adds so much to the broadcasts. His positivity seems to put me in a better mood each morning. A very well deserved add to a great show.
by zackeast
Sat Jun 26, 2021 9:35 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: May Nielsen survey for Grand Rapids
Replies: 16
Views: 3068

Re: May Nielsen survey for Grand Rapids

Well, alternative today is a tiny bit of crossover rap and some pop, yes. But this station was created by Bill Gamble of Q101 fame… https://www.thenewqyq.com
by zackeast
Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:36 am
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: May Nielsen survey for Grand Rapids
Replies: 16
Views: 3068

Re: May Nielsen survey for Grand Rapids

BayCityJohn2337 wrote:
Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:32 am
Maybe it's time to bring back Mike and Mike?
I believe they’ve already said they were done working together and Golic’s contract wasn’t renewed I believe. Greeny could do it by himself and just have guests and be interesting. Or he could ask Golic Jr, who is honestly better than his dad…
by zackeast
Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:08 am
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: May Nielsen survey for Grand Rapids
Replies: 16
Views: 3068

Re: May Nielsen survey for Grand Rapids

ESPN 96.1 reaches an all-time record low. The loss of Mike & Mike was strike #1. The loss of Jim Costa was strike #2. Just putrid numbers, even for that signal. That 0.8 share might be an all-time record low for the station ever since it first signed on, regardless of format. I can tell you that Sp...
by zackeast
Fri Apr 02, 2021 6:47 am
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Media Ownership Rules Dashed
Replies: 0
Views: 1181

Media Ownership Rules Dashed

From Radio World, and just about every other major publication in the media world: "Supreme Court Rules on Media Ownership Question: Top court reverses Third Circuit judgment." https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/business-and-law/supreme-court-rules-on-media-ownership-question Situations I ...
by zackeast
Thu Feb 04, 2021 2:27 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: TheGrio replaces LightTV...
Replies: 12
Views: 2888

Re: TheGrio replaces LightTV...

I haven't watched The Weather Channel in quite a while, but I can't imagine Byron could screw that up worse than it was getting. I imagined Time Warner/CNN would have taken TWC when Comcast was selling it...they're in the same damn town for god sakes. I used to LOVE watching for hours on end just t...
by zackeast
Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:46 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Who's a stand up gal or guy?
Replies: 9
Views: 3120

Re: Who's a stand up gal or guy?

I am this guy: https://www.983thecoast.com/mornings/

And also this guy: https://www.thenewqyq.com/zack-east/

And it's my real name.
by zackeast
Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:57 am
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: There will be some very surprised people if West Michigan ever has a real disaster,
Replies: 5
Views: 1992

Re: There will be some very surprised people if West Michigan ever has a real disaster,

I'd have to say that I hope this will certainly be less of a factor now that most of us doing shows from home were given access to remote 'boards' and controls that will allow us to at least log in from home and turn something on or up, or even go live from home. I personally feel lucky at how many ...
by zackeast
Tue Dec 08, 2020 5:54 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: New GR radio ratings - Thunder reaches new record low; Star 105.7 continues to struggle
Replies: 5
Views: 1349

Re: New GR radio ratings - Thunder reaches new record low; Star 105.7 continues to struggle

I didn't realize 98.3 returned to its traditional AC roots. Shows ya how much I'm paying attention. :) I was always a fan of 98.3's take on traditional AC when 94.9 was still spinning Hot AC. The hilarious thing about that is that we make the joke all the time that "COSY 98.3" is alive and well onc...
by zackeast
Tue Dec 08, 2020 5:45 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: New GR radio ratings - Thunder reaches new record low; Star 105.7 continues to struggle
Replies: 5
Views: 1349

Re: New GR radio ratings - Thunder reaches new record low; Star 105.7 continues to struggle

Even though Star 105.7 remained unchanged, 100.5 The River saw a boost - and shockingly - now leads 105.7 by seven tenths of a share! (I suspect 105.7 is probably still in the lead in A25-54, but I could be wrong about that.) Two observations that may explain that: A. Soft AC is continuing to do re...