Jesse,
That is a wonderful tribute to a wonderful member of our community. I didn't know Leslie well, but our paths crossed several times over the years and she was always -- and I mean always -- a friendly and warm person. A great rep for your station, to say the least.
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- Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:30 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: Longtime WGHN Sales Rep Leslie Cassis Withun Passes Away
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1479
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:50 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: Upward Mobility
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3657
Re: Upward Mobility
I haven't been in radio since '98, so take this with a grain of salt. But Reese certainly knows what he's talking about, confirming what I thought: Option1's salary guess is a bad guess. I doubt anyone in radio in Michigan (that includes maybe a couple of exceptions in Detroit) make six figures thes...
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 4:26 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: Goodrich files for bankruptcy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3301
Re: Goodrich files for bankruptcy
Yup, mea culpa.
Probably not a good idea to do that anymore, what with all the #metoo stuff going on.
Probably not a good idea to do that anymore, what with all the #metoo stuff going on.
- Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:43 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: Goodrich files for bankruptcy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3301
Goodrich files for bankruptcy
Goodrich Quality Theaters has filed for bankruptcy. For the kids, Bob Goodrich is the former owner of WVIC/Lansing, WODJ/Grand Rapids and WSNX/Muskegon-GR. From WZZM-TV: Goodrich Quality Theaters (GQT), a West Michigan-based theater chain, filed for bankruptcy in federal court in Grand Rapids. The ...
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 5:03 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Beautiful Music Stations in Detroit
- Replies: 56
- Views: 14169
Re: Beautiful Music Stations in Detroit
Chris,
Yes! That is the station (The unFun One!). That's Geoff Brown on it, formerly of W-Light/GR.
The WMBN is a recorded bumper by Old Man Mac.
Yes! That is the station (The unFun One!). That's Geoff Brown on it, formerly of W-Light/GR.
The WMBN is a recorded bumper by Old Man Mac.
- Thu Jan 02, 2020 4:33 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Beautiful Music Stations in Detroit
- Replies: 56
- Views: 14169
Re: Beautiful Music Stations in Detroit
I had the pleasure of working at one of the last BM stations in Michigan, 96.3 Michigan's Beautiful North (WMBN/Petoskey), in the mid-1980s. I also worked at a short-lived AC in Muskegon, which switched BM from the FM to AM while I was there for less than a year, 1991, then simulcast BM when AC fail...
- Fri Sep 20, 2019 7:26 pm
- Forum: Lansing/Mid-Michigan
- Topic: WFYC/Alma - Jon Heinlen
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11198
Re: WFYC/Alma - Jon Heinlen
Sounds about right. I remember Mikus marking up records (yes, the station spun mostly vinyl with a few carts) that were R (restricted) for night only and some that would never be played. It was MOR crawling into the '80s AC.
- Thu Sep 19, 2019 3:32 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: LAV who?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4545
LAV who?
JACKIE GREEN AND STEVE GORMAN ON WLAV New weekday line-up on the Legendary LAV! GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – September 20, 2019 – Two high profile personalities make their debut on 96.9 WLAV. Jackie Green will host middays on WLAV from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. beginning 9/23 and West Michigan’s own Steve Gorman i...
- Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:47 pm
- Forum: Lansing/Mid-Michigan
- Topic: WFYC/Alma - Jon Heinlen
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11198
Re: WFYC/Alma - Jon Heinlen
Thanks, CK. That clears up a lot. I remember working the night shift, and Sommerville hotlines me from the golf club: "Read the damn golf scores!" Apparently a little inebriated, he wanted each and every score read on air as they came in from the Masters for his golf buddies. Other than that, he was...
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 3:58 pm
- Forum: Lansing/Mid-Michigan
- Topic: WFYC/Alma - Jon Heinlen
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11198
Re: WFYC/Alma - Jon Heinlen
Mikus! That is/was his name. Thanks. Dave Somerville is still the owner? He must be at least 90. Then again, I thought he was old when I was there, but I was just 21 or 22, so anyone over 30 was old, so what did I know? But he must have been about 50 when I was there, and that was almost 40 years ago.
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 4:23 pm
- Forum: Lansing/Mid-Michigan
- Topic: WFYC/Alma - Jon Heinlen
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11198
Re: WFYC/Alma - Jon Heinlen
I worked there 1980-81. The name does not ring a bell. The PD at the time was Phil....um, can't remember his last name. Thomas?
Sorry. That doesn't help much.
Sorry. That doesn't help much.
- Mon Aug 26, 2019 5:05 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Holy Shnikies! What’s wrong with that Marysville council candidate?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6303
Re: Holy Shnikies! What’s wrong with that Marysville council candidate?
Really? WHLS-AM and WSAQ-FM are Port Huron SOL, aren't they?
Sorry to hear about Port Huron's demise. I worked there in the early '80s. Lived south of downtown off Military, and would walk or bike-ride to work at WPHM and home early morning. Nothing scary at all back then.
Sorry to hear about Port Huron's demise. I worked there in the early '80s. Lived south of downtown off Military, and would walk or bike-ride to work at WPHM and home early morning. Nothing scary at all back then.
- Fri Aug 23, 2019 6:15 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: New 105.3 Hot FM morning show announced
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5861
Re: New 105.3 Hot FM morning show announced
Thanks, MW, for making the change in the title. What was I thinking?
- Thu Aug 22, 2019 4:56 pm
- Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
- Topic: New 105.3 Hot FM morning show announced
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5861
New 105.3 Hot FM morning show announced
CUMULUS RADIO GROUP ANNOUNCES ANOTHER MARKET FIRST West Michigan’s ONLY all-female morning show debuts on Monday, August 26! GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Aug. 22, 2019 – Following the hugely successful launch of the first and only Triple A format radio station The Q 94-5 (WKLQ)*, Cumulus today unveils the ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:22 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: THE HILLS ARE ALIVE IN PORT HURON
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3581
Re: THE HILLS ARE ALIVE IN PORT HURON
That's sad to hear. The PD (can't remember his name) seemed like a good guy with some cred in AOR. I interviewed with him in Harbor Springs (I was in Lansing at the time) and then met Howard in AA. He was strange.