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Bull Shannon

How popular are the Milwaukee teams in the UP or around Muskegon/Ludington? I don't think Milwaukee teams have much, if any, following around here. People are either loyal Detroit fans, Packers fans (as football goes), Chicago fans, or fans of any other team, or don't care about pro sports - roughl...

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I imagine the only reason anyone ever had to videotape the local news was because they were working some kind of night shift schedule and wanted to be able to watch the news when they got home (since this was long before we had the Internet, let alone smartphones, to instantly access the news at any...

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WZZM must be pretty shitty to work at if on air staff go ti completely different fields I'm sure part of that is also because, at least for those who have put down roots in the GR area and own homes and are raising families, it's far easier to stay in the area and work in a different field (especia...

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Will be interesting to see where Aaron winds up given his statement they are staying in the area but does not say what he will be doing. Gut feeling that once the non-compete clause expires, he'll wind up on WOOD doing the 7pm weather segments and become chief meteorologist there when Bill Steffen ...

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Well now that Aaron is leaving, too, George clearly isn't going to be able to retire anytime soon.

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It’s a tribute to both Lee and the civility and respect he represented and inspired. Here’s to more of that wherever it can be found. Agreed 100% I'm with MW in that Lee was THE face of WZZM news during their heydey of the '80s and '90s. He was a total class act, hands down. I caught FOX 17's 10pm ...

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I was saddened to read of Lee’s passing. Condolences to his family and friends. It’s a testament to his place in GR that WOOD did a full story on him as well. I hope more of his kind are to come, as there aren’t enough real journalists today on local television newscasts. Style is fine, but without...

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R.I.P. Lee I thought he was older more in his early 70's. He aged pretty hard over his last 10 years or so on the air. I remember watching my first WZZM newscast in years not long before he retired and was surprised by how weak his voice was sounding. WOOD's article mentions he had been battling di...

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weathernut wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:02 pm
This could help
http://www.spartansportsnetwork.com/Affiliates

You clearly didn't read the original post which says that very link still lists WBBL as the GR-area affiliate station.

Bull Shannon

Even the photo gallery is lame as hell. WZZM did such a better job with its 50th anniversary celebration a number of years back than WOOD-TV did with its 70th anniversary celebration... I suppose WOOD will have another stab at it in five more years when they reach the big 7-5. That was my thought, ...

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WOOD has a 70th Anniversary photo gallery on their website that includes some photos of Geha, but that's it:

https://www.woodtv.com/gallery/70-years ... -wood-tv8/

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Wasn't her departure from WOOD rather sudden and controversial?

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Even in the very early CATV days? I know Whitehall had WVTV from Milwaukee until 2006 (it only lasted that long due to GR not having a full-time WB affiliate and CW7 ended up taking WVTV's cable slot) I mean, i was a small child in the '80s, so my memory for that time period isn't that great. There...

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ftballfan wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:06 pm
With WOTV occupying cable 9 in Muskegon and Fremont, I wonder if it replaced WWTV on one or both of those systems.

Muskegon cable has never carried any adjacent-market stations.

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Was there a point in time in which WOTV wasn't carried in Muskegon? Until about ten years ago, WZZM wasn't carried in Battle Creek or Three Rivers WOTV was carried on Muskegon cable in the 1980s when it was still WUHQ. I don't recall exactly when it was dropped other than it was sometimes in the la...

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