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Bull Shannon

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 ...

Bull Shannon

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...

Bull Shannon

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, ...

Bull Shannon

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/

Bull Shannon

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

Bull Shannon

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.

Bull Shannon

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...

Bull Shannon

It's entirely possible that some of the volunteer programmers at WYCE record their air shifts in advance rather than being live on-air, and it's entirely possible that if someone who had a live shift was unable to make it to the station that they chose to run a recorded show early.

Bull Shannon

Bit of trivia, the ball drop was initially conceived by the owner of the NYT in 1907. I think the main reason why it's still the biggest New Year's celebration in the US is because it's the oldest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square_Ball

Bull Shannon

msommers,

Try renaming the file to something more simple, such as "logo.jpg" and see if you have any luck with that.

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