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I made the switch to T-Mobile's 5G home internet service a few weeks ago and am so far quite pleased. We had DSL service through a local company for nearly 18 years. Loved the fact that our rate never increased in that time and their customer service is second to none. Only problem is that their ...

It's hard to shake the radio bug, especially when one has been at it as long as Danny. Good for him finding a gig, and for Midwest picking up more local talent.

I think it was that I didn't capitalize the username when I registered the second account. Thanks to M.W.'s assistance my original account is re-activated. We're cookin' with gas!

Overall I think WLCM is the best possible option for Ave Maria in this market. It's a 24/7 operation with decent coverage over the metro. WWSJ has licensed nighttime power of 3 watts from a tower array 20 miles north of Lansing. I've also noticed significant technical issues with their AM signal ...

Ave Maria might be silly enough to consider 1080 in Owosso to be a "Lansing" signal. Wasn’t Ave Maria on 1080 before in the mid 2000s, Or was that who owned WDEO at the time. It wasn't Ave Maria that owned it, but the group that ran it then aired most of the same EWTN programming that Ave Maria c ...

I'm more creeped out by the vast majority of the Lansing radio dial. Outside of informing about the pending station sale, the article was stupid. I am going to pitch that they interview me about how offended I am about how many times I hear "Don't Fear The Reaper" and Prog Rock on Lansing radio. I ...

I was thinking the very same thing. As for WJIM, I worked there when Grant Santimore and partners owned it. 1240 was "Big Jim, Your Country Cousin" back then. The automation would frequently go off the rails, and at our house in Okemos, 1240 was buried in co-channel interference after dark. I could ...

Ave Maria is buying a Lansing area AM. Don't know which station yet but they're saying it will cover the metro. Highly doubt it would be WOAP. They don't have the signal.

As I recall the local translator rule requires simulcast of a parent signal for a minimum of five years, after which the parent station license can be transferred or surrendered and the translator can operate as a standalone. In this case the AM would be the parent license. All of the aforementioned ...

I'll put my money on WWSJ. As I recall the Harps were interested in selling to a Catholic broadcaster some years back but couldn't work out a deal at the time. Second bet would be KTGG although WWSJ comes with the EMF translator lease which gives the buyer FM coverage in metro Lansing.

Yep, I used to cut out little pieces of thin cardboard and Scotch-tape them over the tab slots. In hindsight the tape alone would have done the trick. I was big on the Memorex 120-min (60 min per side) cassettes way back when. The longer cassettes were cheaper per amount of tape and came in handy ...

The advantage of satellite delivery is that the feed isn't affected by weak cell areas. If you're in a concrete structure like a parking ramp, different story. The main issue with SXM is the inability to cancel or suspend service online without having to call and haggle with the sales rep. Granted ...

I grew up listening to Jim's forecasts on WJR. Had the opportunity to work with him briefly during my summer PA stint at WLNS in 1990. Always gracious, friendly and easygoing. Dude's a class act and will be missed for sure, but hoping he enjoys the retirement he's earned!

I'll take as much summer as I can get.

Analog VHF stations were given the opportunity to retain UHF channel assignments post-transition or move their digital assignments to the VHF band. A lot of stations chose the latter to save on the power bill (less juice required to cover the same footprint). WOOD moved from RF channel 8 analog to ...