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by cckadlec
Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:12 pm
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: February Nielsen #'s - Grand Rapids
Replies: 6
Views: 2520

Re: February Nielsen #'s - Grand Rapids

What I'm really curious about is: How many of you honestly believe that station "ratings" are accurate? And if you do, why do you believe that? I've always been skeptical of it from a statistical standpoint, though much the same with TV ratings and many other polls and I am really big fan of statist...
by cckadlec
Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:09 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 106.7 on the air?
Replies: 99
Views: 24879

Re: 106.7 on the air?

Meanwhile, this may be the last photograph of the Historic WJML Studio Building, taken in December. The front half was torn down recently. https://connect.xfinity.com/appsuite/api/image/mail/picture?folder=default0%2FINBOX&id=406171&uid=IMG_0866.jpg&scaleType=contain&width=512 It looks pretty bad n...
by cckadlec
Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:12 am
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: Below 88 mHz
Replies: 11
Views: 2862

Re: Below 88 mHz

They do, but it went all digital in 2019 (I think) and now operate as a TV station. WLFM flash-cut to digital in July 2020 and moved to UHF 20 (but still uses virtual 6): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLFM-LD By "digital," that means they are completely an online/DTV station now and not on the radi...
by cckadlec
Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:56 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Blarney Stone Petitions FCC to cancel WLDR license
Replies: 71
Views: 19157

Re: Blarney Stone Petitions FCC to cancel WLDR license

* Henderson and his team advising that although the programming ceased on 10/24/2019, the actual transmission did not, since electrical power remained intact. Electric bills are provided to document consumption of juice. And that 11/2/2020 was the resumption of programming, using the STA specificat...
by cckadlec
Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:38 am
Forum: Grand Rapids/West Michigan
Topic: Is Anyone Focusing on 105.3 HOT FM?
Replies: 8
Views: 3033

Re: Is Anyone Focusing on 105.3 HOT FM?

There RDS has been stuck on "JUSTIN" for a couple of weeks now no matter where you are at in Grand Rapids and including a moment out in the Coopersville area where their tower is located. Have they not noticed something like this? The tower is located in rural Grant actually, 10 miles south of Frem...
by cckadlec
Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:33 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 106.7 on the air?
Replies: 99
Views: 24879

Re: 106.7 on the air?

I wonder if this is connected to 92.5 from Atlanta? They broadcast low-fi instrumental rap style music with an ID at the top of the hour. It's awful to listen to, but sometimes they treat you to dead air. I think it has been well established in this thread that it is on 106.7, 92.5, and 98.3, as th...
by cckadlec
Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:05 am
Forum: The Stadium
Topic: Cleveland Indians considering name change
Replies: 40
Views: 6567

Re: Cleveland Indians considering name change

Actually, it seems that the MLB had previously trademarked the name Cleveland Citizens for sales of apparel, etc. back on August 17th. Sometimes that happens, just like in radio how they might buy a domain for a suspected station name but not use it, and it's just in case. But who knows?
by cckadlec
Sun Dec 13, 2020 2:19 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 106.7 on the air?
Replies: 99
Views: 24879

Re: 106.7 on the air?

What type of audio compressor are you using between receiver and recorder? I'm just using a Grundig G8 portable radio connected to a recorder. It switches to stereo at 10dB, which is still rather early for it to switch from mono to stereo, so you can hear that static sound (if you could call it tha...
by cckadlec
Sun Dec 13, 2020 2:13 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 106.7 on the air?
Replies: 99
Views: 24879

Re: 106.7 on the air?

This is NOT the format. Otherwise, why would it be on 92.5 also? They're just preserving the licenses by not being silent.. Oh no, I'm just saying that "techno" music and lo-fi are drastically different, unless they actually were airing techno music before the lo-fi, then that's different. I admire...
by cckadlec
Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:55 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 106.7 on the air?
Replies: 99
Views: 24879

Re: 106.7 on the air?

Here's an 18-minute clip of the station I recorded yesterday before the snow arrived. As for the content, it's essentially StreamBeats Radio, without using the actual name. Every song is created by Harris Heller (a lot of Shazam attempts will show 8 or 9 previous Shazams on a song, which you'd think...
by cckadlec
Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:01 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 91.5 / 91.7 Manistee
Replies: 2
Views: 1550

Re: 91.5 / 91.7 Manistee

Thanks for the info. My Manistee bandscan on 5/27/18 had Manistee on 91.5 with 91.7 being WXPR and WQQA. But my scan in the same location on 5/26/19 had it on 91.7 with WICA and WJOH on 91.5. I'm quite sure I heard WICA in my Ludington scan and in a rush - and I certainly was as it was cold and very...
by cckadlec
Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:45 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 91.5 / 91.7 Manistee
Replies: 2
Views: 1550

91.5 / 91.7 Manistee

I know that 91.7 in Manistee is licensed to run on 91.5 but moved to 91.7 for... whatever unknown reason a year or two ago. I recently was taking a radio bandscan at my Ludington site at the end of September and without really thinking, noted that I had the Manistee religious station on 91.5 along w...
by cckadlec
Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:30 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: Pirate?
Replies: 8
Views: 2474

Re: Pirate?

The Frankenstein VHF-TV CH6 analog audio in Chicago broadcasts "METV" and has higher ratings than 50KW WLS - go figure. Isn't CH6 TV audio used also in Cleveland? Cleveland permanently lost their license somewhat recently and has moved online. They had been off the air for some time on and off in t...
by cckadlec
Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:15 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: WPR Pulls Plug on HD Radio
Replies: 7
Views: 2440

Re: WPR Pulls Plug on HD Radio

A couple of years ago, they added an Ideas Network translator in Wausau (which I think is fed by WHRM-HD3) that covers much more area than WLBL-FM. WLBL-FM and WXPW are 54 watts with a HAAT of 255 meters. W267BB (the aforementioned Ideas Network translator) is 250 watts with a HAAT of 322 meters at...
by cckadlec
Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:57 am
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: Distant stations on local AMs
Replies: 7
Views: 2195

Re: Distant stations on local AMs

It's not all that uncommon for that to happen. The high-powered skywave stations at night can break through local signals at night. 850 in Muskegon (WGVS-AM) is a local here in Fremont but KOA Denver, which was always the norm before the local appeared, can still be heard 20 miles away from WGVS's t...