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by ftballfan
Mon Nov 18, 2019 5:06 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: Allendale, MI AM bandscan (midday 11/17/19)
Replies: 0
Views: 829

Allendale, MI AM bandscan (midday 11/17/19)

540 – WAUK Jackson, WI 560 – WIND Chicago, IL 580 – WILL Urbana, IL 580 – WTCM Traverse City, MI 590 – WKZO Kalamazoo, MI 610 – very weak (likely WTVN) 620 – WTMJ Milwaukee, WI 630 – CFCO Chatham, ON, Canada 640 – WMFN Peotone, IL 670 – WSCR Chicago, IL 700 – WLW Cincinnati, OH 720 – WGN Chicago, IL...
by ftballfan
Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:15 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 101.9 wldr
Replies: 165
Views: 34966

Re: 101.9 wldr

Fleetwood Mac had a rocky start. They really didn't take off until their sound mellowed in the mid 1970s. They had some success with Peter Green, but once he left (and Jeremy Spencer too) the band really fell apart. They had their moments (Hypnotized) but didn’t become superstars until Buckingham a...
by ftballfan
Sun Nov 17, 2019 12:30 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 101.9 wldr
Replies: 165
Views: 34966

Re: 101.9 wldr

Around 1pm today, WBNZ played: David Lee Roth "Goin' Crazy" A cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well" (unsure who it was, but it wasn't the original) Van Halen "Me Wise Magic" (one of the two songs Van Halen recorded during a brief 1996 reunion with David Lee Roth) This stunt on 92.3 reminds me of 103.1...
by ftballfan
Sat Nov 16, 2019 7:18 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: The Blarney Stone Broadcasting Legacy
Replies: 36
Views: 9482

Re: The Blarney Stone Broadcasting Legacy

Assuming 106.3 is going for the middle aged female demographic,why not play Christmas music until all things are worked out? That would have made far too much sense, wouldn't it? However, I'd wager good money that Blarney Stone could screw up a female-focused Christmas format station if given the c...
by ftballfan
Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:54 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: The State of TC/Northern Michigan Radio
Replies: 6
Views: 2266

Re: The State of TC/Northern Michigan Radio

Interested in your input on this topic, reading all the posts from TC Talks and others. According to the Coynes (here's an ironic blast from the past - https://www.rbr.com/trans0929/) the revenue in the radio market today is around $14 million, down from $20MM in 2009. That would make it tough for ...
by ftballfan
Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:45 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Straits Country 97.7 and WMTE-FM 92,5 are going to be sold.
Replies: 10
Views: 3503

Re: Straits Country 97.7 and WMTE-FM 92,5 are going to be sold.

MWmetalhead wrote:
Fri Nov 15, 2019 5:48 pm
Those prices are unbelievably cheap!!!

I presume no owner-occupied real estate is included in either case.
Both signals are Class A's. Also, WMTE has been operated by its buyer for the last year
by ftballfan
Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:43 pm
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 101.9 wldr
Replies: 165
Views: 34966

Re: 101.9 wldr

Around 1pm today, WBNZ played: David Lee Roth "Goin' Crazy" A cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well" (unsure who it was, but it wasn't the original) Van Halen "Me Wise Magic" (one of the two songs Van Halen recorded during a brief 1996 reunion with David Lee Roth) This stunt on 92.3 reminds me of 103.1 ...
by ftballfan
Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:37 pm
Forum: Broadcasting - General
Topic: Lodging/hospital cable lineups
Replies: 22
Views: 8850

Re: Lodging/hospital cable lineups

Stearns Motor Inn (Ludington, MI) Provided by Charter Spectrum 3 – WFQX (FOX 32 Cadillac) 4 – WPBN (NBC 7 Traverse City) 5 – HSN 6 – WCMW (PBS 21 Manistee) 8 – WGTU (ABC 29 Traverse City) 9 – QVC 10 – WWTV (CBS 9 Cadillac) 12 – WGVU (PBS 35 Grand Rapids) 13 – WZZM (ABC 13 Grand Rapids) 14 – TBS 15 ...
by ftballfan
Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:58 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 101.9 wldr
Replies: 165
Views: 34966

Re: 101.9 wldr

I still would be surprised if any of Henderson's stations are sold with this round of NBI's. He paid 3.25mil for WLDR, and overpaid for the Benzie/Manistee properties too and I just don't see him getting what I suspect he feels they are worth. A cluster of 3 went for 6 million in Denver a while ago...
by ftballfan
Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:28 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Straits Country 97.7 and WMTE-FM 92,5 are going to be sold.
Replies: 10
Views: 3503

Re: Straits Country 97.7 and WMTE-FM 92,5 are going to be sold.

1. WMTE-FM is on 101.5, not 92.5
2. WMTE-FM isn't a simulcast of WMJZ (they might air the same songs in the same order, but each station airs their own ads)
by ftballfan
Wed Nov 13, 2019 9:27 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 101.9 wldr
Replies: 165
Views: 34966

Re: 101.9 wldr

Much of Northern's cluster will soon be broken up, as deals are becoming lined up for each property; which will move to various buyers; including the multiple signals presently used to air ESPN. I would imagine the agenda of the new various owners would be to put new formats across those frequencie...
by ftballfan
Wed Nov 13, 2019 9:21 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 101.9 wldr
Replies: 165
Views: 34966

Re: 101.9 wldr

Dave Schaberg and Jim McCluskey tried to put 280A 103.9 into Big Rapids WBZX was originally allocated to Harrison and moved into Big Rapids. The incumbent Big Rapids broadcaster did everything they could to prevent WBZX from getting licensed. The Schaberg McCluskey drop in was done around 1980. It ...
by ftballfan
Wed Nov 13, 2019 9:17 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 101.9 wldr
Replies: 165
Views: 34966

Re: 101.9 wldr

Usually, an equivalent Class channel is required for substitution. 244A was substituted for 278C. Dave Schaberg and Jim McCluskey tried to put 280A 103.9 into Big Rapids back around 1980, but then WTCM-FM moved South to serve Cadillac better, and 272A 102.3 was substituted for 280A 103.9, and WAAQ ...
by ftballfan
Wed Nov 13, 2019 9:16 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: 101.9 wldr
Replies: 165
Views: 34966

Re: 101.9 wldr

Usually, an equivalent Class channel is required for substitution. 244A was substituted for 278C. Dave Schaberg and Jim McCluskey tried to put 280A 103.9 into Big Rapids back around 1980, but then WTCM-FM moved South to serve Cadillac better, and 272A 102.3 was substituted for 280A 103.9, and WAAQ ...