[/quote] Manistee County belongs more with Mason/Lake/Oceana (and WTCM-FM is probably #1 in that group of counties as well). Antrim and Benzie do fit in with Traverse City. Otsego fits in with Petoskey and Cheboygan (Gaylord is surprisingly large). Also, I think Midwestern would have to spin one sta...

Again, the greed that bore the 11 county metro: Broadcasters thinking it would garner the attention of national marketing dollars (epic fail) and Nielsen looking to charge them for the survey to pretend to be more a more important than what it really is (a win for Nielsen). Any market where you have...

What say you northern michigan? What would you tell JC? He's the PD right? I'd say i appreciate the effort. Learn To Fly -- You're far too generous; it's like giving a participation trophy or a ribbon for finishing last place. The programming on Q100 is not well thought out, or, at best, a bit too ...

Listened to North the last two days. Absolutely terrible! All the spots were clients that run on Q100. Like I’ve said before, how are they going to pay John Yob? They couldn’t pay Roy! Really bad for the industry! I couldn't agree with you more. It's horrible for the industry as a whole. Radio broa...

Heard an ID on 92.3 just in the last few minutes: "92.3 WBNZ Benzie-Frankfort-Manistee" "Your Hard Rock Authority" maybe Roy gave it to his kid that would be hilarious It certainly sounds like some Gen Xer's iPod patched into the board. The playlist isn't all that deep, either--I'm hearing the same...

I disagree that KLT has been asleep at the wheel. Ratings wise, they are still one of the more important stations in the market, and I suspect they probably outbill WGFM/WGFE by at least a couple hundred thousand dollars annually. I'd likely wager that Rock 105 is currently outbilling KLT by the sa...

Speaking of stations on 106.3, when did 106.3 Mac-FM go in a yacht rock direction? The station is positioning itself as "soft & relaxing." Wow, sure sounds a lot like the old Easy 106.3. They still have Bob & Tom in the morning, correct? Good lord - Bob & Tom paired up with Soft Classic Hits. What ...

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...

Assuming 106.3 is going for the middle aged female demographic,why not play Christmas music until all things are worked out? [/quote] 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 gi...

Bravo! All are proper representations of the current state of BSB. Putting a format on the air and admitting it's work in progress in your imagery is never a good idea. Rather than rush to get a new format on the air without proper imagery and audio quality, they really should have stunted. A few da...

NorthRadioTruth... No leaks here; the stations are actively being shopped. Perhaps you should speak to anyone you might know in the business to confirm this; rather than assume a conspiracy theory or leak (might help to stay off the news channels). Of course, if you actually knew who to call, you co...

Wow I'm out of the loop.... when did WCHY switch to country?? When 95.3 and 97.7 were swapped between Black Diamond (now simulcasting the Bear at 95.3) and David Smith (his son Kent had been running Straits Country on 95.3 before the swap, which was close to two years ago). Now David Smith has sold...

True I'm not on the Rolodex of people who want to sell radio stations but I know someone who is and this scenario of NBI being on the market and no one buying because of the cost has been around this buzzword for five years. So what are they waiting for? The owner sold the tower rights a few years ...

WMTE-FM is at 101.5, and located in Manistee. Not sure where the 92.5 frequency comes from? Also, I recall Todd Mohr's Mitten Media sold WWMN to Jon Yob's Mitten News in early 2018. Mitten News is presently LMA'ing that station to Blarney Stone, which, as North FM, is the topic in another entertaini...

Certainly not fake news NorthRadioTruth... and certainly not inside knowledge. Although, I suspect you aren't in the Rolodex brokers make calls to when they are shopping. However, I would imagine any of the potential pending deals would not move forward until all of the signals have new potential ho...