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by rugratsonline
Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:18 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: Slogans not matching stations
Replies: 24
Views: 4074

Re: Slogans not matching stations

In early 2010s, Tampa Bay's "Play 98.7" carried a Top 40 format, with a slogan of something like "Today's Hits, Without The Rap". Around 2012, shortly before switching to an all-sports format, they still used this slogan, but one time, immediately after a liner said "Today's Hits, Without The Rap" -...
by rugratsonline
Mon Aug 10, 2020 10:35 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: Antenna TV gone?
Replies: 100
Views: 20367

Re: Antenna TV gone?

As for Judge shows during the day, gay content on them would also be a sin, since SCOTUS includes "alternative lifestyles" and LGBTQAI programming is part of the norm. That, plus the "fact" that only God can judge, and WLMB does not want any mortal judges (other than His "representatives", a.k.a "t...
by rugratsonline
Sun Aug 09, 2020 10:04 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Free Press & News putting up paywall on Aug 12
Replies: 33
Views: 7791

Re: Free Press & News putting up paywall on Aug 12

All the MLive print editions are going to Cleveland for printing. They will close the press in Grand Rapids in October. Depending on where you live, your paper will be five or six hours old by the time you receive it. Or more -- depending on how long it would take to travel on the Turnpike. This wi...
by rugratsonline
Sat Aug 08, 2020 11:37 pm
Forum: The Buzzboard Hall of Fame
Topic: Misheard Song Lyrics
Replies: 193
Views: 63768

Re: Misheard Song Lyrics

Elvis' "Suspicious Minds":

Elvis:
Here we go again
Asking where I've been
You can't see the tears are real, I'm crying

Backup:
Yes, I'm crying

The backup's response I always heard as "It's a crime".
by rugratsonline
Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:38 am
Forum: Northern Lower Michigan/Eastern U.P.
Topic: Beauty-ful Downtown Falmouth
Replies: 6
Views: 1958

Re: Beauty-ful Downtown Falmouth

<r><QUOTE author="TC Talks" post_id="620802" time="1595682348" user_id="1755"><s>[quote="TC Talks" post_id=620802 time=1595682348 user_id=1755]</s> Earworms are a type of marketing. It's the same technique that jingles employ. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> It worked for Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In and "Be...
by rugratsonline
Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:15 pm
Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
Topic: More bad financial decisions by Sinclair
Replies: 2
Views: 1176

Re: More bad financial decisions by Sinclair

New report says 25-66 owner Sinclair Broadcasting will lose about $130-million this year just in its regional sports channels (Fox Sports Detroit and others). Let me get this straight: you are AGAIN bitching about your employer; this time because they didn't anticipate covid??? I imagine all sector...
by rugratsonline
Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:40 pm
Forum: Network & Syndicated Radio and TV
Topic: "30 Rock: A one-time special"
Replies: 12
Views: 3399

Re: "30 Rock: A one-time special"

I'm a fan of 30 Rock and have the set on DVD. I'm not understanding why NBC affiliates are refusing to air the special. The big owners thought since this special was to promote Peacock, it was going to cut into their profits. As the entire "commercial free" hour was designed to promote Peacock, the...
by rugratsonline
Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:36 pm
Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
Topic: 30 Rock Special preempted
Replies: 6
Views: 1764

Re: 30 Rock Special preempted

Ironically, despite being what started this thread, WEYI ended up airing it at it's normal time. -WPBN/WTOM (Sinclair, Traverse City/Alpena) and WNWO (Sinclair, Toledo) aired two additional reruns of Family Feud. So apparently, WEYI was the only NBC affiliate in Michigan to show the special as sche...
by rugratsonline
Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:24 pm
Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
Topic: Coronavirus hypocrisy
Replies: 14
Views: 2390

Re: Coronavirus hypocrisy

sinklair wrote:
Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:01 pm
Lovin: you’re wrong. Go take an employment law class.

If you’d like to buy out my contract to stop hearing my observations/grievances of SBG/25-66, send a check payable to “Cash” for $438,712.90 to PO Box 2566, Flint MI.
At that price, why not buy one of the stations outright?
by rugratsonline
Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:19 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: 1130 "The Fan" to disappear- iHeart launching new network
Replies: 31
Views: 7008

Re: 1130 "The Fan" to disappear- iHeart launching new network

On a side note, quite a few that will be flipping are sports stations -- I wonder if the lack of sports action during the coronavirus crisis is part of the reason for the switch?
by rugratsonline
Thu Jun 25, 2020 8:14 pm
Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
Topic: Do journalism schools teach writing anymore?
Replies: 3
Views: 1189

Re: Do journalism schools teach writing anymore?

lovinlife101 wrote:
Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:51 am
Here's a recent Facebook headline from Bill Harris' part-time lover:

"Amazing.. A stranger did something with their stimulus check that may put tears in your eyes."
Two words: "click bait".
by rugratsonline
Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:24 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: The Ghost Of Bill Kennedy
Replies: 23
Views: 5072

Re: The Ghost Of Bill Kennedy

I'm not sure who made this decision but I applaud it. The weekend movies are satellite-delivered from syndication services, so you will never know who programs the feeds. Nobody local, for sure, It's either those, or infomercials. And I rather watch an old movie than watching the same old colon blo...
by rugratsonline
Sat Jun 20, 2020 7:59 pm
Forum: The Buzzboard Hall of Fame
Topic: Misheard Song Lyrics
Replies: 193
Views: 63768

Re: Misheard Song Lyrics

Dire Straits' "Walk of Life" -- wrongly interpreted as "Walk On By".
by rugratsonline
Wed Jun 17, 2020 11:43 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: Weird Skip today in Sandusky Ohio
Replies: 6
Views: 2111

Re: Weird Skip today in Sandusky Ohio

80sTalkRadioFan wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:55 pm
Love those rare "skip" days. I remember getting WINK 96.5 fm, which is in Ft. Myers Florida, from Sylvania Ohio.
Isn't WINK-FM on 96.9? Used to listen to them everyday from the Tampa Bay area until new local stations and LPFMs crowded them out.