Dennis Neubacher

[mikemach]

I heard his retirement speech while I was driving on Friday morning on WWJ. He was the best at what he did and he will be missed. He did say he will still be doing some part time work.

[paul8539]

What frequency is their IFB on?

[audiophile]

try
Freq 1 450.212500 MHz
Freq 2 450.487500 MHz

[edj]

Jim Hughes pronounced Saline as SAY-leen today. Really?

[SolidGoldDancers]

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It was somewhere around there. May have been 50.04. But it was the transmission directly from the copter to air and also to ground.

It would have been in the broadcast auxiliary band, remote pickup service. While there are some allocations as low as 11 meters, Detroit does not have anything in low VHF. They may have at one time used 160 MHz, but not since the early 80's when everything was coordinated to 455 MHz.

[DiamondJim1960]

Great catch EDJ........ Maybe I read it too fast
Mmmmm. Enjoy your day
Jim Hughes

[DiamondJim1960]

Just a bit more to the post Dennis is a licensed pilot and also believe has a license for using the six meter band. This is traffic reporter Jim Hughes and I am a licensed General Class Ticket holder KE8NUL my call letters. Also with great assistance by EDJ who hopefully is still intact and didn't implode on my pronunciation of Saline. I have been practicing.....I got it.
EDJ where would I see you perform your job or occupation?

[Mega Hertz]

Hu-gasa! Where are you working these days that would involve mentioning Saline? WLEN?

[DiamondJim1960]

Traffic Reporter WWJ Newsradio 950

[km1125]

Just a bit more to the post Dennis is a licensed pilot and also believe has a license for using the six meter band. This is traffic reporter Jim Hughes and I am a licensed General Class Ticket holder KE8NUL my call letters. Also with great assistance by EDJ who hopefully is still intact and didn't implode on my pronunciation of Saline. I have been practicing.....I got it.
EDJ where would I see you perform your job or occupation?

Could be worse... you could have mispronounced Gratiot or Schoenherr!! Or even DEEtroit instead of D'TROIT

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He’s on WWJ this morning… is he retired and just freelancing?

[SixPlusOne]

He’s on WWJ this morning… is he retired and just freelancing?

I also heard him reporting traffic this morning. My guess he is filling in for KT who is probably off for the holidays.

[edj]

Just a bit more to the post Dennis is a licensed pilot and also believe has a license for using the six meter band. This is traffic reporter Jim Hughes and I am a licensed General Class Ticket holder KE8NUL my call letters. Also with great assistance by EDJ who hopefully is still intact and didn't implode on my pronunciation of Saline. I have been practicing.....I got it.
EDJ where would I see you perform your job or occupation?

Is it too much to expect a traffic reporter in a large market to pronounce local cities and roads correctly?

[paul8539]

I have noticed several new traffic reporters. Some of them do not seem to be there for long. Are they trying out replacements for Dennis?

[edj]

I have noticed several new traffic reporters. Some of them do not seem to be there for long. Are they trying out replacements for Dennis?

KT has taken over mornings. Afternoons seem to rotate. O’Neill Stevens is another who isn’t very good. He has no idea what communities are affected, only the county. He called an accident on I-75 near the 9 Mile curve “Royal Oak”. He hasn’t mispronounced anything to my knowledge. Marty Bufalini is weekend and vacation fill-in. I’m blanking on the overnight and other weekend people at the moment.