Open Letter to The Grateful Dead Station

[TC Talks]

The station was down last night after the severe storms...

Hal Payne, Phil Orth and Michael O'Shea. WCCW was quite a station of swank.

[ftballfan]

I wonder how many wannabe broadcasters have looked at Yob's stations? My best guess is "not many"

As for Roy's stations, yes, there was a time when the Benzie and Manistee stations were billing between $12,000 and $25,000 a month. However, a mild winter is all it took to unravel those numbers. Collections in Manistee were always a challenge, even in the 70's and 80's when my friend Chuck Hedstrom was there.

John Chickering, Chuck Hedstrom, Roger Hoppe, and Marc Rosseels were very wise to exit laughing when they did. I could say the same thing about Fabiano-Strickler (WCCW) in TC. I'm still a little mad at Hal Payne (R.I.P) for talking me into going up there. But hey, that's showbiz.

I'm all but assuming those billing figures were before Q101 (now Eagle 101.5) and WMOM came on. I knew that Chickering owned WKLA AM/FM, Hedstrom had WMTE AM/FM, and Hoppe had WRQT. What station (or stations) did Marc Rosseels own in that area?

Also, is John Yob related to Chuck Yob, who was a member of the RNC for many years?

[TC Talks]

Also, is John Yob related to Chuck Yob, who was a member of the RNC for many years?

Some of these were Chuck's stations.

[TC Talks]

Hey Folks,

Give the box a kick. The Dead stopped playing.

[tvbobn]

If you give the box a kick, you may not like what you hear.

I heard a rumor that changes may be coming.

[ADD in TC]

Yes, change's have come.101.1 and 1210 AM are both off air,while 106.3 WWMN is now playing a today's type country format. Idi'ing as Wine country radio.Interesting,one of their taglines is "country by day,dead during the night."

On a unrelated note,looks like Northern Christian Radio has an application with the FCC to take control of WFDX 92.5.

[ftballfan]

Yes, change's have come.101.1 and 1210 AM are both off air,while 106.3 WWMN is now playing a today's type country format. Idi'ing as Wine country radio.Interesting,one of their taglines is "country by day,dead during the night."

On a unrelated note,looks like Northern Christian Radio has an application with the FCC to take control of WFDX 92.5.

NCR ending up with 92.5 is not a surprise, especially with WPHN having a CP to move to its tower. I predict 92.5 ends up as a simulcast of 89.9/107.9, which is now running a praise and worship format.

[cckadlec]

Yes, change's have come.101.1 and 1210 AM are both off air,while 106.3 WWMN is now playing a today's type country format. Idi'ing as Wine country radio.Interesting,one of their taglines is "country by day,dead during the night."

On a unrelated note,looks like Northern Christian Radio has an application with the FCC to take control of WFDX 92.5.

Any update on these stations in the past month? Are they still running this same format with the same name, or I suppose I should ask if it's only 106.3 and if 101.1 and 1210 are still off? "Country by Day, Dead During the Night" seems to imply country daytime and Grateful Dead at night still?

[TC Talks]

Yes, change's have come.101.1 and 1210 AM are both off air,while 106.3 WWMN is now playing a today's type country format. Idi'ing as Wine country radio.Interesting,one of their taglines is "country by day,dead during the night."

On a unrelated note,looks like Northern Christian Radio has an application with the FCC to take control of WFDX 92.5.

Any update on these stations in the past month? Are they still running this same format with the same name, or I suppose I should ask if it's only 106.3 and if 101.1 and 1210 are still off? "Country by Day, Dead During the Night" seems to imply country daytime and Grateful Dead at night still?

The second that happened, everyone I knew went back to Spotify. Seriously, I haven't so much as stopped on the station, it could be off the air.

[cckadlec]

Yes, change's have come.101.1 and 1210 AM are both off air,while 106.3 WWMN is now playing a today's type country format. Idi'ing as Wine country radio.Interesting,one of their taglines is "country by day,dead during the night."

On a unrelated note,looks like Northern Christian Radio has an application with the FCC to take control of WFDX 92.5.

Any update on these stations in the past month? Are they still running this same format with the same name, or I suppose I should ask if it's only 106.3 and if 101.1 and 1210 are still off? "Country by Day, Dead During the Night" seems to imply country daytime and Grateful Dead at night still?

The second that happened, everyone I knew went back to Spotify. Seriously, I haven't so much as stopped on the station, it could be off the air.

Well, you turn on that radio and switch to that station I'm asking as to update a radio database. Being 90 miles to the south of it, all I hear is WGLM and Maverick usually, so I can't check by myself to confirm.

As a Grateful Dead station, they sure were quite unique, not that I liked it. Waiting for their once-an-hour station ID (the only one seemed to be at the top of the hour), I had to wait through the 26-MINUTE version of "Dark Star" for what I thought would be a 4 or 5-minute recording. I didn't appreciate that much and I now sort of loathe the band, but credit for the unique format for sure.

[TC Talks]

As a Grateful Dead station, they sure were quite unique, not that I liked it. Waiting for their once-an-hour station ID (the only one seemed to be at the top of the hour), I had to wait through the 26-MINUTE version of "Dark Star" for what I thought would be a 4 or 5-minute recording. I didn't appreciate that much and I now sort of loathe the band, but credit for the unique format for sure.

Yeah baby!
The HH income for a dead fan is likely more respectable than a 3rd/4th "also ran" country station with coverage in Benzie and Manistee counties.

My AM radio is stored in my bus, but I'll try to listen top of the hour this week.

[ftballfan]

As a Grateful Dead station, they sure were quite unique, not that I liked it. Waiting for their once-an-hour station ID (the only one seemed to be at the top of the hour), I had to wait through the 26-MINUTE version of "Dark Star" for what I thought would be a 4 or 5-minute recording. I didn't appreciate that much and I now sort of loathe the band, but credit for the unique format for sure.

Yeah baby!
The HH income for a dead fan is likely more respectable than a 3rd/4th "also ran" country station with coverage in Benzie and Manistee counties.

My AM radio is stored in my bus, but I'll try to listen top of the hour this week.

106.3 was on as of 11/11 with country during the day and the Grateful Dead by night. 101.1 was sports (likely WGRY). At least they're running programming *cough*WLDR*cough* - WLDR was running an open carrier with static RDS

[Colonel Flagg]

As a Grateful Dead station, they sure were quite unique, not that I liked it. Waiting for their once-an-hour station ID (the only one seemed to be at the top of the hour), I had to wait through the 26-MINUTE version of "Dark Star" for what I thought would be a 4 or 5-minute recording. I didn't appreciate that much and I now sort of loathe the band, but credit for the unique format for sure.

Yeah baby!
The HH income for a dead fan is likely more respectable than a 3rd/4th "also ran" country station with coverage in Benzie and Manistee counties.

My AM radio is stored in my bus, but I'll try to listen top of the hour this week.

106.3 was on as of 11/11 with country during the day and the Grateful Dead by night. 101.1 was sports (likely WGRY). At least they're running programming *cough*WLDR*cough* - WLDR was running an open carrier with static RDS

An open carrier, with RDS... Roy is definitely firing on all cylinders this time