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ChrisWL1980 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:52 pm One tired, creatively bankrupt Nashville music genre replaced by another. Joy.
Unless by some amazing feat the signal reaches Ontario, this is perfectly legal. I doubt Pure Bro-Country 89 has many listeners in Lenawee County anyway.

teetoppz28 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 7:46 pm As someone who grew up in the Adrian area, I really wish WLEN would figure out how to stream their entire broadcast.

It can’t be that difficult… right??

syntheticexctasy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 7:52 pm

teetoppz28 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 7:46 pm As someone who grew up in the Adrian area, I really wish WLEN would figure out how to stream their entire broadcast.

It can’t be that difficult… right??

my first and best guess would be that it has something to do with money.

you can usually hear it on one of my web hosted tuners - one on globaltuners.com, and the other on the airspy network (if you're into that sort of thing)

occasionally I have the big aluminum mess pointed in a different direction, but WLEN is usually still there.

syntheticexctasy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 7:39 pm

ChrisWL1980 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:52 pm One tired, creatively bankrupt Nashville music genre replaced by another. Joy.
Unless by some amazing feat the signal reaches Ontario, this is perfectly legal. I doubt Pure Bro-Country 89 has many listeners in Lenawee County anyway.

You're right - I doubt there are any regular listeners in the county. If this new station gets any devout listeners, surely they will be exposed to CIMX for several days on end during Tr events LOL

Come to think of it, there probably aren't many radio listeners in the county to begin with. It's a weird market. WLEN is a great listen, and a good example of radio in my opinion, if you're ever in the area.

Downtown Adrian is a lot like Downtown Ann Arbor - you can rarely hit 'seek' and find a station other than Q95 country, or WLEN 103.9. Outside the city, the detroit, toledo and lansing markets are all pretty reasonably had.

ChrisWL1980 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 9:02 pm

syntheticexctasy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 7:39 pm

ChrisWL1980 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:52 pm One tired, creatively bankrupt Nashville music genre replaced by another. Joy.
Unless by some amazing feat the signal reaches Ontario, this is perfectly legal. I doubt Pure Bro-Country 89 has many listeners in Lenawee County anyway.

You're right - I doubt there are any regular listeners in the county. If this new station gets any devout listeners, surely they will be exposed to CIMX for several days on end during Tr events LOL

Come to think of it, there probably aren't many radio listeners in the county to begin with. It's a weird market. WLEN is a great listen, and a good example of radio in my opinion, if you're ever in the area.

Downtown Adrian is a lot like Downtown Ann Arbor - you can rarely hit 'seek' and find a station other than Q95 country, or WLEN 103.9. Outside the city, the detroit, toledo and lansing markets are all pretty reasonably had.

I started listening to WLEN when I lived in Saline and still listen now that I live in Whitmore Lake, when WRSR and the Oakland County Smile drone don't interfere that is. They still sound today much like they did in the late '90s - they even have the same jingles. It's like they're frozen in time, a throwback to full service radio the way it used to be, and they're really a breath of fresh air. Especially on Fridays when they play oldies.
This year they celebrate their 60th anniversary. The technology has changed a lot since 1965, but I would wager the central programming philosophies haven't.
I'd love them to stream too, but I'd be happy if they just added a Now Playing widget on their website. Some of the songs they play are so obscure (probably local or indie artists) that even Shazam can't identify them.