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Name: Clear Channel
Age: 36
Occupation: evil radio giant
Last Seen: San Antonio, TX
Bee-otched For: spreading the hate even more
Age: 36
Occupation: evil radio giant
Last Seen: San Antonio, TX
Bee-otched For: spreading the hate even more
I have a sad feeling that the Calvinists who live in west Michigan are having a severe orgy as of late.
Of course, it all started when WOOD 1300 dropped one of the station's two sole local shows - Mouth 2 Mouth with Michelle McKormick and Scott Winters - so they could give Glenn Beck a stronger signal in the Grand Rapids market. Now, WOOD itself is getting an even stronger signal.
Last week, Clear Channel announced that they will start simulcasting WOOD 1300 on the current WMUS 106.9 out of Muskegon. WMUS itself will move full-time to 107.9 - what used to be AC WSHZ/Star 108 - to make way for WOOD's move.
The move was speculated recently when 105.7 - which had been WOOD-FM since 1962 - switched its call sign to WSRW to match its Star 105.7 branding. Some, like myself felt that its forever-low-rated rocker 101.3 The Fox would be the one getting the boot. Instead, it went to WMUS, whose Grand Rapids ratings have tapered off for quite some time. The station's move to 107.9 is a safe one since that frequency hardly makes it to Grand Rapids metro. 106.9, however, is 50,000 watts and has the same coverage as sister station WSNX 104.5.
One would wonder the legality of such a move, since Grand Rapids and Muskegon are two different radio markets and some of the stations overlap each market, like WSNX. For years, 'SNX has been marketed as a Grand Rapids station, even though it's licensed to Muskegon. Same as 106.9 once the simulcast begins, probably in a few weeks. But, there's also speculation that CC may sell off their 'Muskegon only' sticks, including rock WMRR 101.7 and 107.9. CC also owns 1090 WKBZ, which is the current Muskegon home for Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Dave Ramsey, also heard on WOOD. The fate of WKBZ is unknown at this time.
Tragically, the WOOD-FM/AM simulcast is nothing short of trying to pollute peoples' brains in much-wider numbers. Plus, since CC also owns piss-powered WTKG 1230, it means that Glenn Beck will now be heard on FOUR frequencies from my locale (590 WKZO out of Kalamazoo also airs the show from 5-8 p.m. daily). Yet, liberals like Thom Hartmann and Ed Schultz are stuck on 1230, whose signal hardly makes it out of Grand Rapids.
Folks, this only proves that terrestrial radio is the medium of the lazy. All you need is a radio and yourself. Yeah, with satellite radio, there's some set-up involved, plus with internet radio, there's a connection needed and some patience and rebuffering. Tragically, many advertisers shun dem commie librul yakkers, which is why Rush gets the 50 KW signal while Thom Hartmann is stuck on a station 50 times less the power and has the final hour of his show taken off in favor of the first live hour of Dave Ramsey, whose show is re-broadcast later on WOOD 1300.
All I can say is, thank you Howard for re-signing with Sirius/XM.
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