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Name: WSRT/106.7 You FM
Age: 38
Occupation: talk station
Last Seen: Traverse City, MI
Bee-otched For: feeding us more shit
Age: 38
Occupation: talk station
Last Seen: Traverse City, MI
Bee-otched For: feeding us more shit
The worst mistake in the short life of 106.7 You FM's life is about to end.
As we all know by now, Dr. Laura Schlessinger's terrestrial radio career's coming to an end as she heads over to Sirius/XM so she can scream the n-word all she wants. Thankfully, You FM will never have to post her ugly mug anymore in the liberal-leaning Northern Express anymore.
I was hoping that You FM would get a show not currently heard up north, like Thom Hartmann or Randi Rhodes. Maybe they could have ganked Ed Schultz from WJML, where he's buried at 8 p.m. for one measly hour.
But they had to get Dennis Miller instead.
That's right! Starting in January, You FM will air Miller's low-rated chatfest from 3-6 p.m. Currently, he's on WTCM NewsTalk 580 from 8-10. But, of course, 'TCM's signal at night goes into the toilet, especially for their southern listeners to protect WKZO Kalamazoo and CKWW Windsor.
As of this writing, WTCM hasn't announced Miller's replacement, although currently, they cut off Mark Levin's last hour at 8 p.m. for Miller's show, which is live 10a-1p via Westwood One.
Although no Arbitron ratings have been released publically since they've changed format, speculation has it that WSRT is still in the crapper. As a matter of fact, they might be the lowest-rated FM station in the whole state. It's a far cry from their glory days 15 years ago when they were Top 40-formatted WKPK/106.7 The Peak. However, the North Dakotan company that owns the station, Northern Broadcast, decided to start screwing things up by gradually changing the station to AC and even replacing local jocks with syndicated personalities.
Today, WSRT has no local personalities during the week, although they do have a few Chamber of Commerce-y shows on the weekends. Mornings are now handled by America's Morning News, which is produced by the Unification cult. The station does have one liberal host, Stephanie Miller. The rest of the day is filled with mostly-right-leaning programs hosted by Dave Ramsey, Michael Smerconish, Lou Dobbs, Jerry Doyle and Doug McIntyre.
The idiots who own WSRT just don't get it. Their only saving grace is WKLT; that's because there's enough white trash in northern Michigan who'll listen to it. Plus, The Fox is a joke since it's now WCCW without the familiar personalities that have made that station what it is. Yeah, I know, the Gokey family has been trying to sell Northern Radio for years, but having one good station and two mediocre ones just ain't cuttin' it.
Ya know, northern Michigan has three other talk stations and they all lean to the right. I mean, WTCM has Rush and Hannity, WJML has Glenn Beck, Michael Savage and Neal Boortz and WMKT has John Gibson and Todd Schnitt. WSRT has Stephanie Miller and that's a start. Get rid of everybody else and replace them with Bill Press, Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes and every other progressive host and I think it'll have ratings. There's a decent liberal population up north, and I think they need to have a station all their own.
C'mon! Who listens to Dennis Miller, anyway? He used to be a card-carrying liberal, but then 9/11 happened and he's now a libertarian. Plus, he hasn't been funny or relevent since his SNL days. Remember his Monday Night Football stint? Brutal.
Hate to say it, but I kinda miss Mary Rogers.
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