Justin's Trivia Question was partly or mostly "riddle" form today....and we did not get an answer. Up for grabs is a gift certificate for $20 to any of the next Estate Sales from J and T Antiques and Estates! Here's the clues... 1.)RIDGES AND VALLEYS I HAVE APLENTY BUT MY RESIDENTS WILL NOT LEAVE GENTLY (ever had a tooth pulled? Its not gentle.) 2.) I START AS 2 HALVES HOLDING […]
I have some "Alexa" controlled devices. My life, however does not depend on them working. I can still turn a light on or off myself, and never "over-animated" my home with too much web-based/voice-activated stuff. Earlier this afternoon, the WION "Skill" was unreachable my Amazon. Our "Weatherflow" skill also went down....and, I randomly checked some of my Amazon accounts personal skills. Some worked, some did not, but this was early […]
For those of you who have not been over to the "team" pages to meet Isabelle, the station dog (and Jim Carlyle's best buddy) here she is, in the early morning after breakfast but BEFORE waking up to go gether 6-week hair trim...and AFTER. Almost a different dog altogether. (many voices now ala' the movie "Airplane" say) "Almost a dfferent dog" Slide over to Isabelle's page and meet the REST […]
Regular listeners to our J and J Midday show know that every other week, Justin and I exchange positions in the studio, one taking the seat at the controls, the other at the round table. (literally the "round table.") This keeps both of us polished in operating the station and dealing with multi-tasking the three computers, on-air phones, text inbox, emails, and everything that makes up our show. This week, […]
Jim Carlyle here. I don't agree with all the people, nor the way in which AM is being portrayed as "Emergency Services Need (only)" But, if it gets automakers to retain AM in vehicles, my industry wins. However, the people both ASKING the questions (congress) and those representing AM in this hearing (the "panel" ) in my estimation were poorly prepared if not poorly chosen. The "localism" presented by AM […]
Thank you City of Lowell Mayor Mike DeVore for keeping WION "in the loop" as we say.....
Those of you tuned-in last week may have caught Randy Edwards' calling the J and J Midday show from his home studio with some GREAT news! Even as Randy's "Turntable Trainwrecks" has ended it's run in our noon hour, a feature we've had for probably around a decade, Randy is putting his efforts into expanding "Edwards' Archives" heard weekends on WION. Randy tells us that he'll be expanding the program […]
A/K/A "AREN'T YOU GLAD YOUR CAR ISN'T AN E-V TODAY?" We try to mention on days when it's (continuously) above 90 or flirting with 90 degrees to be "conservative" in electric use. It could be coincidence, it could be overusage of the local grid, but the "outage roulette" has begun this afternoon. Parts of our listening area in town are without power. Please check on your elderly neighbors and any […]
If you've followed the 'AM in (new) car issue, you know that Ford Motor Company recently reversed their direction and agreed to "install" AM in their new digital dashboards with an "over the air" software update. Thus, it's not that tough to INCLUDE AM in cars coming off today's assembly lines. That was ONE victory, but there are still other manufacturers doing business in the United States that need to […]
When we're not bringing you Jim and Justin or Edwards' Archives, or our Noon Newsblock, or "Totally 80's Flashback" or...Turntable Trainwrecks, or Popeye John's Monday Night Classic Rock"....or Barry Scott's Lost 45's....we're still working hard to bring you a great station with music and information EVERY hour!
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