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FROM OUR “WINNER ON WEDNESDAY” TRIVIA-

Justin's question on Tuesday was, "This item, available in Ionia cost 35 cents in 1945, what's the item? The answer was,  "A TICKET TO THE IONIA THEATRE" It came from this ad in a vintage newspaper.  Thank you J and T Antiques and Estates for the newspapers!

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UPDATE ON LOWELL’S 100.3 OUTAGE

As many of you know, the Lowell frequency for WION Radio has been off the air since Saturday afternoon of this previous weekend.   I was out of town when the notification came to me by a longtime listener. Our equipment is set to automatically shut down the 100.3 transmitter if it loses the audio being sent from our Ionia studios, and as I have said on the air many times, […]

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INTERNET IN LOWELL IS OUT AGAIN…NO 100.3!

WION is aware of the outage of internet affecting our 100.3 FM. It is caused by the internet provider, not any of WION's equipment. As of this writing, Sunday morning the 9th of November, we are unable to get an answer on the duration or cause of our particular outage caused by the ISP. When internet is restored, the station will come up and operate as normal on it's own […]

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DISTANCE DOES NOT EQUAL DISCOUNT

(Opinion from Jim Carlyle) Would someone tell me exactly why it is that it’s MY responsibility to lower the price of items I sell online because THEY (the buyer ) live farther away from me than what they consider to be a normal distance… at which they might... I assume… pay the full price at which I listed the item??   Perhaps the next time I go to Cedar point […]

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PROMOTING IONIA!

A couple of years ago, a YouTube content creator named Shango066 worked on an AM stereo portable radio, found to be a prototype from Motorola. We contacted him about WION being in AM stereo, and our engineer Greg who is undeniably the expert on this type of broadcasting and this type of radio. A cooperative effort was made to fix the radio and Shango posted one video on it. Later, […]

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PROMOTING IONIA!

A couple of years ago, a YouTube content creator named Shango066 worked on an AM stereo portable radio, found to be a prototype from Motorola. We contacted him about WION being in AM stereo, and our engineer Greg who is undeniably the expert on this type of broadcasting and this type of radio. A cooperative effort was made to fix the radio and Shango posted one video on it. Later, […]

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Facebook was down! The sky was falling! Get REAL advertising!

  When I wrote this, Facebook had been down about 15 minutes. It's near an hour now.  Messed up pretty good with things showing in the wrong categories,  some people not able to get "in" while others have different issues.  It's "all over the place." The funny part is, "Downdetector […]

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T-Minus a few days to “official” Winter…so here’s a practice run!

Wednesday through Thursday it would seem that the weather our "West Central" (Ionia County) area was not supposed to get is now "likely" to get some winter weather. Earlier tonight, the National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory. Basically....if you're a long time Michigan person, you know that it […]

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2024’S TREASURES FOR TROOPS OFFICIAL PAGE

It's hard to believe but it's been ten years since wion started the annual “Treasures for Troops” campaign. Ten years of your generous donations and putting smiles on the faces of military members far from home. This year, WION has happily turned over the event to our partner, the Blue […]

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“BOND ACROSS THE POND” A/K/A COOL MAIL FOR J AND J!

Over the weekend, a package arrived for WION's Jim and Justin.  It took awhile to open, having been packaged so very well....Inside was a large homemade card, a heartwarming letter, and more.  It really made our day.  The following letter was in the card.   Scroll farther to see the front […]

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POLITICS SHOULD NOT SPONSOR NEWSCASTS-AT LEAST HERE!

It has come to our attention that the Michigan News Network is once again accepting (if not soliciting) advertisements either directly FROM political candidates for federal positions, OR their "PACs." The Michigan News Network is delivered via the internet, not satellite, so we are not able to edit out political […]

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