Link to our Google Photos Page of WION's 20 years, click here Twenty years ago today, a much younger Jim Carlyle sat behind the control board of WION-AM (Only) and at 6AM, rolled our National Anthem. At 39, I'd bought my own radio station! Oh, I had plenty of help and advice (some of which was to run away) but, I had done it. WION, when I bought it, was […]
Justin's Summer fun....you never know where he may show up with a fishing rod and reel...but when he's not "on the air" he's likely "on the water" or at least near it!
In the wee hours of July 31st, as this is written, a power outage has affected WION which is operating on generator. Consumers' Energy map shows two major "lobes" of outage, Haynor road studios of WION just barely in one of them. There is no Estimated time of restoration for this...but, as usual, it comes NOT during a storm, NOT during high winds, and NOT with any direct connection to […]
A long time ago, in a station not so far away... WION had a system common to FM stations called "RDS" which is where you can read information on your (mainly) car radios about artist, title, or other interesting things. A former engineer of ours wrote his own program, […]
PLEASE PREPARE FOR THIS HEAT, CHECK REGULARLY ON ELDERLLY NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS, SHELTER OUTDOOR PETS AND ANIMALS, AND STAY HYDRATED. IF TRAVELING, CARRY WATER IN CASE OF BREAKDOWN, AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES AS THE POWER GRID MAY BE STRAINED. Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Muskegon-Montcalm-Gratiot-Ottawa- Kent-Ionia-Clinton-Allegan-Barry-Eaton-Ingham-Van Buren-Kalamazoo- Calhoun-Jackson- Including the cities of […]
WION received an e-mail on June 11th that the program we've added on Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons called, "Psycho Jello Radio" is ending production. It's been airing Saturday mornings at 8 AM and Sundays at 3PM. Insert Sigh here. It was a nice fit for us, and many of […]
Things that leave us shaking our heads....or wondering.....WHAT?
WION radio apologizes for the temporary absence of our "townhall" national and international news. The manner in which it is distributed to us changed without notice, and a new piece of equipment is required to receive our network "feed." luckily, this is the only thing wion receives from satellite, and […]
