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HOW (LOCAL) RADIO WORKS-STRESS ON THE WORD “LOCAL”

Twenty-One Years is a long time, and that's EXACTLY how long WION as today's "I-1430" has been serving Ionia County.  For a somewhat lesser time, we've served Kent County on 100.3, and a larger part of our Ionia county on FM 92.7.  As you also may know, we now serve […]

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INTERNET PROVIDER OUTAGE CAUSES LOWELL’S 100.3 TO DROP

This Sunday morning it appears by monitoring a Facebook group dedicated to certain internet outages that our 1003 FM is not on the air. By FCC regulation, any time there is no audio detected at the transmitter site, the transmitter has to shut down until audio returns.  Our audio is […]

today08/31/2025 140 6

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New WION Radio Program…..

If you're a WION listener and have not caught Justin's new solo Friday morning show, "The Coffee Hour"....put a reminder in your phones or devices now for next Friday morning at 8 AM. It airs just before the "Totally 80's Flashback" and is his very own show, music, and chat […]

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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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