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What does Jim Carlyle do in his spare time?

You may have heard Jim Carlye on the radio over the past nearly 20 years talk about his love of "vintage" electronics.  The studios of WION have many vintage radios, some unique TV sets, and other oddities on display that came from his home when he moved to Ionia. Hello!  It's me, Jim. ...and the latest of my projects is two vintage TV sets from teh 1960's. They're appropriately called "roundies" in collectors' circles because of the picture tube.  For […]

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Have you read your WION-FM Car Radio Lately?

  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, and for years we ran it...and we used to put birthdays on it, and other things.  We never had a chance to do artist and title, however due to available […]

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EXTREME HEAT ADVISORY BEGINS MONDAY

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 Hart, Fremont, Big Rapids, Mount Pleasant, Muskegon, Greenville, Alma, Grand Haven, Jenison, Grand Rapids, Ionia, St. Johns, Holland, Hastings, Charlotte, Lansing, South Haven, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, and Jackson 307 PM […]

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