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 with you. Some acoustic music, some local, some folk, some not.... He's doing a great job with this, and as WION Owner, I'm proud of his work and the courage […]
Bishop John Taylor is my cousin in California. This is a direct update on Wednesday....from California, un-edited and with no "spin" from any news organization. Should you be moved to donate, here is one place you can give and KNOW it is going directly to relief of those so deeply affected by the fires in California, and you can TRUST this organization to put your gift to work right away. -Jim Carlyle, WION Header picture credit to: news.sky.com
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 Dot Com" from which I took the pictures of comments has a blast when this happens. Some of the comments I read are really funny...like, "What will we do, TALK […]
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 simply means to be careful in driving, and allow extra time in your travels. If you didn't know, on FM 92-7 from WION in Ionia, you get artist, title and […]
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 Star Mothers of Ionia, Kent, and Montcalm counties, and we fully support their collecting, packing, and mailing as always. So, things are a little different this year. You can drop […]
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 of the custom card, and it's message inside!
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 ads, even though they come at the end of the 'cast when they are scheduled. I have notified the MNN that if I know of these ads, we will not […]
Apparently not all of the segments for the countdown this week made it to "air" on WION. While there is no reschedule of this three-hour program feature, you CAN catch his segments missed on his website this week. Barry always releases the show on his site AFTER they've played on local affiliates. Visit his website here. Sometimes technology lets us down. Programs you hear on WION such as our Townhall News, The Totally 80's flashback and others are automatically "grabbed" […]
A huge thank you to the Weavers for the lovely flowers from Sids' Flowers, and...a very heartfelt card from a longtime listener and friend to WION, Cheri Peabody in Belding for taking the time to write us a very nice anniversary card! We appreciate you!
