Digital this. Digital THAT. Is it really better? That debate goes on. What we CAN tell you is that in many vehicles, the "satellite radio" channels compress your music leaving you with the sound of bad mp3's recorded by your middle school-age kid. So, when can DIGITAL sound GREAT? When it's the STEREO INTERNET STREAM OF WION! You say you only listen to "digital sources? Well, we're there! We're on THIS website for streaming on a PC, Mac, Phone, […]
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, our friend Shango066 sent us a video camera, batteries and […]
It happens. It's callled, "“tropospheric ducting.”" It's weather related. I can assure you, with the exception of piss-poor internet service from TWO different companies we require to bring 100.3 in Lowell to you, any other station coming in LOCALLY on our frequency making us fight to be heard is purely a weather related phenomenon. It's common with spring and fall wide temperature swings, and in the summer when the air is more "unstable" around the times of stronger storms. […]
Jingle Bells....Jingle Bells.....Jingle all the way... Box stores sell.... Christmas Bells..... 3 months way to early..... Were you singing that tune? The words seem appropriate as once again...the first sighting of Christmas in a national store locally is a box store in South Ionia....... As I write this we are more than a month yet from HALLOWEEN! My parents, rest their souls used-to always say that Christmas came earlier every year in stores, but...if that were true, it'd be like […]
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 the state of Michigan, the USA, and the world via the web, just like "the big guys." The appeal of "radio" is in what I'd call the "local recipe." The […]
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 handled by two different internet companies, Spectrum (Formerly Charter) in Ionia and Point Broadband fiber in Lowell. A drop in service on either end will cause audio to cease at […]
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
