Kalamazoo’s radio, the good and the bad
Sports and music are two of the driving forces in my life and I definitely need one or the other when I drive my car.
Although, I think I have found the best and worst radio stations in the area and if you’re looking for some good ones, I have a few suggestions.
My favorite has to be ESPN 96.1 out of Grand Rapids. With me being a sports fanatic, it’s always on my radio dial. If you love sports, ESPN 96.1 is a must. You can hear Mike and Mike in the Morning, the Herd with Collin Cowherd, the Scott Van Pelt Show and a local show called Shawn and Terp.
1660 AM out of Kalamazoo used to be ESPN Radio, but switched to FOX Sports Radio a few summers ago, a move I was not happy about at all. I was so happy when ESPN 96.1 was created and I got to listen to my favorite radio show: The Herd.
As far a music stations go, if you like rock, 92.5 and 107.7 are very good stations out of Kalamazoo, but I would suggests 94.1 WVIC “The Edge” out of Lansing. A co-worker
recently turned me on to WVIC and I love it. It’s a lot of modern rock, but they also find music you won’t find on mainstream radio stations.
Another good rock one is 97.9 WGRD out of Grand Rapids. The Free Beer and Hot Wings show, which is from 5-10 a.m. weekly mornings, is a hilarious show and they a lot of the current rock.
For sports fans, I already mentioned ESPN 96.1, but there also is 1660 AM out of Kalamazoo and 107.3 “The Ball” out of Grand Rapids. Both are FOX Sports Radio affiliates and are home for the Dan Patrick Show, the Jim Rome Show and one of my favorites, The Huge Show. The Huge Show, which is hosted by Bill Simonson is aired from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and pertains to Michigan sports.
Even though you’ll find it leans more towards Central Michigan University Chippewas athletics, it’s still a good afternoon listen.
Simonson likes to get his audience involved in the conversation and always takes a ton of calls on his show.
I know a lot of people love the top 40 type of music, and I do like some of it too, but I can’t stand 103.3 WKFR. I swear they play the same music over and over again. The past two weeks I have waken up to two songs: Laddy Gaga, “Paparazzi” and “I Want to Know what Love Is,” but it’s not the Foreigner version. This station needs to pick a more variety of songs.
There a bunch of other radio stations in the area, but those are my favorites and one I dislike. If you’re looking for good music in the car, try those.
Mark Rudi, the Western Herald sports editor, is a senior majoring in journalism and can be reached at herald-sports@wmich.edu.
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The fact that you consider any sports radio “good” completely voids your opinion. It is pointless banter, lacks substance, and serves ZERO public benefit.
Unless the emergency broadcast has taken over the airwaves, no radio outside NPR’s Morning Edition really serves any public benefit (that includes all music and most talk radio).
Since when does radio have to serve some virtuous public benefit? Its for entertainment!
Actually, the public owns the airwaves and therefore radio–like television–should be serving some public benefit. Radio and television instead consists mostly of worthless plot looping, mind numbing, moronic shows like Lost and CSI—monkeys are bored by this stuff.
According the FCC, “In exchange for obtaining a valuable license to operate a broadcast station using the public airwaves, each radio and television licensee is required by law to operate its station in the ‘public interest, convenience and necessity.’ This means that it must air programming that is responsive to the needs and problems of its local community of license.”
See: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/decdoc/public_and_broadcasting.html
Corporate underwriters have a huge hand in what is heard on NPR. The only station we’re left with–Thank God–is WIDR. WIDR is Lord. I surrender myself to WIDR. WIDR IS LORD. WIDR IS LORD.