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*** Email Jason with time off requests Addams@98FMKCQ.com

Jason Addams 615 337 8807 Ops/PD

Coop Cooper 248 444 9518 Joe/Bay PD

Shelley Woodworth 336 403 0964 Creative Services

Kevin Vogel 989 506 1789 Engineer 1

Kevin Hawley 313 720 3492 Engineer 2

ON AIR SCHEDULE

On Air Schedule

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Saturday 4/25

6-N Haley

N-6 AB

6-M KD

Sunday 4/26

6-N Kylie

N-6 Cowboy

6-M KD

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Saturday 5/2

6-N Haley

N-6 AB

6-M KD

Sunday 5/3

6-N Kylie

N-6 Cowboy

6-M KD

Resync

WHAT IS THE RESYNC: 58 ???

Each hour on all stations a “resync” is scheduled as the last element of the hour. This feature of the OpX keeps the stations on time, hour to hour.

At: 58 after each hour, the resync will DELETE all audio that does not play before exactly :58.

If there is a commercial break on Joe, Bay or KCQ towards the end of the hour, you have to make sure ALL the commercials air BEFORE :58. If you don’t, the resync will DELETE those commercials and the company loses money.

If you’re not watching the OpX at this time, the commercials and other audio files will be deleted and you will not even realize it happened. You’d have to scroll back on the playlist and notice what audio files played to realize what files did not play.

Remember, commercials pay the bills. Missing them can’t happen without approval from Shelley, Cooper, Jason or a team leader.

If you find yourself playing commercials at the end of the hour and you anticipate the resync will delete commercials, simply delete the resync. This will keep audio from deleting.

You are allowed to move a song from before the break to after the break, in order to make sure commercials play in the hour and on time.

While we want you to keep all stations on time, being a little late is way better than missing commercials or having the resync delete them.

If you have any questions about the resync, email Jason asap.

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Your Name:

Did you fill out your timecard?:

Did you fill out your sick time form? :

Show Date:

Show Time:

Did you log in to TextGroove to start your show?:

Did you respond to all incoming texts?:

Tease 1 Verbatim:

Tease 2 Verbatim:

Local Content Break 1 Verbatim:

Local Content Break 2 Verbatim:

Hour 1 What live promo did you deliver on air?:

Hour 1 Did you update Joe Weather?:

Hour 1 Did you update Bay Weather?:

Did you delete the Bay "into Spots liner" when their were no commercials?:

Hour 1 Did you check Joe Spots?:

Hour 1 Did you check Bay Spots?:

What did you post on the KCQ FB Page?:

What did you post on the Joe FB Page?:

What did you post on the Bay FB Page?:

Did you respond to comments on the Joe/KCQ/Bay Facebook pages?:

Did you close OpX, Restart 1X?:

Did you minimize OpX and hit play on FileSync?:

Hour 2 What live promo did you deliver on air?:

Hour 2 Did you check Joe Spots?:

Hour 2 Did you check Bay Spots?:

Did you delete extra music in the 7am hour before the Church Show on KCQ?:

Hour 3 What live promo did you deliver on air?:

Hour 3 Did you check Joe Spots?:

Hour 3 Did you check Bay Spots?:

Hour 3 Did you update Joe Weather?:

Hour 3 Did you update Bay Weather?:

Hour 4 What live promo did you deliver on air?:

Hour 4 Did you check Joe Spots?:

Hour 4 Did you check Bay Spots?:

Hour 5 What live promo did you deliver on air?:

Hour 5 Did you check Joe Spots?:

Hour 5 Did you check Bay Spots?:

Hour 5 Did you update Joe Weather?:

Hour 5 Did you update Bay Weather?:

Hour 6 What live promo did you deliver on air?:

Hour 6 Did you check Joe Spots?:

Hour 6 Did you check Bay Spots?:

Did you check all stations for the next day's log, spots, music and imaging?:

Did you air all commercials on all stations?:

Did you sign on and off ALL commercial logs?:

Did you check tower lights at dusk?:

Did you log tower lights on the the station log:

Did you air EAS tests on all stations as logged?:

Did you log EAS on the the station log on any studio PC?:

Did you log EAS on the the commercial log?:

Did you read the entire weekend memo?:

Did you adjust the thermostat? :

Did you plug in all studio cell phones to charge?:

Did you return studios to standard before leaving?:

Did you leave the lights ON before leaving the building?:

Did you close all the studio blinds before leaving?:

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UPDATE

Starting tomorrow, KCQ will begin running the Bobby Bones Top 30 Countdown on Saturdays at 6am.

Also tomorrow, KCQ will be airing a 6^th day of Backstage Country, Saturday Nights at 8pm.

KCQ’s Country Gold will move back 1 hour to 8pm Sunday Nights.

These programming changes won’t change the weekend building schedule.

Sat – 6-N Haley, N-6 Aaron B, 6-M KD

Sun – 6-N Kylie, N-6 Cowboy, 6-M KD

Updates on the all station Resyncs have been posted in studio and on the digital on air checklist.

Updates on how to execute/board op a remote have been posted in studio and on the digital on air checklist.

Bay Boater's Forecast is coming May 14^th.

PROMO

There’s another full week of cash winners with KCQ’s Random Acts of Cash. Listen Text and Win daily at 7:30 and 3:30.

KCQ and JOE will be at Freeland Walleye Fest tonight and tomorrow.

97-3 JOE FM's Tickets Every day in May thanks to Macksoods kicks off on May 1st! At 11:11 we'll announce a local text keyword, listeners will have 9 min and 73 to text back, if we call them and they answer the phone, they can choose the concert of their choice from our list of shows!

Joe will be giving away tickets before you can buy them to the Lumineers at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort! We'll have tickets just after 3 Monday through Thursday!!!

KCQ and Joe will be tailgating before the Arsenal's home game at the Dow Event Center on May 2^nd and May 9th!

AIRCHECK

There are about 60 days left of our rated time of year. While we need you at your best all year long, this is when listeners have the chance to give us a report card. A handful of listeners, all ages and all zip-codes, will be asked to recall what radio they listened to for a week. Why do we brand our station names so much? So listeners never doubt who they are listening to and can then remember our brands when it’s time to write it down.

Just like you scroll online, radio listeners have little patience for content they don’t want or need. We build the best tested playlists we can. Inevitably someone will tune out when a song we play does not match their needs in the moment. Additionally, when an air talent (our competitors) drone on about themselves with self-centered content, listeners punch out.

We deliver fun, light, localized content that is centered on THEIR needs. You win and we win when they choose us. Be an escape, an oasis from the troubles of their day. Deliver the energy and authentic enthusiasm we all want. Be the host of a party, not the star of a show. That’s our way. That’s how we win. That’s how we earn attention and revenue.

Be of service to our listeners. While each have a phone with weather information on it, for those driving, giving them weather details is a service. With Spring showers and Thunderstorms in the forecast, make sure you are closely monitoring weather and updating Joe, Bay and KCQ Listeners.

Please check the traffic website a couple times each hour to make sure you are aware of possible issues that listeners may need to know. That’s a service to them right in the spot they probably listen the most, their car.

As air talent, we must consider ourselves multi-platform content creators. While radio is number 1, your digital presence is needed, required and expected from our listeners. Tik Tok and Instagram influencers are doing radio content, the stuff we’ve been doing for years. Engage with listeners digitally!

Themes for the weekend: Saginaw Arsenal Arena Football starts tomorrow! Spring, Warm Weather, Rain, NFL Draft, Tigers take on the Reds in Cincinnati this weekend.

THANK YOU for lending us your talents!

KCQ PLAYLIST

WKCQ Playlist 4/20/2026 ADDS: Combs, Dan + Shay

Category: A = Power

1. Ty Myers – Ends of the Earth

Weeks in Power: 18

Total Weeks: 26

10/20 Added

11/3 Moved to B

12/15 Moved to A

2. Morgan Wallen – 20 Cigarettes

Weeks in Power: 16

Total Weeks: 24

11/3 Added

11/10 Moved to B

12/29 Moved to A

3. Brandon Lake ft Cody Johnson – When A Cowboy Prays

Weeks in Power: 3

Total Weeks: 10

2/9 Added

2/16 Moved to B

3/30 Moved to A

4. Luke Combs – Sleepless in a Hotel Room

Total Weeks: 11

Weeks in Power: 4

2/3 Added

2/9 Moved to B

3/23 Moved to Power

5. Riley Green – Change My Mind

Weeks in Power: 6

Total Weeks: 14

1/5 Added

1/12 Moved to B

3/9 Moved to A

6. Luke Combs – Days Like These

Weeks in Power: 14

Total Weeks: 22

11/17 Added

11/24 Moved to B

7. Jordan Davis – Turn this Truck Around

Weeks in Power: 1

Total Weeks: 16

12/29 Added

1/26 Moved to B

3/16 Moved to A

3/23 Moved Back to B

4/20 Moved back to A

“A” Replacements –

Davis

Sub-Power

1. Ella Langley - Be Her

Total Weeks: 6

3/9 Added

4/6 Moved to B

2. Jason Aldean – Don’t Tell On Me

Total Weeks: 3

3/30 Added

4/6 Moved to B

3. Morgan Wallen – Don’t We

Total Weeks: 4

3/23 Added

3/30 Moved to B

4. Zach Top – South of Sanity

Total Weeks: 12

1/26 Added

2/9 Moved to B

5. Brantley Gilbert – Good Damn

Total Weeks: 3

3/30 Added

4/20 Moved to B

6. Bailey Zimmerman – Chevy Silverado

Total Weeks: 18

12/15 Added

1/5 Moved to B

2/16 Back to C

3/16 Moved to B

7. Tucker Wetmore – Brunette

Total Weeks: 11

2/3 Added

2/9 Moved to B

3/23 Moved to C

3/30 Moved to B

8. Luke Bryan – Country And She Knows It

Total Weeks: 4

3/23 Added

4/20 Moved to B

9. Hudson Westbrook – Painted You Pretty

Total Weeks: 3

3/30 Added

4/20 Moved to B

10. Chase Matthew – Holdin It Down

Total Weeks: 5

3/16 Added

3/23 Moved to B

11. Hardy ft Eric Church, Morgan Wallen & Time McGraw – McArthur

Total Weeks: 10

2/9 Added

2/16 Moved to B

“B” Replacements

Westbrook, Bryan, Gilbert

Category: C New Category

1. Dan + Shay – Say So

Total Weeks: 0

4/20 Added

2. Corey Kent ft Koe Wetzel – Rocky Mountain Low

Total Weeks: 14

1/12 Added

1/26 Moved to B

2/9 Moved to C

3/23 Moved to B

4/20 Moved to C

3. Jackson Dean – Make A Liar

Total Weeks: 5

3/16 Added

4. George Birge ft Luke Bryan – Ride Ride Ride

Total Weeks: 7

3/2 Added

3/23 Moved to B

4/20 Moved to C

5. Luke Combs – Be By You

Total Weeks: 0

4/20 Added

6. Parker McCullom – Killin Time

Total Weeks: 2

4/6 Added

7. John Morgan – Kid Myself

Total Weeks: 2

4/6 Added

“C” Replacements

Dan + Shay, Combs, Birge, Kent

Songs moved to Power Recurrent

7. Cody Johnson – The Fall Weeks in Power: 24 Total Weeks: 36 8/4 Added 8/25 Moved to B 11/3 Moved to A

Songs moved to Recurrent

HOLD

1. Jon Pardi – Boots Off Total Weeks: 12 1/26 Added

POWER RECURRENT (22) (Fall Book Resort of Power Recurrent)

BAILEY ZIMMERMAN WHERE IT ENDS

CHASE MATTHEW DARLIN'

CODY JOHNSON THE FALL

ELLA LANGLEY CHOOSIN' TEXAS

GEORGE BIRGE IT WON'T BE LONG

JASON ALDEAN WHISKEY DRINK

JASON ALDEAN HOW FAR DOES A GOODBYE GO

JELLY ROLL I AM NOT OK

KANE BROWN MILES ON IT

KOE WETZEL & JESSI MURPH HIGH ROAD

LUKE BRYAN COUNTRY SONG CAME ON

LUKE COMBS BACK IN THE SADDLE

MORGAN WALLEN I'M THE PROBLEM

MORGAN WALLEN JUST IN CASE

NATE SMITH FIX WHAT YOU DIDN'T BREAK

POST MALONE ft Morgan Wallen I HAD SOME HELP

RILEY GREEN WORST WAY

RUSSELL DICKERSON HAPPEN TO ME

SAM HUNT OUTSKIRTS

SCOTTY MCCREERY BOTTLE ROCKETS

SHABOOZEY A BAR SONG (Tipsy)

THOMAS RHETT AFTER ALL THE BARS ARE CLOSED

BLOGGING

BLOGGING INSTRUCTIONS:

www.98fmkcq.com/admin

This takes you to the back end website that hosts our website.

U: Jason

P: 1400

First, on the left menu bar click Tools

Under TOOLS, click GENERAL BLOGS

There is only one GENERAL BLOG. It's called 98 KCQ Top Stories

All the way on the right, click EDIT BLOG POSTS

At the top of that page, click the green button that says ADD NEW POST

It will open up a blank Blog post for you to fill out. See the image below.

As you scroll down, you will see the image below and the blank area to begin your blog. Not seen in this image is the SAVE button just under the white blog space. ONCE YOU HIT SAVE YOU HAVE PUBLISHED THIS LIVE!

WIFI

MACDONALD BROACASTING WI-FI

2.4 Ghz Passwords

In House - M@c1nside

Guest - #M@cDonald!

5Ghz Passwords

In House -M@c1nside

Guest - #M@cDonald!

HOURLY PREP FORM

THIS HAS CHANGED 4-2-2026

Team - Take a look at the hourly prep form below. It now reflects the small change we made to the clocks. This starts tomorrow 4/4. Weekdays too.

Let me know if you have questions!

Jas

KCQ PREP FORM

THIS HAS CHANGED 4-2-2026

Break 1:_____________________________________________

CONTENT Over intro

Break 2:_____________________________________________

CONTENT Over intro

Break 3:_____________________________________________

CONTENT Over intro / OR INTO STOP SET IF COMMERCIALS ARE PRESENT

Break 4:_____________________________________________

CONTENT Over intro / TEASE :35 Content (This is no longer a new song)

Break 5:_____________________________________________

Into stop-set :30 Content, Payoff from Tease INTO :35 COMMERCIALS

(If no commercials, delete the sweeper and the commercial log notes. Talk up the intro of the next song.)

Break 6:_____________________________________________

CONTENT Over intro. (This is the new song on the KCQ Playlist. Please talk up the intro/voice track and ONLY talk about this song or this artist. Your content should be about the music or artist you're playing.)

*** If you are running late in your hour, you can drop the new music song, just before the :49 break and go into the stopset as usual with your planned content.)

Break 7:_____________________________________________

Into stop-set :30 Content INTO :49 COMMERCIALS

WEATHER:_____________________________________________

Out of :49 stop-set at about :55 with Weather Open and bed

TYPES OF CONTENT

1. Live Promo over intro

2. Weather Mention over intro

3. Three song tease

4. Quick Song Intro

5. Local content about Mid-Michigan

6. Pop Culture Content with a Michigan Angle, Movies, Sports

7. Music, Artist, Concert News

8. WHAT ELSE?

:-)

ON AIR SUCCESS FACTORS

MBC On-Air Success factors

Self-Assessment – After every break on air, ask yourself, “How could that have been better?”

You Factor - Speak to the listener's self interest. Use the word YOU more than the word I. Lead with YOU, end with YOU.

Brand – We are graded on recall. Say our station’s name often and organically.

Tease – The art of hooking listeners into listening longer.

Prep – Find the great content our listeners want to hear about.

Rehearse – Practice EVERY break you do out oud, before you do it.

Localize – Great local content is great but rare. Localize all content and we win.

Prove You’re Live – How can you subtly or overtly remind the audience YOU ARE LIVE!

STSTS – Start the song, then speak. No cheating. Keep forward momentum.

Sell New Music – unfamiliar music can be a tune out. Sell it! Show your passion.

Post/Interact – Add content to our station’s FB/Insta pages once per shift. Respond to listeners.

HOW TO TEASE

You can give as much as 80% of the story away up front. BUT you must save the most important 20%. Make your teases questions and design them to get the listeners WONDERING what the answer is.

Plan your teases based on when you can pay them off. Make sure your teases are roughly 3 songs from the payoff, no more that 12 minutes.

"WHY" is a great way to start a tease!

"WHO" can be compelling but often less so.

HOW TO USE YOU FACTOR

The YOU FACTOR is about placing the listeners interest before your own. Many DJs get the impression, especially in our podcast age, that they are the STAR of the moment. All their content is based on their perspective alone. While that is reasonable for someone's "show," we have the HOST philosophy.

You're the HOST of a party, not the STAR of a show.

Simply put, say YOU more than you say I. Say YOU 3X more. Start with YOU, end with YOU. Slip an I in the middle.

Content breaks can start with... HAVE YOU....?

Remember, Listeners are grading, judging the content you provide. The second they feel like there's nothing in it for THEM, they are out.

Leading with a YOU can help because you're starting by saying, "this is about you..."

HOW TO LOCALIZE

What's the Michigan angle of the story you're doing?

If the content isn't about our community or didn't happen in our state, how can you frame it from a Michigan perspective?

Lets make the assumption that if 19% of American's are traveling for a holiday, thats 19% of MICHIGANDERs are traveling.

"Jared Goff would not have missed that pass last night on Monday Night Football. The Raiders beat Houston for the last wild card seat. The Lion's take on Philly this Sunday."

"The world record for snapping cucumbers in half is 35 on 60 seconds. John Smith of Ohio is the new world record holder. We need to bring that record back to Michigan!"

"Luke Combs just announced his tour for next year. No Michigan stops yet so we have to road trip in Indianapolis next summer!"

When your content isn't about or from Michigan, bring it home for our listeners.

Remember: You should be doing 1 piece of LOCAL, MICHIGAN content per hour!

GENERAL POLICIES

*** Food is not allowed in any studio

*** Drinks may be kept on the back wall, ledge of each studio

*** Shoes are required while at work

*** Please keep feet off furniture

*** Please do not throw food waste in a studio trash can. Food waste should be disposed of in the kitchen trash

*** If you can not arrive 5 minutes before your shift, please call the DJ on air to let them know in advance.

*** Guests are not allowed in the building without prior approval.

*** All paper and prep brought in to the studio should be removed after your shift.

STAFF NUMBERS

Aaron Bailey 989 482 1640

baileyinc87@gmail.com

Aaron Clingingsmith (Michaels) (810) 210-9066

amclingingsmith@gmail.com

Barry Borsenik (989) 295-1266 (989) 295-8814

bborsenik@98fmkcq.com

Cindy Tuck (989) 245-8753

cindytuck@macdonaldbroadcasting.com

Cooper (248) 444-9518

cooper@973joefm.com

David Sohn (989) 525-4602

dsohn@98fmkcq.com

Greg Bitting (Cole) (916) 502-4734

gcole27000@gmail.com

Haley Snyder 989-316-6130

haleywrona04@gmail.com

Jason Bear Addams (615) 337-8807

Addams@98fmkcq.com

John Dehne (Conrad) (239) 250-9349

napbch@yahoo.com

Kederick Davis (989) 890-8360

kederickdavis1@gmail.com

Kevin Hawley (313) 720-3492

kevinh@macdonaldbroadcasting.com

Kevin Vogel (989) 506-1789

kvogel@macdonaldbroadcasting.com

Kylie Barnes 989 577 1274

2005kyliebarnes@gmail.com

Mac (989) 790-7439

(989) 798-8092

(231) 348-3635 (Cottage)

khmamfm@gmail.com

Mackenzie Keohane (989) 860-1078

mackenzie@macdonaldbroadcasting.com

Mark Janson (989) 652-2725

(989) 239-6277

(989) 652-9906 (Work)

mjanson@airadv.net

mjanson78@gmail.com

Mary Lou Hirschman (989) 321-1478

reception@98fmkcq.com

Ray Storey (Thomas Ray) (810) 291-9637

thomas.ray@98fmkcq.com

Shelley Woodworth (336) 403-0964c

creative@98fmkcq.com

traffic@98fmkcq.com

MBC Saginaw (989) 752-8161

KCQ IPHONE (989) 798-7774

KCQ- (989) 753-4498 or (800) 262-0098 www.98fmkcq.com

Main Fax (989) 752-8102

WMJO IPHONE (989) 996-1959

WMJO- (989) 758-3973 www.973joefm.com

BAY- (989) 753-1401 www.softrockonthebay.com

MBC Lansing Office (517) 393-1320

Lansing Fax (517) 393-088