JIM HARPER * LISTEN LIVE HERE 12 NOON – 6 P.M.
Former Detroit radio morning great, Jim Harper, is back on the air! Jim’s return on the FM radio dial began last Saturday, June 3.
Click on the above link above. Take a listen. This Saturday. Every Saturday. Jim Harper on Lite 96.3 FM. From beautiful Petoskey, MI., 12 noon to 6:00 p.m.
Congratulations, Jim Harper!
I have a cottage up north and have listened to Lite 96.3 out of Petoskey for years. One Saturday afternoon in June when I was riding in the car, I immediately recognized a familiar voice on the radio; it was no other than Jim Harper. I still cannot believe that Jim Harper of WNIC fame and fortune is up in Petoskey. Check him out!
Welcome to you, Jim Harper! I also made the Great Northern Migration after teaching for 38 years and retiring in June from Plymouth-Canton Schools. I happened to find your station while out doing errands on a Saturday, and thought I heard a familiar voice. I listened to you for years when only way out to work each morning. Hope you’re enjoying the fantastic view up here, as My hubby and I are!
~MaryvEnnis
Hello Jim Harper , l’ve been a loyal listener since Carmen Harlan did the traffic on your show and you and St James were on together in the morning. I had you guys on while l drove my son to kindergarten and he’s turning 30 in November. Glad to hear you’re back on the air ! Loyal listener Lonetta
Thanks so much for including me in your outstanding website, Jim. You are “The Keeper of The Detroit Radio Castle”, and are keeping old geezers like me alive and well. Thank You so much for including me. And a special Thank You to all your kind readers who have commented. I just wanna play records and make people smile.
-“I’d rather be on The Radio, than on anything else.”-Robert W. Morgan.
Jim, your sincere and kind words you conveyed here on Motor City Radio Flashbacks means much to me more then I could ever express. Thank you so kindly. The slightest commendations from such great Detroit radio talents as you only enables me encouragement I will do all I can that I may keep many, many of the best Detroit radio moments alive and well, archived on the web, all in one place. Thank you Jim. And thank you for all your well remembered memories on Detroit radio you shared with us on the dial. Detroit loves Jim Harper!
Jim Harper … I have
been waiting and waiting to hear your back … listened to you from all the way back to Harper and Gannon….. you are the best and most enjoyable radio host ever… so glad I found you again….. ione day a week is not enough
Just found out about Jim being back on the radio. Thrilled…i have been a fan since he was with Jerry St. James.
We were just talking about Jim and googled his name to see the infamous “what happened to…” So happy he’s back!!! Welcome to the beautiful North!!
My husband and I were thrilled yesterday to hear a voice on the radio that we knew we recognized. When we Iistened closer, I realized it was Jim Harper! I looked on my phone to check the radio station, sure enough. It was Jim Harper!
I can’t to tell you how happy we are to hear Jim Harper’s voice once again! I live in Presque Isle now where my husband and I moved to from Warren five years ago. We love northern Michigan and now we have a radio station that we will so enjoy with Jim Harper! I used to listen to Jim while I was getting ready for work and on my way to work every single day. Thank you, Jim for coming back! It’s an early Christmas present hearing your voice once again. We will be listening every day! Thank you and God bless you and Lynn.
Thanks for the nice words, It’s nice to be back on the air.
Jim Harper, I’ve listened to you from Radio station to Station.
Just found out ur up in Petosky..Well, I’m still in Detroit n down loaded 96.3 to my phone.
Looking forward too listening starting tomorrow 1/18/18. Looking forward to it.
Praying you n the Mrs are well n enjoying life.
Long time listener,
Cyndi ?
Merry Christmas Jim!!! Nice to hear your voice in northern Michigan
Hi Jim. It was a pleasant surprise to hear your familiar voice here in Traverse City. Not sure if you remember me from back in the WDRQ days when I worked the front desk there. That was a very long time ago. Hope you and Lynn are enjoying the north.
Hey Ann,
Of course I remember you! So nice to hear from you. Wow!…that was a couple of years ago, wasn’t it? I didn’t know much back then, but we sure learned a lot together, didn’t we? WDRQ was a great station back then. So grateful for Motor City FlashBacks for helping us keep Detroit Radio alive.-Jim
I’ve missed you! Just came across this info and hope to enjoy listening to you. Not sure if I’ll be able to since I live in saline, mi. You, Linda Lancey, and Mike were the best.
Thank you for the kind words, Michele. So nice to hear.
We had a lot of fun and I’m sure everybody misses doing that show every day as much as I do.
You CAN hear my show on Lite 96.3 in Petoskey.
Just type in lite96.com and follow the instructions.
Wow all great one’s r back! Did u hear Arthur penhallow moved back Michigan from Texas? Miss all great voices on radio from back day. Congrats but I can’t listen down south yonder mi.
He and the late Steve Gannon where funny… bring on Jerry St. James…
Loved him, but his tyrannical, hateful political views are a huge turn off. My view of him is forever changed.
“Tyrannical”? lol
Hi Mr. Harper!
My husband and I moved up here to Traverse City a year and a half ago. (Like you, for retirement)
A couple of weeks ago, I was frantically searching the dial thinking there’s got to be a station up here that is playing Christmas music 24/7. Found it and then found you on Saturday! I knew I recognized your voice, but until you said your name, I wasn’t quite sure. So happy to have found you and will continue to listen to you & the station. What a wonderful flashback of memories growing up in Sterling Hgts. with you jammin’ the tunes! One great memory I’ll share, working at an event for toys for tots in Warren, during our office Christmas party.
Thank you for all the time, energy, money & help you have given to all the communities that you’ve lived in & now spreading your cheer in Northern Michigan.
Thank you for you nice thoughts and comments. I’m just happy to be helping out Up North and so glad you like the station and what we all do. Wishing you Health and Happiness in the New Year. -Jim
Thank you so much for the kind words and the great memories. It was quite an era in Detroit Radio and we were lucky to work with many talented people who had glorious careers.
Thrilled that you are back. Missed your radio show. Sure miss your in person shows for toys for toys, my daughter and I attended many of them. Do you know what ever happened to the young lady that worked with your group and married a policeman and moved to Port Huron.
I loved your shout-out to my Southfield-Lathrup High School 50 yr. reunion! (How many years??!) That was a really fun surprise. You still sound and look great!
Southfield/Lathrup class of 81 here
🙂
Many years ago Jim while you were PD at WNIC FM. Keener 13 AM briefly came back as WWKR. You listened to an aircheck of mine. You gave me encouragement only being in Fremont, Ohio. You said you listen carefully to announcers in medium markets as Grand Rapids, Flint and Lansing. I left radio full time later after moving to Las Vegas. Tip of the cap to you. Love Michigan after all these years. Residing weekends near Sandusky. Oh. I listened to Detroit radio more than hometown Cleveland at times.