Posts by kelley@michmab.com
Dylan Salisbury Named PD of MacDonald Broadcasting/Saginaw
Former KUPL/KBFF Portland Program Director Dylan Salisbury has landed in Saginaw, Michigan, joining MacDonald Broadcasting as Program Director for the company’s Mid-Michigan cluster, including WKCQ, WJMO and WSAG/WSAM.
Read MoreTigers Extend Jason Benetti and Dan Dickerson to Long-Term Extensions
The Detroit Tigers have announced that television play-by-play voice Jason Benetti and radio play-by-play voice Dan Dickerson have signed multi-year extensions to keep them on Detroit SportsNet and the Tigers Radio Network, respectively.
Read MoreDetroit PBS and 90.9 WRCJ to Mark New Progress on the Fred and Barbara Erb Public Media Campus
Detroit PBS and 90.9 WRCJ announce new funding progress as it celebrated the groundbreaking of the future home for public media in Southeast Michigan, the Fred and Barbara Erb Public Media Campus on October 1. The groundbreaking marked a major milestone in the transformation of 234 Piquette Avenue into a new center for public media, education, journalism, arts and community engagement.
Read MoreOctober 2026 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists; EAS Test Form One; Annual EEO Public File Reports; EEO Audit Responses; Filing Freeze on FM Translators; and more
Unlike previous years, there is no threat of a federal government shutdown on its October 1 start of the new fiscal year, so the dates and deadlines discussed below should not move on broadcasters. As we detail below, all stations will need to observe EAS reporting requirements for the filing of ETRS Form One in anticipation of the upcoming Nationwide EAS Test, and all full-power stations need to remember the Quarterly Issues Programs list filing deadline.
Read MoreWSAQ Community RoofSit 2026 Nets $150k for Child Abuse/Neglect Council
Liggett Communication’s WSAQ-FM (Port Huron) held their annual Community Roof Sit to benefit the St. Clair County Child Abuse and Neglect Council (CAN) last week (9/13-18). WSAQ morning show host Matt Markham again lived on a rooftop downtown Port Huron, through both blazing sunlight as well as some brief rain showers, raising funds and awareness for child abuse prevention and advocacy.
Read MoreWLXT Welcomes Riley Couture
MacDonald Garber Broadcasting Head of Programming Peter Garber commented, “My family and I are thrilled to welcome Riley to MGB. We feel extremely fortunate to have found someone with Riley’s passion and talent to join Mark Elliott on The Breakfast Show. She’s a perfect fit for Lite 96 and we look forward to seeing the relationship she builds with our listeners and the community at large.”
Read MoreSiggy Ehrlich Named Classical IPR Fellow
Interlochen Public Radio’s Amanda Sewell has announced that Classical IPR is welcoming Siggy Ehrlich as the 2026-2027 Classical IPR fellow. Ehrlich is a recent graduate of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts
Read MoreMore Action on Issues About Lowest Unit Rates for Political Parties and Joint Fundraising Committees After Supreme Court Decision – Where Do These Actions Leave the Broadcaster?
On September 4, as we noted in our weekly update of regulatory activity of importance to broadcasters, the Supreme Court seemingly decided that Lowest Unit Rates for this year’s elections would be governed by the Media Bureau’s March Public Notice – the Public Notice announcing that ads from political parties and joint fundraising committees, when approved by a federal candidate, would get those rates. The Supreme Court stayed a decision of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals that had found that ads from these groups did not get LUR,
Read MoreNAB Applauds Overwhelming Bipartisan House Passage of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act
This past Tuesday (9/15), the House overwhelmingly passed the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, which would require the transportation secretary to issue a rule require the devices as standard equipment in new vehicles sold in the U.S. Similar bipartisan legislation has been considered by Congress before, but stalled out.
Read MoreAbbi Hess Named GM of WJQK-FM/WPNW-AM
The appointment follows the passing of Lanser Broadcasting founder Les Lanser on July 30, 2026. Les worked at the stations for 58 years and owned them for 43, pioneering the move to Contemporary Christian music in January 1987—a decision that reshaped Christian radio in West Michigan and established a format the market has embraced for nearly four decades.
Read More