WJR-AM (Detroit) afternoon personality Mitch Albom and Audacy’s WOMC-FM and WXYT-FM (both Detroit) received the prestigious award. The awards were presented this past Tuesday (10/21) in New York City.
The Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) and WDIV-TV (Detroit) announced a new broadcast rights partnership for the 22nd annual Detroit Tree Lighting presented by DTE Energy Foundation and produced by the Downtown Detroit Partnership taking place Friday, November 21, 2025, in the award-winning Campus Martius Park in Downtown Detroit.
Lenawee Broadcasting’s WLEN-FM (Adrian) has opened the applications for its Hometown Hope Marketing Grant for 2026. Twelve groups will be picked to get a full month of radio ads, social media posts, and interviews on WLEN to help share their mission.
Longtime Detroit TV and radio personality Bob Hynes died last Friday (10/17) in California, following a brief illness, according to a family spokesperson. The Saginaw native hosted his own morning show on WXYZ-TV for five years beginning in 1966.
We would normally provide you with some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. But, as the government shutdown has drastically limited activity at the FCC, and as Congress did not produce significant news this week while focused on the shutdown and other activity, we thought that we should provide some reminders on specific regulatory activity that is curtailed by the shutdown and about some of the issues that may arise once it is resolved.
By no means do I claim to be a sales expert, but as a long-term programmer, I feel compelled to come up with some ideas that we can implement today, quickly, to help our on-the-street sales forces close more business. What I’m about to suggest may seem simple, maybe even a little old-school, but at least it’s something we can do right now to help stem this revenue problem.
“Our first-ever 13-hour radiothon brought our sponsors, generous listeners and local leaders together ahead of the upcoming holidays to rally support for four pivotal organizations that address the pressing needs of our community,” said WHMI General Manager Rich Renko.
Midco Sports Plus, WLUC-TV (Marquette) and WILX-TV (Lansing) have announced the series-opening NCAA hockey game between Michigan State University and host Northern Michigan University will be broadcast from the Berry Events Center on the NMU campus. The puck will drop at 7:07 p.m. ET on Friday, October 24.
Connoisseur Media has appointed Kevin “Meatball” Kerr Program Director and afternoon host for its Alternative WGER-FM (Saginaw). Most recently, Kerr hosted afternoons at Spoon River Media’s Classic Rock WLOI-AM & W293DR (Rock 106.5) in La Porte, Indiana.
Sinclair’s WSMH-TV (Flint) was at the University of Michigan on this past Thursday evening (10/16) to participate in the Athletes First Tailgate Tour stop, along with the parent company’s AMP Media team. WSMH-TV played a key role in the tour stop in Ann Arbor, ahead of the University of Michigan’s home football game this Saturday.