April 2022
House of Representatives Passes MORE Act to Remove Marijuana from Schedule I – Don’t Rush to Start Airing Pot Ads Yet
By: David Oxenford, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP Last week, the US House of Representatives passed the MORE Act which, if enacted, would take marijuana off the list of Schedule I drugs – those drugs whose possession and distribution is a federal felony, as is the use of the radio waves to promote their use. As we have warned before…
Read MoreWDRQ-FM Debuts “Goose & Renee” in Mornings
On April 6, WDRQ-FM (Detroit) (New Country 93.1) has launched a new morning show, “Goose & Renee,” bringing together current morning personality Renee Vitale with Aaron “Goose” Seller weekdays from 5:30 – 10 a.m. Seller started his 23-year radio career in 1999 in Detroit’s Fisher Building, home of Cumulus Detroit, and has been heard on…
Read MoreWMQT/WZAM Owner Tom Mogush Reflects on Career and U.P. Radio
This week, WLUC-TV’s Don Ryan sat down with WMQT/WZAM (Marquette) owner Tom Mogush to talk about the upcoming plans for his stations and more. Mogush recently announced that he is selling his stations to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. Both Mogush and longtime station personlity/Program Director Jim Koski have said they intend to stay on…
Read MoreWDIV Launches New Morning Newscast Live Stream
Graham Media Group has announced that its WDIV-TV (Detroit) has launched an hour-long morning local newscast, streaming on digital platforms and OTT apps. WDIV-TV’s morning newscast streams from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Local4+, and will feature the morning news team of Rhonda Walker, Evrod Cassimy, meteorologist Brandon Roux, traffic reporter Kim DeGiulio and…
Read MoreWLLZ Adds Josh Innes for Mornings
iHeartMedia’s WLLZ-FM (Detroit) has announced the addition of the Josh Innes Show in the station’s morning slot. Innes is based at the company’s WNRQ-FM (Nashville), which he joined as morning host in April 2021. He previously spent his career in the Sports format with stints at KILT-AM, KBME-AM and KFNC-FM (Houston). His resume also includes…
Read MoreI Built a Television Studio. Here’s How I Did It
By: Seth Resler Jacobs Media Strategies I am a big believer that if you are a media company today, you must be a multimedia company. Yes, you can have a primary medium — CNN is primarily video, The Washington Post is primarily text, and NPR is primarily audio — but you must produce more than simply…
Read MoreCable Groups Ask for 2-year Window on EAS Changes
A trade organization representing small- and medium-size cable television operators is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a two-year moratorium if the regulator moves forward with adopting a proposal to change how emergency alert messages are broadcast for visually-impaired and hard-of-hearing individuals. The request comes as the FCC considers amending its rules regarding the…
Read MoreRep. Fred Upton Announces Retirement
U.S. Representative Fred Upton, former Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and longtime supporter of local broadcasters, announced Tuesday (4/5) that he was stepping down after his current term. “Even the best stories have a last chapter,” said Upton, (R-St. Joseph). “This is it for me.” Upton has been in Congress since 1986.…
Read MoreTim Jorgenson Named Integrated Sales Manager at Beasley Media Group Detroit
Beasley Media Group announced on March 30 that Tim Jorgenson has been named Integrated Sales Manager of the company’s Motor City radio properties. He will begin his new position immediately. In his new role, Tim will be responsible for leading the digital sales efforts of WRIF-FM, WCSX-FM, WMGC-FM, WDMK-FM and Motor City Sports Talk The…
Read MoreWHMI Debuts New Morning Team
Following last week’s announcement that veteran Detroit newsman Ken Rogulski has joined Krol Communicaton’s WHMI-FM (Howell) as News Director, the station has announced new morning show hosts. Jim Bosh and Madison White have taken the morning slot at the station with “Bosh In The Morning.” Bosh returns to the station after working there in the…
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