Broadcasting Industry News
WKAR’s Turner Selected for 2025 Poynter/CPB Fellowship
Poynter has announced that 23 executives from across the nation selected for the 2025 Public Media Executive Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative, a six-month fellowship developed by the Poynter Institute and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). WKAR Public Media (East Lansing) General Manager Shawn Turner is among those selected.
Read MoreWZZM’s Chuck Mikowski Retires After 45 years
Longtime WZZM-TV (Grand Rapids) Vice President of Technology Chuck Mikowski has retired after 45 years of service to the station. Mikowski’s first day at WZZM was January 7, 1980 when he came aboard the station as a maintenance technician.
Read MoreTom Nankival New Sales Leader Announced at MWF Marketing & Media
A veteran media and advertising executive is joining Mid-West Family Marketing & Media in Michigan and Indiana. Tom Nankival will assume the radio and digital sales leadership for Mid-West Family media platforms focused on the Michiana region, from South Bend/Elkhart to St. Joseph/Benton Harbor and South Haven.
Read MoreMcKibbin Media Group Hosts Successful Community Job Fair
On April 22, McKibbin Media Group (Jackson/Hillsdale) hosted a successful Community Job Fair at the Commonwealth Commerce Center. The event brought together local businesses and job seekers in an effort to strengthen workforce connections across Jackson County and surrounding areas.
Read MoreMichigan Public’s Sarah Cwiek Wins McCree Advancement of Justice Award
Michigan Public reporter Sarah Cwiek has been selected as a winner of the 2025 Wade H. McCree Advancement of Justice Awards, sponsored by the Michigan Press Association Foundation. Sarah was honored for her story: “A wrongful conviction, and a Detroit serial rapist who stayed free: Here’s how it happened”.
Read MoreWXYZ-TV Wins 2025 McCree Journalism Award for Investigative Report
The Michigan Press Association named WXYZ-TV a winner in the 50th annual Wade H. McCree Advancement of Justice Awards. A panel of four judges representing law and media chose WXYZ-TV’s “Improper conduct by a powerful probate judge” to be awarded one of the honors.
Read MoreBeasley Media Group Detroit, Michigan Athletics and Learfield’s Michigan Sports Properties Announce Multi-Year Broadcast Partnership
Beasley Media Group Detroit, in partnership with University of Michigan Athletics and Learfield’s Michigan Sports Properties, has announced a multi-year broadcast agreement that will make 94.7 WCSX-FM the new flagship radio home for the Michigan Wolverines. The partnership will officially kick off with the 2025 Michigan Football season.
Read MoreSinclair’s WWMT-TV Unites to Help Local Food Banks
On April 9, the staff at Sinclair’s WWMT-TV (Kalamazoo) came together to help two local West Michigan food banks: Loaves and Fishes in Kalamazoo and the South Michigan Food Bank in Battle Creek. Station staff volunteered at both food banks to bring awareness as part of the nationwide “Sinclair Day of Service.”
Read MoreTim Kochenderfer Named Station Manager at WXYZ-TV/WMYD-TV
Scripps Media has announced the promotion of Tim Kochenderfer to the role of station manager for WXYZ-TV and WMYD-TV (Detroit), effective April 14. As station manager he will help with day-to-day operations and also continue to lead news.
Read MoreMichigan Ice Storm Update
Last week, your MAB News Briefs highlighted three broadcast towers in northern Michigan that went down due to ice-build up during the severe weather that existed over several days. As we wrote, the 600-foot tower of MacDonald Garber Broadcasting’s WKHQ-FM (Charlevoix-Petoskey-Traverse City) was toppled.
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