Broadcasting Industry News
WKAR’s Melanie McGuire Selected to Participate in Public Media Diversity Fellowship Program
Melanie McGuire of WKAR Public Media (East Lansing) joins other distinguished public media leaders from across the country to participate in the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative (PMDLI), a program of the Riley Institute at Furman University offered in partnership with South Carolina ETV and modeled after the Institute’s award-winning South Carolina Diversity Leaders Initiative.
Read MoreGreg O’Connor Inducted into Lumen Christi Athletic Hall of Fame
Back to News Greg O’Connor Inducted into Lumen Christi Athletic Hall of Fame September 1, 2023 McKibbin Media Group announced honored that Greg O’Connor, longtime employee and award-winning Jackson radio personality, is one of 10 new members inducted into the Lumen Christi Athletic Hall of Fame and was inducted during at halftime of Thursday night’s…
Read MoreDana Marshall Comes Back to WKFR in Kalamazoo
Back to News Dana Marshall Comes Back to WKFR in Kalamazoo August 25, 2023 From InsideRadio Dana Marshall is back on the airwaves as the Director of Content and PD/Morning Host at WKFR-FM 101.3 with Townsquare Media Kalamazoo. “I’ll be back on the air in Kalamazoo doing mornings at 103.3 WKFR starting this coming Monday…
Read MoreMHSAA Opens Station Clearances for 2023-24 School Year
The MHSAA will coordinate audio broadcasts of championship events in a variety of sports formatted for over-the-air use for the 2023-24 school year. The MHSAA will again offer a rights fee waiver program for the school year to network affiliates wishing to originate postseason tournament events.
Read MoreWKCQ’s Jim Kramer Retires
Macdonald Broadcasting’s WKCQ-FM (Saginaw) longtime morning host Jim Kramer has officially retired after 35 years with the station. Kramer took a leave of absence for medical reasons in February with Operations Manager Jason Addams filling in.
Read MoreTed Hand Elected President Of Society Of Broadcast Engineers; Geary Morrill Elected Secretary
The Society of Broadcast Engineers, the association for broadcast and multimedia technology professionals, announced the results of the 2023 election for the national board of directors. Ted D. Hand, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, ATSC3, DRB, was elected to his first one-year term as president, which will commence on Sept. 28, 2023.
Read MoreWXSP to Air Grand Valley State Football
Grand Valley State athletics has announced that three of its 2023 football games will be live on WXSP-TV. WXSP-TV will serve as the exclusive live in-market television partner for the Lakers. The slate of games on WXSP-TV will begin with the home opener set for Saturday, September. 9.
Read MoreWFDF-AM Flips to Sports
Adell Broadcasting has flipped the format of its WFDF-AM (Detroit) from talk to fulltime sports featuring ESPN Radio programming. Station staffers were told of the change on August 11. Station staffers were told of the change on Friday afternoon (Aug. 11) via email.
Read MoreFormer WLUC Chief Engineer Dies
Gray Television’s WLUC-TV (Marquette) reports that former station Chief Engineer John “Jack” Truitt died August 9 at the age of 89. Truitt was the chief engineer at WLUC for 38 years, from 1960 until 1998.
Read MoreMichelle Matthews Appointed PD at WDVD-FM
Cumulus Media announced July 31 that it has appointed Michelle Matthews as Program Director for its Hot AC station WDVD-FM (Detroit). Matthews was previously Operations Manager/Brand Manager for Saga Communications in Columbus, OH.
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